With the Oscars getting handed out this coming weekend, it’s time once again for Everything Action to hand out its Kick Ass Awards to the best and worst of the previous year of film. From the Over the Top Award to Ass Kicker of the Year and the Kick Ass Movie of the Year, check out all the awards below.
Grimiest Gerard Butler: Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Worst Reboot of Universal Monster: Wolf Man
Cameron Diaz Deserves Better Award: Back in Action
Most Ridiculous Villain: Bald, Southern Mark Wahlberg in Flight Risk
Best AI We Can Actually Root For: Iris in Companion
Most Homework Required: Captain America: Brave New World (Need to remember what happened in The Incredible Hulk, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Eternals, and more)
Most Literal Metaphor: The Gorge
Best Twins Played by the Same Actor: Michael B. Jordan in Sinners (Runners Up: Theo James in The Monkey, Robert Pattinson in Mickey 17)
Worst Netflix Original Movie: The Electric State
Best Use of a Medical Condition: Nathan Caine in Novocaine
Most Controversial Disney Movie: Snow White
Best Reimagining of a Classic Cartoon Character into a Horror Villain: Screamboat (Mickey/Steamboat Willy)
Most Destructive to Actual Movie Theaters: A Minecraft Movie
Most Kick-Ass Fictional President: Viola Davis in G20
Most Creative Vigilante: Rami Malek in The Amateur
Worst First Date: Drop
Best Musical Moment: “I Lied to You” from Sinners
Biggest Tonal Change in a Sequel: The Accountant 2 becomes more of a buddy comedy
Least Faithful Video Game Adaptation: Until Dawn
Longest Wait for the Action to Kick Off: Havoc
Best Team of Misfit Comic Book Characters: The Thunderbolts, aka The New Avengers
Most Forgettable Film from a Well-Known Director: Shadow Force from Joe Carnahan
Best Twist in a Horror Movie: The Identity of Frendo the Clown in Clown in a Cornfield
Best Return of a Fan Favorite Franchise: Final Destination: Bloodlines
Least Necessary Live-Action Remake: How to Train Your Dragon (Runner Up: Lilo & Stitch)
Most Disappointing Finale to a Franchise: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Best Old-School Slasher Movie: Fear Street: Prom Queen (Runner Up: Night of the Reaper)
Most Baffling Plot Decision: Focusing on Joshua Jackson’s boxing and not including anything from Cobra Kai in Karate Kid: Legends
Best Use of Flamethrowers: Ballerina
Best Entry in the Predator Franchise: Predator: Killer of Killers (Runner Up: Predator: Badlands)
Most Weirdly Specific Serial Killer Method: Jai Courtney Feeding People to Sharks in Dangerous Animals
Most Surprising Cameo from the Teletubbies: 28 Years Later
Best Huntr/x Song: Takedown (Runner Up: Golden)
Best Advertisement for a Major Sports Brand: F1® The Movie
Most Tonal Whiplash: M3GAN 2.0 Going Sci-fi/Action over Horror
Worst Monster: The Distortus rex in Jurassic World: Rebirth
Best Political Leader Buddy Cops: John Cena and Idris Elba in Heads of State
Best Kick-Off of a New Cinematic Universe: Superman
Worst Legacequel: I Know What You Did Last Summer
Best MCU Movie: Fantastic Four: First Steps
Worst Amazon Advertisement Disguised as a Film: War of the Worlds
Most Jokes Per Minute: The Naked Gun
Best Horror Villain: Aunt Gladys in Weapons
Worst Family Vacation: Nobody 2
Worst Remake of a Kurosawa Film: Highest 2 Lowest
Least Final Final Film in a Franchise: Hell House LLC: Lineage
Most Surprisingly Brutal: Caught Stealing
Best Demon Fighting Couple: Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga in The Conjuring: Last Rites
Best Stephen King Adaptation: The Long Walk
Most Disheveled Revolutionary: Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another
Franchise That Needs to End: The Strangers
Best Return to Form: Shane Black with Play Dirty
Best Transformation: The Rock Playing Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine
Best Performance by a Dog: Indy in Good Boy
Best Soundtrack in a Bad Movie: Nine Inch Nails’ Score in Tron: Ares
Best Freddy Krueger Impression: The Grabber in Black Phone 2
Most Stunningly Gothic: Frankenstein
Worst Update of a Classic Arnold Movie: The Running Man
Best Murder Mystery: Wake Up Dead Man
Captain Planet Award for Best Use of Elements: Avatar unlocking “Fire” in Fire and Ash
Weirdest Meta Spin on a ’90s Movie: Anaconda
Ass Kicker of the Year: Eve Macarro
Jason Statham Award for Excellence in Stathaming: A Working Man
The Lincoln Hawks Memorial Over the Top Award: Sisu: Road to Revenge
Kick Ass Movie of the Year: Weapons
