Review of Tekken (2010) by Tanya L — 04 Jul 2013

Not bad for a video game movie! Jon Foo does a good job as Jin. It's a shame that they mispronounce the main character's name throughout the entire film, but that's more of a pet-peeve than anything else.

It's also too bad that they portray Kazuya as an evil bastard, but since the movie stays fairly down-to-Earth for a dystopian future setting, I doubt they wanted to bring in Kazuya's whole possession and duality plot-line.

Especially since the film focuses on Jin as the main character. They wouldn't have had time to develop Kazuya properly if they had used his story from the game. This movie is some-what reminiscent of an 80's style martial-arts tournament film.

It doesn't really try to go over the top with the action and fight scenes. It's just a good old-fashion martial-arts film, with a decent plot and just enough modernization to keep the style from feeling dated.

So if you like that type of movie or the Tekken games, then this is worth watching. Just don't expect to be blown away or anything.