The "Borderlands" movie grossed US$ 16 million worldwide during its opening weekend, according to a report from GamesIndustry.biz. Borderlands cost US$ 115 million to create and was allocated US$ 30 million for distribution and marketing. A US$ 16 million return represents a near-90% loss.
Based on the video game series of the same name and directed by "Thanksgiving" helmer Eli Roth, the film follows outlaw Lilith (Cate Blanchett), who leads a ragtag team of misfits on a mission to rescue a missing girl. The cast also includes Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Hart, and Ariana Greenblatt. Ahead of its theatrical release, though, the movie currently only has a score of 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on reviews from 23 critics.
"The Gearbox title gamers loved has spawned a frenetic and disorderly shambles they’re likelier to loathe. Claptrap? You said it," is the verdict on Total Film's own two-star "Borderlands" review.
"Is Borderlands the worst film of the year? It’s definitely in contention – so laughably bad, in fact, that it feels like being catapulted back to a time when video game adaptations were a byword for mediocrity," says The Evening Standard's Vicky Jessop.
"It’s dragged us back to a time when studios used to make these with all the grace and acuity of a drunk person attempting to place a 3am chicken nugget order," echoes The Independent's Clarisse Loughrey.
"In her chameleonic career, Cate Blanchett has donned many guises – but never before has she had the chance to be a gun-toting, ass-kicking action star. Sadly, Borderlands is an unworthy vehicle for her swaggering performance," writes Screen Daily's Tim Grierson.
"Since the characters remain one-dimensional -- not much more than cartoonish gamer avatars – we’re never terribly invested in their survival, or their quest to get to the vault first," says The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney.
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