Christian Bale’s Biggest Box Office Flop Suddenly Entered HBO Global Top
Even our favorite sigma actor sometimes misses.
Christian Bale made his name synonymous with quality movies of all genres. These include the comedy horror American Psycho, The Dark Knight superhero trilogy and the drama Ford v Ferrari.
Nevertheless, the accomplished actor has some failures in his portfolio too. The biggest one is his 2022 movie that both underperformed at the box office and earned a shameful critical score of 32% on RT, but, surprisingly, entered HBO’s global chart this weekend.
Set in the 1930s, this film follows three friends - a doctor (played by Bale), a nurse and a lawyer - who witness a murder of a general and become suspects themselves.
The more they explore what happens around them, the more they delve into one of the most shocking political conspiracies of the United States, the so-called Business Plot.
Even though this thriller is based on real-life events, it appears to be not realistic, but rather written by AI. Starting as a seemingly entertaining murder mystery, the movie then totally fails to become a decent historical depiction of those years’ intricacies.
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The movie tries to blend period drama, comedy and thriller elements, but nothing seems to be working here. Yes, there are a few good jokes, but they feel so tonally different from the rest of the movie that it feels incoherent.
Titled Amsterdam, this movie can be hard to watch, as the filmmaker David O. Russell wants for it to have it all, but this mix of the genres only makes a viewer tired of it.
Overall, being panned by critics for inconsistency, this controversial flick became a box office bomb that grossed $31.2 million against a production budget of $80 million.
However, there are some big names that can make it worth a watch for you. Apart from Bale, the movie stars Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Mike Myers, Rami Malek, and Taylor Swift in a curious cameo.
Besides, it can be a pretty good movie choice if you’re a fan of 2013’s crime gem American Hustle that also has Bale as a lead and Russell as a director and a screenwriter.
Check out if Bale’s comedy thriller really deserves to be forgotten or not, as Amsterdam is available for streaming on Max.