Summary

• The Vault on Pandora contains Eridian technology that can greatly benefit the power-hungry Atlas.
• Tiny Tina's genetic ties to the Eridians make her the key to opening the Vault in the Borderlands movie.
• Just like in the video game series, the Destroyer emerges as the monster in the Vault, setting up a potential sequel.

From the start, Eli Roth's Borderlands' dismal (and rare) Rotten Tomatoes score, the movie might have fared better had it stuck closer to the games' narrative and undeniable charm. However, the movie does retain one plot point: a cryptic Vault on the planet Pandora.

Not only does the Borderlands movie invent new origin stories for Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt ) and other beloved characters from the games, but it presents an entirely original spin on the series' core narrative. In the first game, Vault Hunters Lilith (Cate Blanchett), Roland (Kevin Hart), Brick, and Mordecai arrive on Pandora to search for its fabled Vault. In the movie, however, a corporate magnate named Atlas (Edgar Ramírez) hires Lilith, a bounty hunter with ties to Pandora, to locate his daughter, Tina. Eventually, Atlas reveals that Tina is the key to opening the mysterious Vault.

The Vault Contains Eridian Technology

The Eridians Were The Original Inhabitants Of Pandora

When Atlas tasks Lilith with recovering Tina from Pandora, the bounty hunter makes some crucial discoveries of her own. Tina, who's under the protection of the mercenary Roland and the "psycho" bandit Krieg (Florian Munteanu), doesn't want to be reunited with her father. Even though Atlas sends his private army after Lilith's crew, they protect Tina at all costs. It's made clear that the Borderlands movie's Tina has a connection to Pandora's Vault. Unlike her video game counterpart, the teenager was genetically engineered with biological material from the Eridians — the ancient species that once called Pandora home.

The Vault contains the lost civilization's technology — something that could greatly benefit Atlas...

The power-hungry Atlas believes that Tina, with her biological ties to the Eridians, is the key to opening Pandora's Vault. Supposedly, the Vault contains the lost civilization's technology — something that could greatly benefit Atlas' own corporation. Ultimately, Tiny Tina is unable to open the Vault, but another member of the crew holds the ability to do so: Lilith. Not only was the bounty hunter raised on Pandora, but she's an Eridian herself — which explains Borderlands boasts many differences from the games, the Vault's value remains the same.

The Destroyer Is The Monster In The Vault

The Borderlands Movie's Vault Monster Is From The Video Game Series

While the Borderlands movie's ending, a creature that dwells in the Vault drags Atlas away. In the first Borderlands game, it's revealed that the Destroyer was imprisoned in the Vault centuries earlier by the Eridians in order to prevent the universe's destruction — a twist that teases a Borderlands movie sequel.

The Borderlands movie is now in theaters nationwide.