I don’t think anyone is a stranger to how despicable and utterly rotten video game movies have been. Almost every single time a famous franchise has rushed off to Hollywood, it’s come back a slime covered bastardization of what it once was. If you don’t believe me then take a stroll by the irrefutable Uwe Boll and his travesty of sorrowful products. While there have been a few decent attempts (zero by Mr. Boll), none have hit the spotlight perfectly yet and with an abundance of video game to film adaptations in the works, it’s about damned time we get some that work!
Though it’ll probably not matter much, there still has to be some story the movie revolves around. Mars is the basis for all the games and every single time the miners or people are breaking free from tyrannical control. Obviously this would be the core to build off of. If they can’t make this work the people in charge should seriously reconsider their career path. Just stay with the central theme of “breaking free” from the oppressive government and not implementing unnecessary sappy relationships. I’m not against love interests in this particular movie, but the focus needs to be on the action. I’m sick of seeing makeshift relationships thrust upon audiences in the most contrived of ways. If there is going to be strong bonds and love interests in this movie then fasten some emotion behind it so we don’t have to bash our craniums in with a hammer. Nothing’s worse than emotionless dialogue, unless of course they toss some vampires in the mines because, you know, we don’t have enough of those already.
There’s plenty of other things that could easily fit into the Red Faction movie, but the most important thing is not to alienate fans. As long as things blow up, hammers are swung, and a rebellion is on the rise, there’s hope that a direct to TV movie like Red Faction is the boost video game movies need to come back.
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If it is based on the stories from Red Faction 1/2 then it will be good. Most RF players have only ever played the next-gen version. 1/2 had a wicked story. It involved: A great protagonist and utterly evil antagonist (Basically a Killzone type story of freedom vs. facists)...it had a small love story which is needed to bring in the emotional element, but not overwhelming. Let's not forget tunneling! GeoMod was the first fully destructible game engine. It was amazing back on the PS2. Bring in the mech-suits, Trucks, diggers, rail gun, and we have an epic movie of Avg. Joe vs. The Facist Regime. (Total Recall all over again!)
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