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11 March 2011
As watching Bob Hoskins playing a dungaree-clad Brooklyn plumber will tell you, films based on video games are, for the most part, abysmal.
This isn't true for video games based on movies, though. Often they’re as well-crafted as the film they're supposed to be helping to promote, and sometimes actually a class above.
So here are the ten greatest games that bettered their cinematic makers.
Image: Games Press
GoldeneyeGoldeneyeGoldeneye
X-men Origins: Wolverine
X Men Origins: Wolverine
Star Wars Racer
The Phantom Menace
Aladdin
Prince of PersiaAladdin
King Kong
Alien vs Predator
Alien ResurrectionPredatorAliens vs PredatorPredator 2Citizen Kane
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Die Hard TrilogyPoint BlankTime CrisisCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Enter the Matrix
MatrixEnter the MatrixReloadedRevolutions
Terminator 3: Redemption
T3: RedemptionTerminator gameT2
The Fast and the Furious
Fast and the Furious