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Topics: Film and TV, Jack Black, Celebrity, Rotten Tomatoes
Yasmeen Hamadeh
Topics: Film and TV, Jack Black, Celebrity, Rotten Tomatoes
If you haven't heard of Jack Black's latest movie, it seems you should consider yourself lucky.
The sci-fi action flick - directed by Eli Roth - is based on a popular video game series that follows a ragtag group of misfits as they embark on an adventure to find the missing daughter of the most powerful man in the universe.
Starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, and so, so much more, the film's trailer was initially met with polarizing reactions. And the movie was arguably shaping up to nab the esteemed title of 'summer disaster film you just have to hate-watch.'
Check out the trailer for the film - called Borderlands - here:
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"So they turned Borderlands into Guardians of the Galaxy with a very odd cast. Great," one user wrote on Twitter when the first trailer dropped in February.
Another added: "We will not be watching sadly."
Some, however, did come to Borderlands' defense with one user writing: "Hear me out y'all, this actually looks good. The casting choices for some of these characters are top notch."
Well, despite some fans trying to see the light at the end of the tunnel, it turns out that preemptive negative reactions to Borderlands were seemingly right as the movie has gone on to debut with a whopping zero percent critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Admittedly, it's incredibly difficult to imagine a universe where a film starring both Blanchett and Black would bomb this hard, but alas, it appears we're living in dark times.
At the time of writing, Borderlands has now gone up to a meek three percent on Rotten Tomatoes after a single positive review came in.
But the consensus on the site is still largely brutal.
"The fans deserve a lot better than whatever director Eli Roth is trying to do with Borderlands. This is the video game movie curse at its worst," DiscussingFilm penned in its review.
Film publication IGN wrote: "Borderlands is an abysmal waste of a beloved franchise that takes a kooky band of murderous misfits and drains the life out of their adventure together."
However, one viewer shared: "I enjoyed it, if you are a fan of the game it’s worth the trip. I admittedly didn’t have high hopes and it pleasantly surprised me."
It seems that the video game to live-action film or TV show pipeline is still as much of a gamble as ever, and while critics may not have liked Borderlands, it's still likely that fans might enjoy it instead.
I fear there's only one way to find out.
Borderlands releases in theaters on August 9.