So I was tormenting myself by sitting through League of Extraordinary Gentlemen last night and I was thinking, “For a man who’s got a reputation for being great Sean Connery has starred in a lot of bad movies.” So what’s the worst movie he’s been part of?
And for a few quick options:
Highlander 2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Avengers
Zardoz (warning: the goggles will do nothing)
There’s plenty more to choose from, though…
His last 3 or 4 were pretty much stinkers. LXG, Finding Forrester and Avengers were all pretty unwatchable. The Rock and that Catherine Zeta Jones thing might be the only entertaining ones he did after Indy.
“Highlander 2” is the worst movie I’ve ever seen starring anyone, so I guess logically it’s got to be that.
Zardoz hands down.
I liked League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (that’s right, I said it). As far as big dumb action movies go, it was pretty entertaining and had a great look.
They made a Highlander 2! :eek: How could I have missed that…
OB
It’s 50/50 between *Zardoz *and Highlander II. At least he spent large parts of The Avengers wearing a teddy bear suit…
…you know what? Make mine The Avengers.
I’m with you! Screw those that didn’t like it.
I’d go with Zardoz, I never bothered seeing The Avengers so I cannot say if it’s in the running.
Oh man, I so want to see that. Sounds like a hoot. 
Ah, I liked Avengers.
Agree with RickJay. Highlander II isn’t the worst movie starring Sean Connery, its simply the worst movie.
I bought Zardoz from a Walmart $5 bin.
I am not yet brave enough nor drunk enough to unwrap it.
QFT.
My first thought was Zardoz - but upon reflection I think it was a really interesting idea that suffered from bad writing and bad direction. One out of 3 ain’t bad.
Highlander 2, OTOH, is 0 for 3.
So, Highlander 2 it is.
It is. It’s hilariously screwed up.
It’s damning with faint praise to say (accurately) that The Rock is amongst his better recent efforts. It’s an okay action flick, but it’s pretty dang weak as far as good movies go, IMO.
The Untouchables and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade were probably the last decent things he was in that I’m aware of. I really liked Outland as well. Man, those movies were a long time ago.
All I remember of Zardoz is that I should never, ever, watch it again. So I’ll go for that.
I quite enjoyed Finding Forrester. Not a great movie, but a decent workpiece.
What about Meteor?
I saw it on TV once and it was just horrible. Then again, I’ve never seen Highlander 2. I mean, why would I?
Highlander 2 without a doubt.
Ya know, back in the day I really loved Zardoz. But I agree you really have to be stoned when you see it.
I keep tiptoeing back in to make sure no one has mentioned The Anderson Tapes. Few here may even be familiar with it as it’s older and, admittedly, not really a darling of the cable movie networks. It was though one of the first “grown up” movies I saw as a kid and to our juvenile, unsophisticated minds it was “pretty keen!” It’d be a shame to learn later we’d fallen for a real dog.
Thinking back on it, it probably wasn’t all that bad of a movie or performance by Connery. While I’ve never seen Zardoz, judging by the comments here AT should rank far above.