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Top 10 Video Game Movies That Missed the Mark

May 04,2025 Author: Olivia

The world of video game movies is littered with more disappointments than most other genres. Iconic flops like the 1993's Super Mario Bros. and 1997's Mortal Kombat: Annihilation are notorious for their poor quality and for failing to capture the essence of their beloved source material. However, there's been a glimmer of hope in recent times, with films like the Sonic the Hedgehog series and The Super Mario Bros. Movie showing Hollywood a more promising path. Yet, not all attempts have been successful, and some recent entries, like Borderlands, continue to disappoint.

Hollywood's persistence in adapting video games to the big screen is commendable. Despite the genre's history of failures, the bar has been set so low that it's challenging to produce something worse than the following notorious video game movie adaptations...

The Worst Video Game Movie Adaptations of All Time

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