The Rotten Tomatoes scores forThe Killer’s Gameare pretty polar between critics and audiences. This is the second time this year that Dave Bautista stars in a leading role, portraying an assassin named Joe Flood who gets misdiagnosed with a fatal disease. As Bautista expands his acting resume beyond Marvel and franchises,The Killer’s Gamefailed to impress critics and even became the actor’s lowest-grossing movie in his career after just collecting $2.6 million domestically on its opening weekend.
Despite some lows,The Killer’s Gameseems to have at least won over audiences who did see the movie. OnRotten Tomatoes, the audience score for the new Bautista movieis currently at 78%, based on over 100 ratings. This is in contrast to the critical score, which was calculated at a poor 39% per 33 reviews.
What The Killer’s Game Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Means For Dave Bautista
It Doesn’t Hurt Bautista’s RT Record.
While Bautista has been in the acting game for over a decade now,The Killer’s Gameis one of the few times he had a leading role and the movie ended up in theaters. Before that, the wrestler-turned-actor had prominently featured in films, where he was part of a large ensemble cast (Guardians of the GalaxyandDunefranchises) or his lead movies ended up on streaming (My Spy: The Eternal City). His latest action comedy was ultimatelya test to see whether Bautista can prove himself to be a leading action starof the same caliber as Jason Statham or Dwayne Johnson.
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WhileThe Killer’s Gamebecame Bautista’s career low at the box office, the high audience score brings some hope, meaning it still has a chance to find an audience and some success via word of mouth. He still has a solid acting resume in the last few years, with agood chunk of Bautista’s moviesreceiving positive Rotten Tomatoes scores since 2021’sArmy of the Dead. He alsohas one more movie coming out this year calledThe Last Showgirls,which currently has a score of 88%. Therefore, his Rotten Tomatoes record is still solid, with this year looking to record two fresh and two rotten movies.
Our Take On The Audience Response To The Killer’s Game
Audiences Always Respond Differently From Critics, & This Is Key For Action Movies
Considering I have seenThe Killer’s Gamein theaters, I’m not surprised that audiences responded better to the movie than critics. I even anticipated that the audience and critics would be divided on Rotten Tomatoes. While the acting wasn’t great and the story was cliché, the action sequences are the main spectacle of this movie.The fights and killings are violent and brutal, which is all that it takes to provide an entertaining enough popcorn action flick.
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I also don’t believe this will hurt Bautista’s acting career, as he has been serious about his craft for some time now. This is particularly the case as he tries to find a footing beyond franchises and MCU movies. Given the audience response,The Killer’s Gamewill likely have streaming potentialand experience similar success through those means. This is a typical trend for just about any action movie. Therefore, Bautista’s acting career still has a chance to grow,whether to become the next action star or to expand on his versatile choices.
The Killer’s Game
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A hitman named Joe is diagnosed with a terminal illness and decides to end his life on his own terms by placing a hit on himself. When he learns the diagnosis was a mistake, he must evade the world’s deadliest assassins who are now targeting him. The action-packed narrative follows Joe as he fights for survival while confronting his past decisions and the relentless killers pursuing him.
