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\nEli Roth’s Borderlands movie is nearly here, and early impressions are starting to trickle in – and, well, they’re not great<\/em>. Critics have taken to social media to brand the live-action film adaptation of Gearbox’s looter-shooter everything from a “huge misfire” to a “disaster”.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Borderlands movie has, of course, been in the works for some time now. It was initially announced<\/a> back in 2015 before utterly vanishing in a puff of elongated silence. Then, just as it looked like the project was dead and buried, Gearbox re-announced it<\/a> in February 2020, this time with Hostel director Eli Roth at the helm.\n<\/p>\n

\nSince then, the high-profile likes of Cate Blanchett<\/a>, Jamie Lee Curtis<\/a>, Gina Gershiwn, Kevin Hart, and Jack Black<\/a> have all (rather mystifyingly) signed onto the project, giving fans at least some hope it wouldn’t entirely suck. Unfortunately, its recent trailers<\/a> haven’t inspired much additional confidence.\n<\/p>\n

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Eli Roth’s Borderlands movie is nearly here, and early impressions are starting to trickle in – and, well, they’re not great. Critics have taken to social media to brand the live-action film adaptation of Gearbox’s looter-shooter everything from a “huge misfire” to a “disaster”. The Borderlands movie has, of course, been in the works for some time now. It was initially announced back in 2015 before utterly vanishing in a puff of elongated silence. Then, just as it looked like the project was dead and buried, Gearbox re-announced it in February 2020, this time with Hostel director Eli Roth at the helm. Since then, the high-profile likes of Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gina Gershiwn, Kevin Hart, and Jack Black have all (rather mystifyingly) signed…<\/p>\n

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