Borderlands
Summary
Borderlands ' first appearance Rotten Tomatoes audience grudge is a monumental advance , but still not enough for it to be tonic . The new Eli Roth picture show is an adaptation of the video game franchise of the same name , featuring a star - studded stamp that includes Cate Blanchett , Kevin Hart , Jack Black , Edgar Ramírez , Ariana Greenblatt , Florian Munteanu , Gina Gershon , and Jamie Lee Curtis . TheBorderlandsreleasewas precede by the movie have a grim Rotten Tomatoes grievance of just 10 % from virtually 100 different critics ' critique , marking it as considerably Rotten .
Now thatBorderlandsis play in theaters , users have been able to share their rating for the movie onRotten Tomatoes . At the time of writing , this has result in an audience scotch of 50 % . While this could fluctuate as more inspection are added , it is currently five times gamey than the picture ’s Tomatometer score , let on the fact that audience have significantly kinder thoughts toward the film than critic . However , it is still 10 % below the 60 % doorsill , past which a movie can be regard Fresh on the reappraisal aggregator platform .
How Borderlands' Audience Score Compares To Similar Video Game Adaptations
Audiences Tend To React Better Than Critics To Video Game Titles
While theBorderlandsreviewshave been particularly negatively charged , this does n’t necessarily put it out of footprint with other similar literary genre - establish TV biz adaptations . Especially when it comes to sci - fi , action mechanism , or repugnance games with robust fanbases , general audience run to appreciate what adaptations bring to the table more than the average critic . Below , see how the movie ’s audience score compares to other late video game adaptations with low to middling critic scores on Rotten Tomatoes :
Title
Critic Score

Audience Score
Difference
Borderlands(2024 )

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10 %
50 %
40 %

Based on the video game franchise, Borderlands is a sci-fi action-comedy film that follows Cate Blanchett as Lilith, a treasure hunter who returns to her home planet, Pandora, to find a tycoon’s missing daughter. Together with a group of unlikely allies, such as a soldier, a teenaged demolitions expert, a wise-cracking robot, and an eccentric scientist, the group will work together to save the girl - all while learning to deal with each other’s unyielding quirks.
Assassin ’s Creed(2018 )
18 %
42 %

24 %
Resident Evil : Welcome to Raccoon City(2021 )
30 %

65 %
35 %
Five Nights at Freddy’s(2023 )

32 %
87 %
55 %

Uncharted(2022 )
90 %
Monster Hunter(2020 )
44 %
70 %
26 %
Tomb Raider(2018 )
52 %
3 %
Mortal Kombat(2021 )
86 %
31 %
Twisted Metalseason 1 ( 2023 )
67 %
94 %
33 %
With the exclusion of 2018’sTomb Raider , on which critic and audiences seemed to agree , it is not uncommon for audiences to give Rotten video game movies score between 30 % and 50 % higher than the scores doled out by critic . The 40 % difference in the audience score of theBorderlandsmoviegives itone of the high percentage boosts of the bunch , in fact , but that could only contain the movie so far see how low the scotch start in the first place .
It remains to be see if theBorderlandsaudience score ever improves , helping the movie become a word - of - mouth winner in the retentive running . However , this may not come to evanesce , as the movie is presently reverse out a D+ CinemaScore in its opening night weekend and its substance abuser score on Metacritic is a similarly middling 2.8 out of 5 . The fact that the flick is hit the middle of online exploiter rating is perhaps the best it can trust for , considering how low the scores are plunging elsewhere .
Source : Rotten Tomatoes
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Based on the television game franchise , Borderlands is a sci - fi action - comedy film that abide by Cate Blanchett as Lilith , a treasure hunter who returns to her abode planet , Pandora , to find a tycoon ’s missing daughter . Together with a mathematical group of unlikely allies , such as a soldier , a teenaged demolition expert , a impertinent - cracking golem , and an eccentric scientist , the grouping will work together to save the little girl - all while read to make do with each other ’s unyielding quirks .