12 Movies From 2016 That Were Unfairly Hated
7. Warcraft
Warcraft was lashed by critics when it hit cinema screens this summer and though it performed poorly domestically, it managed to rake in $433.5 million globally over half of which came from box office sales in China. Currently it ranks as the highest-grossing video game movie internationally, surpassing previous titleholder Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time by almost $100 million. Not too bad considering the video game to movie genre is quite possibly one of the most mocked and responsible critical and commercial flops like Super Mario Bros and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.
What’s more, fans of the long-running game franchise on which it’s based seemed to enjoy the movie by and large which isn’t an easy feat considering how pernickety fans of source material can be when it’s adapted to another medium. A good few moviegoers who weren’t diehard Warcraft gamers managed to enjoy the film too, and even critics who gave it a walloping were forced to admit admiration for its CGI and director Duncan Jones’ visual flair. Of course, it’s by no means an amazing film but an enjoyable enough one and within its genre, one of the best.