The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
There's a scene when Allan Quartermain (Sean Connery) is being introduced to the league when he utters, "I'm waiting to be impressed." Well, after watching this film, I am too.

Quartermain is the leader of a group of literary characters circa 1899 including Tom Sawyer, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Invisible Man, Captain Nemo, and so on. They're brought together by the British government to stop a plot by the Fantom to kill the world's leaders congregating in Venice. The world isn't really a fun place to be in as tensions heat up between countries, a fire only stoked by the actions of the Fantom. With the help of the Nautilus, the League travels the world in order to track down the Fantom and stop him before he does any further damage to the deteriorating ties in the world.

I think this film has deserved the moniker several critics have given it: The League of Extraordinary Crap. In terms of plausibility, believability, and just pure storytelling, the movie fails on all three. Every time we're whisked to a place, they talk, they fight, and they leave, all of it held together by a sliver of plot. Why did such and such happen? How should I know? But before I can answer, Tom Sawyer is driving around trying to chase an underwater bomb? What the ? Underwater bomb? Tom Sawyer driving? Isn't he a kid? Can you really drive through Venice? Since it's based on a comic book, it seems we needed to be exposed to all the characters whereabouts, seemingly, all at the same time. But at least in a comic book, we can go back and re-read. In a movie theatre, you can't. And I don't know why anyone would want to rent this mishmash of incoherence. 1 star