As a rule, movie tie-in games are pretty awful; Aliens: Colonial Marines, R.I.P.D., Star Trek - all are co-op, all based on movies and all pretty poor. They also happen to be coming on sale between 8-14th October over on XBLA. If you need proof that some movie games can be good Guardians of Middle Earth is also on offer.
News of the upcoming XBLA offers come courtesy of Major Nelson's Blog, which has news of all the bargains for the next two weeks:
Deal of the Week
Movie Theme 8-Oct to 14-Oct
Star Trek 50% off
Aliens: Colonial Marines 50% off
Guardians of the Middle Earth 50% off
Pacific Rim 50% off
Aliens v Predator 50% off
Transformers 50% off
RIPD 50% off
Real Steel 50% off
X-Men 50% off
Storm 15-Oct to 21-Oct
Capsized 50% off
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 50% off
Ben 10 Omniverse™ 50% off
Ben 10™ Galactic Racing 50% off
BEN 10 ULTIMATE ALIEN™ 50% off
Tomb Raider Underworld 50% off
Battlestations Midway 75% off
Battlestations Pacific 80% off
There is no news yet which Transformers and X-Men game/games will be on offer, but hopefully they will be the coop inclined incarnations.
Source: Majornelson.com