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computer game to film: the good, the bad and the ugly
Super Mario Bros - The Original Motion Picture [DVD] [1993]Super Mario Bros - The Original Motion Picture [DVD] [1993]
Buy new: £5.18 / Used from: £5.50
Has absolutely nothing in common with the games, for some reasons it keeps trying to be a child friendly version of blade runner ... weird. BAD
Street Fighter [DVD] [1995]Street Fighter [DVD] [1995]
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.99
Awful, cheesy, that said it's still more enjoyable than anything made by Uwe Boll. BAD
Mortal Kombat [DVD] [1995]Mortal Kombat [DVD] [1995]
Buy new: £5.58 / Used from: £14.50
Although this is about as cheesy as Street Fighter somehow it manages to be more enjoyable, I think this is because it actually tries more to emulate the game that it is based on. BAD/GOOD.
Mortal Kombat - Annihilation [DVD] [1998]Mortal Kombat - Annihilation [DVD] [1998]
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £2.75
The first one managed to sneak by cheese censor by the skin of it's teeth, not this one though. UGLY.
DOA - Dead Or Alive [DVD] [2006]DOA - Dead Or Alive [DVD] [2006]
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £0.21
Absoluty atrocious excuse of a movie, avoid at all costs. UGLY (Not the women the film)
House Of The Dead [DVD] [2003]House Of The Dead [DVD] [2003]
Buy used from: £2.49
Hoo-kay, let's wade into the quagmire that is Uwe Boll. Here's some advise, NEVER WATCH ANYTHING MADE BY UWE BOLL. UGLY.
House Of The Dead 2 - Dead Aim [DVD] [2006]House Of The Dead 2 - Dead Aim [DVD] [2006]
Buy new: £3.68 / Used from: £1.99
Uwe Boll made this - avoid like the plague. UGLY.
Alone In The Dark [DVD] [2005]Alone In The Dark [DVD] [2005]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.94
Yet another completely horrendous schlock fest from Mr Boll. UGLY.
Bloodrayne [DVD] [2006]Bloodrayne [DVD] [2006]
Buy new: £4.08 / Used from: £1.87
I'm just going to say UGLY for the rest of the Uwe Boll films. UGLY.
Bloodrayne 2 - Deliverance [DVD] [2007]Bloodrayne 2 - Deliverance [DVD] [2007]
Buy new: £10.28 / Used from: £0.99
UGLY.
In The Name Of The King [2008] [DVD]In The Name Of The King [2008] [DVD]
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £2.14
UGLY.
Doom (Extended Edition) [DVD] [2006]Doom (Extended Edition) [DVD] [2006]
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £0.01
Ahhhh, done with the Uwe Boll madness and we start off again with one that is actually not too bad. Doom, for what it is, is actually more or less enjoyable GOOD ... well, just.
Resident Evil [DVD] [2002]Resident Evil [DVD] [2002]
Buy new: £4.18 / Used from: £0.64
Despite what the makers of this film would have you believe this is not based on the games, it tries too hard to copy The Matrix and forgets to be scary. BAD.
Resident Evil - Apocalypse [DVD] [2004]Resident Evil - Apocalypse [DVD] [2004]
Buy new: £4.08 / Used from: £0.01
Angry computer game fans caused the makers of this sequel to add a couple of characters from the game, that's not really trying very hard is it, especially as this one's even worse. BAD.
Resident Evil 3: Extinction [2007] [DVD]Resident Evil 3: Extinction [2007] [DVD]
Buy new: £4.58 / Used from: £1.57
Actually slightly more enjoyable than the first two, but I still don't feel that any of these three films can count themselves as being based on the Resident Evil games. BAD.
Resident Evil - Degeneration [DVD] [2008]Resident Evil - Degeneration [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.39
How could capcom get this so wrong when they're the very people who make the games, still at least it's closer to the games than the live action trilogy. BAD.
Lara Croft Tomb Raider -- Special Collector's Edition [DVD] [2001]Lara Croft Tomb Raider -- Special Collector's Edition [DVD] [2001]
Buy new: £4.28 / Used from: £0.04
Angelina Jolie was definitly the right choice to play Lara, the film's not great but will fill a wet afternoon quite nicely, it's no Indy Jones though. GOOD.
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life [DVD] [2003]Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life [DVD] [2003]
Buy new: £4.28 / Used from: £0.27
More of the same from Angelina, enjoyable action fare like the first. GOOD.
Silent Hill [DVD] [2006]Silent Hill [DVD] [2006]
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £0.93
This film just gets it right, it capture the mood, the eerieness of the games. Though there are obvious changes the true star of the games remains so, the town of Silent Hill itself. GOOD.
Street Fighter 2 - The Animated Movie [1994] [DVD]Street Fighter 2 - The Animated Movie [1994] [DVD]
Buy used from: £9.99
Forget the Jean-Claud Van-Damme cheese-fest and watch this anime classic. Awesome fight sequences, dead-on character portrayel right out of the game this film rocks. GOOD.
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD]Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.85
A spectacular tor-de-force of computer animation, balletic fight sequences and epic action. Unfortunatly it is completely inaccessable to non fans as it is the game's sequal. GOOD ffvii fans only.
Hitman - Extreme Edition [2007] [DVD]Hitman - Extreme Edition [2007] [DVD]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.54
Empty, lifeless action flick - better than the Uwe Boll stuff worse than Mario Bros. BAD.
Double Dragon [1995] [DVD]Double Dragon [1995] [DVD]
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Sloppy cash-in on the heels of the live action Street Fighter. UGLY.
Wing Commander [DVD] [1999]Wing Commander [DVD] [1999]
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Bit of a naff sci-fi/action slight raised by the presence of Mat Lillard, but not Freddie Prinze. BAD.