Far Cry (film)

Far Cry
German-language poster
Directed by	Uwe Boll
Written by	Michael Roesch Peter Scheerer Masaji Takei
Based on	Far Cry by Crytek & Ubisoft
Produced by	Uwe Boll Dan Clarke Wolfgang Herold Shawn Williamson
Starring	Til Schweiger Emmanuelle Vaugier Udo Kier Natalia Avelon Craig Fairbrass Michael Paré Ralf Möller
Cinematography	Mathias Neumann
Edited by	Karen Porter
Music by	Jessica de Rooij
Production companies	Boll KG Productions Brightlight Pictures
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	2 October 2008 (2008-10-02) (Germany)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	Germany Canada
Language	English
Budget	$30 million
Box office	$743,634

Far Cry is a 2008 English-language German action film loosely adapted from the video game of the same name. The film is directed by Uwe Boll and stars Til Schweiger. It was a major box-office bomb and received negative reviews.

Plot

In a remote jungle at nighttime, a mercenary squad is shown tracking down several escaped test subjects only to be slaughtered by a lone mutant. Their employer, Dr. Krieger, is informed of the event and is asked to stop his research. He refuses to do so. The film then skips to Valerie Cardinal, an American journalist who is secretly receiving information about the events and the truth about Krieger's research. She agrees to meet with her informant on a remote South Asian island, and hires Jack Carver, a retired special forces operative, to take her there. During the trip she reveals to Jack that her informant is her uncle Max, who she claims served with Jack. However Jack denies having known him.

Jack's boat reaches the island and Valerie and Jack travel to the meeting location. It is then revealed that Krieger's mercenaries have caught Max and planned an ambush for Valerie. She is captured and the boat is destroyed. Jack escapes and rescues Valerie. He insists that they leave the island, but Valerie refuses to leave without Max.

The pair hijack a mercenary vehicle and proceed to their main compound, where they are captured once again. Jack is locked in an empty cell with a former member of the cooking staff. While they attempt to escape, Valerie is forced to have dinner with Krieger, who orders the mercenaries to unleash Max (who has been transformed into a mutant) on Jack and the cook. After a brief fight, Jack manages to convince Max to reject Krieger's programming. Max then assaults the mercenaries and releases the other mutants.

The mutants, enraged by what Krieger did to them, attempt to kill all the humans on the island. After taking heavy casualties, half of the surviving mercenaries realize Krieger is insane. They abandon him, and team up with Jack to escape the island. The other half of the mercenaries remain loyal to Krieger and attempt to help him regain control. The two sides fight each other and the mutants at the same time.

As the battle goes on, Max is shot and killed by Krieger's sadistic female second-in-command Katia, while the mercenaries are quickly overwhelmed and slaughtered by the mutants. Only Krieger, Katia, Jack, Valerie, and the cook survive. While trying to find Valerie, Jack is surprised by Katia who tries to kill him. After dealing with her, he finds Valerie and tells her what happened to Max. The cook, Jack, and Valerie hijack a boat at the docks. When Krieger shows up, expecting to find a boat to get off the island, he finds none waiting for him. He turns around and screams as the screen fades to black.

The film ends with Jack in a relationship with Valerie, having obtained a new boat so he can continue to work as a skipper. The cook has been hired to be part of his crew. Valerie turns out to be an undercover CIA agent, and continues her work for the agency while traveling with Jack.

Cast

• Til Schweiger as Jack Carver
• Emmanuelle Vaugier as Valerie Cardinal
• Udo Kier as Dr. Lucas Krieger
• Natalia Avelon as Katia Chernov
• Craig Fairbrass as Jason Parker
• Michael Paré as Paul Summers
• Ralf Möller as Max Cardinal
• Chris Coppola as Emilio
• Mike Dopud as Leader
• Don S. Davis as General Roderick
• Jay Brazeau as Ralph
• Michael Rogers as Mercenary Kelly
• Anthony Bourdain as Scientist
• Tyron Leitso as Operation Scientist

Production

Uwe Boll gained the rights to a Far Cry movie from Crytek, purportedly before the game was released. In an October 2006 interview, Uwe Boll said that production on Far Cry would begin in May 2007. The film was released on the 2 October 2008, in Germany.

Reception

Far Cry received negative reviews, with most critics saying that the film does no justice to the game it was based on. IGN gave it a 3 out of 10 and said "Perhaps one day game companies will learn to be more particular about the directors they choose to realize their products on the big screen. Fans of the game, and fans of movies in general, would be wise to avoid this one at all costs. Unless, of course, your purpose is to mock."

Reboot

In 2013, Variety reported that Ubisoft was developing another Far Cry film (based on the video game Far Cry 3) along with a Watch Dogs and Raving Rabbids film, this time produced by Ubisoft Motion Pictures. However, it was instead adapted into an animated Netflix series, Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix, released in 2023 to generally favourable reviews.

See also

• List of films based on video games

External links

• Far Cry at IMDb
• Far Cry at Rotten Tomatoes