Overview

• The film holds a 3% Rotten Tomatoes critics score and a 21% audience rating, ranking 88th on the site’s “Worst Movies of All Time” list.
• Shot remotely in late 2020 and shelved until July 2025, its screenlife format has been criticized for thin plotting and stilted performances.
• Viewers and critics have derided the heavy Amazon product placement—from Prime Air drones to a $1,000 gift card—as overt platform advertising.
• Clips of Ice Cube’s on-screen reactions have gone viral on X, TikTok and Know Your Meme, driving hate-watch binges that propelled it into Prime Video’s top charts.
• Neither Universal Pictures nor Prime Video nor key cast members, including Ice Cube and director Rich Lee, have issued substantive public responses to the backlash.