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‘Borderlands’ Review: After ‘Tár,’ It’s Strange to See Cate Blanchett Slumming in a Middling Video Game Movie
The Oscar winner is joined by Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jack Black in a generic gaming adaptation that deprives audiences of the most valuable ingredient of its source: surprise.
For those who don’t know the “Borderlands” franchise, Roth’s pseudo-rowdy sci-fi action comedy will likely still seem familiar, as it sticks close to the motley-posse formula, wherein a gang of argumentative scuzzbuckets blast their way through hordes of bad guys on some far-flung planet. Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis were controversial picks, but the studio could hardly have gotten two bigger talents to play paprika-haired bounty hunter Lilith and Tank Girl-looking Tannis, respectively. Add to that the prospect of Jack Black voicing the sarcastic droid Claptrap and Kevin Hart playing (a shrimpy version of) redemption-seeking ex-soldier Roland, and we’re a far cry from the janky game adaptations by the likes of Uwe Boll and Paul W.S.
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