As we speak, throughout IGN Dwell, we acquired our first actual take a look at the Borderlands film, and people, I’m unsure that is going to be superb.
Based mostly 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 well worth the wait primarily based on a scene launched earlier at present 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 crammed with bins and never many lights. It’s arduous to see what’s occurring.
That is speculated 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 Dwell. Enemies get shot and simply fall down with no blood or gore, characters transfer round slowly although that is meant to be a fast-paced sequence, and all of that is executed to generic music that you simply’ll overlook in regards to the second the scene ends.
However low-cost units, bland motion, and iffy pacing will be overcome by nice performances and sadly, although the solid is stacked with individuals who have executed good work, nothing in right here lands. I like Borderlands. So much! I benefit from the jokes and the world. This…this isn’t that. I don’t know what that is. What I can inform you is after seeing this scene I’m satisfied Hart, Blanchett, and Jamie Lee Curtis—who performs Dr. Tannis within the movie—should not the precise actors for these characters. Curtis feels particularly misplaced as Tannis. And Hart… I simply don’t perceive why one of the crucial critical characters in Borderlands, Roland, is being performed by a comic.
And be mindful that is the scene the producers and folks concerned thought was ok 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, nicely, I worry for the remainder of the film.
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