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Actually, in some ways, Hardcore Henry (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3072482/) was a great video game movie. It has lots of problems, but it captures both the feel of a video game with the power of film. While not based on a specific game, it's easy to see many gaming cliches (intentionally) in the film.

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I'd say Scott Pilgrim, Jumanji, and Edge of Tomorrow are better video game movies in that sense.

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"Edge of Tomorrow" is a fantastic video game movie in spirit. The Groundhog-Day-Formula is not new, but it nails the game experience of having a "savepoint" and getting better and better until you master the bullet hell level.

I'm guessing Jumanji is the Welcome to the Jungle one, and if so, I completely agree. I was thinking about it in the theater that it may be the best video game movie and it isn't even about a video game property (except a made up one).

Sharlto Copley as %90 of all "NPCs" made that movie better then it had any right to be.

Agreed. I kind of reluctantly started to watch the movie some night, expecting a glorified first person POV parkour video.

I absolutely loved the concept of the "Jimmy" character, it made the entire movie super satisfying. The topic of surrogate bodies, whether virtual, robotic, or in this case biologic, is very interesting to me.

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