
This is a listing of all the gloriously lengthy recaps ever posted to the
Agony Booth. Use the links below to sort the list according to your personal
needs. Don't forget the conventional reviews, mini-recaps and other miscellaneous
articles found in the Agonizer.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
(1989)
a recap by Mark "Scooter" Wilson
Another installment in the Worst of Trek!
Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Laurence Luckinbill.
In a nutshell: “I’m really annoyed at how this movie is making me question the competence of every single human being in the universe.”
Posted on: Monday, June 22, 2009.
Average reader rating: 8.797/10
(128 votes).
Mister T
"Mystery of the Stranger"
(Orig aired Nov 10, 1984)
a recap by Jordon Davis
Stars: Mr. T, Phil LaMarr, and George Clooney as Sparky the Dog.
In a nutshell: “If you only watch one episode of Mister T this year, it might as well be this one.”
Posted on: Monday, June 29, 2009.
Average reader rating: 9.208/10
(53 votes).
Twilight
(2008)
a recap by Jet
Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Taylor Lautner.
In a nutshell: "No matter how good of a job the director did, and no matter how hard the screenwriters worked, nobody else's talent is ever going to fix the middle-aged woman's disturbing sparkly wank-dream that is Twilight."
Posted on: Monday, May 25, 2009.
Average reader rating: 7.225/10
(213 votes).
Mister T
"The Playtown Mystery"
(Orig aired Oct 5, 1985)
a recap by Ed Harris
Stars: Mr. T, Phil LaMarr.
In a nutshell: "If you've never seen a duck driving a fire truck carrying a pig, a goat, and a chicken, well... You have now."
Posted on: Tuesday, June 2, 2009.
Average reader rating: 8.627/10
(59 votes).
Mister T
"The Crossword Mystery"
(Orig aired Oct 22, 1983)
a recap by Ryan Lohner
Stars: Mr. T, Phil LaMarr.
In a nutshell: "Hey, just wait and see how long it takes you to go on a murderous rampage when no one will help you finish a crossword puzzle."
Posted on: Thursday, June 4, 2009.
Average reader rating: 8.043/10
(47 votes).
The Day the Earth Stood Still
(2008)
a recap by Mark "Scooter" Wilson
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, Kathy Bates, John Cleese.
In a nutshell: For the role of an alien incapable of feeling emotions, they cast the Hollywood actor least capable of expressing them.
Posted on: Monday, January 26, 2009.
Average reader rating: 8.118/10
(110 votes).
Batman Forever
(1995)
a recap by Dan Laurikietis
Stars: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell.
In a nutshell: The beginning of the end of the Batman film franchise.
Posted on: Monday, November 17, 2008.
Average reader rating: 8.716/10
(331 votes).
Staying Alive
(1983)
a recap by Ed Harris
Stars: John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes.
In a nutshell: "I think we may have seen more of John Travolta's crotch in this 96-minute film than Kelly Preston has in the entire time she's been married to him."
Posted on: Monday, March 9, 2009.
Average reader rating: 8.225/10
(102 votes).
High School Musical
(2006)
a recap by Albert
Stars: Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale.
In a nutshell: "What are friends for, if not to murder your dreams before making them come true?"
Posted on: Thursday, October 23, 2008.
Average reader rating: 8.809/10
(272 votes).
Southland Tales
(2006)
a recap by Team Agony Booth
An Agony Booth MEGA RECAP!
Stars: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Wallace Shawn, Justin Timberlake, and many more!
In a nutshell: "It would all be so sinister, if I gave a shit."
Posted on: Monday, December 22, 2008.
Average reader rating: 8.578/10
(135 votes).
Elektra
(2005)
a recap by The Fili
Stars: Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Kirsten Prout, Will Yun Lee.
In a nutshell: "'Born to fight. Trained to kill.' Written to bore."
Posted on: Wednesday, January 7, 2009.
Average reader rating: 8.179/10
(112 votes).
Epic Movie
(2007)
a recap by Jordon Davis
Stars: Adam Campbell, Jayma Mays, Faune Chambers, Kal Penn, Jennifer Coolidge, Darrell Hammond, Fred Willard.
In a nutshell: A spoof in the tradition of Airplane!, if someone had replaced the first three reels of Airplane! with The Sorrow and the Pity.
Posted on: Sunday, April 6, 2008.
Average reader rating: 8.743/10
(393 votes).
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
"Meridian"
(Orig aired Nov 14, 1994)
a recap by Ed Harris
Another installment in the Worst of Trek!
Stars: Terry Farrell, Brett Cullen, Nana Visitor, Armin Shimmerman, Jeffrey Combs.
In a nutshell: "Yep, a Star Trek episode is going for a lighthearted tone, which can only mean one thing: Deep hurting… deep hurting!"
Posted on: Monday, September 29, 2008.
Average reader rating: 7.480/10
(100 votes).
Quest for Camelot
(1998)
a recap by Rori Stevens
Stars: The voices of Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Gary Oldman, Eric Idle, Don Rickles, Jane Seymour, Pierce Brosnan.
In a nutshell: "What people who hate Western animation think the whole genre is like."
Posted on: Sunday, September 14, 2008.
Average reader rating: 7.961/10
(129 votes).
Eragon
(2006)
a recap by Jet
Stars: Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Rachel Weisz.
In a nutshell: "Why exactly did this movie turn out so terrible? Well, aside from the poor source material they were working with, it's pretty clear what doomed the movie: they just didn't give a shit."
Posted on: Sunday, September 16, 2007.
Average reader rating: 8.991/10
(757 votes).
Enterprise
"A Night in Sickbay"
(Orig aired Oct 16, 2002)
a recap by Albert
Another installment in the Worst of Trek!
Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Linda Park, Connor Trineer.
In a nutshell: "This episode will not be presented in real time. It'll only feel that way."
Posted on: Wednesday, April 30, 2008.
Average reader rating: 8.775/10
(413 votes).
Hulk
(2003)
a recap by D.R. McLeod
Stars: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas.
In a nutshell: "This movie is shoved so far up its own ass that it becomes a Klein bottle."
Posted on: Sunday, June 8, 2008.
Average reader rating: 8.424/10
(245 votes).
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium
(2005)
a recap by Evan Waters
Stars: Justin Ipock, Laurie Maria Baranyay, Stephan Wolfert, Stan Klimecko, John F. Henry III.
In a nutshell: Mr. George A. Romero would like to disavow any involvement with the following.
Posted on: Wednesday, September 24, 2008.
Average reader rating: 8.053/10
(95 votes).
The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia
(1994)
a recap by Michael A. Novelli
Stars: Jason James Richter, Melody Kay, Tracey Ellis, Jack Black.
In a nutshell: "Devoid of more source material to butcher, the filmmakers apparently decided to ignore what had come before and knock-off Power Rangers."
Posted on: Sunday, July 13, 2008.
Average reader rating: 8.250/10
(152 votes).
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
(2000)
a recap by Team Agony Booth
An Agony Booth MEGA RECAP!
Stars: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker.
In a nutshell: "Every shot is tilted at a different angle. I'd call this 'jarring', but I'd worry about offending jars."
Posted on: Sunday, March 9, 2008.
Average reader rating: 8.964/10
(420 votes).
Star Trek: Voyager
"Threshold"
(Orig aired Jan 29, 1996)
a recap by Albert
Another installment in the Worst of Trek!
Stars: Robert Duncan McNeill, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Roxann Dawson, Jennifer Lien.
In a nutshell: "Brannon Braga calls this one 'a royal, steaming stinker'. And when the guy who wrote the episode says that, it's pretty hard to disagree."
Posted on: Wednesday, September 27, 2006.
Average reader rating: 8.757/10
(408 votes).
Space Mutiny
(1988)
a recap by Kevin Podsiadlik
Stars: Reb Brown, Cisse Cameron, John Phillip Law, Cameron Mitchell.
In a nutshell: "Why does this movie have to be so stupid? It must be the Law of the Universe, the Law of the Galaxy."
Posted on: Wednesday, September 17, 2008.
Average reader rating: 8.444/10
(151 votes).
Enterprise
"Two Days and Two Nights"
(Orig aired May 15, 2002)
a recap by Number One
Another installment in the Worst of Trek!
Stars: Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, Linda Park, John Billingsley, Dey Young.
In a nutshell: "It's pretty sad that the only real nod we've had to space travel thus far has been the use of navigational terms as an aid to sexual harassment."
Posted on: Wednesday, July 23, 2008.
Average reader rating: 8.004/10
(225 votes).