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Rating: 0.5 out of 5
Here we go again with another video game turned into a movie. This time around, we have the one and only Tekken. In a world that brought you gems like Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Tomb Raider, and so many others, Tekken ranks probably around the bottom of the barrel. Was I expecting anything extraordinary?? Nope! Actually, I wasn’t even disappointed because I knew that I was going to watch a bad movie from the start. So here we go.
The film starts off stating that in the late 2010s, after a Terror War, could’ve just said World War 3, that most of civilization had been destroyed. Eight mega-corporations survive and divide up the world around them from the rubble. The biggest and most powerful organization controlling North America is the one and only Tekken Corporation. The chairman of the Tekken Corporation, Heihachi Mishima, sponsors the King of Iron Fist Tournament or simply known as Iron Fist, where fighters from the eight corporations battle until there is only one. That fighter receives a lifetime of stardom and wealth. Yet, surrounding Tekken City is the slums that are called the Anvil. In 2039, Jin Kazama (Foo), a 19-year-old, was raised by his mother and trained in the art of fighting while also being a contraband runner. While life is hard, Jun protects her son until one day, Jin is targeted by Jackhammers, an elite specs group that patrols the Anvil and ensures the safety of Tekken City. As Jin tries to return home, his mother is killed by the Jackhammers bombarding the house. Calling upon his inner Drake, Jin decides to try out at the Open Call for the Iron Fist tournament and get the revenge he wants against the people who took everything from here.
Listen, this film is straight-up awful. Does it have some good moments? Meh. Mostly, this movie is like Mortal Kombat with a few sexy dances and fighting. Honestly, I wasn’t impressed at all. Kazuya was a straight-up punk ass bitch, and I really wasn’t feeling his character when I played the first game. I actually hated this movie, and it just didn’t flow right and didn’t seem right.
The fighting of this film was wanky and just didn’t make sense at all. Every fight that Jin was part of was pretty okay. When he fought against Marshall Law, it was one of the best fights in the movie, and that is saying a lot. After that, each fight was just blah, and the effects around the characters were over the top. Once again, I would say I was disappointed, but I wasn’t. I felt like I knew what I was getting into with a video game movie.
Jon Foo as Jin Kazama was okay. It wasn’t like I didn’t like him; it was just that he seemed out of place. I don’t know how to say it or what to even say. I wasn’t impressed with Kelly Overton as Christie Monteiro was so damn beautiful. She had on these pants that might as well not even have been pants. Let’s be real. The real star of this film is Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Heihachi Mishima. He was okay in this role, but dude still reminded me of Shang Tsung. He is the only one who seems cool and sensible in this whole film.
Okay, as I end this review, I want to say that this Tekken film can be skipped. Don’t waste a single second on it. Yet, there is always an animation movie with video games that is beyond insane and fantastic. Street Fighter has a ton of these movies, and Tekken has one. It was made in 1998 and is only 57 minutes long. You want to see the true Tekken, watch that film.
