The Games That Should Be Turned Into Movies

In lieu of the recent Hitman film (heard it's shite and after Street Fighter: The Movie video game based films aren't high on my to watch list, somewhere under cows taking a dump and Hostel 2). But there are cracking games that if done right (ie with a bloody good story, games never have good stories in filmic terms) could maybe work:



Streets Of Rage

So let's start with one that has virtually no story just to fuck things right up.Think of how cool watching Axel, Blaze, Adam and Max (not Skate, he's embarrassingly early 90's "cool". He'd need to be done up like one of the Klaxons now or something) battering lots of enemies that vaguely resemble other famous characters (Freddy, Ultimate Warrior, Blaze from Streets Of Rage) while that music pumps all the time. Obviously the script could be turned into something about the corruption at the heart of the city it's set in or something. In all honesty I just want them to reveal where they jump from at the start of a level. Is it heaven?



Conker's Bad Fur Day

Animated of course featuring a foul-mouthed squirrel pissing on baddies and fighting an opera singing mound of poo. Film of any year it gets released in!



Gunstar Heroes

KA- (wait for it) BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The blowiest uppyist game evers! Just hunners o shootin and explosions. There might already be an anime version of this, who knows (Japanese people probably) but done right a lack of plot wouldn't matter too much, just like the game.



The Legend Of Zelda (and in particular Ocarina Of Time).

It's got everything you could want; fighting, archery, time travel, small boys in tights that grow into men in tights, pointy ears, chicken throwing. This one actually does have a story that genuinely shocks and with all the post-Rings fantasy flicks coming out now would be a good time finally to erase that shite blast of a cartoon series from the 80's with a spanking good movie. The campaign starts here!



Mario

Aye aye, it's already been done:



but Christ was it pish. Did they even play any of the games first? Remake Mario as he should be instead of whatever fever dream that thing was.

Oh and it looks like someone has already made a Streets Of Rage movie. Check the special effects: