Good movies based on video games?

It was a movie first and then a video game. Just barely. The movie came out just a few months before the video game within the same year (1982).

Mortal kombat and street fighter are guilty pleasures of mine

mortal kombat has the higher hand over street fighter

Silent Hill is decent.

I'd still love to see a Metal Gear Solid film.

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I've just remembered Tom Baker describing the script for Dungeons & Dragons (2000) as "an awful pile of whippet s***" and that he thought initially they wanted him to play "an elk – I'm big enough to play an elk" .

I’ll take a Half Life movie but only if Shane Carruth writes, directs and stars as Gordon Freeman.

This thread is proof positive that most of you are soul less monsters who have no sense of history and goodness. There is but one Video Game movie that stands above all else that is dare I say the greatest movie of all time. This was the Wizard of Oz for my generation and I remember children opening weeping once they saw this glory.

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Criterion needs to stop dragging it's feet, we need a The Wizard(1989) release.

I wouldn't say Street Fighter is the worst. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is the worst IMO.

Where as Mortal Kombat (1995) is the best video game adaptation I would say.

Yea but Kylie Minogue has that sweet, sweet ass boy!

The Ratchet & Clank film was very faithful to the video-game counterpart, but it received very bad reviews, and I think, deserved them, too, but it's because Ratchet & Clank always had the fun game-play to make its weaker aspects less noticeable.

I didn't hate the Prince of Persia film, but I am also a really big fan of the game series and I really like Jake Gyllenhaal as an actor, it isn't a great film, but I didn't think it was horrible.

There hasn't been one yet.

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In an update, I've since watched the new Tomb Raider film AND ... we're still looking for a "good" film, I'm afraid. I've heard some really love Silent Hill, and I definitely think it's faithful and has a story that had potential, but, damn, it was a dull film.

I'd recommend Prince of Persia : The Sands of Time. Though it's not as great as the Game is but it is fun and entertaining and will keep you engaged.

Other movie is about games is This Year's READY PLAYER ONE. It's visually great and really amazing movie. Must Watch

Silent Hill and some Resident Evils are decent but don't know any good game adaptations.

Edge of Tomorrow is a good video game movie that’s not an adaptation. Aliens too, for that matter. Deadpool as well.

I watched Mortal Kombat (1995) a year or so ago and wow, I didn't realize how bad the graphics were back then. At the time I thought it was amazing, but looks so cartooney today.

Silent Hill the movie, I didn't think lived up to the eerie and creepy factor like the game did. It was just meh to me. The game would make my hair raise on end in some parts.

At the time I was such a huge Mortal Kombat fan that I couldn't wait for the movie to come out. Street Fighter is one of those bad movies that you've seen more times than you should have.

No mention of Mario Brothers (1993)?? You know that was the best movie adaptation ever. I'm still waiting to see if Mario and Luigi go back with Daisy to save the day.

Really, though that movie was so bad, but I don't know how many times I've seen it. Just a weird movie.

The first Resient Evil was cool, and Prince of Persia WAS NOT A BAD MOVIE.

Mortal Kombat is still my favorite one even though it is cheesy, it's good cheesy. I saw the first Tomb Raider and liked that one too. Mortal Kombat Annihilation is officially the worst video game movie I've seen.

I wanted to like Silent Hill but I thought it relied too much on gore over real scares in a lot of it, and I felt that it left too many unanswered questions in the end, but still very interesting and well shot for sure.

Am I the only one who likes the Max Payne movie? It's not near as bad as others say it is and overall enjoyable for a video game movie, does anyone else think so?