Random Worst CGI Moments In '90s Movies (19 items)

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  (#4) Spawn

  • Martin Sheen, John Leguizamo, Melinda Clarke, Frank Welker, Michael Jai White, Nicol Williamson, Jack Coleman, D. B. Sweeney, Michael Papajohn, Miko Hughes, Theresa Randle, Sydni Beaudoin, Laura Stepp

  Spawn uses CGI throughout the film, and even the "realistic" effects like fire don't look real, let alone the blue flame dagger, lava, and Devil. The story is obviously fictional and the effects follow that, but when Cogliostro goes down to battle the Devil, the challenges of CGI become too tough to get past. With the lava rock floor constantly moving in the underworld, Cogliostro doesn't move with it, pulling the audience out of the movie. 
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  (#3) Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

  • Talisa Soto, Ray Park, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Sandra Hess, Irina Pantaeva, James Remar, Musetta Vander, Robin Shou, Brian Thompson, Marjean Holden, Chris Conrad, Keith Cooke, Reiner Schöne, Dennis Keiffer, Litefoot, Deron McBee, J.J. Perry, Ridley Tsui, Lynn "Red" Williams

  As Liu Kang finally defeats Shao-Kahn in a battle to determine the fate of Earth - Kahn transforms into a dragon. In this process, the creature emerges from his human body in what almost looks like a pop-up in a paper book or card. The dragon then flips mid-air until going through the bright blue portal that quickly disappears after sucking the creature in. The concept of the movie is obviously sci-fi, but the graphics of this transformation really pull audiences out of the triumph of the moment and Kang finally banishes evil.
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  (#19) Event Horizon

  • Laurence Fishburne, Jason Isaacs, Sam Neill, Joely Richardson, Kathleen Quinlan, Sean Pertwee, Emily Booth, Richard T. Jones, Teresa May, Jack Noseworthy, Noah Huntley, Peter Marinker, Robert Jezek, Holley Chant, Barclay Wright

  Dr. Weir destroys the window in the ship in Event Horizon, causing the glass the shatter and items to fly out into space. While the glass appears it's supposed to have some sort of 3D effect - but doesn't - the remainder of the debris comes out in the most unrealistic way. Each piece is sent spinning more calmly into space than it should be as the rest of the scene implies it should. 
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  (#15) Star Trek: Insurrection

  • Patrick Stewart, Marina Sirtis, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, Abraham Murphy, Donna Murphy, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, Armin Shimerman, Anthony Zerbe, Gregg Henry, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Michael Welch, Stephanie Niznik, Michael Horton, Breon Gorman, Mark Deakins

  When Admiral Dougherty attempts to shut down the mission in Star Trek: Insurrection, he gets into a scuffle where he ends up on the table of a machine. That machine alters his face slowly to look as though his face was partially melted rubber. The issue is mostly with the CGI sequence that appears to be both slow moving but also over too quickly. Additionally, it's quite obvious his cheeks are no longer actually a part of his face which doesn't help with the realism.
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  (#8) Deep Blue Sea

  • Samuel L. Jackson, LL Cool J, Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Stellan Skarsgård, Frank Welker, Michael Rapaport, Erinn Bartlett, Renny Harlin, Aida Turturro, Ronny Cox, Jacqueline McKenzie, Mary Kay Bergman, Valente Rodriguez, Eyal Podell, Brent Roam, Cristos, Dan Thiel, Daniel Rey, Tajsha Thomas, Sarah Kelly, Sabrina Geerinckx

  Deep Blue Sea is often ridiculed for it's awful CGI sharks - as most shark terror movies are. But a scene of a shark eating a star like Samuel L. Jackson is going to get some additional scrutiny. The shark jumps from the small opening, and with Jackson's back to the pool, the shark snags him in its mouth. The issue comes truly when the "body dummy" they use for Jackson looks like a poorly created video game character. At that moment, everything in the film seems fake or digitally altered which doesn't add any credibility to the terror these sharks are supposed to invoke. 
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  (#16) Dragonheart

  • Dennis Quaid, Julie Christie, Jason Isaacs, John Gielgud, Dina Meyer, Pete Postlethwaite, David Thewlis, Brian Thompson, Terry O'Neill, Lee Oakes, Buddy John Quaid, Peter Hric, Eva Vejmelková, Milan Bahúl, Wolf Christian, Kyle Cohen, Sandra Kovacicova, Thom Baker

  Draco never quite interacts properly with the water - or the water, more so, doesn't ripple the way it should when a dragon of his size touches it. That's made severely obvious in the scene where Draco saves Bowen. As he's standing in the pond, his foot - paw? - is lifted slightly out of the water and put back in without causing any ripples. Yes, the dragon already looks unrealistic - it is a dragon after all - but to really sell it, focusing on something as simple and water movement would be a great step. 

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