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We ’ve already made a list detailing some of the strange creations by the contemn film studio The Asylum , which creates " mockbusters " ( B vitamin - movies intended to capitalize on the winner of a similarly - titled film released around the same time ) , but guess what ? There are more .
In case you desired a 2nd collection of The Asylum ’s most bizarre hit ( likeSunday School MusicalandTransmorphers ) , we ’ve rescue with a more or less disparaging guide to The Asylum ’s most flagitious attempts at " cashing in " on the popularity of Hollywood films that are well than ninety - nine percent of what they ’ve create .
Independents' Day (2016) / The Independence Day franchise
While it was n’t very successful critically or commercially , Independence Day : Resurgencewas still a very talk - about film when it came out in 2016 - and even if it was mostly piggybacking on the succeeder of 1996 ’s original , it still had some dandy visuals - which is more than we can say for The Asylum ’s further piggybacking , a film with a nearly identical statute title that was released just two weeks after .
While it ’s not a carbon copy copy of the other film , both centre on analien invasionas the main patch point , which the Asylum clear intended to lead to consumer confusion .
Ghosthunters (2016) / Ghostbusters (2016)
Despite failing at the box place due to ( passably portentous ) backlash from fan of the original , 2016’sGhostbustersremake was widely consideredby criticsto be a fairly unanimous reimagining of one of Hollywood ’s most famed flicks . So , of track , The Asylum saw the moneymaking opportunities and quickly jumpstart onto the bandwagon with their own mockbuster , not unlike a shark attracted to blood devour its dupe .
Their translation , a horror - themed countercurrent - off with an adequate dose of male and distaff leads , almost enters so - bad - it’s - good territorial dominion - but that definitely is n’t a good word .
Tomb Raider (2018) / Tomb Invader (2018)
One of the better films base on avideo gamein late memory , Tomb Raider , was the inauspicious victim of The Asylum ’s rearing desecration of Hollywood hits , in the chassis of the terrible and unashamed knockoffTomb Invader . The low - budget exploitation moving-picture show ( also known asTomb Hunter ) come a stereotypical distaff action sub who goes on a stereotypical quest - and features absolutely no original or groundbreaking ideas .
It ’s a waste of time to look on , and if anyone with genuine talent was involved in the production of this dumpster fire , we mourn for them .
Aladdin (2019) / Adventures of Aladdin (2019)
Disney ’s 2019 live - actionAladdinremake became one of their most successful films , return over $ 1 billion in box seat office receipts . Since The Asylum only take a few month to create their films ( often on budgets of less than $ 1 million ) , they distinctly find out the rip - off possibilities beforehand - but instead of produce an original thought and market it to look on the button like the smash hit version , they just adapt the traditional folk story of Aladdin that the Disney picture is based on .
Their edition is genuinely terrible - because it uses the same story , it ’s so fair and bland that it ’s not even pleasurable as a unfit movie . We ’d recommend view this only if you ’re interested in the specially rare .
Avatar (2009) / Princess of Mars (2009)
One of The Asylum ’s favored strategies is adapting former , public - domain tale as type B - movies and marketing them around the same time that blockbuster with similar themes are released . In this typeface , after they realized what a successful cinema the environmentally witting and visually stunningAvatarwas shaping up to be , they prepared a ( very loose ) adjustment of 1917’sA Princess of Mars(which , oddly enough , would later be made into a big - budget film itself , Disney’sJohn Carter ) .
While , besides their interplanetary setting , the two do n’t really have that many similarity , The Asylum tie their film in with the blockbuster by push it as being based on " the story that inspired James Cameron’sAvatar " .
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) / Triassic World (2018)
Since theJurassic Parkfranchise has become one of the most universally successful franchises in cinema - you could see where this is locomote . Triassic Worldwas the Asylum ’s opt name for their unapologetic rip - off ofJurassic universe : Fallen Kingdom- because why watch some of the best worker in movie theater story face up off against incredibly realistic , epic dinosaur when you could watch B - movie freelancers awkwardly run forth from kind - of - nice CGI ?
This one is actually one of The Asylum ’s more entertaining acts of apostasy against quality filmmaking , and if you ’re capable to distract your mental capacity from the unremitting abominations being released upon your green goddess , you may even enjoy it .
Trolls (2016) / Trolland (2016)
The Asylum should have stuck with their live - military action production - at least some of them were tolerable , even pleasurable if consider with the right mindset . Trolland(which , in a nauseatingly unoriginal plot , follow an outcast troll who , unlike his " normal " opposite number , detest tear pranks ) is none of these thing .
The horrendous , low - budget invigoration makes it tough to reduce on anything other than the indescribable reflexion decorating the side of the troll , as well as anyone else watch this insult to Dreamworks Animation’sTrolls , anincredibly - animatedgem boast some of the good part talents of the decade .
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) / Clash of the Empires (2013)
While Peter Jackson’sHobbittrilogy was n’t as well - made or visually creative as hisLord of the Ringsfilms , it was still a pretty amazing series of films that holds its own against most other fantasy franchises . It was also the replacement to a massively successful multimedia system imperium , which mean , of grade , that The Asylum decided once again to try and make people suppose they were responsible for a planetary blockbuster , titling their outre amalgamation of phantasy elementsAge of the Hobbits .
The title’suse of the word " hobbit"led to the film being prevent from tone ending ( it was eventually retitledClash of the Empires , going straight - to - videodisk in March 2013 ) , although The Asylum argue that the film was " about a real - lifetime human subspecies commonly know as hobbit , " and thus did not encroach on the similarly - titled blockbuster ’s right of first publication .
Bumbleebee (2018) / Hornet (2018)
It should be obvious at this head that the theme song studio apartment of mockbusters will get as closemouthed as they can to copyright misdemeanor ( in terms of titles , at least ) without actually fall apart the law ( most of the time - rememberAge of the Hobbits ? ) . Anyway , considering the achiever of The Asylum ’s terrifyingly badTransmorphers , Hornetwas an obvious follow - up , spitting on what was possibly the most sacred and critically successful of all the films in the Transformers franchise , Bumblebee .
The film focuses on the funnily familiar Hornet , a robot who must save mankind after we ’re all brainwashed by alien creatures - and at least we can say it ’s notnearlyas bad as some of the more putrid rakehell - offs The Asylum has put out , as we ’ve become used to superfluous , awful B - movies by now -Hornetjust does n’t expand on its terribleness enough to embrace its true , heinous , nature as an Asylum picture show .
Finding Dory (2016) / Izzie’s Way Home (2016)
Finding Nemowas a groundbreaking reckoner - animated film , and one of the first to feature the sea as its elemental scene , so obviously it became the target of quite a few mockbusters - but The Asylum was merciful with Pixar ’s masterpiece - that is , untilFinding Dorycame out . At that decimal point , The Asylum ’s overpay executives turn their piteous anger upon one of movie house ’s most beloved creations , devising the animated barbarity grant the name ofIzzie ’s Way Home . One expression at the title should tell you everything you need to know about The Asylum ’s terrible , treacherous filmmaking pattern - burn your psyche and poisoning your mind with its perfect lack of any embodiment , shape , or peach .
While these incredibly unintelligent rakehell - offs can be fun to joke about , it ’s also heartbreakingly distressing to think that they continue to be commercially successful , and we shudder for those who are " talented " these blighting blemish upon filmmaking as an art instead of their less dreadful ( and much more original ) cinematic twin .
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