‘A Minecraft Movie’ review: Idiotic video game film stomps on your brain

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meh-gical land called the Overworld that she’s stumbled into after strolling through a portal in a cave. Similarly incomprehensible is this irritating film starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, which is apparently based on the most popular video game of all time.Who knew?

Who cares?I hesitate to call “Minecraft” intellectual property, though, as that would suggest that there is some semblance of intellect anywhere.Mine all you like.

You’ll never find any smarts in this cavern of stupidity.Once we learn that an evil pig villainess with a New Zealand accent is tormenting citizens because she once lost a dance competition, our brains self-combust.That’s if your gray matter is somehow still intact after Black’s character, Steve, a mining enthusiast who’s been trapped for years in the Overworld, shows his new friends his poultry shack, Steve’s Lava Chicken, and then sings a jingle about it.Black inexplicably breaks into song several times, as though the Tenacious D frontman built it into his contract.Your noggin will certainly be done in by Steve and Garrett (Momoa) flying through the air in a risqué position suggesting a sex act.Really, “A Minecraft Movie” is a 101-minute lobotomy.

Put that on the poster.For the uninitiated, the Overworld — I’m pretty sure — is a pixelated place where a player can erect buildings, create tools and design weapons out of blocks.