![]() ![]() Square lost $81 million, and promptly shut its movie house, Square Pictures. The film's bloated budget - which made The Lord of the Rings movies and Shrek seem like they were shot on a shoestring - made it one of the biggest box office flops of all time. Less was made of the film's cookie-cutter plot, mind, which felt like a string of cutscenes from some rejected PSone game. It was the first movie to feature a full photo-realistic cast of human characters, and much was made of CGI heroine Aki Ross and her 60,000 individually rendered hairs. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (UK)īack in 2001, Hironobu Sakaguchi's The Spirit's Within was something of a big deal in the industry. Still, it's got to be better than the movie of the game of the 14th-century epic poem Dante's Inferno (also on Netflix, if you've got the stomach for it). And the 2D animation doesn't just look about two decades out of date - it's woefully sloppy, too. Enough to justify a graphic novel a pair of paperbacks a few spin-off games and apps and two feature-length animated movies, at least.ĭownfall and Aftermath are Z-grade tie-ins, though, that are filled with sci-fi clichés and low-IQ plots. Dead Space (UK and USA)Īpparently, there's more to Dead Space than ' Resident Evil 4 in space'. Instead, you get shlocky movie after movie after movie of Milla Jovovich gunning down the undead in slow motion and in varying states of undress. Sure, they feature dashingly handsome paramilitary agents gunning down zombies and overthrowing the Umbrella corporation, but there's none of the plodding, claustrophobic horror that makes the Resident Evil games so memorable. To say the (to date) quintet of Resident Evil movies are based on Capcom's game series of the same name might be stretching the definition of the phrase 'based on' somewhat. If you really must watch a game-flavoured cartoon, may we recommend Netflix's superior trio of Sonic The Hedgehog shows from the '90s? No cringe-worthy live action bits, sadly. These goofy openers featured a live action Mario (played by professional wrestler "Captain" Lou Albano) and Luigi canned laughter musical interludes and celebrity guests like Cyndi Lauper and Ernie Hudson. The real star of this '80s atrocity was the so-bad-it's-good studio sitcom that bookended every episode. ![]() Super Show! (UK and USA)įorget all about the animated Mario cartoon in the middle of the Super Show. Director Seth Gordon somehow frames this quaint documentary about ageing geeks as an engrossing tale of good vs evil, and David vs Goliath. In this film, we follow the fortunes of laid-off aerospace engineer Steve Wiebe on his twitchy-fingered quest to beat cocky hot sauce salesman Billy Mitchell at the arcade game Donkey Kong.īut this isn't just a story about arcade cabinets and pixellated gorillas. We'll admit it: the subject matter of King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters doesn't exactly sound like it's going to offer up any epic drama. Plus, it will probably make you want to try your hand at development. Indie Game: The Movie is an inspiring piece, which reminds us there's more to making games than churning out line after line of programming code. There's also a little spiritual guidance from Braid auteur Jonathan Blow. It centres on Phil Fish (the melodramatic perfectionist behind Fez) and Team Meat (the endearing angst-ridden duo behind Super Meat Boy). This 2010 documentary chronicles the roller coaster ride of an independent video game developer with a dream, including all the heartache and hardships that are suffered along the way. The Best Indie Game: The Movie (UK and USA) I've listed those, too, just to balance things out (and prove that rules are made to be broken). Oh, we did manage to find a few good movies in the Netflix catalogue, mind. So, if you fancy torturing yourself and squandering some time you'll never get back, check out the following bunch of wretched video game movies. Most of these monstrosities can be found on Netflix, the movie streaming service available on iOS, Windows Phone, Windows 8, and Android. Nothing in life is certain, except for death, taxes, and the fact that all video game movies are bad.ĭoesn't matter whether we're talking about some stinker from Uwe Boll, some cheesy live action take on a forgettable arcade game, or a shoddy 'transmedia' advertisement for an Xbox game.
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