The Rookies

If filmmakers use posters as a way of nodding to their influences, then the bar for The Rookies seems to be set especially low.

Lame humor and incoherent plotting are among the shortcomings of "The Rookies," an initially engaging but increasingly tedious Chinese action-comedy-thriller that not even kick-ass movie queen Milla Jovovich can breathe much life into.

Utterly forgettable and messy on every level, The Rookies is one of those movies that makes viewers wonder why the filmmakers thought it would be a good idea to get this embarrassing dud made.

There's such passion behind this terrible script that you want to love it.