Netflix will occasionally throw lots of money at huge action blockbusters,
despite no theatrical release planned. Sometimes that works out. Movies
like Red Notice and Heart of Stone have done exceedingly well in terms of
viewership. But critics? They�re usually not fans. And in the case of
Atlas, Netflix�s new blockbuster out today, oh boy.

Atlas is currently reviewing at an 11% on Rotten Tomatoes, identical to a
movie that was topping Netflix�s charts last week, Madame Web, also at an
11% and widely considered possibly the worst superhero movie ever made.
They also share a close to identical audience scores, with Atlas 2% higher
currently, 59% to 57%

In Atlas, Jennifer Lopez plays a data analyst who takes on a rogue AI
played by Simu Liu in a movie that looks oddly like a variation on the
video game Titanfall. The film reportedly cost $100 million to make,
supposedly the most ever for a female-led Netflix original film, but the
results are poor. Like, even for a Netflix original, poor. Here�s how
Atlas stacks up against some of Netflix�s other high profile action
movies, a few of which are great, many of which are�not.

Leave the World Behind � 73%
The Adam Project � 68%
Extraction � 67%
Bird Box � 65%
The Gray Man � 45%
Red Notice � 37%
Heart of Stone � 30%
Bright � 26%
Rebel Moon Part 1- 21%
Rebel Moon Part 2 � 15%
Atlas � 11%
It�s possible the score goes up (or down) as more reviews come in, but
this is very clearly a misfire for Netflix. Again, all they care about is
viewership really, not ratings, as if something is terrible but widely
watched, that�s fine (Red Notice had very high audience scores, for
instance). But if word of mouth is poor, that can limit reach.

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