Ridley Scott's Latest Post-Apocalyptic Film Gets Mashed by Critics

Renowned director Ridley Scott is no stranger to making high-profile movies, but his latest effort, The Dog Stars, has fallen flat with critics. With a whopping 70 reviews in, The Dog Stars currently boasts a dismal 38% score on Rotten Tomatoes. This puts it firmly at the bottom of Scott's filmography.

The Dog Stars is an adaptation of a 2012 novel Set after a pandemic that has almost wiped out humanity, survivors band together to fight marauders and other threats. The film marks one of the few recent ventures from director Ridley Scott into the post-apocalyptic genre.

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Background and Historical Context

Despite its poor reception, The Dog Stars is still expected to perform reasonably well at the box office, with projections ranging from $18-23 million. This puts it above some of its rivals but still trails behind other big-name releases like Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

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Future Impact and Next Steps

The formula sounds great. Ridley Scott directing a post-apocalyptic movie starring premium actors like Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Jacob Elordi, Guy Pearce and Benedict Wong. That would be The Dog Stars , out this weekend, and critic reviews have arrived on Rotten Tomatoes.

Bad news. Quite bad news, in fact. The Dog Stars is currently getting thrashed With nearly 70 reviews in, The Dog Stars has a 38% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Ridley Scott, obviously, has directed some of the most storied movies of all time, from Thelma and Louise to Alien to Blade Runner to Gladiator . But with so many movies in his catalog, some have been bombs. And now, The Dog Stars is among them as one of his lowest-scored features on Rotten Tomatoes.

Here is the bottom of the list.

There’s just so, so many films here, some I haven’t even heard of ( 1492 ) and others I didn’t know he directed ( Exodus: Gods and Kings ). As you can see, there was a pretty sharp down period between 2005 and 2014.

Scott only had two “fresh” movies in that period out of eight releases, American Gangster and Prometheus . Though he ended that streak with the 91% scored The Martian . So you really never know what you’re going to get with him.