Borderlands

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Borderlands

PG-13

Released Aug 9, 2024

1h 42m

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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 (Kevin Hart), a seasoned mercenary on a mission; Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Florian Munteanu), Tina's musclebound protector; Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis), the oddball scientist who's seen it all; and Claptrap (Jack Black), a wiseass robot. Together, these unlikely heroes must battle an alien species and dangerous bandits to uncover one of Pandora's most explosive secrets. The fate of the universe could be in their hands -- but they'll be fighting for something more: each other. Based on one of the best-selling videogame franchises of all time, welcome to BORDERLANDS.

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Critics Consensus

Glitching out in every department, Borderlands is balderdash.

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (LAist)

There's a lot of talent in this, but it's all in the service of a cacophonous crash-and-bang not-terribly-interesting CGI'd hyper violent movie.

Aug 28, 2024

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Lauren Coates

Chicago Reader

A video game adaptation that completely misses the mark.

Aug 22, 2024

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

The heroes snipe at each other relentlessly, and rarely appear to be enjoying each other’s company, which makes it difficult to buy them as an eventual surrogate family, even a dysfunctional one like the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 15, 2024

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Matthew Simpson

Movies We Texted About

The film is the laziest type of adaptation, one where the filmmakers have only gleaned the most surface-level aspects of the source material and then transplanted them without any of the depth that makes the games likeable.

Jul 13, 2025

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John Serba

Decider

Borderlands sure tries to be funny, but fails mightily – unless you take into account its oodles of unintended meta-commentary.

Dec 27, 2024

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

I never really know how to kick off these sorts of brutally negative reviews, so I suppose it is easiest to be blunt: Eli Roth’s Borderlands is a deeply terrible film.

Rated: 3/10

Dec 4, 2024

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Nic

Definitely wasn’t the original.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/21/25

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Toy

Waste of time wasn’t the best movie very cliche and horrible plot. The only reason I watched was for Kevin heart.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/03/25

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Storm L

Another movie game bites the dust as the movie just felt all in all boring. Story feels like it’s been recycled before in previous movies.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/29/25

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Jose L

It was great but wish it was more true to the game!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/25

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Brock

Knowing it was based on a video game, they did a good job making it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/24/25

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Verified Viewer

This movie is better if you play the game and know the whole backstory. If you’re just being introduced to this world, the movie does a poor job of explaining it and really doesn’t use these amazing actors to their full potential.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/11/24

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Synopsis

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 (Kevin Hart), a seasoned mercenary on a mission; Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Florian Munteanu), Tina's musclebound protector; Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis), the oddball scientist who's seen it all; and Claptrap (Jack Black), a wiseass robot. Together, these unlikely heroes must battle an alien species and dangerous bandits to uncover one of Pandora's most explosive secrets. The fate of the universe could be in their hands -- but they'll be fighting for something more: each other. Based on one of the best-selling videogame franchises of all time, welcome to BORDERLANDS.

Director: Eli Roth
Producer: Ari Arad, Avi Arad, Erik Feig
Screenwriter: Eli Roth, Joe Crombie
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Gearbox Studios, Origo Film Group, Lionsgate, Arad Productions, 2K Games, Picturestart, 2K
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Action|Language|Some Suggestive Material)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 9, 2024, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 30, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.5M
Runtime: 1h 42m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1