What you should know about video game adaptations is that Uwe Boll was allowed to make three different ones. blood rain movie.he managed to convince Sir Ben Kingsley Iron Man III) that Appeared in the first film It was a good idea.
But that’s about it. Making a video game into a movie is always a difficult task. turn one into a series—like just launched Last of Us — maybe a little less frightening. Still, Hollywood (and game publishers) keep trying. There are a few examples of video game adaptations that didn’t take off right away. We have collected 10 of them below. However, there is a short disclaimer that you should read first.
This list is not chosen because these works are good movies. that would be ridiculous. Some of them are terrible movies.Instead, they were chosen based on how true they were to the spirit of the games they were based on. dead or alive, is actually very thinly justified. It is fine. So are movies. But we get to it.
Doom (2005)
Karl Urban (Reaper) and Dwayne Johnson (Surge) more or less as Space Marines DoomYou know, a game that runs on everything?The plot is almost completely similar to the 2004 one doom 3, with only an additional McGuffin provided by Romansand Pike’s Samantha Grimm, who ultimately explains how her brother (John “Reaper” Grimm) can single-handedly overcome the powers of Hell. Not important. What matters is how the movie tries (and more or less succeeds) in recreating the player’s feeling when first stepping into his UAC research facility on Mars. Easter eggs for the player are everywhere (one being Dr. Carmack), and the fast-paced first-person sequence towards the end of the film is worth watching on its own.
Mortal Kombat (1995 and 2021)
Yes, there are two movies just titled Mortal KombatHowever, we are looking at them for a completely different reason.First movie, 1995s Mortal Kombat, which consists almost entirely of cheese. Raiden is portrayed by Christopher Lambert as a very vile god, Robin Shaw is Liu Kang, and Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa is Shang Tsung. But the fate of the world was at stake, it had a modest budget, and Napalm Death was on the soundtrack (as part of the introduction to Arcade his game’s sub-boss Goro).
2021 Mortal Kombat, on the one hand, had the benefit of experience behind it. Japanese actors Tadanobu Asano played Raiden and Hiroyuki Sanada was criminally underused as Scorpion. If you can get past the blood and guts (because of Netherrealm’s X-Ray attacks), you’ll enjoy the franchise solidly. increase.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Wait a minute, listen.yes tomb Raider Movies starring Angelina Jolie receive a lot of criticism, but they were a product of their times. There was a tendency to shoot animals. Obviously not for fun. The film sees Croft go out in search of a very specific relic, looking for information about his missing father, Richard Croft. We’ve seen the plotline pop up in a few games, but the 2001 movie is structured pretty much the same way, and if you squint hard enough, you’ll actually see each change of scenery through Krystal’s You can draw it as a cutscene of dynamics. Any highlights here? Actions, costumes, overall demeanor, ponytails.Lara from 1998 to his circa 2004 is almost identical to his Croft course.
Tomb Raider (2018)
yes there are more tomb Raider here. However, this is completely different. Based more or less on the 2013 video game reboot of the same name, the film finds a young Lara (Alicia Vikander, whose video looks quite similar to her game counterpart)…her Father, Richard Her Croft. After all, anyway. It also has to do with the plot of the 2013 video game.The Sun Queen, Himiko’s Grave, the Dark Organization Trinity…the whole thing. The beats of the story play out in much the same way. Young explorers learn how to use violence to lose friends (in that order), betrayal, and the best way to shoot a soldier in the chest. It’s a solid movie on its own merits. Like some others here, it suffers because it’s a video game movie. A straight-up adventure movie with the same cast might have gotten more attention.
Resident Evil (2002)
was the first Resident Evil is the movie good? Oh, absolutely.But it would have been helpful if you had just a little idea of what’s what Resident Evil it was all about. This video game adaptation spawned a number of sequels despite being ravaged by critics, but the first film in the series was a solid starter. ) and introduced Alice (Milla Jovovich) as a new character to be stuffed down the rabbit hole of Umbrella. A mysterious mansion, the shambling dead, a hidden facility deep underground, and the appearance of the Nemesis program. It would have been an average zombie movie on its own, but when you dress up in a Capcom cosplay, it’s actually… okay.
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
The second movie of Resident Evil The series wasn’t too bad either.mostly inspired Resident Evil 3, our protagonist Alice wakes up in a hospital in a city deserted except for zombies, and she and many others must escape. Director Paul WS Anderson Resident Evil 3 as a plot point. As far as the series goes, this was the last one to stick very strictly to Capcom’s formula. Thing. Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory) is absolutely amazing. Jovovich also moderately kicks the zombie’s backside. you know what? Also go see his four other Paul W.S. Anderson films. They are funny and ignorant.
DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
This particular video game adaptation can be controversial. When the movie’s main villain is Eric Roberts, he shouldn’t be allowed to watch the movie if he doesn’t know what he’s doing. DOA: Dead or Alive It’s an attempt to bring the eponymous game franchise closer to the movies.Same plot as Bruce Lee enter the dragon, but with nanobots added. A predominantly female cast (who, admittedly, tend to dress skimpy and play rounds of volleyball) topped out a fighting championship on a secluded island, where Victor Donavan (Roberts) steals all fighter skills via infused nanobots. These nanobots also allow event organizers to display a health bar in each match stream. of course? Jaime Presley is super funny, Eric Roberts chews up every landscape you can get your hands on, and Presley, Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter, and Holly Valance all (eventually) team up to take down…well, Everything.
Ratchet and Clank (2016)
It almost feels like cheating to include this movie on the list. The only animation feature we chose (there are many great animated movies, most of them Street Fighter) is based on 2016 ratchet and crank Game restart. Game series are always quirky, and the combination of weird storylines, weird gadgets, and good animation lends itself well to cinema. The 2016 movie and the movie use exactly the same visuals (cutscene animation instead of gameplay) and almost identical actors for major characters like Ratchet, Clank, and Qwark. Since it’s Hollywood, there are some popular actors who have additional roles in movies. As an animated adventure movie, this is a decent entry. It is most similar to its source video game. Because… well, I’m sure Sony let the game developers bang this together.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Oh this movie is going to split. prince of persia (film) is based on Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, a 2003 Ubisoft game. But since the film was handed over to Disney, only the really rough strokes are in place. But there is a sizeable European cast in the cast. In the case of Prince Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal), it kind of makes sense, because he’s an adopted street rat (not named Aladdin at all). Gemma Arterton, Ronald Pickup , Richard Coyle? Still, what you’re seeing here is a solid-era adventure movie. It would have been nice to have Alfred Molina and his ostrich chew the landscape a bit more. But the time-altering mechanics are excellent, and Gyllenhaal actually makes an incredible wall-running, sword-wielding Persian prince (by his adoption), and… come on, it’s a Disney adventure movie. It’s fun even if you’re not good at it.
