Cloud Atlas, Dark Tower, and 5 movies that would have worked better as a television series

2. Push

Before he was Captain America, Chris Evans played a different kind of superhero in 2009’s Push. This superhero film was gritty and edgy, with sub-categories of superpowered psychics warring against each other and an evil organization known as the Division.

The film didn’t do well at the box office, because there was a lot of information and backstories crammed into its run time. So, despite ending with several loose plot threads, there was no sequel.

Push had a raw, indie film vibe that the current crop of stylized big-budget comic book adaptations lacks. The unsure hero who uses his wits to rally a team of diverse heroes is another novel concept. A television series could take its time introducing the various categories of psychics, and give each of the characters space to develop their stories and personalities.

Setting the series in Hong Kong, as the film did, will also be a refreshing change from the all-American locations that we’ve become used to seeing in films and television. For the television series to succeed, however, the cast will need to be varied and reflect the diverse look of society in the real world.

1. Equilibrium

Just because a film is a failure, doesn’t mean it doesn’t have potential. Equilibrium is a slick dystopian action film that even its own director hated. That’s a pity because the film is an evocative watch.

Starring Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Sean Bean, and Taye Diggs, the film is set in the future where emotions are illegal, and objects that evoke emotions are destroyed. So, a world without art. People are prescribed pills to suppress their feelings and must report any ‘sense offenders’, even those who are friends and family.

The martial arts choreography in this film is beautiful to watch, and that alone will get people to tune in every week. The story of the film remains relevant considering it’s about a totalitarian state with a corrupt, fascist government in power. While the film may have been derivative of other science-fiction properties, a television series can expand on its premise to make it reflect modern society.

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