+

Cookies on the Business Insider India website

Business Insider India has updated its Privacy and Cookie policy. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the better experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we\'ll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the Business Insider India website. However, you can change your cookie setting at any time by clicking on our Cookie Policy at any time. You can also see our Privacy Policy.

Close
HomeQuizzoneWhatsappShare Flash Reads
 

12 great actors who were in terrible video game movies

Jun 14, 2016, 19:14 IST

Legendary/Universal

Every great actor has a few bad movies in their past. But there's one particular brand of bad movie that seems to draw in great actors: bad video game movies. It happens to even the best actors.

Advertisement

Glenn Close, for example, has a bafflingly small, "Is that really her?" cameo in the new "Warcraft" movie. While the film has made over $200 million worldwide, critics haven't taken kindly to the film.

Close isn't the only big name to appear in video game adaptations. Well-regarded industry legends like Burt Reynolds and Ben Kingsley have found themselves in video game movies that either bombed critically or commercially, sometimes both.

Video game movies aren't just bad. For many actors, they're the worst movies of their entire career. The lowest-rated movies of Kingsley and Jason Statham's entire careers were video game adaptations.

We went through and found a dozen other big-name celebs who were in poorly received, by both casual audiences and players, movies based on video games.

Advertisement

You are subscribed to notifications!
Looks like you've blocked notifications!
Next Article