Desert Warrior (von Rupert Wyatt mit Anthony Mackie)

[StS]

Defying a ruthless emperor, a princess flees into the Arabian desert, hunted by mercenaries. Forged into a warrior and aided by a legendary bandit, she unites warring tribes for a last stand that will change history.

[SFI]

Nimmt man erst einmal wohlwollend auf aufgrund Kulisse und Zeit, aber als ich Ben Kingsley gesehen habe, wars vorbei. Der spielt gefühlt immer diese Rolle. Kann ich nicht mehr sehen.

[SFI]

The Anthony Mackie-led “Desert Warrior” is reportedly on track to become one of the biggest box-office flops of all time. ... which was directed by Rupert Wyatt at least until he walked away from the project for a while during post-production .... Reviews were extremely negative, with a 27% on Rotten Tomatoes and an IMDb score of 1.9/10 ... a $150 million budgeted film primarily backed by Saudi Arabia in their most ambitious effort in film production to date ... in U.S. cinemas last weekend to a disastrous $483 per-screen average and total haul of just $487,848 from a little over 1,000 screens – one of the worst box office openings of all time and is already being labelled as one of the biggest box-office bombs of all time.

Quelle: darkhorizons.com

[kami]

Frage mich, wie lange es noch dauert, bis Anthony Mackie endlich einen Ruf als Kassengift weg hat. Ich mag den in derartigen Hauptrollen auch wirklich nur sehr selten. Der Trailer machte aber auch schon insgesamt einen abschreckenden und billigen Eindruck.