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Initial Thought: I have been avoiding this one for quite some time mostly because of Uwe Boll. I have been playing Far Cry 4 for the past week so I was thinking why not. I want to see how bad this can actually be. No I'm not a fan of Uwe Boll although he has had a very, very few movies I actually was entertained by. I do think he got a decent cast together for this one. I am simply curious.
Characters/Acting: I really enjoy Til Schweiger, Emmanuelle Vaugier, and to a certain extent Udo Kier. So to see them all here has me somewhat impressed. Why is everyone so stupid here? How can someone be in their 30s and not know what a grenade is? Some journalist Valerie is. You know one thing they got right here from the first Far Cry is that the voice acting in the game was pretty bad. At least they managed to do that right. The lame male sidekick that shows up near the halfway point was absolutely ridiculous. He overacts everything especially whenever he says his back hurts. Most of the characters here are so annoying. I did think Jack Carver was fine although I wish he was written out better, but can't expect much from Uwe Boll's writers. Max probably had the coolest moment near the end though.
Story: Well it's based off of a video game. The video game stories are usually about survival and taking down an evil leader. I'm sure this is basically the plot for the movie as well. I really don't understand the whole horror like scenario that happens in the beginning. I do like that some of elements of the game can be noticed here and there. Wow I have no seen one of the cheesiest "is that your gun" scenes where it literally is his gun. So basically they have a one night stand after barely knowing each other except for what they do. It was unnecessary and feels so unnatural. There are a lot of lame running jokes here. We have the "You owe me..." that different characters toss at each other, the constant wonder of how Jack was in bed, and Valerie and Jack mocking each others same exact line word for word in different scenes. Most of the action here comes about the middle of the movie and 2/3rds of the action is in the dark except for near the end. It's pretty decent action to be honest. There are a few plot holes regarding the super soldiers. If they can be shot anywhere without damage how does one die from the shot to the side of the head and also how can a needle even penetrate such durable skin. Also why the hell do some of the soldiers hip fire at the super soldiers when they know where to shoot them. I felt no closure at the end. The villain wasn't shown killed so how can I be sure what the hell even happened to him.
Directing/Writing: Uwe Boll must get a kick out of ruining games with terrible movies based of them. I mean why else does he continue to try. I'm watching this for free so I'm not contributing haha. He has a continuous streak of just awful work and he has very few fans. I'm sure people get excited when they hear they are getting a movie based off their favorite game. Then all of a sudden they realize it's Uwe Boll and lose all joy. Now I have actually enjoyed a few recent works of his including the Rampage movies and Assault on Wall Street because they are just mindless violent movies. I also thought Postal, Attack on Darfur, and Bloodrayne were just alright. They were watchable only once though. Dear lord this movie took three people to write it! Surprise, Surprise Michael Roesch and Peter Scheerer collaborated with Uwe Boll for Alone in the Dark and then directed it's sequel as well as a sequel for House of the Dead which the first was directed by Boll. Even Masaji Takei worked with Uwe Boll on Bloodrayne 2 as his only other film. This isn't very comforting to start off with. There are so many things bad about this that have to do with writing. The running jokes are lame and the characters are poorly written and directed to do such stupid actions.
Final Thought: This was not enjoyable at all. If you are a Far Cry fan this is not the production you want to see. If you see Uwe Boll at the helm it's better to expect the worst. The action scenes had a few decent moments. I think it wasn't the worst it could have been, but they really could have tried to actually make it work. It was godawful, but there are worse ways it could have gone. I wish there could be someone who takes Uwe Boll's place at making video games. Someone who is actually going to cater to the audience of those games while introducing to a wider selection as well.
