“Borderlands” almost launched with a dreaded 0% on Rotten Tomatoes until YouTuber Grace Randolph stepped in.
Randolph, a prominent and at-times polarizing online personality known for “Beyond the Trailer,” revealed on X Thursday that her review of Eli Roth’s video game adaptation was the sole reason the film’s rotten score was bumped from a goose egg up to a measly 4%. (At pub time, two other reviewers brought the score up to 8% with 43 total reviews.)
“IT WAS ME!!!!!” Randolph said. “From 0% to 4% on Rotten Tomatoes. Whatever, man, I had a good time. Pretty crazy to set your review to post at 3 a.m.