The Morning After: The Borderlands movie proves bad videogame adaptations can still happen
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Eli Roth’s Borderlands movie adaptation sounds like a recipe for a solid sci-fi romp: Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett as the wise-cracking gunslinger Lilith; Jack Black as the quippy Claptrap; and even Jamie Lee Curtis.
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But according to Engadget’s Devindra Hardawar, it squanders the story potential and all that on-screen talent. He breaks it down in full, right here.
Maybe I'll go see the new Deadpool.
— Mat Smith
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