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On our spooktacular episode we do a Game book play through this time its Psycho Killer by David Lowrie. Can we survive the horrors? Join us and find out.
It all started 20 years ago in a normal suburban house. But what Officers Shaw and Walker found in that house on 17th December was far from normal…..Now, 20 years later, the perpetrator of these heinous crimes has escaped from a maximum security mental facility, thirsting after blood. Your blood. And will stop at nothing to sate that thirst. Meanwhile, oblivious to recent events, you are a postgraduate student, hard at work on your dissertation on the last day of term, on the 17th floor of University Tower. You are keeping busy, so you don’t have time to think about what happened on this day two decades ago. You have spent 20 years trying to run away from those events. Then all of a sudden, the lights go out, the phone lines go dead, and your blood runs cold.You know, with absolute certainty, that your life in in mortal danger. Not just yours, but anyone else in the building.Can you escape from a dark tower block and escape from a remorseless, relentless killer?Can you save your friends and colleagues from a bloody fate?Can you outwit and evade your pursuer?Or will you become the next victim of this Psycho Killer?Armed with nothing but a pencil, and two dice, can you manager to survive?This new gamebook from Black Dog Gamebooks is a dark and disturbing journey. Blood and brutal death are around every turn, as this implacable killer hunts you and your friends.This book is the latest gamebook from the twisted mind of David Lowrie, who also brought you eternal pain and suffering in Hellscape Book 1: Straight to Hell. This is not for the faint of heart. Enjoy, or endure, 400 sections of violence, misery and mayhem with full A4 original art from the author.“I promise you won’t encounter any other gamebook that is to unrelentingly unpleasant and sickening. I felt rather nauseous playing it, but I’m glad I did” My Gamebook Adventures
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This weeks show of Video Game adaption's we are back to review the next adaptation which is Wing Commander.
Wing Commander is the first game in Chris Roberts' space flight simulation Wing Commander franchise by Origin Systems. The game was first released for MS-DOS on September 26, 1990 and was later ported to the Amiga, CD32 (256-color), Sega CD and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and re-released for the PC as Wing Commander I in 1994. An enhanced remake Super Wing Commander was made for the 3DO in 1994, and later ported to the Macintosh.
The game was considered a major step forward for space dogfight games, featuring graphics, audio, and a story campaign that invited comparison to the Star Wars films. Set in the year 2654 and characterized by Chris Roberts as "World War II in space", it features a multinational cast of pilots from the "Terran Confederation" flying missions against the predatory, aggressive Kilrathi, a feline warrior race (heavily inspired by the Kzinti of Larry Niven's Known Space universe).
Wing Commander is a 1999 science fiction film loosely based on the video game series of the same name. It was directed by Chris Roberts, the creator of the game series, and stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard, Saffron Burrows, Tchéky Karyo, Jürgen Prochnow, David Suchet, and David Warner.
Principal photography took place in Luxembourg in 1998 and post-production was done in Austin, Texas. The film was released on March 12, 1999 to critical and commercial failure, grossing a little over $11 million. The film was the second on-screen collaboration with Lillard and Prinze Jr. after She's All That, who both later worked in the first two Scooby-Doo films and Summer Catch.
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This weeks bumper Video Game Adaption Podcast is filled with the forth coming adaptations. We discuss the new Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City trailer reaction, Uncharted movie with Tom Holland, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 casting news for Kunkle's, Borderlands preview, Last of Us casting and set photos & Mario casting review
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This weeks show we review all the Mortal Kombat video games and the Video Game adaption of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Mortal Kombat Video Game Series:
Mortal Kombat II is a fighting game originally produced by Midway for the arcades in 1993. It was later ported to multiple home systems, including the MS-DOS, Amiga, Game Boy, Game Gear, Sega Genesis, 32X, Sega Saturn, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and PlayStation only in Japan, mostly in licensed versions developed by Probe Entertainment and Sculptured Software and published by Acclaim Entertainment (currently distributed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment).
It is the second entry in the Mortal Kombat series and is the sequel to Mortal Kombat, improving the gameplay and expanding the mythos of the original Mortal Kombat, notably introducing more varied finishing moves (including several Fatalities per character and new finishers, such as Babality and Friendship) and several iconic characters, such as Kitana, Mileena, Kung Lao, Noob Saibot, and the series' recurring villain, Shao Kahn. The game's plot continues from the first game, featuring the next Mortal Kombat tournament set in the other dimensional realm of Outworld, with the Outworld and Earthrealm representatives fighting each other on their way to challenge the evil emperor Shao Kahn.
The game was an unprecedented commercial success and was acclaimed by most critics, receiving many annual awards and having been featured in various top lists in the years and decades to come, and also caused a major video game controversy due to the series' continuous depiction of graphic violence. Its legacy includes spawning a spin-off game Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks and having the greatest influence on the 2011 soft reboot game Mortal Kombat, as well as inspiring numerous video game clones. Non-canonical additions to the series, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe and Injustice: Gods Among Us also took place during Mortal Kombat II.
Mortal Kombat 1992Mortal Kombat II 1993Mortal Kombat 3 1995Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 1995Mortal Kombat Trilogy 1996Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero 1997Mortal Kombat 4 1997Mortal Kombat Gold 1999Mortal Kombat: Special Forces 2000Mortal Kombat Advance 2001Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance 2002Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition 2003Mortal Kombat: Deception 2004Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks 2005Mortal Kombat: Armageddon 2006Mortal Kombat: Unchained 2006Ultimate Mortal Kombat 2007Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe 2008Mortal Kombat 2011Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection 2011Mortal Kombat X 2015Mortal Kombat 11Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a 1997 American martial arts fantasy film directed by John R. Leonetti in his directorial debut from a screenplay by Brent V. Friedman and Bryce Zabel. Based on the Mortal Kombat video game franchise, it is the second installment in the Mortal Kombat film series and a sequel to the original 1995 film, which Leonetti served as the cinematographer of. Largely an adaptation of the video game Mortal Kombat 3 (1995), Annihilation follows Liu Kang and his allies as they attempt to stop the malevolent Shao Kahn from conquering Earthrealm. It stars Robin Shou as Liu, Talisa Soto as Kitana, James Remar as Rayden, Sandra Hess as Sonya Blade, Lynn Red Williams as Jax, and Brian Thompson as Kahn. Only Shou and Soto reprise their roles, with the rest of the characters recast from the previous film.
Released to theaters on November 11, 1997, Annihilation received largely negative reviews for its story, characters, and special effects. It was a commercial failure, grossing $51 million against a $30 million budget. Due to the film's poor critical and commercial response, a direct sequel was cancelled. A third Mortal Kombat film languished in development hell for nearly two decades until the series was rebooted by a 2021 installment.
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On this week show we review Mortal Kombat (1995) Video Game Adaptation.
Mortal Kombat Video Game
Mortal Kombat is an arcade fighting game developed and published by Midway in 1992. It is the first entry in the Mortal Kombat series and subsequently was released by Acclaim Entertainment for nearly every home platform of the time. The game focuses on several characters of various intentions who enter a martial arts tournament with worldly consequences. It introduced many key aspects of the Mortal Kombat series, including the unique five-button control scheme and gory finishing moves called Fatalities.
Mortal Kombat is considered one of the greatest video games of all time by critics and audiences in 21st century and became a best-selling game and remains one of the most popular fighting games in the genre's history, spawning numerous sequels and spin-offs over the following years and decades, beginning with Mortal Kombat II in 1993, and together with the first sequel was the subject of a successful film adaptation in 1995. However, it also sparked much controversy for its depiction of extreme violence and gore using realistic digitized graphics, and, along with the home release of Night Trap, prompted the formation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), a U.S. government-backed organization that set descriptor ratings for video games.
Mortal Kombat Movie (1995)
Mortal Kombat is a 1995 American fantasy martial arts action film[2] directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and written by Kevin Droney. Based on the video game franchise of the same name, it is the first installment in the Mortal Kombat film series. Starring Linden Ashby, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Robin Shou, Bridgette Wilson, Talisa Soto, and Christopher Lambert, the film follows a group of heroes who participate in the eponymous Mortal Kombat tournament to protect Earth from being conquered by malevolent forces. Its story primarily adapts the original 1992 game, while also using elements from the game Mortal Kombat II (1993).
Mortal Kombat premiered in the United States on August 18, 1995. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the martial art sequences, atmosphere, and production values, but criticized the performances, script, and toned-down violence from the games. Despite the mixed critical response, it was well-received by fans of the series. It was also a commercial success, grossing $122 million on an $18 million budget.
Mortal Kombat was followed by a 1997 sequel, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, along with two television series: the animated sequel Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996) and the live-action prequel Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998–1999). The follow-ups were unable to match the original film's success, however, and the series was rebooted with a 2021 film.
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This week's Video Game Adapation is Street Fighter the movie.
Street Fighter (Japanese: ストリートファイター, Hepburn: Sutorīto Faitā), commonly abbreviated as SF or スト (Suto), is a Japanese competitive fighting video game franchise developed and published by Capcom. The first game in the series was released in 1987, followed by five other main series games, various spin-offs and crossovers, and numerous appearances in other media. Its best-selling 1991 release Street Fighter II established many of the conventions of the one-on-one fighting genre.
Street Fighter is one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time and is one of Capcom's flagship series with total sales of 46 million units worldwide as of March 2021.It is the highest-grossing fighting game media franchise of all time at $12.2 billion.
Street Fighter is a 1994 action film written and directed by Steven E. de Souza, based on the video game series of the same name produced by Capcom. Distributed by Universal Pictures in the United States and Columbia Pictures internationally, the film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia, along with supporting performances by Byron Mann, Damian Chapa, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen and Wes Studi. Loosely following the plot of Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, the film focuses on the efforts of Colonel Guile (Van Damme) to bring down General M. Bison (Juliá), the military dictator and drug kingpin of Shadaloo City who aspires to conquer the world with an army of genetic supersoldiers, while enlisting the aid of street fighters Ryu (Mann) and Ken (Chapa) to infiltrate Bison's empire and help destroy it from within.
While the film was commercially successful, with a worldwide box office gross approximately three times its production costs, and its home video releases and television broadcasts were also profitable, with the film earning Capcom a return of ¥15.5 billion ($165 million) from the box office and home media, it was not well-received by critics for its campy tone, unfaithfulness to the source material and overblown effects. Raúl Juliá's performance as M. Bison, however, was singled out for widespread critical acclaim and garnered him a posthumous nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Saturn Awards, while the film was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film. The film was Julia's final theatrical performance, as he died of a stroke two months before the film's release; the film is dedicated to his memory.
An intended reboot, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, was released in 2009 to critical and commercial failure, while a much more positively-received British television series focusing on Ryu and Ken, Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist, was released in 2014.
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This a weeks bumper episode we talk spoiler free reviews of Black Widow, The Suicide Squad & Jungle Cruise and a full spoiler filled review of Shadow in the Cloud.
The Suicide Squad is a 2021 American superhero film based on DC Comics featuring the team Suicide Squad. Produced by DC Films, Atlas Entertainment, and The Safran Company, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is a standalone sequel to Suicide Squad (2016) and the tenth film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). It was written and directed by James Gunn and stars an ensemble cast including Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Michael Rooker, Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi, Alice Braga, and Pete Davidson. In the film, a task force of convicts known as the Suicide Squad are sent to the island nation of Corto Maltese to destroy evidence of the giant alien starfish Starro the Conqueror.
David Ayer was set to return as director for a Suicide Squad sequel by March 2016, but in December he chose to develop a Gotham City Sirens film instead. Warner Bros. considered several replacement directors before hiring Gavin O'Connor in September 2017. He left by October 2018, and Gunn was hired to write and direct the film after being temporarily fired by Disney and Marvel Studios as the director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). He drew inspiration from war films and John Ostrander's 1980s Suicide Squad comics, and decided to explore new characters in a story separate from the first film's narrative, though some cast members do return from Suicide Squad. Filming began in Atlanta, Georgia, in September 2019, and concluded in Panama in February 2020.
The Suicide Squad was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2021, and in the United States on August 5, while streaming on HBO Max for a month starting the same day. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised Gunn's direction, visual style, and writing. Many found the film a significant improvement over its predecessor. It has grossed $118 million worldwide against a budget of $185 million. Peacemaker, a spin-off television series starring Cena, is set to debut on HBO Max in January 2022.
Black Widow is a 2021 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 24th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Cate Shortland from a screenplay by Eric Pearson, and stars Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow alongside Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, William Hurt, Ray Winstone, and Rachel Weisz. Set after the events of Captain America: Civil War (2016), the film sees Romanoff on the run and forced to confront her past.
Lionsgate Films began development of a Black Widow film in April 2004, with David Hayter attached to write and direct. The project did not move forward and the character's film rights had reverted to Marvel Studios by June 2006. Johansson was cast in the role for several MCU films beginning with Iron Man 2 (2010), and began discussing a solo film with Marvel. Work began in late 2017, with Shortland hired in 2018. Jac Schaeffer and Ned Benson contributed to the script before Pearson was hired. Filming took place from May to October 2019 in Norway, Budapest, Morocco, Pinewood Studios in England, and in Atlanta, Macon, and Rome, Georgia.
Black Widow premiered at events around the world on June 29, 2021, and was released in the United States on July 9 simultaneously in theaters and through Disney+ with Premier Access. It is the first film in Phase Four of the MCU, and was delayed three times from an original May 2020 release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Black Widow broke several pandemic box office records and has grossed over $368 million worldwide, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2021; it also made $60 million through Disney+ in its opening weekend. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances, particularly those of Johansson and Pugh, and the action sequences. In July, Johansson filed a lawsuit against Disney over the simultaneous release.
Jungle Cruise is a 2021 American fantasy adventure film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra from a screenplay written by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, and Michael Green, based on Walt Disney's theme park attraction of the same name.[1] Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Édgar Ramírez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, and Paul Giamatti, and follows the captain of a small riverboat who takes a scientist and her brother through a jungle in search of the Tree of Life.
Plans for a feature film based on the Jungle Cruise ride began in 2004 following the success of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl the year prior. The project laid dormant until 2011, when Tom Hanks or Tim Allen were set to star, though that version fell through and Johnson joined in 2015. Blunt and the rest of the cast joined in 2018, with filming taking place in Hawaii and Atlanta, Georgia from May through September that year.
Following a year of post-production[8] and further a year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungle Cruise was released in the United States on July 30, 2021, simultaneously in theaters and digitally through Disney+ with Premier Access. The film has grossed $156 million worldwide against a budget of $200 million; it also made $30 million from Disney+ Premier Access in its opening weekend. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Johnson and Blunt's chemistry and the entertainment values, but criticized the screenplay and the abundance of CGI.
Shadow in the Cloud is a 2020 action horror film directed by Roseanne Liang, from a screenplay by Liang and Max Landis, starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Taylor John Smith, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale and Callan Mulvey. It follows a female flight officer on a top-secret mission during the Second World War on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress while encountering an evil gremlin on board.
It premiered on September 12, 2020 at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the People's Choice Award for Midnight Madness. It was released on January 1, 2021 by Vertical Entertainment and Redbox Entertainment.
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This week we review the latest movie starring Ryan Reyolnds in Free Guy. Is this the best video game of all time? Find out.
Free Guy is a 2021 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Shawn Levy from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn, and a story by Lieberman. The film stars Ryan Reynolds (who also produced) as a bank teller who discovers he is actually a non-player character in an open-world video game and decides to become the hero of the story and save his friends from deletion by the game's creator (Taika Waititi). Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, and Utkarsh Ambudkar also star.
Following a year-long delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Free Guy was theatrically released in the United States on August 13, 2021, in RealD 3D, IMAX and Dolby Cinema by 20th Century Studios. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the clever concept and compared it favorably as a combination of Ready Player One, The Truman Show, The Matrix, and Grand Theft Auto.
Cameo Breakdown:
The film features cameo appearances from gamers and streamers Jacksepticeye, Ninja, Pokimane, DanTDM, and LazarBeam. Actor Chris Evans, Good Morning America host Lara Spencer and, posthumously, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek make cameo appearances as themselves. Also, Channing Tatum in a cameo appearance as Revenjamin Buttons, the in-game avatar of Keith. Voice cameos in the film feature Tina Fey, as Keith's vacuuming mom; Hugh Jackman, as a masked avatar in an alley; Dwayne Johnson, as a bank robber; and John Krasinski as a silhouetted gamer.
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On this weeks episode of Video Game Adaption we review Angry Birds the Video Game Series and Angry Birds the Movie. Angry Birds the Movie is available to stream on Netflix.
Angry Birds (later remarketed as Angry Birds Classic) is a 2009 casual puzzle video game developed by Rovio Entertainment. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first released for iOS and Maemo devices in December 2009. Since that time, over 12 million copies of the game have been purchased from the iOS App Store, which prompted the developer to design versions for other touchscreen-based smartphones, most notably Android, Symbian, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry 10 devices. The series has since expanded to include titles for dedicated video game consoles and PCs. A sequel, Angry Birds 2, was released in July 2015 for iOS and Android. In 2019, the original game was removed from the App Store
The Angry Birds Movie 2 (or simply Angry Birds 2) is a 2019 computer-animated comedy film based on Rovio Entertainment's Angry Birds video game series, produced by Columbia Pictures, Rovio Animation, and Sony Pictures Animation, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The sequel to The Angry Birds Movie (2016), the film was directed by Thurop Van Orman and co-directed by John Rice (in their directorial debuts) from a screenplay by Peter Ackerman, Eyal Podell, and Jonathon E. Stewart. Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Tony Hale, Bill Hader, and Peter Dinklage reprise their roles from the first film, with newcomers Leslie Jones, Rachel Bloom, Awkwafina, Sterling K. Brown, Eugenio Derbez, JoJo Siwa, and Brooklynn Prince joining the ensemble cast. In the film, the birds are forced to team up with the pigs when an advanced weapon threatens both Bird and Piggy Islands.
Production on a sequel to The Angry Birds Movie began in August 2016. New ideas for the film were conceived with the premise being that the birds and pigs work together to save themselves, which typically does not happen in most Angry Birds games. New characters for the film were announced in March 2019 along with new cast members. Heitor Pereira returned to compose the film's score with artists such as Kesha and Luke Combs contributing tracks for the film.
The film was theatrically released on August 2, 2019 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and in the United States on August 16. It has grossed $152 million worldwide and received mixed reviews, although many critics considered it an improvement over its predecessor. At the time of release, it was the best reviewed film based on a video game on Rotten Tomatoes.
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On this weeks episode of Video Game Adaption we review Angry Birds the Video Game Series and Angry Birds the Movie. Angry Birds the Movie is available to stream on Netflix till August 2021
Angry Birds (later remarketed as Angry Birds Classic) is a 2009 casual puzzle video game developed by Rovio Entertainment. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first released for iOS and Maemo devices in December 2009. Since that time, over 12 million copies of the game have been purchased from the iOS App Store, which prompted the developer to design versions for other touchscreen-based smartphones, most notably Android, Symbian, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry 10 devices. The series has since expanded to include titles for dedicated video game consoles and PCs. A sequel, Angry Birds 2, was released in July 2015 for iOS and Android. In 2019, the original game was removed from the App Store
The Angry Birds Movie (also referred to as Angry Birds and released in the United Kingdom as such) is a 2016 computer-animated comedy film based on Rovio Entertainment's video game series of the same name, produced by Columbia Pictures and Rovio Animation, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It was directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly in their directorial debuts, and written by Jon Vitti. The film features the voices of Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Kate McKinnon, Sean Penn, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Bill Hader, and Peter Dinklage.
The Angry Birds Movie was released in the United States and Canada on May 20, 2016. The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes calls it more entertaining than expected for a film based on an app. The film grossed $352 million worldwide and became the fourth highest-grossing film of all time to be based on a video game (let alone a mobile device game), behind Warcraft (2016), Detective Pikachu (2019), and Rampage (2018). Sony Pictures Animation, which was not involved with this film, co-produced the sequel, The Angry Birds Movie 2, with Rovio Entertainment and was released in August 2019
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Double Dragon movie is a 1994 American martial arts film based on the video game series of the same name and directed by James Yukich. It stars Mark Dacascos and Scott Wolf as brothers Jimmy and Billy Lee, along with Alyssa Milano as Marian Delario and Robert Patrick as antagonist Koga Shuko. The film takes place in an earthquake-crippled Los Angeles in 2007; the city is styled as a mix between a post-apocalyptic and 80s/90s punk environment. It failed both critically and financially, receiving generally negative reviews, with praise for its special effects and action sequences, but criticism for its writing and performances.
Budget $7.8 million
Box office $4.2 million
Scott Wolf as Billy Lee, the younger Lee brother. Wears a blue outfit in the end. Originally the Player 1 character in the video games.
Mark Dacascos as Jimmy Lee, the elder Lee brother. Wears a red outfit in the end. Originally the Player 2 character in the video games.
Alyssa Milano as Marian Delario, the leader of the Power Corps. Originally the kidnapped woman in the arcade game, the film version of Marian is a more active heroine compared to her video game counterpart.
Robert Patrick as Koga Shuko/Victor Guisman, a businessman and former crime lord seeking to possess both halves of the Double Dragon medallion. Shuko was a new villain created for the movie, although his character was later adapted as the final boss in the 1995 Double Dragon fighting game based on the film.
Julia Nickson as Satori Imada, the adoptive mother/guardian of Billy and Jimmy.
Leon Russom as Chief Delario, Chief of the New Angeles Police corps and the father of Marian and Marc Delario.
Kristina Wagner as Linda Lash, Shuko's henchwoman. Linda was originally an enemy character from the video game.
Nils Allen Stewart as Bo Abobo, the leader of a street gang known as Mohawks. Abobo was another enemy character from the video game.
Henry Kingi plays the mutated Bo Abobo during the later part of the film, who reforms and tries to befriend the Lee brothers and Marian at the end.
George Hamilton appears as an anchorman.
Vanna White appears as an anchorwoman.
Andy Dick appeared as a weatherman who deals with the "fogcast", giving warnings over (implied acidic and radioactive) black rain.
Cory Milano as Marc Delario, Marian's younger brother.
Video Game - Double Dragon (双截龍ダブルドラゴン, Daburu Doragon - Sō Setsu Ryū) is a beat 'em up video game series initially developed by Technōs Japan and released as an arcade game in 1987. The series features twin martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee, as they fight against various adversaries and rivals. Due to the popularity of the game series, a 1993 animated series and 1994 live-action film adaptation were produced; these were widely-panned by critics and audiences.
The franchise is now the property of Arc System Works, the company that ported the original Double Dragon to the Sega Master System console in 1988.
The game is displayed in a belt scroll format, like Kunio-kun, but in a continuously side-scrolling world.
The player takes control of martial artist Billy Lee, or his twin brother Jimmy (also known as Hammer and Spike in the supplementary materials for the American arcade release), as they fight their way into the turf of the Black Warriors gang in order to rescue Billy's girlfriend, Marian. The player character has a repertoire of martial arts techniques which they can perform by using the joystick and three action buttons (kick, jump, and punch) individually or in combination. Techniques range from basic punches and kicks to more elaborate attacks such as throws and elbow strikes. When playing with another player, one can grab an opponent from behind, allowing the other to attack unimpeded; some enemies are able to do the same thing to the players. The player begins the game with a certain number of extra lives and a life gauge which depletes as the player takes hits, and must complete each stage within a time limit. One life is lost if either the life gauge or timer reaches zero, or if the player character falls off the bottom of the screen or into a hole, river, or bed of spikes.
Certain enemies carry melee weapons, which can be knocked out of their hands and picked up to use against them. Available weapons include baseball bats, whips, throwing knives, and dynamite; in addition, rocks, oil drums, and boxes can be found in certain places.
The players encounter seven different types of enemies during the game; with the exception of Linda and Willy, all have two different skin colors.
Williams: A low-ranking member of the gang, who can use bats, knives, and dynamite.
Rowper: Another low-ranking member, who can use the same weapons as Williams and also throws rocks, oil drums, and boxes.
Linda: The only female member, and the only one who will pick up or carry a whip; she uses no other weapon.
Abobo: A tall, bald, shirtless gang member who can throw heavy items.
Jick: The boss of the first stage, identical in appearance to Abobo except for the addition of a beard, sunglasses, and a Mohawk hairstyle.
Jeff: The boss of the second stage, who is a head swap of the Lee brothers.
Willy: The leader of the gang, and the final boss. He carries a machine gun whose bullets can instantly kill Billy and Jimmy, and he never drops it when knocked down.
The game is divided into four different stages or "missions", which consist of a city slum, a factory, a forest, and the gang's hideout. The game normally ends if a single player defeats the final boss alone. However, if two players manage to complete the game together, they fight each other in order to determine who will win Marian's affections. Both life gauges are refilled, any extra lives are taken away, and the timer is reset for this fight.
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This week we review the first live action Video Game movie Is "The Morton Jankel Cut" of Super Mario Bros the Movie. Is it better than the 1993 theatrical version?
Super Mario Bros. (also known as Super Mario Bros.: The Movie) is a 1993 adventure comedy film loosely based on the Mario video game series by Nintendo. It is the first feature-length live-action film to be based on a video game. The film was directed by the husband-and-wife team of Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, written by Parker Bennett, Terry Runté and Ed Solomon and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures through Hollywood Pictures. Its story follows the Mario brothers (Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo) in their quest to rescue Princess Daisy (Samantha Mathis) from a dystopic parallel universe ruled by the ruthless President Koopa (Dennis Hopper).
Given free creative license by Nintendo, the screenwriters envisioned the film as a subversive comedy with a "weird and dark" tone, with influences from Ghostbusters (1984) and The Wizard of Oz (1939). The setting was primarily inspired by the game Super Mario World (1990), with other elements drawn from fairy tales and contemporary American culture. The production innovated and introduced many filmmaking techniques now considered pivotal in the transition from practical to digital visual effects, including the use of Autodesk Flame. Filming took place from May to July of 1992.
Released on May 28, 1993, the film was a critical and financial failure, grossing $38.9 million worldwide, against a budget of $42–48 million. Reviewers praised the innovative special effects, creative artistic direction, and the performances of its actors, but criticized the confusing narrative, lack of similarity to the games and inconsistent tone. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto felt the film tried too hard to replicate the games instead of being a good film.
Despite a poor reception, the film gained a cult following in later years and has been recently regarded as a cult classic. In 2012, a webcomic sequel was produced in collaboration with Bennett. It remained the only live-action film based on a Nintendo game property until Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019). As of 2018, an animated Mario reboot film is in development by Universal Pictures through its Illumination division, with Miyamoto serving as co-producer alongside Illumination founder Chris Meledandri, with the film's release planned for 2022.
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This movies week we talk video movie adaption from Mortal Kombat the Movie (2021) to Netflix's tv series Castlevania Season 1. Remember as always spoilers.
Mortal Kombat is a 2021 American martial arts fantasy film based on the video game franchise of the same name and a reboot of the Mortal Kombat film series. The film stars Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Max Huang, Chin Han, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada. It is directed by Simon McQuoid (in his feature directorial debut), from a screenplay by Greg Russo and Dave Callaham and a screen story by Russo and Oren Uziel. The film follows Cole Young, a washed-up mixed martial arts fighter who is unaware of his hidden lineage or why assassin Sub-Zero is hunting him down. Concerned for the safety of his family, he seeks out a clique of fighters that were chosen to defend Earthrealm against Outworld.
Following the critical and commercial failure of the 1997 film Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, a third Mortal Kombat film languished in development hell for a period of nearly two decades. In late 2010, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema (whose parent company acquired the franchise from Midway Games in 2009) began developing a new film, with Kevin Tancharoen serving as director from a script written by Uziel in the wake of their Mortal Kombat: Rebirth short film. James Wan was announced as a producer in August 2015 and McQuoid was hired as director in November 2016. Production took place at Adelaide Studios in Adelaide and at other locations in South Australia. Principal photography occurred from September to December 2019.
Mortal Kombat was released theatrically internationally on April 8, 2021, and was then released in the United States on April 23, simultaneously in theaters in IMAX and on the HBO Max streaming service. The film received mixed reviews according to Metacritic, with the Rotten Tomatoes consensus calling it "largely for fans". The film has grossed $81.7 million worldwide and became a streaming hit for HBO Max, being its most-successful film launch to-date.
Castlevania is an American anime-influenced adult animated streaming television series on Netflix produced by Frederator Studios. Based on the Japanese video game series of the same name by Konami, the first two seasons adapt the 1989 entry Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and follow Trevor Belmont, Alucard and Sypha Belnades as they defend the nation of Wallachia from Dracula and his minions. Additionally, characters and elements from the 2005 entry Castlevania: Curse of Darkness are featured beginning in the second season, and Alucard's backstory is drawn from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The art style is heavily influenced by Japanese animation and Ayami Kojima's artwork.
The series was originally planned as a film, developed by producer Kevin Kolde and his company Project 51. Kolde had a contract for a script with writer Warren Ellis in 2007. The project entered development hell until about 2015, when Adi Shankar boarded the project and it was picked up by streaming service Netflix. Powerhouse Animation Studios joined the team and production commenced. The production team includes staff members who worked in the Japanese anime industry.
The series premiered on Netflix on July 7, 2017, and was renewed for an expanded second season of eight episodes on the same day; the second season premiered on October 26, 2018. A ten-episode third season was greenlit by Netflix and released on March 5, 2020. The series ended with the release of its fourth season on May 13, 2021. A new series set in the Castlevania universe is in the works at Netflix.
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This weeks bumper episode we review the highly anticipated Friends Reunion episode now streaming on HBO Max and Now TV (Sky Box).
"Friends: The Reunion", also known as "The One Where They Get Back Together", is a 2021 reunion special of the American television sitcom Friends. The special is hosted by James Corden and executive produced by the show's co-creators, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, Kevin S. Bright, the show's main cast, and Ben Winston (who also directed the special). The special sees the main cast revisit the sets of the original show (such as the Friends apartments, the Central Perk coffee shop, and the Friends water fountain), meet with guests who appeared on the show as well as celebrity guests, do table reads and re-enactments of older Friends episodes, and share behind-the-scenes footage. The special premiered on May 27, 2021, on HBO Max.
DMX - Exodus
Exodus is the eighth and first posthumous studio album by American rapper DMX. It was released on May 28, 2021, through Def Jam Recordings. It is DMX's first studio album since Undisputed (2012), and his first with Def Jam since Grand Champ (2003).
Exodus track listing
1. "That's My Dog" (featuring The LOX and Swizz Beatz)
2. "Bath Salts" (featuring Jay-Z and Nas)
3. "Dog's Out" (featuring Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz)
4. "Money Money Money" (featuring Moneybagg Yo)
5. "Hold Me Down" (featuring Alicia Keys)
6. "Skyscrapers" (featuring Bono)
7. "Stick Up Skit" (featuring Cross, Infrared, and Icepick)
8. "Hood Blues" (featuring Westside Gunn, Benny the Butcher, and Conway the Machine)
9. "Take Control" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
10. "Walking in the Rain" (featuring Nas, Exodus Simmons, and Denaun)
11. "Exodus Skit" 0:21
12. "Letter to My Son (Call Your Father)" (featuring Usher and Brian King Joseph)
13. "Prayer"
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Army of the Dead is a 2021 American zombie heist film directed by Zack Snyder from a screenplay he co-wrote with Shay Hatten and Joby Harold, based on a story he also created. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, and Garret Dillahunt. It follows a group of mercenaries who plan a Las Vegas casino heist amid a zombie apocalypse.
The project, originally from Warner Bros. Pictures, was announced in 2007 with Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. attached to direct. However, the film spent several years in development hell before Netflix acquired distribution rights in 2019. With a $70–90 million production budget and Snyder serving as cinematographer, filming took place in New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, and Los Angeles in mid-2019. The film underwent reshoots in August 2020 after several sexual misconduct allegations were made against cast member Chris D'Elia; he was replaced by Notaro using green screens, acting partners, and CGI.
Army of the Dead was released in select theaters in the United States on May 14, 2021, and had its Netflix digital release on May 21. Upon its release, the film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its cast, humor, and action sequences but criticism for its runtime, emotional tone, and overall execution of its premise. Two prequels, a film entitled Army of Thieves and an animated series entitled Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas, are scheduled to be released on Netflix.
Staring:
Dave Bautista as Scott Ward
Ella Purnell as Kate Ward
Omari Hardwick as Vanderohe
Ana de la Reguera as Maria Cruz
Theo Rossi as Burt Cummings
Matthias Schweighöfer as Ludwig Dieter
Nora Arnezeder as Lily
Hiroyuki Sanada as Bly Tanaka
Tig Notaro as Marianne Peters
Raúl Castillo as Mikey Guzman
Huma Qureshi as Geeta
Garret Dillahunt as Martin
Samantha Win as Chambers
Richard Cetrone as Zeus
Athena Perample as the Queen
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Ahead of the release of The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It we look back at one if the most successfully shared cinematic universes in The Conjuring Universe.
The official timeline:
The Nun - 1952Annabelle: Creation - 1955AnnabelleThe Conjuring Annabelle Comes HomeThe Cure of La LloronaThe Conjuring 2Contact us on:
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On today's show we review Quentin Tarantino filmography from:
Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Natural Born Killers, From Dusk till Dawn, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Volume 1 & Volume 2, Death Proof, Inglorious Basterds, The Hateful Eight, Once Upon Time in HollywoodContact us on:
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This weeks bumper show we look at how we can save the biggest movie franchises of all time. What can we add into the franchise to bring new life to it. In some cases the franchise don't need saving but I great fun discussion on how to.
Marvel Cinematic Universe (Captain Marvel 3)Star Wars (Star Wars: The Force Awakens with MCU)Wizarding World - Harry Potter (versus movie)Spider-Man (Road Trip?)X-Men (reboot with....)James Bond (versus ...)DC Extended Universe (against...)Middle-earth (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (versus ?)Jurassic Park (Monster mash up)Fast & Furious (killer movie)Transformers (robots versus)Pirates of the Caribbean (buddy movie?)The Hunger Games (horror reboot)Shrek (not enough time)Star Trek (maybe next one)The Twilight Saga (vampire killers)Toy Story (Pixar magic)Contact us on:
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This weeks Monster epsiode we review the Apex movie of the year and the entire MonsterVerse universe.
The MonsterVerse is a shared fictional universe that is centered on a series of monster films featuring Godzilla and King Kong, produced by Legendary Entertainment and co-produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The first installment was Godzilla (2014), a reboot of the Godzilla franchise, which was followed by Kong: Skull Island (2017), a reboot of the King Kong franchise, Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). The franchise has grossed a combined $1.888 billion worldwide.
Godzilla (2014 film)
The film reimagines Godzilla's origins in contemporary times and is set 15 years after a nuclear meltdown in Japan which was caused by giant parasitic creatures, known as "MUTOs". As two MUTOs ravage the countryside in order to reproduce, they awaken a larger ancient alpha predator, known as "Godzilla", whose existence has been kept secret by the U.S. government since 1954. The film introduces Godzilla, the MUTOs, and the Monarch organization to the MonsterVerse.
In 2004, director Yoshimitsu Banno acquired permission from Toho to produce a short IMAX Godzilla film which was in development for several years until the project was eventually turned over to Legendary Pictures. In March 2010, Legendary announced to have acquired the rights to Godzilla for a feature film reboot. In January 2011, Gareth Edwards was announced as the director for the film. The film was co-produced with Warner Bros. Pictures with filming completed in 2013 in Canada and the United States for release in 2014. Godzilla was released on May 16, 2014 to positive reviews, and was a box office success, grossing $529 million worldwide against a budget of $160 million.
Kong: Skull Island
In the film, set in 1973, a team of scientists and Vietnam War soldiers travel to an uncharted island in the Pacific and encounter terrifying creatures and the mighty Kong. The film introduces Kong, the Mother Longlegs, the Sker Buffalo, the Mire Squid, the Leafwing, the Psychovulture, the Spore Mantis, the Skull Devil, and the Skullcrawlers to the MonsterVerse and a post-credits scene introduces Rodan, Mothra, and King Ghidorah to the MonsterVerse. The Skull Devil was originally trademarked as "Ramarak the Skullcrawler" until it was abandoned in September 2017.
In July 2014 at the San Diego Comic-Con, Legendary announced a King Kong origin story, initially titled Skull Island, with a release date of November 4, 2016, and Universal Pictures distributing. In September 2014, Jordan Vogt-Roberts was announced as the film's director. In September 2015, Legendary moved development of the film from Universal Pictures to Warner Bros. to create an expanded cinematic universe. Principal photography began on October 19, 2015, in Hawaii and Vietnam. Kong: Skull Island was released on March 10, 2017 to positive reviews, and was a box office success, grossing $566 million worldwide against a budget of $185 million. The film received a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 90th Academy Awards.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)
In the film, humanity must rely on Godzilla and Mothra to defeat King Ghidorah and Rodan, the former having awakened other Titans to destroy the world. The film changes the monsters' designation from "MUTOs" to "Titans". The film introduces Scylla, Methuselah, Behemoth, and the Queen MUTO to the MonsterVerse. Off-screen, the film introduces Baphomet, Typhon, Mokele-Mbembe, Sargon, Tiamat, Abaddon, Leviathan, and Bunyip to the MonsterVerse.
Prior to announcing a shared cinematic universe between Godzilla and Kong, Legendary originally intended to produce a Godzilla trilogy, with Gareth Edwards attached to direct all films. However, Edwards left the sequel in May 2016 to work on smaller scale projects. In January 2017, Michael Dougherty was announced as the director and co-writer for the film.[40] Principal photography began in June 2017, in Atlanta, Georgia and wrapped in September 2017. The film was released on May 31, 2019. It received mixed to negative reviews, and was a box office disappointment, grossing $386 million worldwide against a budget between $170–200 million.
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
In the film, Kong clashes with Godzilla as humans lure the ape into the Hollow Earth to retrieve a power source for a weapon to stop Godzilla's mysterious rampages. The film introduces Mechagodzilla, the Warbat,and the Hellhawk to the MonsterVerse.
The project was announced in October 2015 when Legendary announced plans for a shared cinematic universe between Godzilla and King Kong. The film's writers room was assembled in March 2017 and Adam Wingard was announced as the director in May 2017. Principal photography began in November 2018 in Hawaii and Australia and concluded in April 2019. After being delayed from a November 2020 release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was theatrically released internationally on March 24, 2021, and was released in the United States on March 31, 2021, where it was released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. The film received generally positive reviews and was a box office success. It broke pandemic records and grossed $390.9 million. It was also a streaming hit, becoming the most successful launch item in HBO Max's history.
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This special Mini Episode we talk Borderlands the movie.
Borderlands is an upcoming American science fiction action comedy film directed by Eli Roth and written by Craig Mazin, based on the video game series of the same name from Gearbox Software. The film stars Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart in main roles and is set to be distributed by Lionsgate.
Loosely based on the video game series of the same name, mysterious outlaw Lilith returns to the planet Pandora and is hired by Atlas to find his missing daughter with the help of Roland, Tannis, Tiny Tina, Krieg, and Claptrap, fighting through its various monsters and bandits on a quest for unthinkable power.
Cast so far:
Cate Blanchett as Lilith
Kevin Hart as Roland
Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Patricia Tannis
Jack Black as Claptrap
Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina
Florian Munteanu as Krieg
Haley Bennett
Édgar Ramírez as Atlas
Olivier Richters as Krom
Janina Gavankar as Commander Knoxx
Production
A film adaptation of the video game series was first announced in August 2015 with Lionsgate developing the project with Ari and Avi Arad of Arad Productions producing. In February 2020, Eli Roth was attached to direct the film from a screenplay written by Craig Mazin, with Erik Feig joining as producer through his production company Picturestart. Cate Blanchett entered negotiations to play the role of Lilith in May 2020, with Lionsgate confirming she would star later in the month. Kevin Hart was confirmed to play Roland in January 2021. In February, Jamie Lee Curtis was cast to play Dr. Patricia Tannis, with Jack Black cast to provide the voice of Claptrap.The following month, Ariana Greenblatt and Florian Munteanu were cast as Tiny Tina and Krieg respectively, with Haley Bennett cast in an undisclosed role.
Filming officially commenced on April 1, 2021, in Hungary. Édgar Ramírez, Olivier Richters, and Janina Gavankar joined the cast the same month
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