Comments on: Vin Diesel Is A Wheelman

By: ‘Uncharted’ Video Game Adaptation On The Way - Screen Rant

‘Uncharted’ Video Game Adaptation On The Way - Screen Rant — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:06:00 +0000

[...] to the already extensive list of video game adaptations is Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, an action-adventure game from back in 2007. Columbia Pictures [...]

By: Ken J

Ken J — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:59:57 +0000

Well, I only say that because of the unusually high ratings Crank 2 and Terminator 3 got… Both in the 60′s and both deserved nothing more than 25%…

By: SK-47

SK-47 — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:50:07 +0000

@Ken J, thank you for pointing out how bad rottentomatoes is as a source.
Event Horizon is really a good film! That and Mortal Kombat makes you think what the hell happened to Paul W.S. Anderson?

By: John "Kahless" Taylor

John "Kahless" Taylor — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:25:09 +0000

@Ross
Oh sure! Now I’m the only one looking stupid thinking Singleton directed xXx!

By: Ross Miller

Ross Miller — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:12:45 +0000

@Vin,

Thanks for catching that. While I was writing the post I got mixed up with the director of xXx and the first Fast and the Furious (both Rob Cohen) and John Singleton (who directed the secoind Fast and the Furious movie – 2 Fast 2 Furious – and is now directing Diesel in Wheelman… see, confusing:P).

It’s fixed, thanks again.

By: More Video Games Being Made Into Movies - Screen Rant

More Video Games Being Made Into Movies - Screen Rant — Sun, 10 May 2009 06:51:21 +0000

[...] Screen Rant writer Ross talked about Wheelman with Vin Diesel, and asked the question: “Can Hollywood make a GOOD video game adaptation?” So far the answer [...]

By: SIN187UM

SIN187UM — Sun, 10 May 2009 05:27:25 +0000

Some one should make a reality show where the challenge is to see if Hollywood can make a video game or Anime based movie that can be nominated for at least one Academy Award.

By: Vin

Vin — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:03:44 +0000

@ross miller “which Singleton also directed…” Singleton did not direct any of the XXX films, but Rich Wilkes wrote it.

By: 790

790 — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:26:48 +0000

Vin, just do what you do best and give us another Riddick movie.
I’m not paying to see some Fast& Furious/Grand Theft Auto bs film.

By: ogb

ogb — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:06:39 +0000

@SIN

I knew that, I made that argument for the sake of this thread and because Death Race is pretty similar to TM/V8

By: SIN187UM

SIN187UM — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:45:31 +0000

@ Walwus

ROFL, Man that was a terrible video game movie adaptation. Every time I see the dvd at Blockbuster I just laugh, but you have peaked curiosity to view it at least one more time. I’ll be sure to use it as a free rental though.

By: SIN187UM

SIN187UM — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:37:47 +0000

@ ogb

Death Race is based off of the original movie death race, which(the original) was made into a game. So The twisted Metal and vigilante are actually based off of Death Race, not the other way around.

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@ Ken J

Lol Hollywood already has enough bad ideas about video game movies, but if they can actually pull off getting funding for production for Bubble Bobble then some one deserves a mild applause.

By: Walwus

Walwus — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:30:58 +0000

@SIN187UM

You’re right sorry. It was comics-cartoons-games-movies. I got carried away. BTW, just watched Super Mario Bros because I own it.

By: SIN187UM

SIN187UM — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:28:55 +0000

@ Walwus

TMNT 1-3 were not based off of the games, but the comics/cartoon series.

By: Walwus

Walwus — Sat, 09 May 2009 10:47:30 +0000

You just knew MK2 was going to be bad when Christopher Lambert wasn’t going to be in it. And the chick that played Sonya decided not to come back either.

I don’t know if I agree with you about SH being a “Good” horror movie. I’ll give you creepy as hell but not good. A good horror film to me is one where no matter what the “hero” does it’s not good enough to escape whatever fate lie in store for them. If they inexplicably act in a way that normal people would not act then I find it to be just ok and possibly more action than horror.

By: ogb

ogb — Sat, 09 May 2009 10:00:34 +0000

@Walwus

Say what you want but a lot of people liked MK and SH, so there is hope for video game movies (Gears of War, I’m looking at you)

Oh and TMNT 1 was a damn good movie, fun especially for kids.

@ Michael

Yeah, SH is underrated and got quickly forgotten and lost. Good horror movies are hard to find nowadays and SH was exactly that, a good horror movie.

By: Michael Claymore

Michael Claymore — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:48:57 +0000

Silent Hill was an excellent movie – one slab of atmospheric weirdness from start to end- so there’s at least one great movie based on a video game. Strangely, i didn’t remember it was from a game till ogb mentioned it, i guess i was searching my mind for action adventure stuff and those have indeed sucked.

By: Walwus

Walwus — Sat, 09 May 2009 07:34:49 +0000

Not sure how I forgot about this one but TMNT I,II, and III! After looking back, Hollywood is nothing if not persistent.

By: Walwus

Walwus — Sat, 09 May 2009 05:18:36 +0000

@ogb – you dropped a few points with me when you said Mortal Kombat was AWESOME 
@Wickamo – I’m gonna disregard your comments based on the fact that I don’t think you’ve ever seen said movies because you spelled Kombat with a “C” …TWICE!! 
@Ross – DoA was a pretty bad movie and you could have added it to the list on speculation alone. I’m gonna have to disagree with you on Super Mario Brothers, how do you NOT love Bob Hoskins?
Here a few more game movies that you didn’t add to the list that I feel should be on the good side:
Tron (Hello? How did you leave that one off?)
Cloak and Dagger ( Boom! 1st one to bring up an Atari game into a movie…bow to me!)
Double Dragon (Again Boom!)
At this point I have people laughing thinking to themselves, “Where can I find a copy of these movies because I remember seeing them in the theater when I was younger”
Wing Commander (I liked it but it didn’t do so well in theaters)
Alone in The Dark (Anytime you make Tara Reid a F’n SCIENITIST, the movie will fail)
In the Name of the King (Poor Uwe Bolle, I think he has 4 or 5 game-to-movie credits under his belt and all of them bad)
Does anyone remember the Dig Dug fake trailer that played in theaters? It was suppose to be a movie trailer but it was just a fake for the game that was being released.

By: ogb

ogb — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:08:47 +0000

@ Vic

Difference of opinions so I respectfully agree to disagree. However Rottentomatoes.com, as Ken J pointed out, not the best back up source. IMDB has it 6.2 out of 36,000 votes and that’s what it is, a generally accepted, above average flick that I really loved.

@ Gravatar, I know what you mean. DOA was hot garbage and so were the RE movies. However, and I know I’m one of the few who say this, I LOVED Soldier. Kurt Russel is just a badass and I love post apocalypse movies.

But I do have to say, Anderson redeemed himself, in my eyes, with Death Race. That was a fun FUN movie to watch. And on a side note, Death Race could be said to be based on Twisted Metal or Vigilante 8 (video games).