10 Video Game Characters Stolen Straight From Hollywood

6. Bill And Lance - Commando And Rambo

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Konami/20th Century Fox/Orion Pictures

Wow, where to begin with the sheer temerity of this Contra cover, which smashes together every iconic action movie 'thing' into one badly-drawn mess. But who cares if it's badly drawn, when it features both Arnie and Sly-- sorry, John Matrix and Rambo-- sorry, 'Bill and Lance' on it, posing in the exact same positions as Arnie in stills from the movie, Commando.

But hey, it was the 90s, and it was still at a time when games were generally scoffed at by cinema as being silly kids' toys that weren't worth pursuing lawsuits over. 

The two protagonists look so saturated and radiant that you could almost miss the sepia-tinted xenomorph that's clearly been plucked straight from the Alien franchise right between them...

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