5. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
American action fantasy movie Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was released in 2010 and was directed by Mike Newell. The movie was written by Jordan Mechner, Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, and Carlo Bernard; it was directed by Jerry Bruckheimer
The movie is a recreation of a video game of the same name created and distributed by Ubisoft. The Prince of Persia video game series also incorporates elements from Warrior Within and The Two Thrones, the other two games in the Sands of Time trilogy.
Based on 229 reviews with an average rating of 5.1/10, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has a 37 % rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. A different review aggregator, Metacritic, assigned a score of 50/100, indicating "mixed or mediocre reviews," based on reviews from mainstream reviewers. On a scale from A+ to F, viewers surveyed by CinemaScore gave the movie an average grade of "B."
Release date: May 28, 2010 (USA)
Director: Mike Newell
Box office: $336.4 million
Budget: $185 million
4. Source Code
American science fiction action thriller Source Code was released in 2011 and was written on spec by Ben Ripley and directed by Duncan Jones. In order to identify the terrorist who destroyed the train, U.S. Army Captain Colter Stevens, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, is thrown inside an eight-minute digital simulation of the actual explosion.
Based on an analysis of 261 reviews with an average rating of 7.5/10, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes estimates a 92% approval rating for the film. "Finding the human story amidst the action, filmmaker Duncan Jones and appealing Jake Gyllenhaal craft a smart, compelling sci-fi thriller," the site's user consensus states. Based on 41 reviews, Metacritic gave the movie an average score of 74/100, indicating "generally positive reviews." On a scale from A+ to F, audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the movie an average grade of "B.
Release date: April 1, 2011 (USA)
Director: Duncan Jones
Box office: $147.3 million
Budget: $31.9 million
3. Southpaw
The 2015 American sports drama film Southpaw, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, and Rachel McAdams, was directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Kurt Sutter. A boxer who lost his wife in an accident and later his young daughter to child protective services is the focus of the movie as he attempts to get his life back on track.
Based on 238 reviews and a weighted average rating of 6/10, the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes awards the movie a 60 % approval rating. Jake Gyllenhaal gives an impressively devoted performance, but Southpaw defeats it with a depressing story that batters viewers with genre clichés, according to the website's critical consensus. The movie has 42 reviews and a Metacritic score of 57 out of 100, which indicates "mixed or mediocre reviews." On the A+ to F scale, moviegoers awarded the movie an average score of "A" on CinemaScore.
Release date: July 20, 2015 (New York)
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Box office: $94 million
Budget: $30 million
2. Zodiac
Based on Robert Graysmith's non-fiction books Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked, which were released in 1986 and 2002, respectively, Zodiac is a 2007 American mystery-thriller film that was directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt.
The movie has an 89% approval rating on review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes based on 260 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. According to the site's critical consensus, "A subtle, dialogue-driven thriller that is filled with heart-pounding tension in each new scene. Additionally, David Fincher devotes more time to portraying the subtleties of his characters and capturing the vibe of the 1970s than to the graphic details of murder." The movie has received "generally positive reviews," according to Metacritic, where it has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 based on 40 reviews. On a scale from A+ to F, audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the movie an average grade of "B-."
Release date: March 2, 2007 (USA)
Director: David Fincher
Box office: $65-85 million
Budget: $84.7 million
1. The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 science fiction catastrophe movie that Roland Emmerich directed, co-produced, and co-wrote. The Coming Global Superstorm, a 1999 book by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber, served as the inspiration for the movie, which starred Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Emmy Rossum, and Ian Holm.
It shows the catastrophic climate changes that result from the disturbance of the North Atlantic Ocean circulation. Extreme weather incidents trigger global cooling and cause a new ice age.
Responses to the movie were conflicting. 221 critics gave the film an average score of 5.3/10 on Rotten Tomatoes, with 45% of them giving it a favorable review. The movie has received "mixed or mediocre reviews," according to the 47% Metacritic score based on 38 reviews from reviewers. On a scale from A to F, the movie received a "B" from the audience surveyed by CinemaScore.
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