Start the Revolution Without Me

Revolution Studios is the Aaron Spelling of the film industry, churning out crass, reliably stupid movies at a pace that would exhaust a hyena that's just ingested a meth lab. "Click" is its latest moronorama, and it, predictably enough, wowed the critics. (And made a huge pile of money, it almost goes without saying.)

A glance at the production company's fare is like a visit to a Dodger Stadium mens room on Fiber-and-Laxative Nite. To wit: "Benchwarmers," "Are We There Yet?," "Christmas with the Kranks," "xXx: State of the Union," "Little Black Book," "White Chicks," "Daddy Day Care," "Hollywood Homicide," "Radio," "Made in Manhattan," "The Master of Disguise," "Tomcats," "The Animal" and, of course, the notorious "Gigli." They also cooked up something called "Li'l Pimp," an animated feature that repelled a full half of its test-screening audience a few years back and has never been released.

Most of these just aren't misfires; they're aggressively awful flicks that earned some of the most vitriolic reviews of their day. So who, one might reasonably ask, is the revolution against? And where does one sign up to join the counter-insurgency?