Best and Worst Casting For Video Game Movies

Ali Larter as Claire Redfield (Resident Evil Extinction)

Ali Larter does a great job kicking ass as Claire Redfield, alongside the equally beautiful Milla Jovovich. The two dish out plenty of action throughout the movie, setting the stage for a possible fourth chapter. Hey, if these girls come back, we definitely wouldn't mind.

Verdict: Good casting choice (for a decent movie).

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  • perspixlxxxii on 6/3/2008 9:16 pm

    What do you mean Uwe Boll opted to make a horrible movie? That's the only kind of movie he knows how to make!

  • deadmanjard on 6/3/2008 7:49 pm

    I actually agree with most of this (surprise), except for Jean Claude Van Damme as Guile. Seriously, is there anything wrong with an actor known for starring in action movies playing a hammy role in a movie called (wait for it) *Street Fighter*? Seriously, dude, it's not high art. It's about beating the **** out of people. And that, friends, is what Van Damme does best.

  • dsamoan357 on 6/2/2008 1:30 am

    The thing is... did you guys go see the movie? I doubt that any of these movies were made because some director/writer felt passionate enough about a game to want to translate the story to the silver screen. These were made purely because people wanted to cash in on high selling games. The changes are made to make the movie accessible to larger audiences, which is actually understandable. Sadly, someone who is making video game movies based on his love for them: Uwe Bowel, and that didnt exactly get us anywhere good, did it?

  • sephycoorhagen on 6/1/2008 10:10 pm

    Oh, yeah, as for the casting: What does it matter when the movies suck so bad? Casting is the least of our problems here.

  • sephycoorhagen on 6/1/2008 10:09 pm

    All of the Resident Evil movies were complete atrocities, with the second one sadly being the best of this crapfest series, because it *somewhat* followed the game storyline and characters (even though the character development was off by a mile!) I often wonder if these producers have ever played one RE games in their lives. Storyline accuracy aside, the "original" storyline of the RE movie series is terrible. The fact that it's related to the game series and so badly portrayed just makes it a little worse.

  • samthesaxman on 6/1/2008 8:18 pm

    As for timonthy olyphant... Great work on Hitman. So what that Vin Diesel didn't want the part!? He isn't even right for it anyway!!! He's just muscley, who wants that as their HITMAN. A big muscley guy isn't usually smart enough to be a bad ass hitman anyway. But, Olyphant fills the part out perfectly. Its the subtle nuances that he adds to the screen that give the character life. Olyphant is one of the best game movies dudes!

  • samthesaxman on 6/1/2008 8:10 pm

    yea, this claire girl was the worst. I can't believe how they destroyed the storyline. Ya know, then actually put work into the story or make it stephen king style, all of his damn stories are four hours long in two movies. Bringing games to movie form is tough, and they never get it. Put WORK into these things, just don't throw effects and fighting into it. What hacks. Paul, you ARE a hack.

  • darkdreamer127 on 6/1/2008 7:07 pm

    Angelina does really well as Lara Croft. I really really hope she's in a third. She was amazing in the other movies. I heard rumors they were trying to change the girl? I say Hell No to that, it would make me sad. :( She is really beautiful too.

  • darkdreamer127 on 6/1/2008 7:07 pm

    Angelina does really well as Lara Croft. I really really hope she's in a third. She was amazing in the other movies. I heard rumors they were trying to change the girl? I say Hell No to that, it would make me sad. :( She is really beautiful too.

  • darkdreamer127 on 6/1/2008 7:02 pm

    He did really well in that movie! It was a great movie!! Hitman was on my top list.

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