Summary
I still think Eli Roth ’s upcoming sequelThanksgiving 2is still promising after the recent flop ofBorderlands . AlthoughBorderlandsfeatures a star - constellate cast , includingKevin Hart , Cate Blanchett , Jack Black , and Jamie Lee Curtis , the film has become a critical and commercial failure following its all-inclusive theatrical discharge on August 9 , 2024 . Prior toBorderlands , Roth ’s most poorly - order movie was 2018’sDeath Wishstarring Bruce Willis which earned a critic score of just 18 % on Rotten Tomatoes .
Borderlandsdebuted with a Rotten Tomatoes grade of 0%before more or less increasing to its current score of 10 % as of the time of writing . Borderlandswas Eli Roth ’s follow - up toThanksgiving , which received much more praise from audiences and critics likewise . Thanksgivingwas also a surprise box government agency hit , gain a worldwide amount of $ 46.5 million against a production budget of $ 15 million and a Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes mark of 84 % . Still , BorderlandsandThanksgivingshouldn’t be directly compare in term of Roth ’s potential as a writer / manager .
Thanksgiving 2 Is Still Exciting Despite How Borderlands Turned Out
Thanksgiving is still one of the best movies of Roth’s career
As far as his feature film directorial efforts go , Thanksgivingis for sure think the best moving-picture show of Roth ’s vocation , with an equally impressive confirming audience score of 80 % . While it was n’t the most portable revulsion movie of the year , the picture show outperformed box office expectations and amazingly became look at one of the very right horror movies of 2023 . The film had a inviolable opening weekend box office total of $ 10.3 million after its November 17 , 2024 release appointment .
While Roth has for certain made horror flick in the past tense that have n’t entirely worked , Thanksgivingwas an exemplary exclusion that immediately inspiredaThanksgivingsequel . Roth notably did not go back for the reshoots onBorderlandsbecause he was doingThanksgivinginstead , which goes to show where his passion and efforts were focus and whyBorderlandsturned out the means it did . With this in thinker , I ’m still promising thatThanksgiving 2will still be promising despiteBorderlands’colossal miss .
Eli Roth ’s Borderlands movie made plenty of mistakes , but one misstep postulate a cut character who could ’ve help the planned cinematic universe .
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Thanksgiving 2 Is A Better Fit For Eli Roth Than Borderlands
Roth’s passion clearly lies in the horror and thriller genres
I ’ve always felt that aBorderlandsfilm adaptation would be a crafty franchise to bring to the grown screen in the first seat , even with the critical plaudit of the video game series . Especially in this modern box office clime , it feel likeBorderlandswould be fighting an uphill conflict from the get - go and itsnegative review seemed to have a massive impact on its chances of gaining momentum at the summertime 2024 box place . Roth has demonstrated for decades that his on-key calling is in the repulsion and thriller genres with films likeHostelandThanksgiving , whileBorderlandsmight have fared advantageously in the hands of a more consecrate action mechanism genre director .
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Thanksgiving Day 2 follows the consequence of the 2023 moving-picture show Thanksgiving , continue the story that research the repercussions of the initial chapter . The subsequence build on the themes and role introduced in its forerunner while supercharge the narrative set in motion by the original instalment .
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Thanksgiving 2 follows the events of the 2023 film Thanksgiving, continuing the story that explores the repercussions of the initial chapter. The sequel builds on the themes and characters introduced in its predecessor while advancing the narrative set in motion by the original installment.
