Random Bad Video Game Movies That Are Actually Good (15 items)

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  (#3) Silent Hill

  • Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Jodelle Ferland, Alice Krige, Kim Coates, Deborah Kara Unger, Tanya Allen, Christopher Britton, Eve Crawford, Nicky Guadagni, Janet Land, Stephen R. Hart, Ron Gabriel, Melissa Panton, Lorry Ayers, Zsuzsanna Cseh, Roberto Campanella, Colleen Williams, Hannah Fleming, Samantha Hayes, Amanda Hiebert, Noelle Boggio, Rhoslynne Bugay, Derek Ritschel, Chantelle Leonardo, Emily Lineham, Holly Makarchuk, Tamara Smeaton, Sylwia Pluta, Kat Olsen, Elizabeth Harpur, Donna Milburn, Michael Cota, Nicole Ann St. Hill, Victoria Boland, Lisa Shaw, Nadia Barosso, Yvonne Ng, Ian White, Victor Sutton, Stephanie Lauder, Tatiana Haas, Onika Ndukwe, Alicia Bundy, Judit Kovacs, Florence MacGregor, Simon Richards, Rachel Crowther, Carrie Clayton, Lynn Woodman, Maxine Dumont

  There are tons of horror games on the market, but not every one of them gets adapted into a feature film. Silent Hill received just such an honor in 2006, just seven years after the first game hit store shelves. The movie was panned, and not even screened for critics, so you already know the studio didn't have high hopes for its performance when it was released in theaters.

  The movie surprised a lot of people, as it made back twice its budget, and even garnered a sequel. Overall, Silent Hill is a pretty decent movie - even if the critics don't agree. It has been praised for its visuals, set design, and overall atmosphere, but got dinged for the inane dialogue. Transferring dialogue that works in games over to the silver screen isn't easy, and that's the main area this movie lacked, but it's still a fun and thrilling psychological horror flick.

  Rotten Tomatoes Score: 31%
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  (#14) Max Payne

  • Mila Kunis, Mark Wahlberg, Olga Kurylenko, Ludacris, Nelly Furtado, Chris O'Donnell, Beau Bridges, Donal Logue, Brea Grant, Kate Burton, Amaury Nolasco, Jamie Hector, James McCaffrey, Tig Fong, Conrad Pla, Philip Williams, Max McCabe-Lokos, Ted Atherton, Rothaford Gray, Joel Gordon, Stephen R. Hart, James Preston Rogers, Gouchy Boy, Warren Belle, Sima Fisher, Kristin Mellian, Aaron Pushkar, Rico Simonini, Brandon Carrera, Pj Lazic, Danielle Cole, Marianthi Evans, Kerr Hewitt, Andrew Friedman, Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Genadijs Dolganovs, Sergei Nikolich, Janice Nguyen, Siobhan Murphy, Candice Hotchkiss, Heidi Tan, Barrington Bignall, Kristina Falcomer, Joshua Barilko, Christina Notto, Martin Hindy, Herbert Johnson, Dale Yim, Jay Hunter, Larry Wheatley, Christina Jocic, Noelle Gray, Spike Adamson, Katie Odegaard

  Back when the first Max Payne game was released, it introduced a concept that is well-known these days, but incredibly innovative for a video game when it first came out. The concept was "bullet time," which gave players the ability to hit a button and slow down time for all but the player, and only for a quick moment. This made it possible to aim easier and avoid getting shot.

  In 2008, a live-action movie was released, which was loosely based on the first game. The biggest problem the movie faced at this point was that it came out almost a decade after The Matrix, which relied heavily on bullet time. Regardless, the film is visually quite impressive, and the story wasn't horrible either. It starred Mark Wahlberg in the title role, and was a commercial success. Fans of the genre continue to like this film despite what the critics say, and it's entertaining for what it is.

  Rotten Tomatoes Score: 16%
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  (#15) The Angry Birds Movie

  • Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Kate McKinnon, Sean Penn, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage

  If there's one game nobody ever thought they would make a movie out of, it's Angry Birds. After all, it's just swiping your finger to topple some constructs and defeat immobile pigs, and there's not much of a story in that. As it happens, there isn't just a story there, there's enough to produce two feature films based on the title, and the first one was actually pretty good.

  The film takes the general concept and throws wacky and fun character into the mix. It was also visually impressive, and while there are plenty of animated films out there these days, few are good enough to stand above the rest - especially when they aren't coming out of Pixar. While this movie is one the kids are certain to enjoy, it's a fun movie to watch as an adult as well.

  Interestingly, Angry Birds received a score of 43% on Rotten Tomatoes, but its sequel, The Angry Birds Movie 2, sits with a "fresh" rating of %74, making it far more critically successful than its predecessor.

  Rotten Tomatoes Score: 43%
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  (#13) Street Fighter

  • Kylie Minogue, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ming-Na Wen, Raúl Juliá, Simon Callow, Roshan Seth, Benny Urquidez, Joe Bugner, Byron Mann, Damian Chapa, Wes Studi, Andrew Bryniarski, Robert Mammone, Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., Darcy LaPier, Edward R. Pressman, Grand L. Bush, Sander Vanocur, Brian Moll, Peter "Navy" Tuiasosopo, Adrian Cronauer, Jay Tavare, Gregg Rainwater, Ong Soo Han, Kenya Sawada, Ross Marsden, Jeri Barchilon, Seng Kawee, Kenzo Tsujimoto, James Costas, David De Souza, Gordon Waddell, Gerry Day, Françoise Le Cosset, Ray Swenson, Andrew Cottgrove, Kamilyn Kaneko, Efthymios Kallos, Saleh Saqqaf, David Green, Alex Ivacheff, Rosanna Wong, Norman Steiner, Scott Rosen, Renzo Colla, Ric Curnow, Maria Dickson, Maow Krungvong, Christine Walton

  There was a time, back in the days of neighborhood arcades, where one fighting game reigned supreme. That game was Street Fighter and its various sequels and adaptations. Tournaments were held, quarters were passed through slots, and video game legends were made. The game was spectacular and full of detail and lore - the movie... not so much.

  The 1994 Street Fighter adaptation starred Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia in what should have been a much better movie. It was commercially successful, having made an impressive $99.4 million at the global box office, but the critics weren't as happy as fans of the games were.

  The movie was as campy and over-the-top as the game, and while that worked for fans of Street Fighter video games, it didn't appeal to a wider audience. It's one of those movies you love if you watched in the '90s, but people who never saw it before would probably hate it today.

  Rotten Tomatoes Score: 11%
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  (#7) Tomb Raider

  • Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Nick Frost, Kristin Scott Thomas

  To date, there have been three Tomb Raider movies based on the games. The first and second starred Angelina Jolie in the role of Lara Croft, and the most recent one released in 2018 starred Alicia Vikander in the same role. The reboot attempted to remain true to the source material, but in a far more grounded way than the movies starring Jolie.

  There was no massive wonderbra working overtime in this movie, and that helped to address some of the criticism leveled at the first two films. Overall, the movie did fairly well at the box office, which resulted in a sequel being given the go-ahead. For what it is, this isn't a bad movie, but it's not one the fans took to, as it attempted to establish itself as somewhat separate from the other films.

  Granted, that's what a reboot is all about, but video game fans can be very picky about what they like and what they don't. If you're looking to watch a movie with a strong female lead, a decent story, and some great action; this is the movie to watch... if you haven't already seen Alien, that is. 

  Rotten Tomatoes Score: 51%
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  (#2) Mortal Kombat

  • Bridgette Wilson, Frank Welker, Talisa Soto, Christopher Lambert, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Robin Shou, Chris Casamassa, Trevor Goddard, Linden Ashby, Sandy Helberg, Keith Cooke, François Petit

  There weren't a lot of film adaptations of fighting games when the first Mortal Kombat movie was released in 1995, and to be fair, there haven't been many afterward either. The movie pulled in parts from the games and wove together a narrative around several central characters in such a way as to be completely cheesy and entertaining at the same time.

  All that said, if you've seen the movie, you know the real appeal, and it's not so much what you see as it is what you hear. The theme music and techno beat that culminated in a loud "MORTAL KOMBAT" amidst the bass drop is one of the greatest aspects of this film... and it's not that horrible a movie either. It's got great fight choreography, a good cast, and it features Christopher Lambert in the most whitewashed role nobody cared to complain about at the time.

  Rotten Tomatoes Score: 47%

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