10 Video Game Movies That Were Truly Terrible

Dwayne Johnson teaming up with Karl Urban to take down alien monsters sounds like a hit right? Not this time.

The DOOM film had a whole bunch of creative ideas including using first-person camera shots to get players in the Doom headspace. Yet none of these things really managed to lead to anything that was worth praise.

There were nods to the Doom games but they were largely fleeting, and the action never really managed to match the blood-pumping intensity that the games deliver. Reviewers compared negatively compared it to the original games and while it may seem harsh to draw such comparisons, the license is probably the only reason why the film was green-lighted in the first place.

Released shortly after Doom 3, the film managed to kill any buzz dead in its tracks. Like many of the films in this list, fans found it hard to be interested in a deeper dive into a plot which is an excuse for action. This film version of DOOM and its thin plot didn't manage to create its own interesting components and instead used a mix of plots points from the games without much direction.

All in all, this film did not land well with audiences, although a direct-to-video sequel has managed to fare considerably better, which probably says something about this film.