Movies based on hit computer games (14 photos)

When a game becomes a hit, it's no surprise that in the future you can expect a movie that will be shot on this very game. It's logical because it becomes clear in advance that fans of the game will go to watch this paintings.





True, far from always (or rather, very rarely) films, based on the games are a hit with fans and viewers. We are offering to you remember the rather mediocre films made on hit computer games.

Mortal Kombat 2



The first part of the film "Mortal Kombat" directed by Paul Anderson in 1995, a hit with audiences. The actors were The plot is excellent, the dialogues are excellent. Behind watching the movie, we did not even notice any jambs, and the movie was interesting even to those who have never played the game in their lives.

But now, after 2 years, the sequel "Mortal Kombat" 2: Extermination". Paul Anderson no longer had a hand in this project, and most of the actors did not go to the second part. As a result, from the old people only Robin Shu (Liu Kang) and Talisa Soto (Kitana) remained.





When watching, it felt like the movie was made on the knee and his main task was to show as many characters in the game as possible, most of which have not even been disclosed. The plot didn't shine anymore. the graphics were worse than in the first part, the dialogues are terrible, Shao Kahn was shown as some kind of hysterical, and many were outraged that Johnny Cage leaked right at the very beginning of the film, and Rayne was killed by Shao Kahn himself because he is hysterical.



And how bad Baraka turned out in a rubber mask and with overhead unrealistic blades rewound with adhesive tape, so about this I don't even want to talk. It would have been better if it hadn't been included in the movie at all. than inserted in this way.

Alone in the dark



The game "Alone in the dark" was a real hit and tickled us nerves during the passage. But he took up the screening the "maestro" of film adaptations of computer games - Uwe Bol, who became a real standard for the "quality" of such projects. Film "Alone in the Dark" (2005) was no exception.

The film grabbed two nominations for "Golden Raspberry" and completely failed at the box office, not even recouping half of the budget. This film is the most failed work of Uwe Bol, which would concern computer games. Well, this movie has nothing to do with the game. Unless the heroes of the game and the movie have the same name.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider



The cult series of games "Tomb raider" was filmed not once. In 2001, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider was released. starring Angelina Jolie. True, the film was pretty mediocre and boring. Yes, and there was critically little action. Against the background of this picture, even the 2018 film looks much more interesting.

Super Mario Bros



I admit honestly, in my childhood I had the movie "Super Mario Brothers" even more or less liked it. But after revisiting it a few years later, I rethought everything.

Although, to be honest, this film can hardly be called adaptation of the game, since there is basically nothing from the game itself except for names. The characters enter a cyberpunk-style parallel universe, where people live who did not descend from monkeys, but from dinosaurs. IN in general, this has nothing to do with the game, although actors Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo are good.

As a result, the company "Nintendo" refused to continue to make feature films based on games about the Mario brothers.

double dragon



It's hard to imagine a 90s gamer who wouldn't play the game Double Dragon. Although, there certainly are. But in 1994 comes out the film of the same name, which by no means gave away the spirit of the game, but rather was some overly childish film a bad plot, overly theatrical acting, no action scenes, cheap costumes and of course bad special effects. Yes, and even if you add good special effects, that wouldn't have saved the movie.

Yes, it was the 90s, but only a year later came outassnaya "Mortal Kombat", which you can still watch with pleasure today.

Far Cry



And again a masterpiece from Uwe Bol. It seems to be a popular game, and the main role is played by actor Til Schweiger, but with the film itself somehow it didn't work. The film turned out to be empty and uninteresting, but Uwe Bol held an auction for those who would like to star in extras

Street Fighter



Street Fighter has always competed with Mortal Kombat". Even Jean Claude Van Damme was originally offered to play Johnny Cage in the film adaptation of Poul Anderson's Mortal Kombat. Moreover, Van Damme was the inspiration for Johnny Cage. But he refused because chose to play one of the main roles in the film "Street Fighter". And How It turned out that he did it in vain.



The film "Street Fighter" turned out to be very childish, naive and boring. It feels like the creators just wanted to do more references to the game, rather than work to ensure that this game organically fit into the realities of the film. As a result, everything turned out very cardboard, like watching a theatrical production with cheap costumes.

But if this movie is still somehow possible to watch, then the painting "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" 2009 just defies no criticism. Far from everyone will be able to overpower this film, in view of very bad plot, and not only it. As a result, the film received insanely low ratings.

Assassin's Creed



Of course, the game "Assassin's creed" is a cult game series, so the fact that the film will be screened, you can was to be guessed at once. It would seem that there is an excellent cast, but in the title role and at all a great actor Michael Fassbender, but this film did not save. Movie turned out to be boring and did not live up to the expectations of the audience. But at least fan service took some time so the audience could enjoy the leap of faith to the cinema.

Hitman



The cult series of games "Hitman" told us about a mercenary a killer with a barcode on the back of his head. It was very interesting to play the game because it could always be traversed in different ways. No wonder that the game was also made into a movie.

But the truth is, the 2007 film adaptation turned out to be insanely bland and dull, and actor Timothy Olyphant could not pull off such a role. Initially, it was planned to remove the second part, but after the tape was strongly criticized, there was no question of the second part, so it was decided do a restart.

doom



In principle, from the film adaptation of the game "Doom" should not be expected some wow. Still, the story is not the most important thing in the game. I would not say, that the film is so bad, but still it is an average passerby, where everything goes according to a hackneyed plot a la there is a group of military men (marines) who will die one at a time throughout the film. And the main character the commander who has gone will remain at the end.

Nevertheless, it is worth noting a pretty good reference to game, when the "Demon" performed by Karl Urban kills mutants from first-person, and at one point even uses a chainsaw.

But in 2019, another adaptation came out. And compared to her 2005 film is simply a masterpiece. In the extreme film adaptation, everything was bad, from the plot to the acting. The film, by the way, released on DVD.

You can leave your opinion in the comments, as well as offer your own versions of the worst or best film adaptations of computer games.