10 Truly Awful Video Game Movies Sonic Might Be Worse Than
6. Doom
The problem with the Doom movie is a problem it looks like Sonic may be facing too; it thinks it’s way better than it is.
With the possible exception of of Ratchet & Clank, all movies prior to this knew exactly what they were and were pitching for a sort of camp cult status. Super Mario Bros and Double Dragon both achieved it to an extent, too. However, the following movies seem to fall into the trap of believing that they’re great, when they’re in fact utter garbage.
Not that you’d say it to the cast’s face; Dwayne Johnson, Karl Urban and Rosamund Pike all star, backed by a $60 million budget, which it did not recoup.
It’s so loosely based on the game that were it not for the matching font and BFG, you’d be mistaken for thinking they just happened to share the same name.
Director Andrzej Bartkowiak ended up directing Street Fighter II: The Legend Of Chun Li next, a movie so terrible it’s essentially the honorary 11th place here, so at least he atoned for his sins.
Dwayne Johnson though went on to become one of the biggest movie stars of the decade, which hardly seems fair.