What is the best movie based on a video game?

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#2  Edited By Bigandtasty

There has been much rumbling over whether or not Prince of Persia has toppled Mortal Kombat, the previous consensus pick of "least bad video game movie," and is now the reigning "least bad video game movie". I figured I'd put it to a poll.
 
I'll watch Prince of Persia when it comes out on DVD, but my preliminary skepticism says Mortal Kombat wins this one.

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#3  Edited By Hot_Karl

I really dug Prince of Persia. I'd most definitely watch it again, and I could see myself making a Blu-Ray purchase if it hits like $15 or less someday. It felt like a legitimate movie, not just a "video game adaptation". Even though I barely remember Mortal Kombat, I can safely say that PoP was probably the more enjoyable "movie-like" video game adaptation. Though I can see why people wouldn't like the movie- it's dumb, bloated, nonsensical summer action movie fluff.

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#4  Edited By apathylad

I wonder if there will ever be a video game movie that will get universal acclaim...I would find that groundbreaking for some reason. But who would be the director? And what game would break that curse?

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#5  Edited By SiriusB

There's the new Tekken movie, but I haven't watch it. Is it any good ?

But between those two choices, I pick Prince of Persia.

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#6  Edited By rizzla

Personally, I thought the Silent Hill movie was the best game to movie adaption yet. 
 
The Resident Evil movies are fun too.

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@rizzla said:
" Personally, I thought the Silent Hill movie was the best game to movie adaption yet.  The Resident Evil movies are fun too. "
This, although the second Resident Evil movie left a bad taste in my mouth. The Silent Hill movie was good though, for sure.
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#8  Edited By Cube

For some reason my dad loves the Resident Evil movies. Any time they air on TV he is glued. They're not bad if you look at them as just movies with no relation to games.

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If we're talking about ones inspired by actual video games I'm gonna go with Silent Hill. 
If we're talking about movies inspired by video games in general I'm gonna go with Shoot 'em up.

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#10  Edited By armaan8014

I'm hoping the Mass Effect movie will be awesome.

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#11  Edited By kingkorn69

Resident Evil is and always will be the best I reckon

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I've always thought Mortal Kombat was the best movie adaptation of a video game, with Silent Hill coming in second.   
 
Silent Hill had the potential to be one of the better, if not the best, movie adaptation, had they not screwed with the story.    

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I liked Hitman.

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#15  Edited By c1337us

I quite liked Prince of Persia recently but I would still say the best would be Silent Hill which I lost my copy of and need to repurchase. But if we were talking about movies based around a video games rather then based on them the obvious option is The Wizard.