The universe is vast and filled with many mysteries, but one unanswered question sits atop them all — why is it apparently so damn difficult to make great movies adapted from video games? Numerous filmmakers, studios, and talents have tried, but the results are rarely anything worth getting excited about.
My own theory rests with the video games themselves. While there are exceptions, the vast majority of video games being adapted for the screen just don’t have a feature-worthy narrative — one dense enough to justify a full-length movie — meaning screenwriters are tasked with building their own story or ignoring it all together while still ticking off a checklist of reference points to the game itself. It’s a recipe typically doomed to fail, but a lack of great video game adaptations still leaves room for fun ones. It’s in that spirit that we’ve decided…
