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Tekken – Movie Trailer

its a movie…. about a fighting game.  We’re in dangerous territory here right away!  But now its a movie about one of the most popular, long running fighting game series’ of all time! With a movie that has been in the works for at least 3 years now, still holding out hope?  The series has not only featured awesome fighting mechanics, but also a long and convoluted, yet interesting story, which has developed over the course of the games until it has now become a sprawling multi-generational epic. Something akin to the War and Peace of fighting games!  How will this translate to the big screen?  If this trailer is any indication… not very well.

My initial enthusiasm for the film was tempered by this trailer and its extremely cheap looking sets and overuse of tacky CGI… the costumes just seem a bit over-colourful and thus far, not much plot is in evidence. So, if this going to be another Van Damme – Streetfighter, another Legend of Chun Li, or another Mortal Kombat?  For that matter, which one is worse?

So, will Heihachi have three foot tall hair?  Will Paul Phoenix have 5 foot tall hair?  Will they have big hair at all?  Will Yoshimitsu stab himself in his special-move or will this movie do the same? Feedback damnit and let us know!

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekken_(film)
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411951/

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