Borderlands
Directed by Eli RothAn infamous bounty hunter returns to her childhood home, the chaotic planet Pandora, and forms an unlikely alliance with a team of misfits to find the missing daughter of the most powerful man in the universe.
Borderlands Ratings & Reviews
- nandu2u212 February 2025A bit shit
- Scott14 December 2024I don’t really know how this was supposed to work since the fun of the game is not the writing but the novelty of picking up a wacky gun to figure out what it will do. But whatever the way forward was Eli definitely didn’t find it.
- Shaydeknight2 days agoBorderlands works best when taken as a deliberately silly action film. On that level, it's serviceable. The CGI sits around a B+, colourful and energetic but often overbearing. It's not too well done, especially when it integrates people into the special effects. The script offers a lot of game catchphrases and bits of lore, which land occasionally but rarely build momentum. Now, the film does intermittently capture the anarchic tone of the games. The problem is translation. The series thrives on the immediacy and exaggeration of a first person shooter. That energy is difficult to convert into a conventional ensemble action narrative. The film substitutes noise and quips for interactivity, and the substitution only partly works. The casting is OK overall, but Cate Blanchett is an odd choice for Lilith. She's in phenomenal shape, and she's always enjoyable to watch, but this film needed someone else. I mean, the film itself indicates the character is about forty five and Blanchett was about fifty-five at release, and the difference is visible. More importantly, she's not especially convincing in heavy action. She works better in roles where presence does most of the work. Here, they aim for something intense and gritty, and it just doesn't suit her. Several slow motion shots that go for "cool" end up highlighting the problem. She looks slightly out of her depth in the choreography, while also seeming too good for the material. That makes the performance feel split. Either she was miscast, or she was poorly directed, but the result never quite clicks. As a Saturday afternoon diversion, it's fine. Viewers unfamiliar with the games will likely accept it at face value and enjoy the spectacle. Fans, however, may find that the specific kind of chaotic fun the games provide does not survive the shift away from the FPS format. The film isn't bad, it's simply less lively than the source it imitates.
- Sean Smith26 February 2025Poor claptrap the voice was a tragedy for those of us that were fond of the games.
- Dellvon C. Ford8 November 2024The women carry this movie...they were awesome........I really appreciated the all or nothing approach to doing this film....
- LBalian16 February 2026I found it very enjoyable to watch.
- AerwinPlex3 October 2025Absolute dogshit
- philoer16 March 2026Cringe acting.
- Kryuz13 March 2026Not that bad but not really good.
- cyber451522 March 2025I was disappointed in the depth of the story but it’s good action and the characters are likable if at times wooden.
- MrTrivet2 February 2026Like a loot box with terrible rewards, this film exists to frustrate fans and confuse those unfamiliar with the game. What saddens me most is the abysmal casting.
- Kristine Sofie Moore31 December 2025Loved the movie it's so funny
- Sam23 December 2025i do not think jamie lee curtis knows how to use a touchscreen in real life
- jdubz55712 July 2025YIKES. Originally when I went to go see this, I thought it would be one of those "so bad it's funny" movies. There's barely any material that I can actually work with to call it that though. Its lack of character development and... Interesting dialogue choices make this movie a mess, and not in a good way.
- MacBobby Chibuzor10 December 2025It’s probably my favorite movie of Kevin Hart. The rest favorites have The Rock stealing the spotlight and Kevin being the dumb guy.
Borderlands Trivia
Borderlands was released on 7 August 2024.
Borderlands was directed by Eli Roth.
Borderlands has a runtime of 1h 40m.
Borderlands was produced by Avi Arad, Ari Arad, Erik Feig.
An infamous bounty hunter returns to her childhood home, the chaotic planet Pandora, and forms an unlikely alliance with a team of misfits to find the missing daughter of the most powerful man in the universe.
The key characters in Borderlands are Lilith (Cate Blanchett), Roland (Kevin Hart), Atlas (Edgar Ramírez).
Borderlands is rated 12A.
Borderlands is an Action, Adventure, Science Fiction film.
Borderlands has an audience rating of 4.8 out of 10.
Borderlands had a budget of US$115M.
Borderlands has made US$33M at the box office.