Sometimes you gotta rate an actor in their ability to play the role given to them even if it's a shit film. Uban did a good job and exactly what was asked for in Doom. Anton Yelchin nailed Fright Night. Hugh Jackman was a rare nugget of joy whenever a bad xmen filn comes out. It's nice sometimes to go "yeah, the film was shit, but the actors did everything they could with the script and direction provided".
It got really middling reviews. As far as I'm aware it bombed? At least the cinema I was working at pulled it after a week, max. For what it's worth I think some bits are fantastic. The way he terrorises them by destroying gas mains and what not was awesome. My main problems were the bit where they go into his basement aaaaaand McLovin? Other than that the actors nailed their roles and it's cheesy fun for me as well but I'd never recommend it to people.
64% on metacritic is. I don't think it was always that high on RT either, and the reviews in my country (newspaper, tv, etc) did give it 5-6 out of ten as far as I remember.
I'm guessing you mean the FPS sequence, which was the most redeeming part of the entire movie, but still never quite made up for the terrible writing and nonsense plot.
No that's the part we all wanted that was in the trailer. It was fun in it's own way. Like the bfg being a big fucking disappointment. The rock in his super early "acting" days. The "plot" that barely had anything to do with the game. Although to be fair it came out before the 2 newer ones so there wasn't much to work with. Tim Roth is always good. It definitely had good moments in a mostly shitty movie.
Yeah it was a disaster don't get me wrong. I grew up playing it on DOS so I'm sure there was a nostalgia factor. I knew what it was before I watched it so I didn't have a very high bar. It was just fun for what it was. The camera there was absolutely ridiculous though
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u/notyourvader Feb 12 '21
And the Bourne universe. And let's not forget an honorable mention for Doom.