Summary

• Video game movies are thriving with both shows and big-budget films breaking the curse of bad adaptations.
• Underrated gems like Resident Evil Apocalypse and House of the Dead offer chaotic fun and great monster design.
• Cult classics like Super Mario Bros and thoughtful adaptations like Prince of Persia prove video game movies have potential.

Video game movies are going through a renaissance with game adaptations happening both in movie theaters and on streaming services. Shows like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and Arcane take a world and adapt character-driven storiesඣ with fantastic animation. Meanwhile, big-budget movies such as The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Sonic, and Detective Pikachu prove that the curse can be broken.

So what about the films that fall i🀅n line with the video game movie curse? Are they really as bad as people make them out to be or is there still something to appreciate about the choices made when filming? These are ten of the most underrated video game movie adaptations that secretly have some g🐲ood moments.

10 Resident Evil And Resident Evil Apoca🌄lypse 💫

Raccoon City In Live-Action

The Resident Evil film franchise had a safe start by only loosely adapting the workings of Umbrella. There were zombies, undead dogs, and plenty of action involving a brand-new character named Alice whꦰose importance often outshone the characters brought in from the game.

Resident Evil Apocalypse, however, adapts the Raccoon City outbreak better than expected. It includes the best live-action Nemesis, cool slow-motion fights, and even recreates the intro from Reside💮nt Evil 3 perfectly. It’s a fun watch and by far the best Resident Evi🌺l movie in the series.

9 🤡 Resident Evil Extinction And Beyond

Enjoyable Nonsense

After Resident Evil Apocalypse, every other sequel would deviate from the games drastically save for the characters that would show up. In one film, t𓆏he world is now a Mad Max desert onl🌜y for the concept to be dropped in the next film.

An army of clones is promised only for them all to die in the nꩲext opening and all the characters unite on top of the White House, only for the epic battle to be skipped. Despite this, it’s a chaotic good time with cool action, iconic monsters, and amazing set pieces.

8 ꦰ The House Of The Dead Series

Brainless Action

The House of the Dead is 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:an arcade franchise that has you shooting zombies and bosseꦓs based on tarot cards. There are two film adaptations that do very little to work in the plot of the games. However, as campy zombie movies, they are surprisingly fun.

The first film has a group of partygoers attacked by zombies on a creepy island with tombstones and everything. The House of the Dead 2 has agents trying to find the origins of a zombie virus. This means working their way through an undead college campus. They are ﷽not the deepest films, but the zombies look great.

7 🧸 ⛎ Super Mario Bros. Movie

A Cult Classic

The original Super Mario Bros movie attempted to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:adapt the iconic characters into♑ live-action. Once considered the worst adaptation,𓂃 it eventually gained a cult following. While the Mushroom Kingdom is colorful and vivid, Dinohattan is cold and dystopian.

﷽The Mario𓆉 Brothers movie is a wild ride with humans devolved into chimps, rocket boots that launch the heroes into the air, and a cliffhanger that kind of makes you wish you could see what would happen next. It’s a great choice for a campy movie night.

6 𒈔 ꦍ Silent Hill And Silent Hill Revelations

Adapting The Monsters Right

The Silent Hill movie𒁏 franchise may not be as extensive as the Resident Evil one, however, it does give horror fans something tasty to chew. With a creepy atmosphere and plenty of easter eggs for gamers to play I Spy with, the films capture the atmosphere of the games perfectly.

Another bonus is that monsters from the game not only make an appearance but look fantastic in live-action. This includes 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the most iconic Silent Hill monster, Pyramid Head. Watch these films if you love coജol creature design.

5 Doom

One Majestic Sequence

Adapting a game like Doom seems like a tough task. While the final product may not have been as polished as it could be, it does contain one of the coolest sequences in any video gam𒁏e movie. This is a full sequence that shifts the camera work to be in first person, just like the games.

This is the closest you will ever get🥂 to a live-action Doom, as Reaper fully embraces the role of Doom Slayer. There are brains, guts, and bloody good action that will leave 𓆉any Doom fan satisfied. The monster makeup is also on point.

4 ꧙ Angry Birds Movie 🌟

An Underrated Comedy

For a film based on a silly mobile game, Angry Birds is surprisingly entertaining with its fa🔯st-paced comedy and out-of-pocket moments. It uses the game as a template to tell its own story while also expanding on the basic personalities of the angry birds.

The art style is bright and colorful, while the character animation allows for plenty of comedic expressions and movements. While not the deepest animated film, there is also nothing t🧜o get angry over either. It doesn’t tarnish any long-standing legacies but creates its own.

3 Prince Of Persia: The🅷 Sands Of Time

A Swashbuckling Adventure

One film that is forgottꩲen is the adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. However, was it truly so bad that it deserved its fate? Riding the hype of Pirates of the Caribbean, the film is a swash-buckling adventure through Persia to unlock the secrets of the dagger.

The film follows the core concepts of the game much better than other adaptations of the time. It borrows elements from Prince of Persia: Warrior Within and The Two Thrones. The coolest scenes are when Dastan uses the iconic dagger and the Sands of Time to turn 🍸back the clock.

2 🐷 Street Fighter: The Movie 🌠

One Great Performance

The original Street Fighter movie is a campy film from the 90s that tried to capture the magic of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the most iconic fighting game. It could be cheesy and not make a lot of sense in the long 𒁃run. However, the saving grace of the film is actor Raul Juli🧔a, who portrays M. Bison.

Being talked into the role by his kids who were massive Street Fighter fans, Raul puts his heart and soul into the film, resulting in a fantastic performance. He also coins plenty of iconic phrases,🉐 such as the memorable “Of Course” a🦩nd the sinister line, “For me it was Tuesday.”

1 Assassin's Creed

Make You Want To Play

The Assassin's Creed movie is a video game movie adaptation that often falls between the cracks. The film is a bit heavy on the plot, but the moments where it truly shines are the action sequences and the use of the Animus.

The moments in the Animus are the best parts of the film that adapt the look and feel of an Assassin's Creed game perfectly. This includes assassinations and even the act of jumping from a high point and descending into the hay barrels below. It really puts you in the mood to play the games.