Top 10 List: Best Movies Based on Video Games

And finally the game so many, but not me, played and loved, Final Fantasy VII. Because I never played it I never really got that into the story and the characters seem kind of shallow to me. I have heard that the storyline in this movie will only make sense if you finished the game in a really specific way and that limits its potential so much because it only appeals to a really narrow margin of people. What saves this movie, however, and makes it the best of the worst is the action. The action in this film is unbelievable. It is over the top animé style action, fluent and superflous in every way and I love every minute of it.

Another game I never played. What really sets this movie apart from all the other movies on this list is its atmosphere. Its not really that the movie itself was that scary but the atmosphere was so heavy it almost creeped into the living room. However, because the actual content of the movie was sadly underwhelming, the atmosphere, while effective, just couldn't even the movie out. A brave attempt and moderately effective.

This movie might only be this high because of its sentimental value but I just remember watching this movie when I was a kid and loving it. The characters were cool, the action was cool, the effects were cool and it finished on a cliffhanger that promised so much. Seeing some of it again I can say that I still think that some of the action elements worked really well but the characters (well, really more the actors) were obnoxious and the effects are terrible by today's standards and the two coolest characters, Scorpion and Sub-Zero were sadly underplayed.

This movie actually isn't all that bad. As zombie movies go it is fairly effective and some of the effects hold up pretty well. But it did take itself way too seriously and it focused too much on just one scene which consequently made all the following scenes seem really anti-climactic. And seeing it again, it became all too clear that the acting is terrible in this movie, except for Michelle Rodrigues, she was cool.

I actually had pretty high hopes for this movie. It had a good director, a good leading man, and a story that seemed really fitting to turn into a movie. And it only turned out decent. It was so underwhelming that, while it might actually be better than some of the movies higher up on the list, it only just barely got a place in the top 5. Stupid movie.

A little like Lara Croft: Tomb Raider this movie actually only has one good scene where you see the movie from the perspective of the main character like in the game but that raises the question that if it just like the game, why not just play the game? You're bound to get a lot more out of that. That being said this movie actually has some value for me as a movie I can watch when I'm really hung over and that is more than I can say for many other video game movies.

I have a lot of love for the original RTS franchise but never got into WoW. Still my hopes were quite high for this movie based on the director and the visuals. Unfortunately, the movie played more like someone read the manual from the original aloud. A few good performances and an excellent visual side provides a little entertainment.

The scene in the beginning of Croft facing off against the giant robot is really the only good scene in this movie. You could argue that watching Angelina Jolie run and bouncing... bouncing... bouncing... what was I saying? I think this movie might be better than I remember.

Another example of wasted potential. The Hitman games had so many tense and exhiting missions that were just screaming to be put on camera but the film makers decided that there would be none of that. What we got instead of the nail-bitingly tense moments from the game was a run of the mill action movie with some really ridiculous elements such as Agent 47 facing off against 3 other agents with swords he just magically pulls out of his jacket.

So much potential. The Final Fantasy universe(s) has so much potential and this is what they come up with? I mean, its not necessarily all that bad it just has so many distracting elements. First off, its message is painfully obvious and overblown. Its not necessarily a bad message it has just been seen before and done in much more subtle way. The voice acting is sub standard and the effects, while impressive are a bit sterile and the most annoying thing is that it is boring. Most of the time you will be waiting for something to happen and honestly, it never really does.