Desert Warrior: Anthony Mackie's Controversial Flop

0:00On April 27th, Anthony Mackie's latest flick, Desert Warrior, just hit theaters last Friday and it's already getting slammed on IMDB with a one-point. Nine score, the lowest he's ever had, that's from over 5,000 user reviews, mostly one out of tens. This drops right before his big comeback as Captain America and Avengers, Doomsday on December 18th, 2026. Meanwhile, critics aren't loving it either, with rotten tomatoes at 31% from pros and 64% from audiences. The main heat comes from its ties to Saudi-backed NBC studios, which poured $150 million into it, the priciest film ever made. There. Fans worldwide are calling it out as propaganda to polish Saudi Arabia's image through big entertainment bucks. Even reviewers from places like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE are mad about the English language script and white actors playing Middle Eastern, historical figures.

1:00Production was a mess too, taking nearly a year to shoot and over three years for post-production after director Rupert Wyatt bailed amid clashes with. The studio. The cast includes heavy hitters like Ben Kingsley and Charlottal Coppley alongside Mackie. All this noise could cast a shadow on Mackie's Marvel run, but for now, Desert Warrior stuck in the desert of bad buzz. That's the story for today, entertainment and celebrity news, today driven by AI.