So another movie created from a video game was released last weekend. The movie is called Hitman, which the plot is exactly what the movie says, it follows around a professional hitman and he finds himself in trouble with political groups and other hitmen. Now I have not seen the movie, but here are some reviews of the film. (11% of critics like the movie-rottentomatoes.com)
"While Hitman is decidedly more watchable than Resident Evil and most previous video-game movies, it shares its forerunners' lack of interest in storytelling or logic".- Terry Lawon- Detroit Free Press
"There have been plenty of movies adapted from video games before, but Hitman may be the first one that actually feels like a computer wrote and directed it".- Ty Burr- Boston Globe
"Hitman is one of the best movies ever made from a video game, which doesn't provide you with very much information. That's like declaring the best meal you've eaten at a strip club, or the best love ballad by Kenny Loggins".- Peter Hartlaub- San Fransisco Chronicle
So all of these reviews have something in common. They all mention the fact that it is a video game first, movie second. And the video game didn't even get that good of reviews. Through time movies derived from video games haven't gotten good reviews. (Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, and Tomb Raider) Maybe the reason we don't like watching these movies is because we've already played them before, and playing or being that character is a hell of a lot more fun then watching them.
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