Borderlands Review

Borderlands, reviewed by Matt Donato.

Borderlands is an abysmal waste of a beloved franchise that takes a kooky band of murderous misfits and drains the life out of their first adventure together. Eli Roth is no James Gunn, and this film has none of the lovable lunatics, awe-striking sci-fi visuals, and out-of-this-world storytelling of Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy. The hyper-stylized flair of the Borderlands games is replicated only on the most superficial level, and with a PG-13 rating, all the limb-severing gore, dirty-minded humor, and uniquely deranged themes are replaced by recycled blandness geared toward mass marketability. It's the worst-case-scenario Borderlands movie that goes against everything Borderlands stands for as a series – a miserable failure.

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[TabletopJunk]

Calling Cate Blanchet the "correct choice for Lilith" is a wild take to sneak in there. The entire casting overall is one of the movies most glaring problems.

[whimsybomb]

Kevin Hart as Roland was what put me off from the start.

[Synysterenji]

Borderlands didnt need a movie. If anything, it would have made a decent animated movie.

[mateob]

"Especially Blanchet, she's the correct choice for Lilith", said no one ever.

[coldogno]

stop putting kevin hart character in every movies

[healsallwounds]

Why is Cate Blanchett “the correct choice” for Lilith? Isn’t she like 20 years too old for the role?

[CharlesVanexX]

When Ign says it's a 3, it must be a zero.

[RedDeath]

The fact that Avi Arad still got a job at Sony is insane, he's one of the worst producers in Hollywood ever, everything he touches turns into crap and yet nobody at the studio bat an eye.

[aboveaura]

You know it's really bad when IGN gives it a low score

[LOLYOU]

It's 2024 and all these people still don't listen to the fans. Give us what we want! I'm glad this movie crashed into the ground

[blaze]

"Blanchett is the correct choice for Lilith" 30 years ago maybe

[NesRsT]

Roland is a serious guy, why the hell is he played by Kevin Hart

[thee_morpheus]

3:56 no Blanchett is NOT the correct choice for Lilith, WTH?

[Nic-San]

Kevin Hart literally plays Kevin Hart not Roland

[jarrah]

Blanchett the correct choice?? Cmon mate, she's too old lmao

[DJC-YTVideos]

Hold up, "the correct choice for Lilith" ??? Did you say that on accident?

[edenwayne]

Calling Blanchet the correct choice to play Lilith followed by saying she didn't play her well. If you're gonna lie, then atleast stick with it.

[sdgeoff]

"Kate Blanchet was the correct choice for Lillith" Are you friggen kidding me? She absoltuely was not.

[zachdk]

Avi Arad is Producer for the Zelda and Naruto movie... Its over
This could have been a killer adaptation film if it was made in a similar fashion as Arcane. But you need a combination of 3 brain cells in the room to get that far in pre-production.

[hughdr]

So basically if you have never played the games, you should avoid it. Also, if you HAVE played the games, you should also avoid it. LOL