Based on the popular looter shooters developed by Gearbox and published by 2K Games, Borderlands was first announced all the way back in 2020. The movie is being directed by Eli Roth and has been in production hell for years now. But finally, our long national nightmare is almost over as Borderlands arrives in theaters on August 9. Sadly, I’m not sure its going to be worth the wait based on a scene released earlier today during IGN Live’s Day 1 showcase.

In the new scene, we see Roland (Kevin Hart), Lilith (Cate Blanchett), Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), Kireg (Florian Munteanu), and Claptrap (voice by Jack Black) in a dark underground facility filled with boxes and not many lights. It’s hard to see what’s happening.

This is supposed to be an action-packed sequence from a major motion picture, but it feels more like a pre-recorded skit from a so-so episode of Saturday Night Live. Enemies get shot and just fall down with no blood or gore, characters move around slowly even though this is meant to be a fast-paced sequence, and all of this is done to generic music that you’ll forget about the moment the scene ends.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 60 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I had already resigned this movie to the shit bin just because they cast a comedian for the role of the only character in the games that was a serious straight man (as in the comedy trope) instead of someone more suitable like Idris Elba.

Then again, maybe they wanted someone else but Hart was the only one who accepted to work on this turd.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'd honestly have been interested if Kevin Hart just did Roland instead of being Kevin Hart.

Based on that clip I can't say he's not, it's not like Roland never gives any snark, but I can say Hart is a weird choice for the role by his typecasting. But, hey, maybe he'll break free with this?

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

I mean Borderlands 1 Roland is pretty different from the guy allergic to smiling we all know from Borderlands 2. I guess Handsome Jack changes comedians into Idris Elba.