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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Action master Simon West’s (Con Air, The Expendables 2) first Tomb Raider adaptation is a pure child of the early 2000s: Chunky action scenes with drum & bass sounds and Matrix contortions, Angelina Jolie in her breakthrough role, as well as a story that couldn’t be more cookie-cutter. However, that doesn’t matter: Jolie appears to have the role of the determined adventuress cut out for her. Moreover, the action sets, from the Croft compound to the Cambodian temple, are opulent and lovingly realized.
Experts from the video games will even enjoy the jump-and-run sequences, as Jolie uses a whole range of breakneck acrobatics to dismantle her opponents or conquer the most formidable obstacles. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is an unbelievably entertaining mix of adventure film, Eurotrance music video and fitness lesson.
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