Live-action film adaptations of video game franchises are difficult to do. Video games routinely pull off stuff that doesn't always translate to movies. Not to mention, you're never quite sure how the movie will do with casual audiences who know next to nothing (or indeed nothing at all) about the source material.
This is why there's a long list of video game movie adaptations that either bombed at the box office or were not received well critically.
With an ensemble cast that features the likes of Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Kevin Hart, among others, the expectations for the upcoming Borderlands movie are incredibly high.
Thankfully, the director, Eli Roth, seems to think that it caters to everybody.
The upcoming Borderlands movie won't just be for fans
Understandably,