The critics, so far, have a unanimous verdict: “The Last Days of American Crime,” Netflix’s new sci-fi/heist mashup that features scenes of police brutality and other gratuitous violence, is one of the worst films… ever.The movie, released on Netflix June 5, has a 0% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes, which means none of the 25 critical reviews tabulated by the site were positive.“The Last Days of American Crime” joins only 42 other films (with at least 20 reviews) to receive the dubious distinction of getting a goose egg, including Netflix’s “The Ridiculous 6” from Adam Sandler, “Gotti” starring John Travolta, 1990’s “Problem Child,” “Staying Alive” (also starring Travolta) and “Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol.”The consensus is that, with protests nationwide over the police killing of George Floyd, the timing of the movie’s debut is disaster.
But even discounting that, “The Last Days of American Crime” is a
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