it just didn't work

Rating: 2/10 (1 May 2006)

I would definitely say this movie wasn't at all what I expected it to be. It seems it was once again one of those movies where the preview was much better than the actual thing. The rating given on this site is also deceiving until you realize most of the people who enjoy the movie are also ones who were into the game. As a person who hasn't played the game I can't really relate but as far as judging it on as a movie it impress me all that much.
I will start off saying something nice about the movie. Visually this movie is pretty good they did a good job for the most part with the look of the film. The monsters or whatever they were looked like something from a generic video game but that was the only thing that I can complain about visually. That is pretty much the best thing I can say about the movie other than if done right this might have actually been a really great movie.
The rest of the movie failed horribly. For a horror movie that's dealing with demons there are really no scary moments in fact most scenes are laughable. The actors and the dialog left much to be desired. For someone who isn't familiar with the game the explanations given to what is going on isn't exactly clear or really all that exciting. With good movies you're often left wanting more but with this one I felt myself looking at my watching just waiting for the boredom to end.