10 Video Game Characters That Movies Got Completely Wrong

Today we’re taking a look at several instances of Hollywood getting it really wrong when it comes to the characterisation of some of our favourite gaming icons. Whether it’s bad acting, writing, or just a complete misunderstanding of who these characters are as people, any example of a film that has missed the mark when it comes to bringing beloved personalities to life is welcome here. They’re not all awful movies, though several of them are worse than most. From Nathan Drake in Uncharted to Mewto in Detective Pikachu here are 10 Video Game Characters That Movies Got Completely Wrong!

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[Hshm]

I think the Hitman franchise will do way better as a TV show with each episode centering around the contracts and the overarching plot throughout the season.

[dadsfreetimeclassicgaming]

Why do people keep acting like Mark Wahlberg is a great actor? He can only play at pissed off guy from Boston or a really clueless pissed off guy from Boston

[TechOrigami]

That Max Payne movie misfire still hurts. It's payne-ful. I'm vlad they didn't make a sequel.

[Roboshi]

The first pokemon movie did make mewtwo the villain, but in every other appearance of it, it's been shown to be a peaceful pokemon that just avoids humans because they might use pokemon for evil.

I feel that entry was kind of rushed. Also mewtwo wasn't created by the antagonist in detective pikachu, he was just being experimented on after they captured him a few years before. I do feel for the script writers for shows that have to go out daily, but the wiki for the character is right there.

[boboso]

To be fair Pyramid Head skinning that woman with his hands was pretty dope.

[dannyholmes]

The problem is with most movies based on games is that the film makers seem to think they need to rewrite it all, where if they just followed the writing from the games, they would have some fantastic movies and characters

[wanderlustwarrior]

The number 1 entry Sindel is supposed to be pronounced as if it rhymed with Bell.

Also, unfortunately Mortal Kombat 11 removed the positive characterization of Sindel that was in the previous games.

[joshliman]

Leon Kennedy in welcome to racoon city was an absolute travesty. Ive no idea why someone thought making him a complete wally who was as much use as rubber lips on a woodpecker was the way forward. But then the rest of the movie wasnt any better, utter arse gravy

[prinzkomi]

lmao whoever wrote the part about Mewtwo has never watched any sort of film (animated or otherwise) one of them stars in or even read a wiki entry. Not only is the Detective Pikachu film a completely different continuity from the anime which is a different continuity from the games, Mewtwo has also almost consistently portrayed as less evil and more antagonistic in the way of being violent and untrusting due to the circumstances around it. Hell, the Mewtwo from the first anime movie put itself into anti-hero territory by the Mewtwo Returns OVA and the one from the Genesect movie (a wholly different Mewtwo, mind you) was clearly heroic. None of these three Mewtwo -- first movie, Genesect movie, Detective Pikachu -- are the same individual and thus don't have to have the same characterisation. Because that would be *boring*.

[brandonizaguirre]

The main reason why I refuse to watch the Uncharted movie despite loving the franchise is because the casted someone that looks like a middle schooler to play Nathan Drake

[Godeias]

Why haven't movie studios realize Mark Walhberg is a one note actor? Literally the same person in every film he does.

[TwistedMetalLegion]

Never going to unhear "Sindle"

[tomKATT]

I mean Mewtwo was never really 'bad', he just misunderstood everything. He had been raised as a test tube pokemon to be fair. Dumb one to add there imo.

[christianmanka]

I’m not gonna lie DOA was perfect action shlock. As a huge Leon fan I felt they developed the Leon I love by the end.

[theironfox]

Uwe Boll sold his soul to be a director and neglected to include being a good one.

[dylanogg]

Mewtwo isn't a villain, but a tragic antagonist.

[ChickenOfTheCaveMan]

I saw Uncharted in theater and it was for sure jarring to see Nate without experience and confidence, Chloe not being the badass we see in the games. Sully is pretty much Sully but younger, no mustache and with a Marky Mark flavor. But on second viewing, without the expectations of the characters being 1:1, it's really enjoyable, and you can actually believe the Nate you see at like 31 in Uncharted 1 comes from that Nate at 23-24.

[WrathOfGrapesN]

Literally everyone in Welcome to Raccoon City was a prime example of character assassination. I can't believe that they turned my fave girl Jill into an ill disciplined, trigger happy psycho, the worst bit is that HJK could have been a perfect Jill Valentine, had there been a competent script.

[JaysunB]

Sindel got rebooted as being truly evil in MK11, so I guess that’s the only thing MK2 the movie got right.

[imamemberofstars]

I’m not sure who butchered Sindel’s character more, Annihilation or MK 11 Aftermath