Someone rewrite and edit this movie so it has a plot and likable characters. As a long time fan of the games seeing some of the monsters in their oversized glorious debut is fantastic! This is the only reason this 1 star movie got a 4/10.
That's the good, awesome monster battles with unique creatures and fantastic combat scenes.
The bad.... pretty much every other aspect. Zero character arcs, zero secondary character development, the first 58min of the movie was uneventful and can be completely skipped. It should not be a solid hour into the movie before introducing all but one of the secondary characters, and after introducing them give zero information or show any aspect other than a head nod to the games with their costumes. That was a big oof.
Second half (should be called true start) of the movie is quite good, beautiful locations, interesting monsters show up to give some lived in feeling to the scenery, still lacks dialog, lacks any idea of character arcs, and then abruptly jumps straight to the final showdown.
This game was best suited to be a TV series like The Witcher or Sherlock, couple episodes per year and give the world time to develop instead of snap cuts through time rushing to show the few monsters and location the writing team saw in the game trailer.
This game was best suited to be a TV series like The Witcher or Sherlock, couple episodes per year and give the world time to develop instead of snap cuts through time rushing to show the few monsters and location the writing team saw in the game trailer.