Action is the ultimate film genre. The reason why is right there in the name.Motionpictures. Movies are about movement. Action provides it.As a result, the old truism about pizza also applies to action movies: Whentheyre good,theyre great, and whentheyre bad, well, theyre still pretty good.A poorly written and poorly acted action movie can deliver on the level of excitement and spectacle. (Case in point!)An outstanding action movie with high stakes and rich characters is better, but sometimes a dopey thriller with solid stunts and effects and nothing else is precisely what the doctor ordered.(Wait, do we need a dopeyaction movie about a martial artist/doctor? Doesthat movie exist? What brave filmmakerwill giveusThe Doctor Is In, the tale of a butt-kickinggastroenterologist who gets pushed past his breaking point and takes revenge against the evil goons who destroyed his clinic?)While we wait forsomeone to make that surefire cinematic classic, lets take a look at 20films that failed to even clear the dumb, but fun threshold 20 of the absolute worst action movies ever made. These movies contain atrocious writing, baffling editing,hideous cinematography and worst of all unexciting action performed by actors who were clearly out of their element. In this genre, thats pretty much inexcusable. And so are these movies.The Worst Action Movies Ever MadeWe love action movies at ScreenCrush. But not all action movies are great, or good, or even watchable. These are the worst of the worst.READ MORE: EveryStar Wars Movie, Ranked From Worst to BestGet our free mobile appMovies We Love Because Theyre Always On CableThere's something fun about surfing through TV channels later at night and happening upon something youve never seen before.Gallery Credit: Emma Stefansky