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We’ve had movie versions of Mortal Kombat that was kinda campy but watchable, and we’ve had movie versions of Street Fighter which were pretty bad to downright terrible. Now video gaming males from ages 18-35 — and Moye, ha ha — can rest tight knowing that there’s going to be a movie about everyone’s favorite four button fighting game that incorporates corporations and demon possession, Tekken.
Tekken will be centered around Jin Kazama, played by British model and wushu martial artist Jon Foo, and will have some of the characters from the latter series, including one scary-ass lookalike for Craig Murduk and Chiaki Kuriyama, who as Ling Xiaoyu will be able to stay in her “I kill people in a schoolgirl outfit” roles she took on for Battle Royale and Kill Bill. (Update: Nope, not true.)
Who won’t be in the movie? Paul Phoenix, which attests to the fact that they were not able to convince any 45 year olds to get a Kid-N-Play haircut and be a cheap asshole. (In this movie, that role goes to Eddy Gordo. “Hows it going, Eddy Gor-” [gets leg swept]) So what’s the verdict: will this movie be bad good, or bad bad?
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in tekken 2010 movie, Mishima Heihachi is not yet dead in the end. probably, there will be part 2 of it. anyway, the movie is really nice and all the character of iron fist fighters in tekken the movie looks like the tekken in the video game. the one who played the character of JIN is really cool... and he is soooo cute and hunk!
WAHHHHHH! *runs away*
OMG! I am soooo going to watch this!!! My all-time favorite game now in theaters? Yes!!!
IMHO, Bruce Willis would have made a great Paul Phoenix.
XD So I've heard, though I've never tried it.
Also helpful: weed. LOTS AND LOTS OF WEED.
I'm going to take the same approach that I have for other video games-turned-movies: leave my expectations and my brain at the door, and just watch the pretty.
eh. most movies that are video game based are usually crap. and this doesn't seem to break that mold.
The stunt performers make it seem pretty good, actually:
Tekken Movie Stunt Stars (Discovery) Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avjXQmDTSVw
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D7bqb9pNYs
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-8thx07LK0
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-HYGY59Zds
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRtFm_jpNx8
Ernie - this looks like an awful movie to go with a great game....
They better have that giant fighting bear in this movie!
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