Video games better than the movie they came from

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Video games better than the movie they came from

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.

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Goldeneye

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X-men Origins: Wolverine

X Men Origins: Wolverine

Star Wars Racer

The Phantom Menace

Aladdin

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King Kong

Alien vs Predator

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Die Hard 2: Die Harder

Die Hard TrilogyPoint BlankTime CrisisCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Enter the Matrix

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Terminator 3: Redemption

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The Fast and the Furious

Fast and the Furious

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