Borderlands (Prime Video) 2024
Famed director Eli Roth. An all star lead cast of Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black, and Kevin Hart. Coupled with Great looking visual effects, a trailer that promised energy filled, off kilter cinematography and story, and yet…..I left feeling underwhelmed. It is not a horrible movie, just extremely underwhelming. I have not played the games and as such cannot comment on its accuracy to the source material. Visually the movie looks great; I like what I see. The vibrant colors and offbeat appearance to everything complements the visual effects nicely. I love the cast, with Blanchett and Curtis being my favorites. The issue here is the narrative itself which up front feels like at least 3 separate stories that someone tried to salvage into something coherent. On one hand you have a cliched “badass loner gets saddled with protecting annoying person and they end up helping each other” plot involving Blanchett’s Lilith character and Tiny Tina. On another hand ...