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Film Review — Borderlands

Film Review — Borderlands

Eli Roth adapts the titular videogame to deeply tedious effect

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Aug 09, 2024
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The prospect of viewing a film based on a video game always makes my heart sink. I’ll admit this is a prejudice, but let’s face it: Usually, such films are pretty rubbish. And no, you can’t cite The Last of Us or Fallout as evidence to the contrary, as they are TV series. Probably, the best films based on video games to date are Unchart…

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