Movies based on games:
- Mortal Kombat
- Streetfighter
- Double Dragon
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- Pokemon the First Movie - Mewtwo vs. Mew
- Super Mario Bros.
Now I've left Resident Evil (the first) out of this list, because.. it was actually half-decent. ;]
Nuff said, I fear.
The first Mortal Kombat movie was great, though a rip-off of Enter the Dragon. The first Resident Evil however was definately not, it didn't even follow the story or present any of the franchise's characters... Let alone a cool, campy b-movie atmosphere. The only thing that made it a Resident Evil property is the fact that the term "Umbrella Corporation" and "T-Virus" was used... Oh, I guess that awful rendition of a Licker could be added as well, though I thought the CGI in the actual game of Resident Evil 2 looked better. They would have been much better off if they would have let George Romero write and direct the movie like they initially were going to. Ironically enough, the man that did fail so horribly at writing and directing Resident Evil was also the same man that did so well with Mortal Kombat, Paul Anderson. Go figure *shrugs*.
Comic book movies are the same way though... Crappy as hell for the most part. Then again, the majority of Hollywood movies are, not just specific genres.
