New John Cena action film debuts with rare 0% Rotten Tomatoes score

Yikes

His newest flick, Freelance, looks like it's hitting the bottom of the barrel, gaining a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes after 22 reviews, at the time of writing.

It's rare territory to not get a single percent on RT, so Cena can look at that as a feat in itself. Otherwise, there's not much to cheer about here. From the trailer alone, it looks very confused as to whether it's a full on action, comedy or a romance flick and the reviews seem to back that up.

Helmed by Pierre Morel (director of Taken), the film stars Cena as an ex-special forces operative called Mason Pettis, who is dragged from his new boring life as a lawyer, back into a private security mission to protect a journalist (Alison Brie) as she interviews the ruthless dictator, Juan Venegas (Juan Pablo Raba) during a military coup.

Here are some of the most cutting reviews of the new action comedy.

Roger Ebert - "There’s an oppressive nothingness to Freelance. No romance. No comedy. No action."

The Hollywood Reporter - "Even the most cherished daydream needs a bit of skill and finessing if it’s to translate to the big screen, and that’s where Freelance falls fatally short — yielding not an uplifting escape, but an enervating bore."

IGN Movies - "Freelance is an eyesore of horrendous digital effects, features uninspired action, and wastes the few big names in its cast."

Slant - "By its conclusion, what we’re left with is a cinematic Frankenstein, whose disparate genre elements have been cobbled together without much consideration or fuss."

We'll next see John Cena in action-comedy spy thriller Argylle when that arrives in cinemas in February 2024, here's hoping that one is much better

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