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You have to like the style of the game/jokes to enjoy it, but I think Mortal Kombat (the very first movie) just did it correctly. Some costumes I didn't like, but it just played on the stupid basic story, and had some great action! A great low budget movie to watch while enjoying your Pringles®

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1 minute ago, Super Splashee said:

You have to like the style of the game/jokes to enjoy it, but I think Mortal Kombat (the very first movie) just did it correctly. Some costumes I didn't like, but it just played on the stupid basic story, and had some great action! A great low budget movie to watch while enjoying your Pringles®

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But, seriously, what's up with fighting game movies? Fighting gmaes turns out to be the worst movie. Tekken, King of Fighters, Street Fighter.

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If we are taking about successful video game movies then the Sonic the Hedgehog movie has done well. I would second the Mortal Kombat movie. The fight scenes are cool and still hold up well. 

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Sonic and Detective Pikachu are legit decent movies. Mortal Kombat one is also one I can at least recommend to fans

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2 minutes ago, Lord Valtasar said:

i quite liked the first two tomb raider movies personally

There are movies? :o

 

I guess when I have never played the games, I don't pay attention to Tomb Raider.

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3 minutes ago, Super Splashee said:

There are movies? :o

 

I guess when I have never played the games, I don't pay attention to Tomb Raider.

there are two from the early 2000s starring angelina jolie,(and james bond in one) and one new-ish one that's meh

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detective pikachu and the first silent hill movie are okay (but the second silent hill movie is truly awful). havent got around to sonic yet but it seems to have a nice reception so that too

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Let's see... There is the first Mortal Kombat movie, Sonic the Hedgehog, the various Pokémon movies with Detective Pikachu being the biggest example, Final Fantasy: Advent Children, and a couple of Tomb Raider movies. I'm probably forgetting some however.

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Personally, I didn’t totally dig Detective Pikachu but I know plenty of people who loved it. If you’re into Pokémon, you may want to give it a chance.

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  • Resistance Evil series. Although I have to say, the first one  I saw as a kid seem a lot better or cooler than watching the rest as I got older. Nevertheless always enjoyed watching it whenever my dad is watching it. 
  • Tomb Rider:  I also like the reboot one too
  • Silent Hill
  • Assassin Creed.
  • Jumanjii (yes board game counts)
  • Rampage
  • FF: advent children
  • Need for Speed. 

I heard they're going to make borderline movie, so I cross my finger it will be good! I haven't seen Sonic yet, and I don't really like Detective Pikachu. Too much focus on the human and not enough focus on showing the power of the pokemon. 

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As a few people have said, Detective Pikachu is not only a good movie (not amazing, but still a good watch) but better than the game it's based off of.

Detective Pikachu's creators say the game's real mystery is why ...

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My personal favorite video game movie is actually the 2016 Assassin's Creed film. It's not perfect and I have some issues with the script and felt like they cut out some important stuff, but I really enjoyed the overall story, Michael Fassbender's performance, the lore, Jed Kurzel's score, etc. It made me a fan of director Justin Kurzel (Macbeth 2015 and the upcoming True History Of The Kelly Gang).

 

I also enjoyed Detective Pikachu, the 2003 and 2018 Tomb Raider films, the 1995 Mortal Kombat (Hopefully the new reboot is good/fun), and the 2006 Silent Hill. Haven't seen Sonic The Hedgehog yet, but it looks like it could be fun.

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Hate to be picky but everyone listing anything but the Detective Pikachu movie for Pokémon: Those movies are based off the anime Pokémon universe. Which is different than the Pokémon games. So by technicality they aren’t video game movies.  

But Detective Pikachu, Sonic(kinda counts I mean green hill zone exists in it so I guess it does), the first Mortal Kombat movie. Street Fighter for guilty pleasure purposes. 

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