The video game franchise Borderlands has legions of fans around the world. However, the upcoming movie adaptation, not so much — at least according to reviewers.
The action comedy starring Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Hart and the voice of Jack Black heads to theaters on Friday with a Rotten Tomatoes aggregated critics score of just 3% — one of the lowest scores of the year.
It remains to be seen what audiences think of Eli Roth's action comedy, which also stars Ariana Greenblatt and Florian Munteanu — after all, a critics score a blockbuster does not necessarily make.
That said, the reviewers absolutely teed off on the film, which was branded a "catastrophic disappointment" according to one critic; a "noisy rip-off" of Guardians of the Galaxy, according to another; and a movie that no less "represents the lowest point cinema could ever reach," according to a third.
That said, even the most savage review still gave points to Blanchett's performance as Lilith, who leads a ragtag team on an extraterrestrial treasure hunt.