It’s useless to judge video-game movies the way we judge other movies, so Vulture has decided to weigh them exclusively against their peers.
Promising growth is happening in the game movie space, and for that we should rejoice!īut while the paradigm might be shifting ever so slightly, B-movie status is historically the ceiling on these kinds of products. Alicia Vikander’s Tomb Raider has garnered a respectable chorus of supporters in the years since its release, and 2021’s Werewolves Within turned out to be a straight up gem. It eked out a positive critical consensus and even reintroduced the singular physical comedy stylings of Jim Carrey after a long Serious Film hiatus. But things started to change with the arrival of Sega and Paramount’s lovable live-action Sonic the Hedgehog in 2020. In the three decades since the release of the first game-to-screen movie, 1993’s Super Mario Bros., there have been precious few good entries in the genre (in a critical sense).
Something has happened in video-game adaptations over the past few years. This article was originally published in 2016 and has been updated to include recent releases, including this month’s Sonic 2. “There’s always hope for a last minute miracle but no one is optimistic whatsoever,” Jackel said.Photo-Illustration: Vulture/Photos by Universal Pictures, Capcom, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros, Midway, Buena Vista Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing and Core Design Firewood has been collected to burn.įor Butch, porta-potties and a strike terminal are already on site.īoth said they’re just preparing for the inevitable. Coffee and water are being gathered in bulk. A schedule is being created to determine which officers will be on the picket line at what times in order to sustain a 24-hour protest. Jackel said the picket signs are already prepared and so are the chants. “We see the level of violence increase because there’s no access to showers, proper hygiene and no phone calls,” Jackel said, adding that the treats may be used to raise inmate morale after periods of lockdown.įor both Jackel and Butch, preparations have long been underway.
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