“An embarrassing affair for even the most hardcore of gamers,” wrote one film critic.
While video game adaptations are historically among the worst sub-genres in all of movies, their reputation has started to improve in recent years thanks to films like may do something to swing the pendulum back in the other direction. Shot way back in 2021, this film based on a popular action series, featuresIt’s not arriving in theaters with great reviews either.
At one point, Claptrap returns to operational mode after a heavy-weaponry assault and says, “I blacked out. Did something important happen?” Not in this movie. It's sloppily assembled, too, smacking of nervy, too-many-cooks post-production. Scenes are routinely cut short , with a few others apparently beginning mid-beat, giving the film a grindhouse feel in all the wrong ways.
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