Hollywood’s recent game adaptation film projects are showing signs of improvement, no longer as disastrous as before. After the zombie masterpiece The Last of Us then Fallout – The latest movie title from Amazon Prime is a masterpiece that continues this impressive series of successes.
According to statistics from the Amazon Prime platform, project Fallout became a surprise hit when it set a series of remarkable achievements in its first week of broadcasting. Season 1 of the movie was viewed by 1.5 million accounts on the platform, ranking top 1 in 110 out of 240 countries where this movie spread. This number helps Fallout became Amazon Prime’s highest-viewed season of all time, surpassing the previous achievement of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
Present, Fallout is the third most watched series on the platform ever, in terms of all single or multi-season series.
Not stopping there, the popularity of this exciting adventure series also helps Fallout 76 – the movie’s original game set an unprecedented record, attracting 39,000 players at the same time and was the highest number since its launch.
The film ranked #1 across the platform in its first week of release
The movie is still holding the hottest position globally on Amazon Prime
content Fallout Set in a post-apocalyptic world in 2077, when nuclear wars have left terrible consequences for humanity. Fuel scarcity has caused humans to kill each other, becoming enemies. For that reason, many people have built underground Vaults together, creating a community of “underground people” to live, exploit and search for fuel.
The female protagonist Lucy was born in Tunnel 33 and is an upright and kind underground citizen. Until one day, her father was taken away, forcing her and many others to go to the surface and embark on an arduous but exciting journey.
The female lead, Lucy, has a personality that closely follows the game version – hardworking, upright and kind
Fallout received a score of 94% by critics, and 80% by audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. Many netizens call this the best film adaptation of 2024 to date, with many “almost perfect” segments and incredibly close adherence to the original game. The character Lucy’s first appearance based on the game’s description (tutorial) does not deviate at all. From clothes, backgrounds to character designs, Fallout The film version is made precisely and meticulously, just like a character from a game stepped straight onto the screen.
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The Washington Post praised the film world as the brightest spot Fallout can do, which is portraying a sci-fi wasteland extremely accurately on screen. Variety commented “Fun mixed with suspense, and also very unique. Fallout is unlike anything you’ve ever seen, and you certainly won’t be able to look away“. The Wrap affirms that spending time watching Fallout is absolutely not a waste, and is even as fun as playing the game yourself.
Present Fallout Season 2 has been confirmed by the crew and is expected to premiere in the summer of 2025.
