10 Greatest Video Game Movies Of All-Time

7. Resident Evil (2002)

Resident Evil felt like kind of a big deal when it first arrived in cinemas; people were genuinely excited. Countless instalments later, and it has spawned one of the most hated movie franchises of all-time. The weirdest thing, is that I don't even tend to associate the movies and the games as being part of the same franchise; they're two separate entities with the same name, as far as I'm concerned.

So how does the original 2002 movie hold up? Well, it's probably not quite as good as you thought it was back in the day, that's for sure, but it still happens to be one of the better video game movies due to some genuinely scary moments and that cool scene with the laser beams.

Resident Evil doesn't feel all that much like the Resident Evil games, but Milla Jovovich gives an amusingly self-aware performance - at least, I hope it's self-aware - as Alice, and there are bits and pieces plucked from the iconic games, like the Racoon City setting and references to the Umbrella Corporation.

Don't get me wrong: it's dated and cheesy, but in this case it's a strength.

If you're not buying into the idea that this film is any good, James Cameron - yes, the James Cameron - once admitted that Resident Evil happens to be one of his biggest guilty pleasure flicks. Now run free and give this movie another go, firm in the knowledge that the creator of Terminator 2 rightly thinks it's a blast.