After several delays, the live-action Borderlands movie is right around the corner. While you might be curious about the Eli Roth-directed sci-fi romp, it's easy to feel confused by the trailers if you don't know anything about the universe nor the games serving as source material. With this primer, we hope to illuminate why we hope this flick is at least somewhat decent at bringing the Borderlands universe to life.
The Borderlands video game franchise transports players to Pandora, an unruly, barely colonized planet at the edge of the known universe. With its inhospitable weather conditions, dangerous flora, and hostile fauna, it's a hard planet to 'tame.' Despite these harsh conditions, the lure of Pandora's mineral wealth and ancient secrets attracts many fortune seekers and megacorporations.
