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There are few movie sub-genres as universally despised as this one: video-game adaptations. And let's face it, of the many big-screen, button-masher films made since 1993, only a handfull of them come close to being palatable. (And even those are up for debate.)
Find out which films get another life and which films get a game over in our best and worst video-game movies countdown.
'One Up' or 'Gam...There are few movie sub-genres as universally despised as this one: video-game adaptations. And let's face it, of the many big-screen, button-masher films made since 1993, only a handfull of them come close to being palatable. (And even those are up for debate.)
Find out which films get another life and which films get a game over in our best and worst video-game movies countdown.
(Photos: Fox, Screen Gems, Fox and Paramount)
Worst #14: 'Hitm...Few people play a total creep as well as Timothy Olyphant, but was he really believable as this popular shoot'em up's protagonist? The only thing worse than the film's disastrously sloppy plot is knowing that they plan to unleash a second one (tentatively titled "Hitman 2") in the near future. (Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Worst #13: 'Lara...Sure, it was (at the time) the highest-grossing film starring a female protagonist, but that doesn't make it a good movie. Like the video-game series itself, the movie was little more than a vehicle to show off its busty heroine. (Photo: Paramount)
Worst #12 and #1...The sequels to 2002's "Resident Evil" are prime examples of this sub-genre's biggest flaw -- straying too far from the source material. At it's heart, the "Evil" series is a legitimately frightening zombie survival story, a quality that has kept gamers on pins and needles for years. Unfortunately, the only zombie groans during these films came from the audience. Eye-candy (Jovovich) does not a film make. (Photos: Screen Gems)
Worst #10: 'Max ...An absolute crime against humanity. "Max" was made for the big screen -- rife with gritty noir drama and heart-pumping action. Somehow, the writers, director and Mark Wahlberg sucked the life from this adaptation leaving nothing but a trippy, utterly boring shell of a film behind. (Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Worst #9: 'Doom'Say it ain't so, Rock! Dwayne Johnson should stick to dressing in tutus and getting beat up by kids. Gamers just expect a little more from an adaptation of one of the most popular first-person shooters of all time. The film's attempt to recreate that first-person perspective near the film's climax is more than enough reason to make it a worst pick. (Photo: Universal)
Worst #8: 'Silen...This adaptation of, perhaps, the greatest "horror game" (if there is such a thing) ever made lacked the one thing the game delivered in droves: horror. Few games are more exhilarating to play alone in the dark than "Silent Hill." Unfortunately, this long, boring, aimless, bizarre film failed to recreate that experience. (Photo: Tristar)
Worst #7: 'Dead ...This was one of those films that hung in theatrical-release limbo for what seemed like an eternity. And for good reason. This adaptation succeeded in recreating the game's scantily-clad vixens, but failed to deliver anything else a discerning movie-goer would care about. (Photo: Dimension Films)
Worst #6: 'Wing ...Both a critical and box-office disaster (it lost more than $18 million), "Wing Commander" is epically worse because it was directed by the game's creator. Why would the creator stray so far from the things that made his game so popular? (Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Worst #5: 'Stree...A movie with the word "fight" in the title should not include fight scenes (and special effects) that are actually worse than the Indiana Jones stunt show at Walt Disney World. You can almost see the wires they are hanging from. (Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Worst #4: 'Doubl...The world's second video-game adaptation might also be its cheesiest. Not only did the movie shatter the video-game franchise, it literally shattered the video game when Jimmy Lee karate kicks a "Dragon" arcade machine. And did we mention it stars Scott Wolf and Alyssa Milano with cameos by Vanna White and Andy Dick? (Photo: GoodTimes Home Video)
Worst #3: 'Morta...Everything that was right about the original "Kombat" was wrong in this film. Not only is this one of the worst video-game movies ever made, but it's reasonable to call it one of the worst films ever. The re-casting of characters was atrocious, the dialogue was laughable and to call the acting sub-par would be an insult to anything that was ever referred to as "sub-par." And the special effects? We've seen infomercials with better green-screen work. (Photo: New Line)
Worst #2: 'Super...It was a perfect storm of the most popular video-game characters in history, the first attempt at a video-game adaptation ever and direction that changed so much about the famous brothers' world.
This hurts us as much as it hurts you, but nobody was hurt as much as "Mario" star Bob Hoskins, who called the movie "the worst thing I've ever done."
"The whole experience was a nightmare," Hoskins told the UK's Guardian in 2007. "It had a husband-and-wife team directing, whose arrogance had been mistaken for talent." Ouch.
Even Mario's creator Shigeru Miyamoto has expressed displeasure in the film. Was it the human King Koopa, the street musician Toad, the velociraptor Yoshi or the tiny-headed Goombas? (Photo: Walt Disney)
Worst #1: The Co...German director Uwe Boll is the Ed Wood of video-game adaptations.
To date, he has brought six of them to the big screen, including "BloodRayne," "House of the Dead," "Far Cry," "Alone in the Dark" (above left), "Postal," "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale" (above right). All have been universally panned by critics and all are epically terrible.
From the acting to the casting (Tara Reid!?) to the directing to the special effects to the writing, it would take less time to tell you what's right about Boll's films than it would to list all the things that are wrong.
One of these films would get Boll on the worst list, but all six films together land him in the top spot. (Photos: Lionsgate and Brightlight Pictures)
And Now, The Bes...Here are the few, the proud and the best video-game adaptations. Our list starts with a controversial pick ... (Photo by Scott Wintrow/Getty Images)
Best #6: 'Street...Probably the most controversial of our favorites, 1994's "Street Fighter" makes the best list on nostalgic sentiment, bizarre casting and kitsch value alone. The third video-game film ever made, "Fighter" starred Jean-Claude Van Damme, the late Raul Julia and a nearly unknown Kylie Minogue. (Photo: Universal)
Best #5: 'Reside...Ok, so maybe eye-candy a film does make. While the sequels may have been terrible, the original "Resident Evil" delivered just enough zombie action and just enough Jovovich to make it worthwhile. Sure, setting the film in an underwater compound (rather than a zombie-infested mansion) was an odd choice, but, as we saw earlier, it could be worse. (Photo: Sony Pictures)
Best #4: 'Lara C...Yes, it is the rare sequel that is better than the original. Where the first movie fell short, the second improved. "Cradle" was what it's predecessor should have been: Indiana Jones with nicer legs. (Photo: Paramount)
Best #3: 'Final ..."The Spirits Within" made history by becoming the first completely photorealistic computer-animated film ever. Though the movie received mixed reviews, its technical achievements and imaginative story were enough to please fans of the game. (Photo: Sony Pictures)
Best #2: 'Mortal...One of the most controversial video-game franchises ever spawned one of the most successful and enjoyable adaptations ever in 1995. The action was tight, the effects were acceptable, the casting was good (despite relative unknowns) and the story stayed true to the game. Anyone who waited with anticipation for Scorpion to shoot his harpoon and yell "get over here!" left the theater happy. (Photo: New Line)
Best #1: 'Prince...The collective critical response to "Prince of Persia" is already making it the most well-received game-to-screen adaptation. It's like "The Mummy" meets "Pirates of the Caribbean" meets "National Treasure" meets "Aladdin" meets Gyllenhaal. Yeah, his hair is pretty terrible, but his newly jacked-up physique translates into the legitimately entertaining action the game series has become known for. (Photo: Walt Disney)
