Tekken (2010)

Jin Kazama witnesses the death of his mother Jun by Tekken in the slums known as Anvil. After finding a Tekken ID he decides to seek out vengeance for his mother's death.

Director:

Dwight H. Little

Writer:

Alan B. McElroy (screenplay)

Stars:

Jon Foo, Kelly Overton, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jon Foo	...	Jin Kazama
Kelly Overton	...	Christie Monteiro
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Heihachi Mishima
Ian Anthony Dale	...	Kazuya Mishima
Cung Le	...	Marshall Law (as Cung Lee)
Darrin Dewitt Henson	...	Raven
Luke Goss	...	Steve Fox
Mircea Monroe	...	Kara
Tamlyn Tomita	...	Jun Kazama
Candice Hillebrand	...	Nina Williams (as Candicé Hillebrand)
Marian Zapico	...	Anna Williams
Gary Daniels	...	Bryan Fury
John Pyper-Ferguson	...	Bonner
Roger Huerta	...	Miguel Rojo
Lateef Crowder	...	Eddy Gordo

Storyline

The year is 2039. World wars have destroyed everything and territories are run by corporations, the mightiest -- and cruelest -- of which is Tekken. Jin Kazama (John Foo) witnesses the death of his mother Jun (Tomita) by Tekken in the slums known as Anvil. Vowing vengeance, and armed only with his street smarts and raw fighting skills, he enters a dangerous and potentially deadly combat tournament, where he must defeat the world's most elite fighters to become the "King of the Iron Fist."

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Plot Keywords:

death | slum | tournament | fighter | combat | 

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Taglines:

Survival is no game.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and brutal fighting throughout, and for some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Italy] Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan USA

Language:

Mandarin Japanese English

Release Date:

20 March 2010 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Teken

Filming Locations:

Camp Beauregard, Pineville, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CST Productions, Crystal Sky Pictures, Crystal Sky

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although Paul Phoenix (one of notable TEKKEN character that appeared in the entire games) isn't in the movie, his name is mentioned in this movie by Tekken sport-caster, where he got knocked out by Marshall Law in 28 seconds.

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Goofs

When Steve asked Jin to be his sponsors, he ask his name. Oddly he forgot/didn't heard all the crowd or the TEKKEN Sport-caster yelling Jin's name out loud.

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Quotes

Heihachi Mishima: You will regret this!

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Crazy Credits

After the film's end, there's an additional scene, showing Kazuya Mishima in a jail, then Heihachi Mishima with a Tekken soldier about to execute him. Heihachi Mishima repeats that he is Tekken and that the soldier should obey him. The soldier does just that and Heihachi Mishima is spared execution.

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Connections

Featured in Bad Movie Beatdown: BMB Spoony Experiment: Tekken (2011)

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Soundtracks

"War"
Written by Mark Sayfritz, John Crichlow, Ivor Crichlow
Performed by Dog

User Reviews

Actually not that bad

I was surprised positively. Yes, it's a video game adaption and from what I can tell it doesn't stick too much too it story wise, but for me it was quite entertaining. It's stupid, but not yet on a level where you want to face palm yourself all the time. It's much more serious than DOA and I still like that one better, but that's mostly because of its all-out- trash-appeal and because the fight choreography is a million times better. In Tekken many fights look like training exercises, many cuts can't hide, that you're not watching one fight, but many separate actions. Plus, there are some shots that are supposed to look dramatic or cool, but the just look badly done.

But all in all, it's mildly entertaining, it does look more expensive than it was, the cos-play-factor is bearable and some ideas in the fights are nice to see. I would never buy it, but for rent it's entertaining 90 minutes of mindless fun.