Feb 28 2009
Top 10 Worst Video Game Movies
This weekend marks the release of another movie based on a video game, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. And while I haven’t seen it yet, the reviews have all been negative. If you don’t believe me, take a swing over to rottentomatoes.com where the film has a 0% from critics. This just reaffirms my position that movies based on video games SUCK. And just to make my point clear, here is a list of ten of the worst movies ever made based on a video game.
10. Wing Commander
This movie has no excuse considering it was directed by the original video game creator. This is precisely why video games should not be made into movies. Also, what’s up with turning gravity on and off outside in space? The movie could not have been THAT under budget. Also, BOOOOOOOOOORING!
9. Max Payne
Standard dopey action movie with ridiculous dialogue and an even more ridiculous story.
8. Resident Evil
Now, I can understand changing material from the game considering the video game itself mostly involved running around a mansion opening doors. So it would make sense taking the approach of a zombie action movie. Unfortunately, its severely stock. It does all the same tricks I’ve seen a million times done a million times better in other action movies. And it’s not like we have a lack of zombie movies in this day and age. We have 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Dawn of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead, and even a glut of direct-to-video zombie movies that are much better than this dreck.
7. Mortal Kombat: Anihilation
Mortal Kombat was actually a decent movie, but this sequel is poorly recast and has incredibly terrible below-average special effects and CGI that makes claymation look better.
6. Double Dragon
A dorky movie about two guys who fight worse guys. Also, one of them destroys a Double Dragon arcade game. AHAHAHAHA! They’re referencing the video game in the movie! That is so funny!
5. Blood Rayne
Take a look at the trailer and tell me this doesn’t look like a direct-to-video movie.
4. Alone in the Dark
Don’t be fooled by the amount of gunfire and the rocking Disturbed soundtrack. This is more crap from Uwe Boll (Blood Rayne).
3. Doom
Seriously? A movie based on shooting demons from hell on Mars? It sounds like it could’ve worked, but, honestly, if you’re going to have it take place on Mars, make it look like Mars and not just random coordiors. Also, don’t try filming in the first person perspective with the gun on the screen. Its amatuer and just makes you wish you were playing the game instead of watching this horrible movie.
2. Super Mario Brothers
Anybody who claims that this movie wasn’t that bad obviously hasn’t seen it since their childhood. And if you have seen it recently and still like it, there is something seriously wrong with you. Super Mario Brothers tries to put logical reasoning behind two plumbers saving a princess in a dinosaur world. Do I really need to know this or care? Its a simple run-and-jump platform game! There shouldn’t be a movie based on that!
1. House of the Dead
Yes, its another zombie shoot ‘em up game turned movie. But what makes this one worse than Resident Evil or Doom? I place House of the Dead in the #1 slot for one specific reason: this movie inserts ACTUAL gameplay footage into the action scenes. It wouldn’t have bothered me as much if the graphics synced up with the movie, but they don’t. This is just shameless marketing. The movie itself, outside of the marketing gimick, is horrible as the action scenes do nothing more than overuse slow motion and 360 degree turnaround shots.
