At present, throughout IGN Reside, we bought our first actual take a look at the Borderlands film, and people, I’m unsure that is going to be superb.
Primarily based on the favored looter shooters developed by Gearbox and revealed by 2K Video games, Borderlands was first introduced all the way in which 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 definitely worth the wait primarily based on a scene launched earlier immediately throughout IGN Reside’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 crammed with packing containers and never many lights. It’s exhausting to see what’s occurring.
That is alleged 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 Night time Reside. Enemies get shot and simply fall down with no blood or gore, characters transfer round slowly regardless that that is meant to be a fast-paced sequence, and all of that is finished to generic music that you simply’ll neglect concerning the second the scene ends.
However low-cost units, bland motion, and iffy pacing might be overcome by nice performances and sadly, regardless that the solid is stacked with individuals who have finished good work, nothing in right here lands. I like Borderlands. Lots! 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—aren’t the proper actors for these characters. Curtis feels particularly misplaced as Tannis. And Hart… I simply don’t perceive why some of the critical characters in Borderlands, Roland, is being performed by a comic.
And be mindful that is the scene the producers and other people 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, properly, I concern for the remainder of the film.
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