Sentences with phrase «based on another video game»

Already we have a burgeoning publishing business: we have storybooks and activity books based on our video game characters, and we are working on a line of educational toys.

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Very loosely based on the video game franchise of the same name, «Rampage» manages to screw up the source material's signature idea: The 1986 arcade cabinet was so popular because it flipped «King Kong» on its head and allowed players to control a trio of gigantic monsters as they fended off military forces and reduced Earth's cities to rubble.

Although deservedly R - Rated, the first film didn't feel like a movie based on a video game.

Based on a video game with no story or characters to speak of, from a time before many of his fans were born, it sounds like a dreadful basis for a movie.

I had no idea that Rampage was based on a video game until, somewhere around the point where a giant flying wolf eats Joe Manganiello, an arcade cabinet makes an extremely conspicuous cameo in the background of the villains» penthouse lair.

Wreck - It Ralph, Walt Disney's latest animated film based on video games is a few power - ups shy of a classic, but

And if there's going to be a good movie based on a video game, why not the Assassin's Creed series, which has had its fair share of fantastic entries?

Based on the video game of the same title, Assassin's Creed follows Callum Lynch (Fassbender), who discovers he's descended from a long line of assassins.

We're due for a decent movie based on a video game.

It's about time somebody made a genuinely good movie based on a video game, so why not Michael Fassbender and director Justin Kurzel?

It's based on a video game, which ought to tell you all you need to know in terms of plausibility and logic, but by warmly embracing its quintessential stupidity, Rampage sort of gets away with it.

Now I donʼt envy them on how to come up with engaging story based on a video game about giant animals smashing things.

If there's something done well in 2018 fantastic cinema, it's animating and playing a gorilla, but this is still a movie based on a video game based on an arcade game based on movies.

Written by Michael Lesslie, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage; based on the video game.

Also released this week: Tenure (Genius) with Luke Wilson, Tenderness (Lionsgate) with Russell Crowe, the Chinese historical epic Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (Lionsgate), the documentary Blessed Is The Match (Docurama), and I would be remiss if I did not draw your attention to the latest from the happily notorious Uwe Boll: the crime thriller Stoic (Vivendi), a rare Boll not based on a video game.

And I'm still not entirely convinced that this movie isn't based on a video game.

The Last Witch Hunter might be the worst video game adaptation not actually based on a video game.

A huge commercial success, the movie became the highest grossing film based on a video game.

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Beau Bridges, Mila Kunis, Chris «Ludacris» Bridges, Chris O'Donnell, Donal Logue, Amaury Nolasco, Kate Burton, Olga Kurylenko Director: John Moore Screenplay: Beau Thorne (based on the video game) Review published December 25, 2009

Continuing to put together a cast that suggests they don't realize they're making a movie based on a video game about historical parkour fanatics — and could thus stand to maybe coast a little bit — the producers of Assassin's Creed have announced that Brendan Gleeson and Jeremy Irons have signed on to appear in the film.

It marked the beginning of an early - 1990's era where movies based on video games would be slung out at audiences, who'd just sling them right on back.

Most films based on video games suck, so it should come as no surprise that Max Payne falls short in the quality department, even given the presence of Wahlberg (The Happening, We Own the Night) and a robust supporting cast.

Basically, it is this: while there are movies that may be based on video games, these games are almost wholly derivative of movies in general.

The words «based on a video game» have yielded mostly negative connotations among critics and viewers looking for fare with depth.

Set aside your concerns about Mark Wahlberg portraying PlayStation 3 action hero Nathan Drake in the big screen adaptation of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, because it doesn't sound like this movie is based on the video game at all.

What chance does a film based on a video game about car racing have?

Video game movies are usually received poorly by critics and aren't exactly blockbusters when it comes to the box office but the success of the recent Tomb Raider movie shows that its possible to make a decent movie that's based on a video game franchise.

Movies based on video games have pretty horrible track records.

Paul W.S. Anderson is famous for two things: Being Mr. Milla Jovovich and making movies based on video games.

Already this year, there have been two films based on video games released in the Alicia Vikander led Tomb Raider and the Dwayne Johnson led Rampage, with more planned in upcoming years including a rebooted Doom film.

In its opening credits, House of the Dead proudly announces that it's based on a video game, and it's that questionable badge of honor that the movie continuously parades and flaunts with absolutely no success.

Here's the poster: Assassin's Creed is one of four movies released this year based on video games, following Ratchet & Clank, The Angry Birds Movie and Warcraft.

If you want to know why there still haven't really been any decent movies based on video games up until now, there are a few obvious reasons, the biggest one being the lack of quality directors stepping in to bring a coherent vision to the big screen.

There is a point to that race, but it requires more explaining than should be necessary (For a movie based on a video game series with little to no story, there is plenty of plot making up for it here).

Action - adventure based on the video game series starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, directed by their Macbeth helmer Justin Kurzel.

Most movies based on video games aren't very good, but most movies based on video games also aren't supported entirely by the powerful, charismatic shoulders of Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson.

Next up was Hitman: Agent 47, based on the video game.

Although Rampage is based on a video game series, it's fair to say that both Ready Player One and Tomb Raider benefited from bigger brand equity, and ditto Pacific Rim: Uprising, since it's a sequel.

I also just did a movie based on a video game that doesn't have a title yet but I am sure you will be hearing about it soon.

Regardless, movies based on video games are still being produced, with each one trying to break the infamous «video game movie curse» and appeal to both its fans and to general moviegoers everywhere.

«Warcraft,» based on the video game, is easily a contender for the year's worst movie: an effects - filled fantasy extravaganza that's unattractive, hard to follow and (worst of all) boring.

Too much time is spent trying to inject the film, which is loosely based on the video game franchise of the same name, with some faint measure of real - world grittiness.

«Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time» (2010) The actor stars as Dastan in this adventure action fantasy film based on the video game, as Gyllenhaal proves he is capable of taking on a macho persona in an action flick

As for the film, while the exact plot is not quite known just yet, as it is based on the video game of a similar name, it could be something like a «peculiar talking Pikachu who, despite not being as powerful and nimble as other Pikachu of his kind, is rather intelligent and claims to be a great detective,» who one encounters a boy named Tim Goodman, who is able to understand what Pikachu is saying.

Tomb Raider's action is pretty sweet and Alicia Vikander is great, but the script is so cliched and boring, it's oddly disappointing even for a movie based on a video game.

«Resident Evil» is based on a video game and it shows.

Composed by Tom Holkenborg Sony Classical / 72m Most films based on video games are cinematic masterpieces and the two Tomb Raider films which starred Angelina Jolie are no exception.

Worst Angry Birds (Feral Reilly & Clay Kaytis, 2016) There were far worse films released this year and Angry Birds is far better than any movie based on a video game should be.

Loosely based on the video game of the same name, Rampage is reminiscent of campy Japanese classics like Godzilla (1954), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) and Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964).