Worst Superhero Performances

Movies are hard to make. Superhero movies? They're even harder to make

And movies about superheroes that have a lead actor who's chewing scenery in every take

That's got to be impossible. Today, we're counting down the top 10 worst superhero performances on film

as voted by you, the viewer. Welcome to Total Nerd Ranked, the show where we rank 30 stuff

Number 10. Nick Cage in Ghost Rider. Ghost Rider is a vengeance-fueled demon trapped inside the body of a man

Nick Cage is? Well, he might as well be a vengeance-fueled demon trapped inside the body of a man

Have you seen any of his movies? T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z! The man acts like if he doesn't assault the standards and cultural mores of the time

he'll be sent to purgatory forever. Which is, you know, pretty accurately summarizing the overall feeling of the film Ghost Rider as well

Oh, and for some reason, Nick Cage's Johnny Blaze really loves jelly beans

That's Johnny Blaze, badass motorcycle stuntman, eating jelly beans out of a snifter

Number nine, Jennifer Garner in Elektra. You know what would be cool? An Elektra movie with next to no connections to the larger Daredevil, Marvel, or Elektra mythology

made on a low budget and with Jennifer Garner returning to the role. even though the Ben Affleck Daredevil film wasn't even good enough to warrant a sequel

which inexplicably is exactly what we got for some reason. Also the movie logo has a sigh in it because she a ninja Number eight Matt Salinger as Captain America The 90s were rough on superheroes Production companies didn quite have the money to really bring the four heroes to life

like they really deserve to. And so we have a bunch of junk drawer executions

of beloved icons. Enter Matt Salinger, the junk draweriest of heroes. Fun side note, Matt Salinger is the son of famed author

and recluse J.D. Salinger. We could talk more about this Captain America film, but let's not

Seven, January Jones in X-Men First Class. Emma Frost is one of the most complex and interesting characters in all the vast library of X-Men

And January Jones' portrayal of the character has... I don't know. Basically none of the qualities that you would expect in her on-screen Emma Frost

In fact, she was so bad, they left her out of the rest of the First Class era films

How great did that Magneto costume look at the end of that first picture, though? So, Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 3, Spider-Man is a champion

of the downtrodden. He's the quipster with a plan to save downtown Manhattan

And in Spider-Man 3, he also had some sick ass dance moves

Look, Spider-Man 3 is just simply put, terrible. And Tobey Maguire, he's quite possibly the second

well, we'll get to that later, worst part of the film. How do you go from being the at the time greatest superhero

film of all time in Spider-Man 2 to Harry Osborn snowboarding through the sky

I, uh, literally no idea. Number five, Stallone in Judge Dredd. Ratchet of Fire Judge Dredd is one of the most iconic comic book characters on Earth having appeared in thousands of comics two feature films and an upcoming TV show To make things even more frustrating

this film and the costume look great. The sets are cool, and the rest of the cast is awesome

But Stallone took his helmet off and said things like, You betray the law

And you betray the law! So, you know. Crossed your head. This film was about as wooden and emotionless

as you would want a Jeff Grad movie to be. But in reality, it's just nowhere near as good

It just kind of feels like an old piece of bread left out for six months. Number four, Seth Rogen in The Green Hornet. Hola

I am the Green Hornet. Created by Fran Stryker, The Green Hornet is actually the grandnephew of The Lone Ranger

Too bad there's not much that's grand about this film adaptation starring our boy, the stoner in chief, Seth Rogen

Is it a good movie? No. It's weirdly paced and kind of funny, kind of serious

but not enough of either. And also, Seth Rogen is many things, but a believable action star? No

He lost a bunch of weight to play the titular Britt Reid, but even a shitload of crunches couldn't hide the fact

that this would be a franchise starter. This was fundamentally flawed. But at least Kato was cool, right? KatoVision? Remember? KatoVision

That was cool. Number three, Topher Grace in Spider-Man 3. Venom is the bulky, alien, adrenaline-filled journalist

rival of Peter Parker. Jopher Grace is the dude from that 70s show who

in his free time, edited all three Hobbit films into one semi-decent movie

Sure, I can do that. While that is objectively a public service that doesn completely absolve him of the original sin of being in Spider 3 The film that killed the franchise sent Sony into a tailspin of quick we have to reboot the Spider franchise every six years

and made one of the best Spidey villains distinctly more that

Number 2, David Hasselhoff in Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury is the center of the MCU

But what if I told you there was a Nick Fury movie before his first appearance at the end of Iron Man 1

and that it was written by none other than David Goyer of Blade

and the Dark Knight fame, and starred Mr. Baywatch himself, David Hasselhoff

Now, is this movie good? No, not even in the slightest. But does Hasselhoff look like a near-pitch-perfect Starenko

drawing come to life? Hell yes. And number one, Shaquille O'Neal in Steel

Shaq Daddy. You know a movie is bad when, in the age of the superhero film

dominance, it hasn't been re-released on Blu-ray or DVD and is streaming for free on YouTube

And no one cares. That's how blundering and tone deaf and completely subtlety

free Shaquille O'Neal's performance as John Henry Irons is in Steel. In the comics, Steel is a weapons designer whose life

is saved by Superman and is inspired to change his ways and take up an unending war on crime

Because Superman was dead. It's a long story. It was the 90s. In the film, he's Shaq in a tin can

That's a good idea. And Richard Roundtree says stuff like, I'd boogie around danger like a soul trained dancer