Evgeny Bazhenov, known on the Internet as BadComedian, has been releasing video reviews of bad films since 2011.
YouTube channel has a total of more than 600 million views.
In our top, we’ll talk about the most watched movie reviews on the Eugene channel, which we recommend you to familiarize yourself with.
Some reviews will cheer you up with humorous sketches and absurd scenarios, while others will tell the truth about making a film, stealing money, ideas and hacking work.
10. Terminator 5: Genesis | 7.6 million views
The review for the new part of “Terminator” was released on December 1, 2015 and has 153 thousand likes.
In the story, John Connor sends Reese in 1984 to save Sarah Connor and all of humanity. In the past, the sergeant met in his face an ally of a friend of the viewer, the Terminator.
Bazhenov in the review is dissatisfied with the plot, the selection of actors for the main roles and computer graphics, which, according to the reviewer, have not become better in the “Terminator” universe for 10 years. The film is bad, even despite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the title role.
Eugene draws an analogy that if Nikulin starred in the 2014 version of the "Caucasian Captive" in 2014, the film would not have become good from this.
And in his sarcastic manner, Bazhenov remarks that the script of The Terminator is so bad that he, Bazhenov, “is ready to put together a time machine and go back in time ... so as not to watch Genesis.”
9. The maximum blow | 8.5 million views
The review for this film collected 399 thousand likes on the channel, according to IMDb, the rating of the film is 2.
The picture is about the interaction of FSB agents and the CIA, who need to save the kidnapped granddaughter of the US Secretary of State.
Starring Alexander Nevsky, and any fan of Bazhenov’s work knows that the film is a priori bad if Nevsky is involved in it.
The plot of the film is banal and written, as if on a knee, a poor cast, dialogs and interaction between the characters are not spelled out. Nothing good can be said about this film, except that the review on it turned out to be successful and very funny, therefore, we recommend it for viewing to raise the mood.
8. Grandmother of easy virtue | 8.5 million views
A review of the film was collected on the Eugene channel by 359 thousand likes, the director was Marius Weisberg.
The idea of the film is not new: a plot built around a man who, for some reason, disguises himself as a woman.
A similar idea is known for the paintings “Only Girls in Jazz”, “The House of the Big Mommy”, “Hello, I'm Your Aunt.”
During the review, Eugene reflects on plagiarism, which can be traced in the film. For example, the plot of “Grandmothers” was taken from the movie “Only Girls Are in Jazz”, where the main heroes-criminals hide from law enforcement agencies, disguised as girls. Some scenes and ideas are taken from the film "Tootsie", which is noted by Bazhenov.
As a result, the reviewer concludes: “The Grandmother of easy virtue” is a dull, stupid, empty and meaningless comedy in which the message itself is disgusting. ”
7. Crimea | 9.3 million views
The review for the film gathered 509 thousand thumbs up, but the rating of films on Kinopoisk is critically small - 3.
The plot is built around a couple in love, which after difficult historical events associated with the annexation of the Crimea, must overcome adversity and preserve their love. So the review says, but Bazhenov speaks about the plot is not so personal.
According to Eugene, in the film there is an inadequate resident of Kiev, a Ukrainian villain and an empty protagonist. The film does not reveal the essence of the conflict, nor the contradictions between the countries, nor the love story, the viewer will not see there.
6. Children versus wizards | 9.5 million views
The review for the film collected 309 thousand likes, but the rating on Kinopoisk was only 1.
The film tells about the cadets of the Suvorov School, who were sent on a mission to Scotland to save Russian orphans.
In the review, Eugene says that the film makes Russians stupid, but very kind, and other nations brutal "bastards."
Between the lines, the filmmakers lay subversive thoughts in the viewer's head, for example, that the Serbs themselves are to blame for the destruction of their country, and, in principle, other nations are exposed as negative characters in the picture.
Bazhenov also analyzes the spent budget of the cartoon, asking why the creators did not invest the money collected by donations in hiring good animators, screenwriters and a director, but chose to buy with likes and positive reviews of the finished product.
5. Defenders | 10 million views
The film was directed by Sarik Andreasyan, who collected only 3 points from Kinopoisk. A review of the film collected 378 likes and a bunch of positive reviews.
The plot of the film is built around superheroes created by the Patriot project during the Cold War. Superheroes for many years were in the shadows, hiding their essence, but the danger hanging over Russia forces the heroes to join forces and repulse the enemy.
Eugene says that in the film, for anything, everything is bad: editing, production, directing, dubbing, script. The reviewer praised only the casting, emphasizing that the acting is bad, but visually the picture of the selected people was successfully formed.
Also in the film there are good scenes of destruction created using computer graphics, but graphics without a script are not interesting to the viewer. Any successful film needs a strong script skeleton, character motivation and lively dialogs, but the film "Defenders", unfortunately, did not take these rules into account.
4. Viking | 10 million views
The film is rated at Kinopoisk 4.5, and a review on the channel collected 477 thousand likes.
The film shows the era of the early Middle Ages, the reign of Prince Vladimir. The project began to be done in 2008, the premiere took place in 2016.
At the time of release, Viking was the most expensive Russian-made film. It is full of historical errors, which Eugene observes throughout the review, citing primary sources.
Unlike previous videos, the review on the Viking turned out to be serious, with a detailed study of the budget, visual effects, acting and scenario twists.
3. Attraction | 11 million views
The film of Fyodor Bondarchuk, released in 2017. The rating on Kinopoisk is almost 6 points, the likes under the review for the film are 520 thousand.
The film is about the invasion of an alien ship on Earth and about a human rebellion against uninvited guests.
In the review, Eugene first parses the entire film, then focuses on individual characters, their actions, logic, motivation, and, of course, acting.
Bazhenov explains the success of the film simply: huge budgets were spent on advertising on federal channels, on the Internet and all kinds of media, positive reviews were bought. After all, tickets to the cinema halls were sold out, but there were no spectators in these places.
Bazhenov believes that “Attraction” is good only for camera work and visual effects, the rest of the main characters are unpleasant personalities, the editing is bad, the script is unfinished.
2. Hack bloggers | 12 million views
The film of 2016, rated on Kinopoisk 1 point, likes on the review - 518 thousand.
The film is about popular Russian bloggers - IvanGay, Sasha Spilberg and Mariyana Ro, who were "hacked" by an unknown virus.
There is no exposure at all in the film, so do not wait for the characters revealed and the motivation for their interactions. The budget of the film is 35,000,000 rubles, but the entire timing is a capture of the laptop screen and poorly drawn animated characters of bloggers. So the review turned out to be sarcastic and aggressive, but this did not become less ridiculous.
Bazhenov concluded that “Hack Bloggers” is the worst movie of 2016, although he is able to claim victory in the “Worst Movie in History” nomination.
1. Movement up | 14 million views
Highly rated 2017 movie on Kinopoisk and sincere positive reviews.
The film really liked the Russian audience, but the attitude towards it changed dramatically after the review of Bazhenov.
The filmmakers claim that the film is historically true, but the real people, about whom the almost biographical film "Moving Up" was shot, sued the creators for defamation. Why? Eugene understands this for 2.5 hours.
Huge work has been done on the review, with links to biographies, historical references, books and interviews of real people about whom the film was made.
As a result, after the review, “Upward Movement”, recognized as the best film in Russian cinema, according to viewers, turned out to be arrogant plagiarism and lies, and the main characters of the picture were slandered.