Guest Post: The Bright Future of Video Game Films

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Ratchet and Clank

Challenge: Name one great movie that was adapted from a popular video game franchise. Go ahead, just one. Take a fifteen minute break if you have to, I know this is exhausting.

Don’t get me wrong, there’s been plenty of enjoyable video game flicks. I mean I still watch Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat every once in a while and no one has to tie me to a chair (Don’t get me started on the sequels of either of those franchises). That being said, there isn’t even one great video game movie on my shelf. Or your shelf. I promise. But in a few years that will be a very different story. Continue reading