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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Need for Speed has been one of the most successful video game series. The movie version of the adrenaline-fueled road adventures, however, never made it further than the first part. Still, Need for Speed, which was released in 2014, should not be underestimated. While the action thriller might look like a tired knock-off of the Fast & Furious movies at first glance, actually it has quite a few things going for it over the most recent installments of the Fast saga.
You can feel the squealing of the tires as they skid across the asphalt in Need for Speed. When Aaron Paul reaches for the gearshift, the movie gives him feedback. The motions are thrilling and the practical stunts incredible – yet not so over-the-top that an indifference settles in in the face of the spectacle. Need for Speed actually makes us feel like we’re racing down the streets ourselves, so massive and real does the action feel.
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