In 2024, the prospect of a hyperviolent action film starring The boys' Carlos Urbano and genuine Hollywood royalty Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson It would be a great prospect. The former is on the rise after some shrewd career moves (dating back to the undervalued Dreddhonestly), while until recently, former WWE star Johnson was box office gold. His fortunes changed a bit, with some less well-received films like Black Adam and Redbut given the right role – how Moana Proof – he's still one of the best.
Put them together and you'd think you'd be on to a winner. But going back 19 years reveals that the duo – who starred in some of the best action films and TV shows of the last two decades – reveal that they worked together on a film that most would rather forget. To date, their only collaboration has been a huge flop, earning a 34% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, failing to recoup its box office budget.
But despite all the problems with the video game adaptation RuinThere's one scene in particular that's still incredible, even though the rest of the film wasn't a sum of its parts. Although one of his first leading roles crashed and burned, Urban has also done well since Ruinand he actually has a chance to redeem himself in a video game adaptation, as he was cast as Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat 2. But what better time to look back at his first attempt and the forgotten genius that Ruin showed briefly?
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Another case of a cursed video game adaptation
In recent years, we've seen some great video game adaptations, with names like The last of youand, Precipitation, Arcane, Cyberpunk: Edgerunnersand the Sonic trilogy that will be released in the 2020s. This is a huge turnaround given that the previous video game adaptations were terrible, with Ruin joining the long list of failed projects. After launch, Ruin it was a financial failureearning just under $60 million worldwide against a production budget of $70 million, which was a considerable investment for a video game property in the early to mid-2000s.
Ruin was also a critical failurewith an 18% critic score on Rotten tomatoesalthough the public liked it more. One of the main criticisms Ruin it was how it deviated from its source material, especially with the monster origins, as well as failing to tap into the atmosphere that makes it Ruin such attractive games. It just wasn't a good movie, but there is one scene in particular that the movie gets right and that shows how cool of a proper movie it is. Ruin adaptation could be.
The first person sequence in Doom is one of the best action movie scenes of all time
For a brief moment, everything went perfectly
During the events of Ruinthere is a roughly four-minute scene that embraces the first-person shooter aspect of its source materialmaking it a fun moment in an otherwise uninspired film. In the scene, the camera is fixed on Karl Urban's point of view as he tries to pass through a building against a wave of enemies that appear sporadically throughout. It's as close as the adaptation gets when trying to translate the game into live action.
First person scenes are rarely done in films, especially action films, with hardcore henry using the technique throughout its execution time. It's a fun departure from what's typically associated with action films, and the change in perspective gives the film some life. Ruin when this happens, it becomes an incredibly cool scene that is among some of the best action scenes in the film. Ruin It may not be a great movie, but it has a really great scene.
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