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Spy Hunter Movie details emerge
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 4th June 2007
The Spy Hunter movie has been revived, with director Paul W.S. Anderson attached to write and direct.
Although the film seems to be edging its way out of production limbo, retro movie/game tie-in fans may want to hold off on their rejoicing for a bit longer, as the writer/director attached to the project is none other than Paul W.S. Anderson, the same Boll-alike who bought the movie versions of Resident Evil to life.
The Spy Hunter movie was originally planned as an John Woo action film that would make heavy use of CGI and star The Rock as the main character.
A new game was even released for the original Xbox and PlayStation 2 and was planned to tie into the movie's plot, although the movie got stuck in developmental hell and the game was released without the movie's support.
It's unknown whether Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson will still star in the revived version of the film, or how the plot will change now that Paul Anderson has taken over the roles of both writer and director.
So, can there ever actually be a good film based on a game or are they all doomed for failure? There are certain bit-tech.net writers who reckon the Doom movie was quite good, though those persons prefer to remain anonymous. Let us know your reactions over in the forums.
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Doom was worth seeing because of the 1st person sequence...
never seen Dead or Alive to judge that film although everyone says its crap.
Spy hunter was a ok game but got boring for me. There was a story to it?? to make a film?
I liked Doom for what it was and thought the final fight was pretty fun. Resident Evil 1 will always hold a special place in my heart because it was the first full film I ever downloaded and I saw it 4 months before any of my friends. It was a passable film, but the second was just sooo goddamn bad!
As for this.... i hope its good, video game -> movie conversions usually are not that good, and some times the reverse is also true.
people like fast cars and fancy driving, they also like james bond. if the director pulls it off right it could be a sleeper hit, if not then it will bomb harder than most movies.
The first person sequence in doom ruined the film it was ok until it got to that bit, but then the Rock is a legend.
Residant evil series isn't half bad either its not the best film in the world but much like the others game movies its not half bad.
To be honest tho, for me, the days of movies where every machine gun shows constant muzzle flashes with supersonic gunshot sounds, massive, massive explosions from simple grenades and cars that seem to blow up 4 times when someone throws a lit cigarette into a stream of petrol are tedious and boring to watch.
Wish they'd do movies where things were much more real. Gun shots having a quick, sharp "pop" rather than a .45 sounding like howitzer, grenades that just go bang and not look like a petrol bomb, chest exploding with gallons of blood when someone is shot, etc..
Damn you, youtube -- you're conditioning me expect my violence on a realistic level now!