Five Video Game-Adapted Movies That Are Worth Watching

As a gamer, we always look out for animations and thrill in every piece of entertainment we watch. Whether it's a movie, web series, or just a TV commercial.What could be better if we could watch movies based on our favourite video games? If you are a gamer looking to relax while watching movies? Here are the five best movie adaptations based on video games. 

Angry Birds

Angry Birds was a phenomenon during the boom of smartphone gaming. Angry Birds was the first game to reach 1 billion downloads. This huge success of the game led to the production of two animated movies.

The Angry Birds 1 tells the story of the time when an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies and now it's up to three unlikely outcasts - Red, Chuck, and Bomb - to figure out what the pigs are up to.

3 years later, the sequel was released. Though Angry Birds 2 deviated from the main plot of the game with the bird-pig alliance, the movie was a better hit and received a higher score on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Super Mario is the first-ever video game experience for most of the Gen Z gamers. To relive that moment of childhood, The Super Mario Bros. Movie hit the theatres this year. The Super Mario Bros. Movie tells us the story of how Mario and Luigi were transported into the Mushroom Kingdom, where they had to defeat the powerful Bowser. The movie grossed 1.36 billion USD at the box office worldwide.

Resident Evil

Resident Evil is a 1996 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation. Since 1996, there have been around 30 games created revolving around Resident Evil's world. Till now 6 live action films have been made on the game. The movie series follows Alice, an original character created for the films and we can see cameos from the game throughout the films.

Warcraft 

There are five core Warcraft games and each game has the common goals of winning battles and destroying enemies. The first adaptation of Warcraft tells the story of the beginnings of Orc's arrival in Azeroth, The movie depicts the classic clash between the orcs and humans, led by the iconic characters Durotan of the Frostwolf and AnduinLothar of Stormwind. 

Mortal Kombat

The fighting video game franchise is one of the best-selling fighting game franchises worldwide. The movie follows Cole Young, an original character created for the film. To defend the Earthrealm against the Outworld, he had to seek out a clique of fighters while discovering his origin along the way.