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'Borderlands' review: A return to the dark ages of video game adaptations

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Summary
Nutrition label

47% Informative

A successful big-screen adaptation would have to double down on a 'style over substance' approach and nail the absurdist fun and humor.

Neither Eli Roth's direction nor Rogier Stoffers' cinematography figure out how to make the entire thing come to life or feel large.

The script, written by Roth himself and Joe Crombie , fails to give anyone beyond Blanchett anything meaningful to do.

'Borderlands' fails twice: It's an adaptation that strips down the source material to a forgettable sci-fi romp that lacks any unique identity.

All its attempts at action or comedy fail to elicit even a couple of cheers or laughs.

After Fallout season 1 setting a new golden standard for video game adaptations this year , Borderlands is a painful bummer.

VR Score

38

Informative language

31

Neutral language

18

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

50

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

possibly hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

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Time-value

short-lived