10 brutal reviews from the January movie dump

Enjoy the best jabs at the worst movies released at the beginning of 2014

January has a well-earned reputation as the month when the dregs of Hollywood movies get unceremoniously released and quickly forgotten. The studios use the post-holidays, pre-Oscars limbo to burn off the overblown action movies, unfunny comedies, and rejected Oscar bait they have sitting on their shelves, some of which were pushed back from a higher-profile release once it became clear that the finished product was unsalvageable. This January managed to produce at least one well-received, popular movie that ushered in the New Year: Lone Survivor. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean the rest of the month was any less terrible. Here are 10 of the most scathingly reviewed movies from January, in the words of the critics who hated them most:

1. The Legend of Hercules, starring Kellan Lutz, Liam McIntyre, and Roxanne McKee (3 percent positive reviews)

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Jillian Rayfield is a freelance writer in New York. In the past, she has written for Salon, MSNBC, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine's Daily Intel, and Talking Points Memo.