Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

adonis98-743-186503 An ex-special forces soldier turned boatman is hired by a journalist to investigate a top-secret military base on a nearby island. Far Cry is a terrible and way too cheesy action, sci-fi flick from just the very beginning you're in for a really terrible ride for sure. The film also wastes some pretty well known faces such as Til Schweiger and Udo Kier plus the storyline? Was quite stupid to say the least and from what i know the film is based on a game franchise which although i've heard i have never actually played in my life and after seeing this? I don't want to. (F)

Chris Frazier It's hard to believe that a movie adaptation of a well-known action/sci-fi PC/video game could be so horribly screwed up and not even close to the premise and plot of the game. About the only similarities are some of the names (Jack Carver, Valerie, Dr. Krieger), an island locale, and intense fire-fights and action scenes. The similarities end there and only there. The rest of the movie was a re-imagination which would have been better left in the shred bin than ever being taken to film. In fact, the game's plot and story was far better than this piece of trash screenplay. *** SPOILER ALERT - READ ON IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE FILM OR DON'T CARE ***For starters, Jack Carver is played by an under-built Til Schweiger who is actually a German in the film. This is ridiculous to get the main character totally wrong. Jack Carver from the game is an American and is much more buffed than Til's Carver portrayed in the film. Plus, hearing Til's high-pitched, accented voice in place of the deep, tough American Jack from the game grated on my ears the entire film. CASTING EPIC FAIL!Second, Valerie was also mis-cast and her character resembled nothing like the one in the game. This Valerie was a soft, helpless dame compared to the beautiful but tough Valerie in the game. There was also no connection to the CIA in the film as there was in the game, so yet another reason her character was ill-portrayed. Having her as just a reporter really dumbed down the plot even more.Third, NO TRI-GENS! Instead we get a cheesy reboot of albino-looking Universal Soldiers. The Tri-Gens were one of the scariest elements of the game, and to remove them from the plot entirely was one of the biggest mistakes they made with this film. It turned the plot from a tense action/sci-fi/horror plot into just another mindless action, fire-fight, explosions romp. It's a consideration that perhaps they didn't have the funding to do the Tri-Gens properly with all the extra special effects that would have been required. Either way, they should have canned the film until they could include one of the central elements from the game.Fourth, they got the island locale right but that's about it. The island resembled nothing of the lush, tropical environment of a remote Pacific island. Instead it was off the coast of Washington state: hardly a believable location for a mad scientist's genetic experiments! The poster for the film is extremely misleading since it depicts white sand beaches, wind-swept palm trees, and an attack helicopter - elements that were totally absent from the film. In fact, the movie's poster is about the closest it came to resembling the game.Fifth, the entire story was mucked up from start to finish. About the only similarity was Dr. Krieger developing genetic experiments on an island (and only just off the coast of Washington state!). Everything else was a total cluster. Jack's guiding CIA contact throughout the game, Doyle, was completely missing in the film. I suppose they axed his character when they axed the idea of keeping the CIA involved as part of the plot. This required a total re-write of the story to become another "my Uncle needs me!" idiotic plot. The added characters like Max and Chernov and the other mercenary leader were moronic. Their acting and dialogue was below elementary, and they added nothing to the film. Sixth, from the point-of-view of the screenplay there was little to be praised in this film. Whole scenes should have been edited out of this film that added nothing to the tense action atmosphere that should have pervaded the film. The whiney couple at the beginning and end of the film, the arguing scene between the dock-master and his "wife?", the idiotic and whiney food delivery man, the entire 20 minutes of Jack running from a super-soldier, the forcibly inserted "sex" scene between Jack and Val (which was totally unnecessary and made no sense), the meaningless dialogue between Krieger and Val, the pointless scene between Krieger and the visiting general, and on and on I could go.In summary, there was little this film got right. As a movie in and of itself, it ranks among the lowest of the D action flicks. As an adaptation of the game, it was a farce that should have never left the screenwriters' table. I cannot even believe that CryTek agreed to this film being made. It was such a departure from the game's plot and a horrible misrepresentation of it. Avoid wasting an hour and a half of your time and watch something else! Better yet, go play Far Cry the game and you'll have a much better experience.

Russell Sweetpapers There's nothing much that's inspiring about this film, but I didn't have very high expectations of a first-person-shooter game spin-off, and, actually, this could have been a lot worse. It's not taking itself too seriously, for one thing. The plot is pedestrian, clichéd and totally predictable, but then one gets the feeling that it's supposed to be. I've seen much worse acting, worse effects and sets, and worse action sequences.I've neither played the game, nor watched any of Boll's other movies, so although my expectations weren't terribly high, I wasn't offended by the film's take on the game (as I had no comparison) nor was I predisposed to hate it because of the director (never heard of him).Unlike certain other movies (I'm thinking the execrable "Click", for example), if I'd watched this in a cinema I probably wouldn't actually have walked out.Unexciting but not offensively bad. OK to watch on a boring flight or when suffering from insomnia, I would say, so long as you're not precious about the game it's meant to represent.

masapi I'm just wondering what Boll's ideas were, when thinking of turning this mile stone video game into a film. If you do a film based on Far Cry, called Far Cry, I expect Far Cry! That is so simple. I want brilliant characters, great action, astonishing location with bright exotic colors, tropical islands, emerald palm forests, crystal clear water, white sand, shipwrecks, concrete ruins, abandoned labs, huge satellite dishes to be blown up, tons of enemies and of course monster soldiers. In this film there is LITTLE or NOTHING of all this. Not even the haunting trademark bell sound or the amazing musical atmosphere! Maybe the Hawaiian shirt is the only recognizable element of that masterwork of FPS game. Boll is disappointing openly every single Far Cry fan. It doesn't deserve the title FAR CRY. The same happened with DOOM! A shame! It makes me CRY out loud!! I wonder why some Hollywood studio does't take the chance and create a real well made video game adaption! Probably they are still busy with graphic novel adaptations!