Movie Review Borderlands As Bland As the Brand Its Based On
Craptrap.
Borderlands isn’t an especially funny franchise, so it’s perhaps fitting this Eli Roth (Hostel) adaptation lacks laughs. The most puzzling thing about this picture is how it managed to assemble such an all-star cast: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Jamie Lee Curtis all unite to attempt to bring character to some of the most vanilla personalities in video game history. They largely fail.
We were lucky (?) enough to be invited to an early media screening of the movie ahead of its US release on 9th August. Wading through crowds of overdressed influencers, before getting to the main event, we were ushered into Tiny Tina’s Funfair, where we were encouraged to toss boots at toy rabbits and attempt to win some bunny ears from a claw machine.
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