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Summary Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas (Edgar Ramírez), the universe’s most powerful S.O.B. Lilith forms an unexpected alliance with a ragtag team of misfits – Roland (K...
Directed By: Eli Roth
Written By: Eli Roth, Joe Abercrombie
Borderlands
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Summary Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas (Edgar Ramírez), the universe’s most powerful S.O.B. Lilith forms an unexpected alliance with a ragtag team of misfits – Roland (K...
Directed By: Eli Roth
Written By: Eli Roth, Joe Abercrombie
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 36 Critic Reviews
26
3% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
44% Mixed
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
53% Negative
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 36 Critic Reviews
26
3% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
44% Mixed
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
53% Negative
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
Aug 7, 2024
Blanchett knows exactly what movie she's in, and she seems to be having the time of her life fitting herself into the mold of a video game heroine.
Aug 8, 2024
All the edges have been sanded down so it can be safe and mainstream, but they went too far and there’s almost nothing left. It’s technically a movie based on 'Borderlands.' Not much else.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 395 User Ratings
3.3
21% Positive
81 Ratings
81 Ratings
18% Mixed
70 Ratings
70 Ratings
62% Negative
244 Ratings
244 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 395 User Ratings
3.3
21% Positive
81 Ratings
81 Ratings
18% Mixed
70 Ratings
70 Ratings
62% Negative
244 Ratings
244 Ratings
Sep 3, 2024
Wow, it's so hilarious and exciting film. Don't know why critics so harsh. So much laughters from robot Claptrap. I enjoyed it much much better than the annoying third person talking in Deadpool and Wolverine. Get a taste, everyone! This film is Dungeons and Dragons in space!!!
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Aug 8, 2024
You can see the jokes, but most of them don’t land. Still, there is some neat design work if you squint.
Aug 9, 2024
ny movie with this Manic Pixie Ellen Ripley in it can’t be all bad, though Borderlands sure as shootin’ aims for it.
Aug 9, 2024
Nothing that works about the games has been adapted intact in this ugly, boring, truly inept piece of filmmaking, a movie that was mostly shot years ago and should have been shelved even longer. Like, maybe forever.
Aug 22, 2024
The effects are so shoddy, you wonder if the entire post-production budget was blown on fine-tuning Cate Blanchett’s cheekbones. It’s so incoherent, you half expect to see the notorious director Uwe Boll’s name on the credits.
Aug 8, 2024
Unfortunately, for the time being, the star of “Tár” and “Blue Jasmine” is stuck as the lead of the worst movie of the year — a grueling, 102-minute endurance test that’s as lifeless as the video game it’s based on.
Aug 31, 2024
Oh man, it's so unfair what they did with this movie. It's an action movie, and the CGI is decent. Forget the rest; it's not meant to be a cult classic or taken seriously. Just watch without commitment, relax, enjoy, and have fun! Seriously, watch for yourself, ignore the score and the critics, and judge for yourself. I watch a lot of game-based movies, and this one is pretty okay. Sadly, I won't have the chance to see it in theaters anymore, and I'm afraid this might discourage other game-based movies from being made. It's totally unfair!
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Jun 8, 2025
When you think of Eli Roth, you think pure gore. In fact, the special effects teams said that originally, the film was packed with gore—severed heads, dismembered bodies… But the producers didn’t like it, Roth left (though he’s still credited as director), and Tim ‘Deadpool’ Miller finished the movie to make it a more PG-13-friendly version for the **** obviously, it’s weird to see so little horror in a film credited to Roth. But in the end, for someone like me who doesn’t know the game it’s based on, it’s still a big fun movie, with action, humor, and a grand adventure. And maybe that’s all I wanted. As long as I remember it’s a Tim Miller movie and not an Eli Roth one, it works. You just have to loosen up a bit—if you don’t know the game, it’s not a bad movie at all.
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Nov 9, 2025
What a waste of money, good actors and film. Geesus this was uncomfortable to watch. Everything cringy that you'd expect from someone who hasn't played a single game, is pretty much in it
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Aug 17, 2025
They took the quirkiness of Pandora and went completely overboard with it. The visual effects are terrible and jarring. Performances are on both ends of the scale, either bored and mailed in or completely overacted. The plot has been done to death at this point. It's a shame that the world of Borderlands went to waste on this.
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Production Company
- Lionsgate
- Arad Productions
- Picturestart
- Gearbox Studios
- 2K Games
- Origo Film Group
- Canadian Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit (PSTC)
Release Date Aug 9, 2024
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Chaos loves company.
Website https://borderlands.movie/
Awards
Razzie Awards
• 6 Nominations
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
The Queerties
• 1 Nomination
