Will ‘Resident Evil: Retribution’ Join These Other Great Gaming Movies or Become Just Another ‘Double Dragon’?

Let's face it, video game movies are often really bad. Really, really bad. Awful in fact. Actually, if you have ever found yourself inside a cinema that is showing one of these monstrosities you are officially a moron. But have they actually all been so bad? No, of course not but there just seems to be a lot more duds in this genre than say, any novel adaptations or superhero movies.

Why? Maybe it's because the narrative structure of a video game is effectively different from what makes a cohesive movie. Structure and character development is usually given a back-seat to mythology and creating a world. Or maybe it's because filmmakers just don't give a damn sometimes.

Will Resident Evil : Retribution be another? Well, with Milla Jovovich starring there is enough to keep us distracted even if it is. But here are the great gaming movies from over the last 3 decades that Paul W.S. Anderson's movie will ultimately be compared against.