This is the best videogame parody in film history, better than Crank. I’d like to think an RPG parody is coming along, but unlike Grand Theft Auto and First-Person Shooters, RPGs don’t have the kind of public awareness to necessarily lead to such a thing.
Film critics are stupid on it. A critic needs to have played First-Person Shooters, probably at least 100 hours worth covering several games, to appreciate this film. A lot of the “weaknesses” noted by the critics is just the movie staying true to the parodied material.
It might be saying something that the best videogame-inspired films are satires. What it’s saying is probably not that game developers have great designs for their games.
As Shoot ‘Em Up might say: “Mr. Smith, you hate everything”. Yep, that’s the only logical conclusion of a game where the main character is essentially a gun that shoots, and kills, and shoots, and kills. The End.
Oh, and calling the lactating hottie “DQ” for Dairy Queen. Somehow the critics missed that one.
