★ 4 / 10
Pretty terrible. There's a lot about this movie
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Pretty terrible. There's a lot about this movie that simply blows it, as it is neither funny, clever, and feels like it was written by someone who only barely…
Pretty terrible. There's a lot about this movie that simply blows it, as it is neither funny, clever, and feels like it was written by someone who only barely understands video games, and storytelling for that matter. I'm gonna rant because it's fun: the film has very little understanding of video games. The game itself is incredibly loose in its definition. It's unclear what the rules of the game are, and it only further showcases the sloppiness of the film. The story is terrible, and the jokes are even worse. The few moments of minor humor are tarnished by being repeated three or four times without any variation. The lead actor had charisma, though, so he basically carried the film, despite his character being whiny and lacking focus. The second lead was also decent, and Mark Hamill's minor role was one of the few refreshing aspects of the film. The villain, though, overacted so hard it hurt, even for a character designed to chew scenery. Ultimately, it was shallow, unfunny, and pointless, and one of the worst movie I've seen in a long time. Looking back, it had a lot of potential to be exceptionally clever, or even so bad it's good, but fails on every account and becomes simply a bad movie.
★ 2 / 10
Gave this one a Watch a while back
Robin-Anderson9991
The film is self-aware which is fine, but it's one of the more poorly blocked/shot films I've seen in awhile. Wherever the camera should not be to get the…
The film is self-aware which is fine, but it's one of the more poorly blocked/shot films I've seen in awhile. Wherever the camera should not be to get the maximum impact of a shot, count on it being there. =(Also, anytime the protagonists are sharing a scene together, count on dead air and a complete lack of energy on screen. The movie also uses stock footage for a lot of its action sequences, while still shooting its actors on today's more modern digital cameras. This creates a visual disparage in quality that reminds constantly takes you in and out of any kind of world the film was trying to build. It's an interesting concept, but the editing, shot design, and cinematography all feel like they were grasping at straws to make this production work.Kudos to the team for getting it in the can, but I would definitely not recommend this to anyone who likes video games. It may insult them. =/
★ 2 / 10
Oh dear God...
paul_m_haakonsen
Never having heard about this movie when I stumbled upon it by random chance here in 2025, and seeing that the movie had Mark Hamill on the cast list, of…
Never having heard about this movie when I stumbled upon it by random chance here in 2025, and seeing that the movie had Mark Hamill on the cast list, of course my interest was peaked. And also with it being a movie that I had never seen, of course I had to check it out.As I had never heard about it, I didn't know what I was in for. So I didn't harbor any expectations, to be honest. And as such, writer Matt Yamashita and director G. J. Echternkamp had every opportunity to entertain and bedazzle me with their movie.Writer Matt Yamashita put together a script and storyline that I found incredibly stupid, laughable and downright annoying. There was nothing funny about watching two men run around in something that resembled a bad computer game. And the storyline was just downright idiotic. I am amazed that a dumpster fire such as this actually would get funded and see the day of light.Of the entire cast ensemble, I was only familiar with Mark Hamill and Isaac C. Singleton Jr. The acting performances in "Virtually Heroes" was pretty terrible. I am astounded that Mark Hamill opted to participate in garbage such as this.My rating of director G. J. Echternkamp's 2013 movie "Virtually Heroes" lands on a two out of ten stars. The movie has zero entertainment value. And only the production level of the movie prevents this stinker to land a flat-out one star rating from me.
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Mark Hamill? Moving on, .... NEEEEEXT