Summary
TheBorderlandsmovie cut a major character from the video game, making the already disappointing movie even more so. TheBorderlandsmovie has been panned by critics and fansof the original video games ever since its release, with it being called a bad adaptation as well as a bad film in general. One of the biggest complaints when it comes to being accurate to theBorderlandsgames is its use of the franchise’s characters, with this important member of the franchise’s cast missing from the movie entirely.
After years of development, theBorderlandsmovie was finally released in August 2024. However, the film unfortunately did not live up to the years of hype, withBorderlandsbeing a box office bomband getting poor critical reception.There are a lot of flaws with theBorderlandsmovie, but one of the most commonly-cited ones is the fact that it completely left out one of the main characters from the games.
WTF Happened To Borderlands' Box Office?! Why It Couldn’t Even Break $10 Million
The Borderlands movie has been released to negative reviews and an even worse box office haul; what went wrong with the video game adaptation?
Brick’s Cut Borderlands Movie Role Could’ve Helped Set Up A Sequel
He Just Needed To Appear In The First Movie
Brick is one of the four initially playable characters from the firstBorderlandsgame, and despite his major role in the franchise, he is completely absent from the movie. While Lilith and Roland are both main characters in theBorderlandsmovie’s cast, Brick was completely shafted, which is unfortunate due to the role that he could’ve had in the movie’s sequel.
Even if there wasn’t room forBrick in the main cast of theBorderlandsmovie, he could have at least been acknowledged, setting him up for a sequel. Brick could have then been expanded on in a potentialBorderlands 2, eventually easing the concerns of fans. However, it seems that Brick was cut and replaced by Kreig the Psycho in theBorderlandsmovie, preventing the belovedBorderlandscharacter from finally getting his time in the spotlight.
10 Biggest Ways The Borderlands Movie Is Different Than The Video Games
Borderlands takes some big liberties with the source material, introducing characters early and tweaking their in-universe connections and history.
Borderlands 2 Looks Less Likely To Happen After Disappointing Box Office Opening
It Only Made $8.8 Million In The Opening Weekend
Even if the firstBorderlandshad set Brick up for a sequel, it is unlikely that this story would have ever come to fruition.Borderlands' box office opening has been tremendously disappointing, with it only earning $8.8 million in its opening weekend. This is far below what the studio needed, with it highlighting the potential scale of the film’s box office failure.
Borderlandshad a budget of around $120 million, meaning that it would most likely need $200 million for it to start turning a profit. The fact that it only made $8.8 million in its opening weekend means that the film’s final gross will probably be far from $200 million, and for a film that has been a box office failure of this scale, it is unlikely that aBorderlandssequel will ever get greenlit.
Borderlands
Cast
Based on the video game franchise, Borderlands is a sci-fi action-comedy film that follows Cate Blanchett as Lilith, a treasure hunter who returns to her home planet, Pandora, to find a tycoon’s missing daughter. Together with a group of unlikely allies, such as a soldier, a teenaged demolitions expert, a wise-cracking robot, and an eccentric scientist, the group will work together to save the girl - all while learning to deal with each other’s unyielding quirks.
