Well, we love movies and we love games. Which is why we’ve rounded up the 10 best movies based on famous games. They include everything from the zombie action of Resident Evil to the fluffiest Pokémon detective.
It seems that games and feature films are often two worlds that don’t want to get along. To say the least, our gamer hearts have been consistently filled with disappointment in the past when Hollywood has tried to ride the wave of success of popular gaming brands. Still, here and there they appear: those cinematic bright spots that can inspire us just as much as their gaming originals.
The adaptation of one of the most popular game franchises, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, is in the starting blocks and will once again fuel the eternal discussion about good and bad video game adaptations. Therefore, in the Gazettely editorial team, we decided to sit down together and ask ourselves the question: Which movies based on video game are actually the best? Or rather, which ones got us the least excited?
We came up with a list of 10 films that are based on games, all of which were fascinating, captivating, scary, or simply excellently entertaining in their own way. We have restricted ourselves to live-action films and ignored animated movies and series (even if there are excellent adaptations such as Castlevania and Arcane) for this ranking. Have fun browsing through our ranking. What do your top lists look like?
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For us, the Resident Evil series with Milla Jovovich is the greatest video game adaptation of all time. Obviously, not every single one of the six films is on the same level (looking at you, Resident Evil: Apocalypse). But especially the films directed by Paul W.S. Anderson are considered some of the most visual works ever to be found in this field. Anderson, like few other directors, is committed to finding a cinematic language for what makes video games special.
Everything from the sophisticated aesthetics to the play with time to the portrayal of complex motion sequences: The most impressive are the long corridors through which Jovovich has to make her way as Alice in the Umbrella Corporation’s rabbit hole. Here, Anderson manages to create a underground maze full of levels that load and play through before our very eyes. What his Resident Evil films breathe is the spirit of a video game – and the most impressive of them all: Resident Evil: Retribution.
Tell us, what’s your top list of the best video game adaptations? Are there any for you at all? Let us know in the comments section below.
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