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 (as Dwight 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:

based on video game | cellphone | kiss | death | slum | 

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Taglines:

Survival is no game.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi | 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:

English Japanese

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, Filosophia

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite being based on the events of Tekken 3 and Tekken 5, Real Kazuya does not participate or appears in the original story of these two games: In tekken 3 it was assumed that the character was possibly dead after the events of Tekken 2 and Tekken 5 this does not participate by fleeing from the multitude of jack's that explode in hammaru.cabe to emphasize that Kazuya if it can be selected to play in Tekken 5 nevertheless officially he has no appearance in the history of the video game.

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Goofs

When Jin is fighting Marshall Law, Law's gloves is missing in several scenes.

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Quotes

[Jin lands a flying punch that knocks out Marshall Law, winning the Open Call fight]
Jin Kazama: Respect... do you hear it?
[the crowd chants for Jin]

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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

Referenced in Nostalgia Critic: Ri¢hie Ri¢h (2012)

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Soundtracks

Sugar Killah
Written by Gerard McMann & Tony Silver
Performed by Katie DiCicco

User Reviews

One of the better video game movies made. Pretty good, until they try to add a plot and stop the fighting. Could be worse. I say B

"If you can still breathe you can still fight, your only defeated when you decide." In the future countries no longer exist. The world is owned by corporations, each of which as a competitor in the "Iron-Fist" fighting tournament. Looking to avenge the death of his mother at the hands of the Tekken group, Jin (Foo) fights his way to the tournament. I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed this movie. Very, very entertaining with very good fighting scenes. It also stayed very close to the video game, complete with the pick-a-fighter sections. The downfall of this movie is the same problem with all video game movies though. When the movie is just the one-on-one fighting sequences like the game has it is very strong and fun to watch. When it tries to add a story aspect and a plot is where it begins to drag. But the filmmakers knew this I think and the movie never strays too far from the tournament aspect for too long. Overall, much better then I expected, and knowing it's a video game you will have certain expectations going in. I give it a B.

Would I watch again? - I actually might.

*Also try - Muay Thai Fighter