Join two hopeful filmmakers Guðni Líndal Benediktsson and Neill Prentice on their journey through the strange world of films based on video games, in an attempt to discover what makes a good adaptation. From Hitman and Max Payne, to Mortal Kombat and Tomb Raider, no stone will be left unturned in their search for truth.
Nate? Nate?! Naaaaaathan Fillion stars in the 2018 independently produced Uncharted fan film, directed by Allan Ungar. Your intrepid egghead explorers plunge the dirty depths of YouTube to take a qui…
Join the tonsured twins on another enthralling quest for the fabled Adaptation of High Quality, as they uncover the long gestated Uncharted. Freed from the depths of Development Hell, 2022's Uncharte…
Le tête chauve chums are back, and this time it's awkward. This week we take a tentative step into the bikini clad world of DOA. A fighting competition on a mysterious island, where have we heard tha…
This week our very own glabrous gorillas take a swing at 2018's Rampage starring the most enviable of eggheads Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Joining Dwayne is Jeffrey Dean Negan, Naomie Harris, and the …
Join the hairless hunks this week as they ascend the quietest mound this side of the Otherworld as we take a look at the 2006 adaptation Silent Hill. Sharon has a bad case of the Creepy Kids, so Rose…
The dreamcasting continues in round two, where the coned conmen turn the mic on each other and pitch two new hot properties. What is Neill's mystery game? Is Guðni really bringing two directors to th…
10 films down, so many to go. But instead of watching them, how about you let us suggest other (better) films instead?
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"Modern Attempt" by TrackTribe
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Here. We. Go. Again. If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try, and try again. The naked noggins of Neill and Gudni once more delve into the world of Resident Evil for a special sid…
Join as your favourite couple of disc heads put on their fuel caps and satisfy their urge. The urge for velocity. Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots, and Dominic Cooper strap in for a once in a lifetime advent…
Join the Kueball Komrades as they go back in time to the optimistik 90's, where all a film needed was a few skenes with Kristopher Lambert, a handful of fight skenes, one absolute banging soundtrakk,…
The last lombax of the universe teams up with a cute robot to shoot bad guys - in space! It’s time to look at the nuts and bolts of Ratchet & Clank, the 2016 film created exclusively to sell a PS4 ga…
In 2005, German director Uwe Boll turned off the lights for video game adaptations everywhere. Alone in the Dark, his action horror film starring Christian Slater and Tara Reid, is known around the w…
In this minisode, we play Dreamcast - not the console, but a hypothetical game where we each get 150 million dollars to produce a video game adaptation of our choice.
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"Modern Attempt" by Track…
Max Payne, the 2008 thriller starring Mark Wahlberg, was expected to deliver bullet-time action sequences and a heap of noir tropes. Instead, we got scowling scamps in turtlenecks besieged by Valkyri…
In a less official capacity, we sit each other down to talk about the most influential games and films in our lives. We ramble, ponder and reminisce, which is everything we don't want to do in the re…
In 2020, Paul W. S. Anderson dropped his wife into yet another action film full of CGI creatures and action. Does it make sense? Is Ron Perlman wearing a wig? Is the main character married? Does the …
What's that glint in the distance? Is it the reflection from a snipers scope? Or the sheen of a Hitman's dome? This week we set our sights on 2007's Hitman. Strange knife fights in trains, alternate …
The groundbreaking, star-studded CGI sci-fi film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was supposed to change the world of filmmaking, but this Final Fantasy ended up being a Final Foray. Let's look at w…
In this second episode, we look at the 2010 big-budget swords and sandals epic Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Sit back and let Alfred Molina take you across the desert planes on an ostrich, whi…
Kicking things off with a bang, we look at the 2021 action horror Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City. Fake bellies, Jill sandwiches and zombie dogs - there's a lot to talk about.
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