As we speak, throughout IGN Dwell, we bought our first actual have a look at the Borderlands film, and folk, I’m unsure that is going to be excellent.
Based mostly on the favored looter shooters developed by Gearbox and revealed by 2K Video games, Borderlands was first introduced all the best way again in 2020. The film is being directed by Eli Roth and has been in manufacturing hell for years now. However lastly, our lengthy nationwide nightmare is sort of over as Borderlands arrives in theaters on August 9. Sadly, I’m unsure its going to be well worth the wait based mostly on a scene launched earlier right this moment throughout IGN Dwell’s Day 1 showcase.
Within the new scene, we see Roland (Kevin Hart), Lilith (Cate Blanchett), Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), Kireg (Florian Munteanu), and Claptrap (voice by Jack Black) in a darkish underground facility full of bins and never many lights. It’s arduous to see what’s taking place.
That is imagined to be an action-packed sequence from a serious movement image, however it feels extra like a pre-recorded skit from a so-so episode of Saturday Evening Dwell. Enemies get shot and simply fall down with no blood or gore, characters transfer round slowly despite the fact that that is meant to be a fast-paced sequence, and all of that is performed to generic music that you simply’ll overlook concerning the second the scene ends.
However low cost units, bland motion, and iffy pacing might be overcome by nice performances and sadly, despite the fact that the forged is stacked with individuals who have performed good work, nothing in right here lands. I like Borderlands. Loads! I benefit from the jokes and the world. This…this isn’t that. I don’t know what that is. What I can let you know is after seeing this scene I’m satisfied Hart, Blanchett, and Jamie Lee Curtis—who performs Dr. Tannis within the movie—should not the suitable actors for these characters. Curtis feels particularly misplaced as Tannis. And Hart… I simply don’t perceive why one of the severe characters in Borderlands, Roland, is being performed by a comic.
And have in mind that is the scene the producers and folks concerned thought was adequate to debut on-line. That is what they’re promoting the film on. That is their massive “Check out this and get excited!” clip. If that’s the case, effectively, I worry for the remainder of the film.
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