The games are as addictive and visually seductive as anything you could ask for. They're perfect fodder for being translated into an animated feature, or a live-action one. At least so I thought.
Movies based on videogames are almost always a waste of time, but they can be fun.
It was lively and well-photographed and entertaining. BAT even stumbles in the setup for its thin-ice plot. One year ago, a crew of fighters were assembled from around the world to battle for supremacy by a mysterious organization. The match ended with no winners, and now all of the contestants have gone back to their lives. But one of the contestants turns up, apparently now possessed of superhuman strength and speed, and begins either kidnapping or dispatching the other fighters, and causing a good deal of havoc on the side.