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The King of Fighters

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
3.1/10
4.7K
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Sean Faris, Will Yun Lee, and Maggie Q in The King of Fighters (2009)
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Live-action feature based on the video game "King of Fighters".Live-action feature based on the video game "King of Fighters".Live-action feature based on the video game "King of Fighters".

  • Director
    • Gordon Chan
  • Writers
    • Rita Augustine
    • Chris Chow
    • Matthew Ryan Fischer
  • Stars
    • Maggie Q
    • Sean Faris
    • Will Yun Lee
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    3.1/10
    4.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gordon Chan
    • Writers
      • Rita Augustine
      • Chris Chow
      • Matthew Ryan Fischer
    • Stars
      • Maggie Q
      • Sean Faris
      • Will Yun Lee
    • 55User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top cast17

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    Maggie Q
    Maggie Q
    • Mai Shiranui
    Sean Faris
    Sean Faris
    • Kyo Kusanagi
    Will Yun Lee
    Will Yun Lee
    • Iori Yagami
    Ray Park
    Ray Park
    • Rugal
    David Leitch
    David Leitch
    • Terry Bogard
    Françoise Yip
    Françoise Yip
    • Chizuru Kagura
    • (as Francoise Yip)
    Hiro Kanagawa
    Hiro Kanagawa
    • Saisyu Kusanagi
    Bernice Liu
    Bernice Liu
    • Vice
    Monique Ganderton
    Monique Ganderton
    • Mature
    Doug Abrahams
    Doug Abrahams
    • Mick O'meara
    Candus Churchill
    Candus Churchill
    • Berta
    Robin Nielsen
    • Junior Agent
    Scott Patey
    Scott Patey
    • Scott Hana
    Toshi Haraguchi
    • Takao Iwata
    Sam Hargrave
    Sam Hargrave
    • Sam
    • (as Samuel Hargrave)
    Keanu Lam
    • Young Kyo
    Mike Dopud
    Mike Dopud
    • CIA Agent
    • Director
      • Gordon Chan
    • Writers
      • Rita Augustine
      • Chris Chow
      • Matthew Ryan Fischer
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Gordon Chan's The King of Fighters was released during the same year as Dwight Little's Tekken in 2009, both movies were panned by fans and critics alike for being low-budget films, with bad casting, and are weak adaptations of popular arcade fighting-games from Japan.
    • Quotes

      [Mai is teleported into a fighting stage, which is in the form of a freezer warehouse]

      Sam: Hello, Mai.

      Mai Shiranui: [smiles] Why did you pick this freezing hole?

      Sam: Payback. Remember that sauna you chose last time?

    • Connections
      Featured in The Spoony Experiment: The King of Fighters (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Sacred Calls
      Written by Ayuko Tanaka
      Music by Shogo Ohnishi
      Vocals by Yuna
      Additional Vocals by Ayuko Tanaka & Lisa Takahashi

    User reviews55

    Featured review
    1/10

    Guys, what have you done??

    There are some movies that if you are fan of what is about to be told in that movie, you can say "errr.. It's a bad movie i know but what can i do? i love this cartoon/anime/video game etc."

    i have been playing KoF games more than 11 years but i have never imagined that a movie about this game would be so painful to me. It was total agony. All the characters obviously have been killed by the script writers. Cast is dead. There is a soundtrack in the movie but believe me, if the movie would be a movie without soundtrack no one would argue that.

    Everything was 'so' awful in this movie that i couldn't believe this movie took rating more than 2.

    Total mediocre. Pain. Agony. Disaster. Catastrophic.

    0/10
    • ufukozdes
    • Sep 21, 2010
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    • Release date
      • December 31, 2009 (Taiwan)
    • Countries of origin
      • Japan
      • Taiwan
      • Germany
      • Canada
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sinh Tử Chiến
    • Filming locations
      • Aja Tan Studios, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Micott & Basara K.K.
      • Double Edge Entertainment
      • Inferno International
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $12,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $502,153
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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