I went watching this couple of days after seeing the newest Spider Man which was a major disappointment to me.
My expectations were not very high but somehow the tides turned and I have to say I feel this movie belongs to the better half of the game based movies I have seen this far (which is of course still not very high achievement as in general as they are usually very bad).
You probably get a much more out of this if you have played the games. The pacing is a little tense for two hours as the director had to cut quite a lot from the game(s) to make this work. Some of the game worlds memorable moments were utilized in the dungeon dwelling/action sequences with a more or less changed form.
Although Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg did quite a decent job for their parts I thought they were both about 10 to 15 years too young when compared to their counterparts in the games. Same of course applied to the female characters as they had to be written to the story keeping this in mind.
Action sequences in the movie were a mixed back. They were entertaining but following today's standard in a way that cgi was sometimes used too heavily to make them look a little bit off.
Without spoiling too much the director left the door to the sequel(s) which is totally understandable as there are much more material in the games to be utilized if the movie gets enough audience.
This is certainly a movie worth watching if you like the games. It's not going to change your world or get your heart pounding with joy but is certainly a 2 hours worth of your time,
My expectations were not very high but somehow the tides turned and I have to say I feel this movie belongs to the better half of the game based movies I have seen this far (which is of course still not very high achievement as in general as they are usually very bad).
You probably get a much more out of this if you have played the games. The pacing is a little tense for two hours as the director had to cut quite a lot from the game(s) to make this work. Some of the game worlds memorable moments were utilized in the dungeon dwelling/action sequences with a more or less changed form.
Although Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg did quite a decent job for their parts I thought they were both about 10 to 15 years too young when compared to their counterparts in the games. Same of course applied to the female characters as they had to be written to the story keeping this in mind.
Action sequences in the movie were a mixed back. They were entertaining but following today's standard in a way that cgi was sometimes used too heavily to make them look a little bit off.
Without spoiling too much the director left the door to the sequel(s) which is totally understandable as there are much more material in the games to be utilized if the movie gets enough audience.
This is certainly a movie worth watching if you like the games. It's not going to change your world or get your heart pounding with joy but is certainly a 2 hours worth of your time,