Borderlands Originally Had Characters "Blowing People's Heads Off" Before It Went PG-13

Borderlands stunt coordinator Jimmy O’Dee has claimed the movie was shot as if it was rated R, and that it was originally more violent and gorey.

August 10, 2024 · 1 min · 76 words · Taylor Harris

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Borderlandsis a pretty violent video game series.

“We were shooting an R-rated movie when we did it,” says O’Dee.

So, we were blowing people’s heads off.

A Rotten Tomatoes splat with Tiny Tina framed within it

And we were cutting feet off.

We were doing all of that.

But then, you know, a lot happens.

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Tyranid Swarm

The brief was carnage, head cutting off, feet cutting off.

Go for it and then we’ll sort it out in post.

Space Marine 2’s tyranid armies just hit different.

Rapunzel swinging on her hair in Tangled with a white quotation box.

Tiny Tina in the Borderlands movie holding a large rocket launcher

The cast of the Borderlands movie in costume

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