Film: Borderlands
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon
Director: Eli Roth
Rating: 2/5
Runtime:  102 min

A film adaptation of popular video game, “Borderlands” is a gamey, viscerally colorful, sci-fi action comedy Directed and co-written by Eli Roth. The film though does not have the excitement and uniqueness that propelled the game to its many successes. Since the first game’s release in 2009, the “Borderlands” series has gone on to become one of the hottest-selling video game franchises in history. Given the content and treatment of this film though, the same may not come true for this adaptation, at the Box-office.

The games are set in a sort of sci-fi western setting, have well-defined identifiable art, mechanics that involve players in frantic first-person shooter combat, addictive action, massive arsenal of unique firepower, play that involves co-operation from three or more others, and a quirky sense of humour. In fact the movie version feels rather alien to that game construct.