Borderlands sure tries to be funny, but fails mightily – unless you take into account its oodles of unintended meta-commentary.

| Dec 27, 2024

I never really know how to kick off these sorts of brutally negative reviews, so I suppose it is easiest to be blunt: Eli Roth’s Borderlands is a deeply terrible film.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Dec 4, 2024

Fans of the games are probably better off doing another run-through.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Nov 21, 2024

Here’s yet another lousy video-game adaptation to add to the heap, a mountain that by now matches Everest in height.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 9, 2024

With a star-studded cast, Borderlands set high expectations right from the start.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 23, 2024

There’s far worse competition to label it among the worst films of 2024, but it’s easily one you can go through the year (and beyond) skipping and making a smart choice with your precious time.

| Oct 18, 2024

Even the most ardent, die-hard game enthusiasts will find this one hard to forgive. And they have forgiven a lot over the years.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 8, 2024

“Borderlands” isn’t just one of the worst movies of the year. It’s something even more discouraging — it’s a movie completely devoid of creative energy, and without a reason to exist.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 30, 2024

Borderlands is certainly pacy and action packed, but it's also painfully thin on plot and characterisation.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 13, 2024

If Hollywood does want to make video games into “the next comic books” in terms of newer adaptable I.P., they might do well to avoid turning their films into glorified superhero movies.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 5, 2024

Borderlands earned its poor reception, but for what it does with Lilith, it’s also earned my respect.

| Sep 3, 2024

The only two actors who looked more comfortable were Hart and Curtis, who managed performances no one would actively hate.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 3, 2024

[Borderlands] is a colourful mess; a flurry of bullets and bad line readings that left me in a 100-minute brain fog.

| Sep 2, 2024

They say it's next to impossible to make a good movie out of a video game, and Eli Roth's sci-fi/action movie does nothing to dispute that claim; it's generic, juvenile, and obnoxiously bad.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 1, 2024

The special effects don’t look finished or even fully rendered, the script is dire, the dialogue grating, and the story is without excitement.

| Aug 29, 2024

There's a lot of talent in this, but it's all in the service of a cacophonous crash-and-bang not-terribly-interesting CGI'd hyper violent movie.

| Aug 28, 2024

Borderlands is awful; disappointing for fans ... and unexciting for those who are unfamiliar but are looking for a fun space adventure. Cate Blanchett may save the girl, but even her endearing performance as Lilith can’t save this mess.

| Aug 27, 2024

There just is no story to talk about in Borderlands!

| Aug 25, 2024

This is the worst movie I have seen in years. Lots of top talent looking very uncomfortable. I'm assuming they didn't read the script before signing on for this mess.

| Original Score: 1/10 | Aug 23, 2024

A template review for comic-book movies suits Borderlands

| Aug 22, 2024