Summary
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Cate Blanchett Borderlands was a major flop, but her upcoming spy thriller Black Bag should earn her critical acclaim.
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Despite past dads, Blanchett’s collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh in Black Bag Promises a high-quality film.
- Borderlands stands as the lowest point in Blanchett’s career, however Black Bag With its stellar cast is set to quickly redeem its legacy.
Cate Blanchett starred in what could be the worst blockbuster of 2024 in BorderlandsBut her next project is about as different from the video game adaptation as can be, and should be a lock for critical acclaim. Borderlands Earned a dismal Rotten Tomatoes score while bombing at the box office, and while it’s impossible to blame Cate Blanchett for a movie absolutely rife with issues, it was jarring to see such an accomplished actress star in such a bad movie. Blanchett’s legendary filmography speaks for itself, however Borderlands Will forever be a black mark on your resume.
Fortunately for the two-time Academy Award winner, the stink of Borderlands‘ Reviews should be washed away by her very next movie. While the versatile actress has never shied away from off-the-wall projects like Borderlands Or the critically acclaimed Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Thor: RagnarokHer greatest work as an actress tends to be of a more dramatic nature. Her next movie, which releases in March 2025, will see her return to more serious fare, and as a result, likely more critical acclaim.
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Cate Blanchett’s Black Bag Movie sounds significantly better than Borderlands
The Steven Soderbergh film has much more promise
Next up for Cate Blanchett is Black BagA spy thriller from Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh, written by veteran action screenwriter David Koepp. There is very little information about the movie’s plot, setting or tone, but with Soderbergh at the helm, all the elements are sure to blend into something worthy of applause. Koepp’s track record is almost as impressive as Soderbergh’s, as he has been a co-writer on some of the best action movies of the last 30 years, including Mission impossible, Jurassic Park, Spider-Man (2002), and War of the Worlds.
Blanchett will be headlining an impressive cast, which should further exceed expectations of the quality of the movie. In addition to Blanchett, Black Bag with Michael Fassbender (The killer), Naomi Harris (Skyfall), Regé-Jean Page (Bridgerton), and even a former James Bond in Pierce Brosnan. With this assortment of dramatic talent combined with an award-winning behind-the-scenes team, Black Bag is a close-knit for quality.
Is Borderlands the biggest disappointment of Cate Blanchett’s career?
It was a ratings and box office bomb
Cate Blanchett’s movie career is loaded with high-caliber dramatic performances, and she has starred in some of the most celebrated movies of the past 30 years. With that said, she has a number of dads in her filmography, just like any movie star with a long career. Ironically enough, one of her lowest-rated movies is a past collaboration with Steven Soderbergh: 2006’s The good German. She also starred in the Lackluster Russell Crowe-led revisionist take on Robin Hood from Ridley Scott in 2010, but no film comes close Borderlands.
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Lowest Tomatometer scores of Cate Blanchett’s career |
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Year |
Tomatometer score |
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Borderlands |
2024 |
10% |
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The monuments people |
2014 |
31% |
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Charlotte Gray |
2001 |
33% |
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The good German |
2006 |
34% |
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age |
2007 |
35% |
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The man who cried |
2000 |
35% |
Video game movie adaptations have a brutal track record, but even among the movies, Borderlands is a colossal failure. It produces the lowest Rotten tomatoes Tomatometer scores Blanchett’s career by a good margin, as it still sits at 10% two weeks after its release. Combine that with the abysmal box office return (only $24.2 million as of this writing on a $100 million budget) and Borderlands is pretty clearly the biggest disappointment of Blanchett’s career.
Source: Rotten tomatoes