SlimWillis 96

I feel like I just watched an autistic kids fan fiction reddit post adapted into a movie that was an hour and fifty minutes too long. An amalgamation of the worst writing, directing and screenplay ever seen in the history of film. They needed the main character to have a backstory which ultimately retconned all the source material beyond recognition. Much like replacing Liu Kang with Cole Young in the new Mortal Kombat. They force in this miserably stereotypical 'strong woman' crooked cop to be the love interest and their last ditch attempt to drive this mess of a plot forward. But she ends up making it even more confusing and intolerable when she becomes the biggest Mary Sue since Rey in Disney's massacre of the Star Wars franchise. That's an accomplishment in and of itself that I wasn't expecting. They at least made a good decision in casting Elizabeth Lail for such a cringe inducing role. Speaking of casting, Josh Hutcherson couldn't have been a more boring protagonist. I feel like a lot of scenes were supposed to be intense and panic inducing but it nearly put me to sleep when he reads his lines with the energy of Eeyore. Even Matthew Lillards talent was wasted by this God awful script. Matpat makes an appearance but it felt so hollow and soulless as I can imagine some corporate Hollywood big wig creaming his jeans at the thought of all the gamer money he'll get after delivering the most forced fan bait catchephrase since Jared Leto tried cashing in on a Morbius meme. I went into this with low expectations. After all, how do you make a movie based off a game that only involves reserving power and watching security cameras to avoid jumps cares? I guess the answer is: you don't. But Hollywood will try anything and leave a path of destruction behind it. The only enjoyment I really got out of this movie was the sweet Jim Henson animatronics. Thats one legacy this movie didn't manage to burn to the ground. 10/10!!!