PG-13 | 1h 55min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy | 13 August 2021 (USA) Beginning in 1993 with “Super Mario Brothers,” there have been 45 live-action and animated films based on video games released by U.S. studios with another 20 in some form of pre-production. For the most part, these movies do well at the box office thanks largely to the established fans of the games they’re based on, but only seven have a rating higher than a 50 percent on the critic’s Rotten Tomatoes site. Faring far better at the box office and with critics are films about video games. These include the “Wreck-It-Ralph” and “Tron” franchises and “Ready Player One” (adapted from the novel of the same name). Incorporating elements from all of those titles (as well as “Groundhog Day,” “The Truman Show,” and “The Lego Movie”), “Free Guy” is admittedly derivative, but it also has a huge heart, a lot of soul and a …