So, how bad is the film?
The answer, it turns out, is extremely.
The biggest problem with Eli RothsBorderlandsisnt that its bad, its that its not interesting enough to be bad.
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Its mass-produced pabulum, writes William Bibbiani forThe Wrap.
Its technically a movie based onBorderlands.Not much else.
Its the worst-case-scenarioBorderlandsmovie that goes against everythingBorderlandsstands for as a seriesa miserable failure.
At one point, Claptrap returns to operational mode after a heavy-weaponry assault and says, I blacked out.
Did something important happen?
Not in this movie.
Any hope for more of the campy authority Blanchett brought toThor: Ragnarokgoes unrewarded.
Blanchett barely tries to embody her protagonist as a three-dimensional human being, saysDaily Beasts Nick Shager.
The chance [for Blanchett] to channel her inner Clint Eastwood probably played a part as well.
Perhaps then, not even Blanchett can save us from a return to the gaming adaptation dark ages.
Go watch six-hour gameplay videos of it on YouTube.
Go get several chlamydia tests back to back.
Borderlandshits theaters tomorrow, August 9.
If you dare, apparently.
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