Video Games in Hollywood: The Most Promising Video Game Movie Trailers

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The Video Game Movie

When it comes to Hollywood adaptations of video game movies, they have generally received mixed-to-negative reception. In the three decades of video game movies that we’ve seen, only a select amount have managed to escape the dreaded “video game movie curse.” Although very few, some have received positive reviews and big box-office numbers — proving that there is an audience for these movies and that they can be successful

The Top 10 Video Game Movie Trailers

We’re looking at video game movies that have been theatrically released in the U.S. over the years by finding the best trailers. Why trailers and not the movie itself? Think about it as expectation vs reality — meaning the movie could have been terrible but the trailer looked promising or entertaining enough for video game fans.