Ah, game to film adaptations. Has it ever really, truly worked out for anyone? Anyone i𓃲n the audience, we mean. No one's doubting the idea that Uwe Boll is⛦ able to lead a pretty comfortable lifestyle thanks to his rather infamous career producing them.

At times it seems pretty surreal that these flicks even make it to screen, given the critical panning that tends to follow in their wake. It almost seems impossible that they should all be that bad, doesn't it? Are🍒 we not judging them on the proper ♛criteria? Should they be held apart from the greater whole of cinema and taken for a genre unto themselves? Perhaps even a classification of art all their own?

For now, let's skip those pesky questions and get to the things we definitely do know—they have a tendency to leave audiences f🍎eeling a bit unfulfilled, to err on the side of an understatement. We decided to draw up a list of twenty of theꦐ worst scoring video game adaptations according to Rotten Tomatoes, and then dredged up ten of the "best" according to the same rankings. And the first thing we learned is that even the "best" among them don't tend to do so hot among fans and critics.

But when venturingꦚ🐻 into the territory of video games adapted to film, pretty much any measure of success is something to be proud of. Marginally, anyway.

30 ꧟ ♉ WORST: BloodRayne 2: Deliverance (0%)

Cowboys and vampires go together like ranchﷺ dressing and peanut butter in this sequel𓆏 to the almost equally ill fated original video game adaptation. It comes packed to the brim with all the trimmings you’d expect out of a Uwe Boll flick—uninspired writing backed by uninspired performances and generous helpings of ham-and-cheese action sequences.

I guess a direct to DVD release would make sense, given the generous critical panning of the original, but did little to save it from scathing reviews and a complete lack of interest among audiences. A zero rating may seem harsh, but trust us, it’s enti🍌rely due.

29 WORST: Tekken (0%) 𝓀

Film adaptations for fighting games have never worked out well, and that says a lot considering how low the bar is for video game adaptations in general. Tekken was more than happy to keep that trend intact. You know it’s bad when the director of the gaming fra🅠nchise complꦏetely dismisses the notion of having any interest in the film whatsoever.

At its absolute best Tekken managed to pull off some passable fight scene𒐪s and stunt choreography, but not well 🌳enough to offset the thin plot, uninteresting narrative and nap inducing character performances.

28 🦩 ꦏ BEST: Warcraft (28%)

That's right, our first entry for "best" kicks off at a 28% Rotten Tomatoes rating. Yep, it's going to be that kind of list. Though it may not be on the bottom, it's difficult not to point out that 28% hurts just a 🦋little bit.

I don't think anyone truly expected what has become the leading standard in MMO gaming to make a transition to the big screen that could be described as successful in any way, shape or form, and despite completely bulldozing established Warcraft lore, there were apparently a💞 few people out there that could be tepidly described as fans o𝓰f this venture.

27 WORST: Alone ✃In The Dark (1%) ⛄

Alone in the Dark allegedly operated off of a workable script that was meant to tie directly into the then upcoming entry in the game series, according to writer Erickson Blair. Then something happened. The Raging🦩 Boll happened.

And just like that, the initially subtle and scary thriller was made to include spec꧟ial army dudes, transdimensional portals, super cute ꦍarchaeologist ladies and bullet time gun fights. Because, well, reasons! Needless to say none of these things managed to win over audiences.

26 WORST: Mortal Komb✅at: Annihilation (3%)

Is there really much to be said for this one? We already know that fighting games just don’t translate to screen. The curse endures to this day. This is one of those movies you🀅 throw on specifically because the acting is so absolutely, hilariously dosed to the eyeballs on such a weird cocktail of🍎 distilled cheese and testosterone that it’s a wonder any of the participants survived.

Anyway, can we ma♏ke a joke about the soundtrack? That’s unnecessary? Alright. In that cas🔥e we’re pretty much done here. Moving on.

25 BEST🌳: Silent Hill (30%🅘)

The initial film outing for the Silent Hill franchise barely edges in to the right side of acceptable, and even that may be a bit of an overstatement. Silent Hill is a franchise that's cap✱able of marketing off of visuals alone if need be.

Which apparently did rather well for it, considering the low bar for entry.

Though it does fall short on delivering the intensely psy𝓰chological thrill ride that the games tend to bring to the t🌟able, seeming to hinge on the games' menagerie of iconic monsters in order to pull itself off.

24 ꦿ WORST: House Of The Dead (3%)

I guess when you take the threadbare plot ꧅of a classic light gun shooter and decide to make a movie out of it, it leaves you with a lot of creative freedom to explore and deepen the narrative in order to fill in the gaps and produce a worthwhile story.

Apparently that creative freedom isn'♔t necessarily a good thing, because what was done here barely passes for a B movie. With little to offer that you wouldn't find in much, much higher quality almost anywhere else in the horror genre, you're probably better off passing on this one outside of complete and utter desperation.

23 WORST🐈: In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon 🅰Siege Tale (4%)

It’s re🌟ally hard to imagine that this was a good idea in the first place, but Mr. Boll has a gift for forcing cash-grab movie a🐽daptations from unlikely sources, as will undoubtedly become increasingly apparent over the course of this list, if it hasn’t already.

Eh, let’s face it. You came into this perfectly aware of that.

The star-studded, albeit misplaced casting disappointed in almost every way imaginable, though it’s hard to fault them for deadpan, unenthusiastic delivery of cringe worthy🍨 dialogue. You do get to see Ray Liotta try to portray a medieval bad dude, and that’s hilarious to the point of꧟ almost becoming an accidental redeeming quality.

22 𝔍 BEST: DOA (Dead Or Alive) (33%)

In a truly bizarre twist of fate, the film adaptation for this hormonal bಌeat🐻 'em up apparently managed to charm a few moviegoers. Though as to how or why, well, we're having difficulty nailing it down.

I guess gratuitous swimsuit shoots can really do a whole lot for you when it comes to getting your rating boosted. Though it is kinda hard not to have a chuckle at the ham-fisted reference to Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball. And I mean really, they did at least adapt a few of the major plot points, ridiculous a🍰s they were. So that's something!

21 WORST: BloodRayne (🐻4%)

Well, it fared better than the sequel. But just barely. BloodRayne is a campy attempt at action-horror that just can’t seem to find a note to hit, which says 𝐆a lot. Because Meat Loaf is in it, as a vampire, providing a concrete answer to the a꧑ge-old argument as to whether or not you can cast Meat Loaf as a vampire and still screw things up.

The answer is yes, yes you can. Indeed.

The flick’s an absolute drag, and it’s most certainly because vampire Meat Loaf was not cast as the titular Blood🐼Rayne. Really, it would have gone a long way. The move would have potentially set this film up for multiple Oscar nominations and rewritten Uwe Boll’s reputation as a champion of not only the cinematic arts, but humanity as a whole.