Why Do Movie Adaptations Of Video Games Bomb Critically?

So why do movies based on videogames often, usually, always get critically panned? Here I’ll just be looking at video game adaptations that were released internationally, and what better place to jump in than the Super Mario Bros. film.... Movies mentioned: Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986), Super Mario Bros (1993), Resident Evil (2001), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), House Of The Dead (2003), Doom (2005), Far Cry (2008), Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), The Angry Birds Movie (2016), Warcraft (2016). Games Mentioned: Mario (Series) including video of Super Modern Mario Bros. (2012), Doom (1993), Resident Evil (Series), Tomb Raider (Series), Far Cry (2004), The Last Of Us (2013), This Is The Police (2016).