10 movies that should be made into games

Ever watched a movie and had this feeling that you want to relive that experience all over again? Ever thought that you would do better playing the hero than Bruce Willis? Luckily, our generation do have an option to do so – video games!It has always been a trend for successful movies to have their own video-game franchisees (See Toy Story series, Matrix series, Marvel series, James Bond series etc.). However, the sad part is that most of the movie-based videogames suck big time!!! Anyone who has played King Kong, based on Peter Jackson take on the movie, knows what I am saying. Yet, we always wanted a few of our favorite cinematic gems to have their avatars in video-games so that we know what it is to live in the fast lane, as some of our fave movie characters…This is my take on ten films that really need a video-game based on them. Mind you, some of these movies are not exactly critic worthy, but I have a feeling they would work more on the consoles…(No Sir…I haven’t thought of including ‘Battlefield Earth’!)

#10 Jurassic Park

What’s it about: Surely, everyone knows the Story. The tale of how one man, Dr. Hammond, tried to play God and created dinosaurs as a source of entertainment, only to realise that they don’t like to share space with men. Screams, deaths more screams and two sequels followed, and now we are yet to face another feature film that would reiterate what a gigantic mistake Hammond had made. God, that man is surely rolling in his grave!

Why we need a video-game: Ok, just listen me out…I know that they have been video-games based on the Jurassic Park legacy, but none of them managed to capture the spirit of the movies. We need a game that perfectly shows how humans manage to struggle for survival against the creatures, who have been kings in their own era, and not some silly game that is influenced by SimCity! And we need to see T-Rex again in its full glory. (and also love to play a level as one!!!)

#9 Goodfellas

What’s it about: The Martin Scorsese classic about disillusionment and redemption. Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) is a young man obsessed with the life of crime and in his words, he ‘always wanted to be a gangster’. He mixes up with the likes of Jimmy The Gent (Robert De Neiro) and Tommy De Viito (Joe Pesci), and rises up in the gangster circles, only to have a steeper fall. After all, Crime always pays! Munnabhai should learn something from here…

Why we need a video-game: If Godfather series can deserve two videogames, so can this gem. It can follow the plot of the movie, with Henry Hill as the playable character, and show their various crimes, fights and ultimately how he turns against the same gang he has been working for.

#8 21 Jump Street/22 Jump Street

What’s it about: A total rejig of a forgotten 80’s show that starred Johnny Depp (who reprised his role in the first film in a whacky cameo) with a lot of meta-references thrown in. Starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum (who proves finally he is adept in comedy), it’s about two unlikely friends and undercover agents, who has to go back to school (and in college, in the sequel) to infiltrate a secret drug racket. And, of course, it also has Ice Cube in his most hilarious avatar!

Why we need a video-game: Although the end-credits of the second movie mention a video-game, it’s only a tongue-in-cheek reference to how movies exploit their popularity by making silly games based on them. But I really feel that these movies deserve a game, where two cops go back to school, try to gel with the crowd and catch the dealers! And, of course, with lots of humor. If the Deadpool game can manage it, so can Schmidt and Jenko!

#7 Taken

What’s it about: The movie that made an action star out of an ageing Liam Neeson, and then made the entire world who made it a success, regret their mistake, when they followed it up with two bland sequels. Liam is an ex-CIA agent who has to rescue his daughter from a human-trafficking gang based in Europe. Strange to see that Europe didn’t ban this movie that could really affect its tourism sales. But then, I heard the gore-fest ‘Hostel’ actually hiked the tourism popularity of Slovakia. Hmm…I wonder why…

Why we need a video-game: A man on a mission to save his daughter, breathtaking European locales, hand-to-hand fights, many villains…come on man! This is classic video-game stuff.

#6 The Expendables

What’s it about: A rag-tag group of 80’s action stars wanting to relive nostalgia and gaining back the dwindling fan-base, fights out with another group of mercenaries, and giving us two shoddy sequels!!! And they are working on another sequel! I think I am done with nostalgia…

Why we need a video-game: The same reason why these films exist in the first place - Nostalgia and the immense love for 80’s action. Who really doesn’t love to play as Stallone, and have Schwarzenegger, Norris and Willis fight baddies with you side by side? But please, someone use a better script! And no more movies!!!

#5 The Social Network

What’s it about: The film that showed us how Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook. Or how he stole an idea to invent Facebook. Or how he was a total bitch when he invented Facebook! Moral of the lesson – Greed is definitely good!!! After all, no one made a movie about Orkut!

Why we need a video-game: For people who love business-stimulation games, what’s better than be the man behind the greatest invention of the 21st century – Facebook! You could have two modes if you want – The Good Mode, where you can try to make Facebook by honest means, and fail grandly, and The Real Mode, where you are The CEO, bitches!

#4 Se7en

What’s it about: One of David Fincher’s best films. A dark gritty tale of two cops (Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman), out to catch a serial killer who has the penchant of offing people with grisly deaths using the Seven Sins. The shocker is the film’s climax where (Spoiler Alert) the victims became Pitt’s wife, the killer himself and Brad Pitt’s conscience.

Why we need a video-game: Because Brad Pitt needs an effing chance to save himself all over again! Because we HAVE to help him rescue his innocent wife! Because we need to show that there is still good in the world!!!

#3 Inception

What’s it about: A dream manipulator, and his team of close associates, try to infiltrate the dreams of a tycoon so that they can destroy his business, by using chemicals, exposition and various mumbo-jumbo. Guess they haven’t heard of hypnotism?

Why we need a video-game: Come on, Nolan’s movies deserve a game. Batman has its own games, but only because it’s Batman. I was going for Interstellar first, but I have no idea what was the meaning of the entire stuff they were showing in the climax, so I settled for this one. And besides, hacking into dreams is a major USP, and something worth playing for. Can we hack Obama’s dreams here?

#2 Sholay/The Good The Bad and The Ugly/Once Upon a Time in West

What’s it about: Ah…the westerns! The gun-toting cowboy!!! A gang of mean baddies on horses! A Town to be saved! Pockets to be filled! A villain worthy of Gabbar! And a haunting signature tune!!! What’s not to love about the westerns!

Why we need a video-game: Because the Clint Eastwood and the Sholay loving world deserves a freaking good game that salutes those westerns while capturing their real spirit. Plus, it has always been your dream to holster a gun, and play ten paces!!!

#1 Andaz Apna Apna

What’s it about: I need to include this in the top, for this is a dream that will never come true! You know the plot of the greatest comedy Bollywood has ever made and never appreciated, till it came on TV. Amar-Prem are in competition with each other to woo a rich heiress so that they can live and die filthy rich. In the simple game of love rivalry, what they never expected were a disapproving father, an evil twin, a case of mistaken identities, a couple of assassination attempts gone wrong and certain crime master named Gogo.

Why we need a video-game: Just read the above plot, and tell me why we don’t deserve a game! Who wouldn’t love to be in Amar-Prem’s shoes and woo a beautiful girl, while fighting silly villains? We are not sure if Salman and Aamir will make a sequel to this one, but at least we will have their characters together in this game and kick Gogo’s ass!