Computer game to movie conversions don't always work. There's a handful where the resultant film franchise does quite well, or are at least commercially successful, such as the Resident Evil series, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider etc.

However, more often than not, the films end up as flops. Hardly any effort is put into the film as they know, whatever trash they put out there, there'll be an audience for it.

Quelle surprise that Tekken falls pretty much into that latter category, then. They do quite well to build up the world, introducing it straight from the off with a simple description of why things are the way they are. You then get introduced to Jin, who is a "runner"…

Computer game to movie conversions don't always work. There's a handful where the resultant film franchise does quite well, or are at least commercially successful, such as the Resident Evil series, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider etc.

However, more often than not, the films end up as flops. Hardly any effort is put into the film as they know, whatever trash they put out there, there'll be an audience for it.

Quelle surprise that Tekken falls pretty much into that latter category, then. They do quite well to build up the world, introducing it straight from the off with a simple description of why things are the way they are. You then get introduced to Jin, who is a "runner"…

Tekken is a video game adaptation that just shies from taken itself too seriously. Adapting a video game, particularly a fighting game, can be a daunting task. Tekken manages to strip the story down to bare essentials, a draconian government run by a corporation and a fighting tournament populated by colorful characters. That's really all you need other than an arc for the central character, Jin, who must use the latter to defeat the former. The good. Casting for the most part is dead on and the costuming helps recreate the iconic characters to the screen. The acting is sound for a movie of this type, melodramatic without devolving into mere histrionics. The world building is convincing enough, with strong…

Tekken har i alle år vært the grand old lady of fighting games når det kommer til det historiske aspektet for hvor mange slåsspill disker opp med noen særdeles grunne bakgrunnhistorier har Namco gjort seg flid med hver eneste en av det enorme rollegalleriet i Tekken og det hele kulminerte i Tekken 6 for alle kortfilmene sett under ett var en overraskende underholdene og velgjort animasjonsfilm. Når dette universet så ENDELIG skulle filmatiseres var frykten stor; for hvor mange spill-til-film prosjekter har gått den riktige veien?

Hvor mange karakterer Tekken serien har bydd på har jeg ikke telling på men bare i foreløpig siste kapittel (Tekken 6) var det 40 unike karakterer med hver sin omfattende historie og med slike…

I grew up playing this game and when I heard that it was being made into a film I had mixed feelings about it. As I loved the game (still do) but every movie adaptation of any Beat'em Up video games I have seen never work at all in anyway.

Upon watching this, it is probably the best one I have seen. It tells the Story of Jin Kazama. After seeing his mother killed by the Tekken Corporation Jin discovers a Tekken tournament ID badge that was his mothers. Seeking out Vengeance Jin enters the tournament in order to bring down Heihachi Mishima and the Corporation.

This film is half and half if we're talking about sticking to the video…