Borderlands’First Clip Is a Bunch of Bloodless Bull(et)crap

Gearbox’sBorderlandsgames are known for quite a few things , but the big among those is arguably its sense of humor . It was Borderlands 2 where the franchise ’s sense of drollery really train shape , and the serial has since been litter with humor for the most part in the vein of crass or net humour . No surprisal then that carry over to thelive - action film , whose first clipping is … well , it is what it is .

Lionsgate came toIGN Fan Festwith a fresh clip for the film , which features series mascot Claptrap ( as voiced by Jack Black ) shitting out a lot of bullet . gratefully it does n’t go on too long , but it ’s still a bit of weirdness that credibly set ashore more if you groove with the game ’ general sense of humor.(Which can be legit shady sometimes , even outside the more - involve Tales from the Borderlands spinoff ! ) If not … well , that visual ’s in your head now , so sorry about that .

On the bright side , the rest of the time has comely - looking action featuring the Vault Hunters — Roland ( Kevin Hart ) , Tannis ( Jamie Lee Curtis ) , Tina ( Ariana Greenblatt ) , Krieg ( Florian Munteau ) , and Lilith ( Cate Blanchett ) function up against a group of raiders . This part is the most Borderlands - ass part of the integral clip , minus how no one ’s using of their class skills to make this fight importantly shorter . If you postulate something in this movie to latch onto , it looks like Blanchett will be your lifeline . She looks to be doing an alright impression of a sci - fi gunslinger , something the movie seems to discern since she gets to be the most involved in this fight .

The original clip was too dark, so we adjusted its brightness so you could see…this.

The original clip was too dark, so we adjusted its brightness so you could see…this.Image: Lionsgate

The bountiful issue here might be that the clip is too sterile for its own goodness . march games are n’t bloody to the degree of a Mortal Kombat or Gears of War , but their approach to violence is delightfully cartoonish because the guns are goofy as all the pits . There needs to be more smell here ; one of these guys involve a gun that melts these raiders or electrocutes or lights them on ardour . ( Maybe a combination of all three , since the late games have guns with two component character ? )

Borderlands comes to dramaturgy on August 9 , and hopefully between now and then , the movie looks more like the games in the way of life that matter : adorably stupid wildness and humor that feel like there was intent behind it .

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