10 worst video game adaptations

Since the early 1990s, Hollywood has started adapting video games for the big screen. And, at least on paper, it looks easy. The movie just needs to follow the plot and characters already created in the game, allowing some liberties for the sake of more entertainment or due to a tight budget. But as with many film-based games, adaptations of video games to films have had mixed results. We present you the top 10 worst movies based on games. They were selected by critics of Vulture, one of the New York Magazine websites.

10. Resident Evil 4: Life After Death (2010)

While the Resident Evil series was controversially received by critics and is not a fully authentic adaptation of the titles of the same name, it was a commercial success, providing audiences with a lot of action, adventure, and Milla Jovovich. But by the 4th part the franchise has already "fizzled out". Even the appearance of the beautiful Eli Larter, the charismatic Executioner and a good soundtrack was not enough to remove the status of the least interesting Resident Evil Movie from the film. The script has a lot of "gag", a lot of drawn-out scenes, but few interesting dialogues and logic of what is happening.

9. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)

Chun-Li's character is featured in the original Street Fighter, and it would seem great that Hollywood decided to devote an entire film to this beautiful girl.

However, the picture became one of the legendary failures in the history of cinema. Kristin Kreuk, who plays Chun-Li, could not win the hearts of the audience, she did not want to empathize. The advantage of the film was that the fights in it were shot beautifully and spectacularly. But there were few special effects and the characters did not resemble their game versions. If you remove the word "street fighter" from the title, then many will not guess that the movie was filmed, then the motives of this game.

8.Mortal Kombat 2: Annihilation (1997)

After the commercial success of the first Mortal Kombat, a sequel was inevitable. However, in the second part of the film, none of the creators wanted to ask the question of where the thread of the narrative stretched. The sequel features Robin Shu as the great Liu Kang, but not Christopher Lambert, who brings something special to the role of Lord Raiden.

The plot of the second "Mortal Kombat" bears little resemblance to the plot of the third part of the game, and instead, the audience is given fights. Many fights, as many fights as possible, plus a wide variety of characters. Unfortunately, they do not appear for long, and do not have time to sink into the soul. And if the first "Mortal Kombat" was one of the best films based on a video game, then the second became one of the worst, upsetting not only critics, but also fans of Mortal Kombat.

7. Squadron Commander (1999)

The adaptation of the popular space simulator "Wing Commander" about the confrontation between humanity and the cat-like race of the Kilrathi should have been successful. For the filming, they invited not some extras, but famous personalities such as Matthew Lillard, Saffron Burroughs, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Cheki Kario. And the plot was not changed as much as in other films that fell into the selection of the worst film adaptations of computer games.However, poor acting, fleeting and not large-scale space battles, and implausible special effects turned the fantastic "candy" into something indigestible.

6. Warcraft (2016)

Poor Warcraft. He tried very hard to make the fans of the most popular online game happy. But, despite the time spent on shooting and a large budget, the result was "booed" by American audiences.

According to critics, the creators of Warcraft fell into one of the biggest movie traps. They spent too many resources on a project that shouldn't have existed in the first place. Nobody wants the super-immersive world of World of Warcraft on the big screen because it's easy to enjoy just by creating an account with the game.

But, at least, the blockbuster about the battle of people and orcs in the vastness of Azeroth turned out to be very popular in Russia. On Kinopoisk, he scored an impressive rating of 7.6 points, while on IMDb - 6.90 points.

5. Need for Speed: Need for Speed ​​(2014)

Despite the fact that the film was played by famous actors - Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper and even Michael Keaton, it came out too boring. Most of what Need for Speed ​​can lure you into is already in the Fast and Furious franchises. Numerous chases, expensive cars and a lot of special effects are all good. However, when watching "Need for Speed", the feeling that all this has already been somewhere does not leave. Is this the impression of a movie based on one of the most popular computer games?

4. Alone in the Dark (2005)

This film was shot by the famous (in a bad sense of the word) director Uwe Ball. And he really outdid himself in casting for Alone in the Dark. As one of the viewers put it in the review, "it feels like the actors were taken on the street." Only the leading actor Christian Slater is still trying to match his computer "original" - detective Edward Carnby, who is investigating the cause of his friend's death.

There is practically no logic in the film, the direction is terrible, the special effects are cheap. Don't waste your time on this cinematic nightmare, but rather play one of the games in the Alone in the Dark series.

3. Assassin's Creed (2016)

This movie was based on the original script, which was written specifically for filming and did not repeat the storyline of the games. If this is not enough for the action movie "Assassin's Creed" to enter the top 3 worst film adaptations of computer games, then here are more reasons for you.

• Most of the time, viewers are watching not the assassin Aguilar, but his distant descendant - Callum Lynch. It's boring.
• The rapidly changing camera angles make the eyes tired, and during fights it is not really clear who is chasing whom and who is fighting whom.
• The soundtrack is not memorable, as well as the performance of most of the actors.
• There is no atmosphere of mysticism and mystery that was in the game.

As a result, against the background of any part of Assassin's Creed, the film looks like a weak craft.

2. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)

Young Prince Dastan was played by Jake Gyllenhaal, while Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina played characters named Nizam and Sheikh Amar, respectively. The casting of these three men, just the spitting image of Persians, and the fact that the plot of the film is almost a complete "gag" of the writers, provided "Prince of Persia" with the second place in the list of the worst video game adaptations. But Dastan could have been played by Hrithik Roshan - one of the most handsome men in the world.

For all the shortcomings of the picture, viewers recall the acting with a kind word, as well as soundly made fights, good scenery and humor.

1. Postal (2007)

Here it is, a movie that should make you think Prince of Persia is a work of art. "Postal" is a trash story in which, at the behest of Uwe Boll, toys, terrorists, hippies and the unlucky Dude (Zach Ward), who arranges a bloodbath in the town of Paradise, are mixed.

Ball, taunting George W. Bush, Osama bin Laden, making offensive jokes about 9/11, made a picture that does not repeat the plot of the game. Instead, it captures the chaos and destruction of the Postal series. In general, "Post" is a movie from the category of "so crazy that it's even good."