After a long line of films based on video games that have
made both gamers and general audiences heave into their popcorn buckets, it
seems like the levy has finally broken and we have a good one out in cinemas.
We’ve been leading up to this for a while now, between the genuine attempts at
artistry in Assassin’s Creed, the outright fun of Rampage, even the frenzied
glee of video-game-inspired Hardcore Henry, and while not everyone is raving
about this particular feature, this has caught fire in a way that video game
adaptations really haven’t managed to in years past. The reason why, having
watched it, seems fairly obvious: Both as a continuation of an adored IP and as
a film in its own right, this production does justice to both.
