Some video games are so original, dynamic, and exciting that they are turned into movies. After all, today’s best PC and console video games contain intricate storylines that make for great action, and sometimes even romance, so who wouldn’t want to see all of that translated onto the big screen with the sexiest and most popular actors of the time? But what are some of the best video games that have ever been turned into movies?
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- The Rock Stars in Doom
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- Doom the Original Video Game
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- Resident Evil Game Series
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- Resident Evil is probably the most successful game film franchise to date
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- The first Silent Hill film was successful enough to convince the producers to take another stab at it.
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- The first Silent Hill film was successful enough to convince the producers to take another stab at it.
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- Silent Hill Video Game
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- Street Fighter Video Game
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- Believe it or not there have been a couple of straight to video Street Fighter films featuring Chun Li!
Silent Hill
The popular video game Silent Hill was turned into a horror movie that even had a sequel, just like its gaming counterpart. The first movie was released in 2006, while the sequel was released in 2012. The movies did a great job of capturing the gore and supernatural horror that was found throughout the Silent Hill games while bringing the main characters to life and showcasing the same struggles that gamers had faced throughout the games for years.
Resident Evil
Another horror video game series that made it to the big screen with a lot of success was Resident Evil. Paul W.S. Anderson was behind these films, serving as writer and producer for the entire series of films that, though not exact adaptations of the games, definitely provided enough to get filmgoers excited. The movies showcased a lot of adventure, action, and the beautiful Milla Jovovich, who played the lead character.
Street Fighter
Fighting games are hugely popular, and they have been for decades. Street Fighter was one of the most popular games of the 1990s, and when it was turned into a movie, it raked in almost $100 million while in theaters. While some viewers found problems with the plot of the movie, it was definitely one that people wanted to see because of the popularity of the video game and the lead actor: Jean-Claude Van Damme, who was a huge action star and martial artist at the time.
Doom
First-person shooter games are also hugely popular in the gaming world, and Doom is one of the best games that was, not surprisingly, turned into a movie starring Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock from WWE. This sci-fi thriller had a lot of action and a lot of warfare, which was expected by fans that had played the game. Featuring soldiers who have to rescue a colony found on Mars while dealing with hellish monsters, this movie seems to have a little bit of everything sci-fi and action related. While it did well for itself, though, the movie was certainly not as fun to watch as the game was to play.
If you’re a gamer and love spending hours at your gaming desk playing on your PC or you prefer using a console like PS4 or Xbox, you know how much fun it is to take on villains in the many video games that you love most. So it really is no surprise that the most popular video games are regularly turned into Hollywood movies for fans to enjoy.