With Zach Cregger's new Resident Evil movie breaking box offices and blowing horror fans' minds, now is the perfect time to replay some previous video game adaptations, new and old, and decide what the 10 best video game adaptations of all time (that are available on Limelight) are.
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Landing the director of Weapons and Barbarian made pretty darn sure that the new Resident Evil would be a banger, and having already been rapturously received by critics and (most) fans, and beating the box office of the last two Resident Evil films in just its first three days of release proves the point.
In an all-new story, this thrilling and terrifying reinvention of the Resident Evil franchise follows Bryan (Austin Abrams), a medical courier who unwittingly finds himself in an action-packed, non-stop race for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.
The steelbook sold out almost instantly, so don't delay if you want to get the 4K UHD, Blu-ray or DVD, all available now.
Another recent hit, from earlier this year, the latest instalment in the Mortal Kombat film franchise, Mortal Kombat II, stars Karl Urban (Dredd, The Boys) as fan favourite character Johnny Cage.
A group of champions face off in a final, lawless tournament to overthrow the reign of Shao Kahn, a tyrant who threatens the very existence of Earthrealm and his followers.
Funny, perfectly excessively gory, with great effects and featuring all of your favourite fighters, Mortal Kombat II is an absolute blast and available now on steelbook, 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD now.
Sticking with the fighting games for a film longer, next up is Street Fighter. (Fairly) derided upon release, and disappointing to those of us old enough to have seen it in the cinema, time has actually been kind to this Jean-Claude Van Damme starrer.
JCVD and Kylie Minogue may be totally miscast as Guile and Cammy, but the core of Street Fighter is the scene-stealing, scenery-chewing, other-actors-destroying performance of Raul Julia as the evil villain M. Bison.
Julia's incredible work just gets better and better with age, and seeing all the original fighters brought to life means Street Fighter has gone from a game over to a camp classic. With Street Fighter II due in cinemas shortly, now is the perfect time to give viewing it a Round 2.
Based on the global hit video game, Exit 8 sees a man trapped in an endless subway corridor. He discovers that to escape, he must keep an eye out for any anomalies in the environment. If he sees one, he must turn back immediately, and if he doesn't, it is safe to carry on. However, missing a single anomaly will send him all the way back to the beginning.
A fiendishly frightening never-ending nightmare that will have you analysing every frame for anomalies, Exit 8 is an unmissable psychological horror film that is available here.
Eli Roth's adaptation of the best-selling and most beloved games of all time, Borderlands, received a pretty universal kicking upon release, but is it really that bad, or just ten years too late?
Lilith, an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet to find a missing girl. Forming an unlikely alliance with a group of oddballs, the team have the fate of the universe in their hands as they battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits.
Pumped full of gallons of Guardians of the Galaxy energy, Borderlands may have its problems, but Jamie-Lee Curtis as a scientist with a tenuous grip on sanity, Ariana Greenblatt as a feral pre-teen demolitionist, and Jack Black as the voice of the wise-cracking robot Claptrap ensure there is still fun to be had.
Back to beat'em ups, but the last one, we swear, is the seldom-seen Double Dragon film from 1994. It is the film's nineties-ness that doesn't so much save it, but makes it a cult curio for film fans who have enjoyed rediscovering titles like the Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo Super Mario Bros. movie.
Unlikely brothers, Jimmy (Mark Dacascos from Brotherhood of the Wolf, who is actually an incredible martial artist) and Billy (played by Party of Five's Scott Wolf, who is not, at all) must defeat an evil villain to save the world in the far-flung future of the year 2007.
It is very silly, but very funny, and rightfully plucked out and restored as a minor cult gem by 101 Films. The T-1000 himself, Robert Patrick, is having a blast as the big bad, while a plucky Alyssa Milano also co-stars.
With all of the furore about his flipping weird face before the film was even released, the Sonic the Hedgehog movie looked like it was going to be losing all its rings and out of lives before it had even reached Act 1 of the Green Hill Zone.
But, thanks to some quick character redesign, and Jim Carrey making a triumphant and totally OTT return as the moustachioed Dr Robotnik, we are now onto our third Sonic film!
Sonic 3 sees Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails back to face a new formidable foe, Shadow, a mysterious hedgehog with powers unlike anything they've ever seen. Team Sonic must secure an unexpected alliance if they hope to stop Shadow and save the planet!
With plenty of furry fan service and Keanu Reeves joining the all-star cast as Shadow the Hedgehog, fans of the previous instalments will have a blast with Sonic 3.
An enormous hit upon release, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the first animated film on our list.
Jack Black is back, this time as the villainous Bowser, who Mario and his brother Luigi must defeat to save the Mushroom Kingdom!
The Super Mario Bros. Movie takes what millions of gamers worldwide have loved for thirty-five years and levels it up to a new and breathtaking cinematic experience.
The sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, is also available:
Back to horror we go for The Mortuary Assistant, based on the critically acclaimed 2022 first-person horror game where players perform embalmings while identifying a demonic possession.
The movie follows Rebecca Owens, a mortuary science graduate who takes a night job at River Fields Mortuary. What begins as a routine job soon turns sinister as she faces terrifying supernatural forces.
Full of the intense, unsettling atmosphere of the game, and full of big jump scares, The Mortuary Assistant is perfect if you're starting to get yourself into the Halloween spirit!
Not a movie, but very much definitely one of the best video game adaptations, the Fallout TV show is brilliant telly, even if you have never left the shelter or checked your Pip-Boy.
Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there's almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind - and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.