Yes yes, I hear you - the 2011 film was absolute rubbish - but the game was actually fairly decent. Rise of the Manhunters was a co-op hack-n-slash game in the vein of God of War, with the player (and a buddy, if they so desire) taking on the roles of Hal Jordan and Sinestro to avert an impending crisis spearheaded by the Manhunters. The plot is pretty cookie-cutter, but the gameplay itself was fun enough to warrant a quick rental (back when you could actually rent things). The imagery too was really inventive, as Jordan and Sinestro got to use different energy constructs as weapons in various unique manners. Combine that with a few fun on-rails flying segments and some grandiose - if not whacky - set-pieces, and it makes for an entertaining product, even if it could've been a lot better.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
