Bruce Willis's 8 Lowest-Scoring Movies

His bottom eight on movie.guru includes three Die Hard movies. Most actors would put that on a trophy shelf. Roasting it anyway, with love.

Number one is his lowest score, and probably your favorite.

1. 8
   Die Hard 2 (1990)6.8

   The ejector seat scene alone keeps this off the bottom.

   Renny Harlin cranks every explosion up and buries the whole airport in snow. CinemaScore A, $240 million worldwide, and somehow it's in his bottom eight.
2. 7
   Live Free or Die Hard (2007)7.2

   The PG-13 Die Hard. McClane had to watch his mouth.

   Justin Long plays the hacker sidekick, a car takes out a helicopter, and physics files a complaint. A reported $110 million budget, $388.2 million worldwide.
3. 6
   Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)6.5

   Samuel L. Jackson steals it, and Bruce lets him.

   Jeremy Irons sends them racing around New York solving riddles for 129 minutes. Audiences rank it above 80% of notable movies, critics only 44%. Easily the best Die Hard sequel.
4. 5
   Red (2010)6.2

   Retired spies with pensions and rocket launchers. Weirdly cozy.

   Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren with a machine gun. $199 million worldwide. A 6.3 for a movie that's mostly charm and Malkovich carrying a stuffed pig.
5. 4
   Lucky Number Slevin (2006)5.9

   A crime puzzle with way too much wallpaper. I love it.

   Josh Hartnett leads, Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley play rival crime bosses across the street, and Bruce just sits there being cool. Audiences rank it above 72% of notable movies, critics 35%.
6. 3
   The Fifth Element (1997)5.8

   Peak 1997 in every frame, and I mean that kindly.

   Chris Tucker yells in leopard print, Gary Oldman does a Southern drawl, and it's glorious. $263.9 million worldwide. Critics rank it above just 40%. They're wrong.
7. 2
   Unbreakable (2000)5.7

   A slow superhero movie before anyone asked for one.

   M. Night Shyamalan, Samuel L. Jackson and a lot of rain. Opening crowds gave it a CinemaScore C. My Guru's Take is 7.7, because it aged better than anyone expected.
8. 1
   Armageddon (1998)4.7

   His lowest score here, and I'd still watch it tonight.

   151 minutes of oil drillers flying to an asteroid. Critics rank it above just 23% of notable movies. It made $553.7 million worldwide anyway, and you still cry at the Aerosmith song.

$614.26 says you put on the first Die Hard tonight to make it up to him.

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