There are more bad movies in existence than you could possibly imagine. But when a movie is made on the back of a successful game franchise and then completely sucks, I get annoyed. Among the surprisingly extensive list of video games inspired movies, there are five really terrible films that stand out to me. If you’ve already been unfortunate enough to see the following movies then feel free to join me in face palming these terrible memories away.
5. Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. was released two months before I was even born. Yet I still have somehow found a way to hate it. I’m not quite sure what the people responsible for this movie were thinking. The Mario universe’s characteristics just don’t work as a movie. This is probably why the film’s plot was so incredibly thin to begin with. Some games just don’t work in the movie format.
4. Hitman
Of all the gaming franchises in existence you’d think that Hitman would translate rather well onto the big screen. This is one of the reasons that I was completely surprised when the movie was so incredibly bad. Timothy Olyphant didn’t seem right as Agent 47 and the plot was about as basic as a movie’s plot can possibly be (like most action movies). Overall, the style just didn’t match what the games delivered, Hitman is quiet, precise and intelligent. Not a version of Jason Bourne.
3. Doom
Yet again, a movie which sticks so loosely to what makes a gaming franchise great by just doing what it wants. The movie itself wasn’t completely terrible but it seemed like it was just using the Doom name as a way of dragging in a wider audience as opposed to wanting to build upon an established franchise. If you want to see the only scene that resembled the game’s then watch below. On a side note, that guy was so on the ‘I’m too young to die’ difficulty.
2. House of the Dead
The House of the Dead series is laughable in itself when it comes to delivering a story or even a meaningful experience to the players. As a movie, it actually managed to be even worse. I’ve seen my fair share of bad zombie movies but I actually wish I could remove this one from existence. Or just my memory…
1. The BloodRayne trilogy
How this even became a trilogy completely baffles me. One movie was bad enough but three is just a downright insult. I can summarize just how bad these movies are just by telling you when each movie is set. The first BloodRayne is set in the eighteenth century, the second is set in 1880’s American Wild West with a Vampiric version of Billy the Kid – oh and the actor playing Rayne changed. The final film or at least what I hope was the final film is set during World War II as Rayne battles Nazis.
Despite these horrible additions to the world there are some games that could make great movies if done correctly. A few of which I’ll be looking at soon so keep an eye out on Gamejudgment.
Are there any truly horrible ones that deserve a spot on that list? Let us know in the comments section.
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How about the street fighter one, the latest one with Kristin Kreuk. Hell I got it just for her, but not even she was enough to stop me hating that movie. Man I reckon this is the worst movie made based on a game.
Max Payne with marky mark also sucked. I am so glad he is not part of the uncharted movie anymore, unless I am wrong there.
Was so annoyed with Doom. Like you said it was just using the name to get a wider audience. Only good part was the FPS scene. Was so looking forward to a brilliant Doom movie. It is such an iconic game.
Don’t understand why these movies are screwed up. It’s almost like a bunch of guys get together and say hey how can we take this game and make it into a sucky movie.
All you need to do is find five movies based on games, since there has never been one that WASN’T bad.
For the most part I’d agree.
Personally, the short list of movies I didn’t mind watching is:
1) The Resident Evil Franchise
2) Some of the Pokemon movies when I was a kid – although I have no idea what they’re like now.
3) Final Fantasy to a certain extent.
4) The first Tomb Raider – the second sucked.
5) Prince of Persia
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