When certain movie concepts are announced, there’s a moment of sheer disbelief that such an idea could yield an approach that would work. Two such projects on the 2023 calendar have a common genre binding them: video game biopics. Rather than creating a whole cloth narrative based on an open ended game like Tetris or Gran Turismo, filmmakers have opted to instead tell true stories that are adjacent to such gaming properties. In the case of the latter, director Neill Blomcamp’s new film is another project that’s taken what seemed to be a fool’s errand and found a novel way to produce a rousing success.
Release Date: August 25, 2023
Directed By: Neill Blomkamp
Written By: Jason Hall and Neill Blomkamp and Zach Baylin
Starring: Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Darren Barnet, Geri Halliwell Horner, and Djimon Hounsou
Rating: PG-13 for intense action and some strong language
Runtime: 135 minutes
