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Ray Park, Sean Faris, and Franois Yip headline director Gordon Chan's live-action adaptation of the popular videogame. ~ Rovi

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Directed by: Gordon Chan

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DVD Release Date: July 26, 2011

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  • phubbs1
    April 27, 2012
    phubbs1
    You can't expect this to be really closely based on the popular SNK fighter as we all know how these type of films fare and this is no different frankly.

    With a small selection of characters from the game and an overly convoluted plot this film feels way too bogged down with min... read moredless dialog and not much fighting. Game franchises like this tend to have rather silly overblown stories behind their characters which tend not to make much sense or have any proper continuity, I give you 'Street Fighter'. This film is a let down as the creators have tried to encompass as much back story as possible but all that ends up doing is boring and confusing you with endless Japanese sounding names, places and objects which mean nothing unless you are a fanboy.

    The fighting is pretty limp really and that's the killer blow, Ray Park growls and snarls his way through the film as the main bad guy and to be honest he looks the part..but that's it. The rest of the cast are nobodies accept for the overrated Maggie Q and there isn't really anything of interest to comment on.

    Unoriginal fights, dull costumes, uninspired effects (what little there was) and some bad looking sets all make this a poor waste of your time. Its not horrific as was 'Street Fighter', much better than 'Double Dragon' (not hard) but nowhere near as fun as 'MK' and even 'Tekken' had some reasonably fun fights with the pretty boy cheese meister Luke Goss. Main problem here is they tried to make it way too seriously and it just doesn't work basically.
  • lewiskendell
    July 27, 2011
    lewiskendell
    "Wow, this just keeps getting better and better."

    The King of Fighters is more like the king of movies that have absolutely nothing to do with their source material. That's right, it even knocks Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li off its lofty perch, and almost reaches the he... read moreights of Super Mario Bros. You won't recognize any of the characters unless they mention their names, and even then you'll probably think you misheard them (prepare to choke on whatever you're eating or drinking when you're introduced to "Terry Bogard"). The story is incomprehensible, and even the characters freely and often admit that they have no idea what's going on. I wouldn't even know it was a King of Fighters movie if people didn't insist on saying "King of Fighters" as often and as awkwardly as possible. 

    Any and all entertainment to be derived from this will come purely from how outright hilarious it is in its awfulness. If there was any kind of script written down beyond drunken scribbles on a stained bar napkin, I'd be shocked. The dialogue is terrible, the actors don't even seem to understand what they're saying (I know I didn't), and the fight scenes are adequate at best, inexplicable much more often, and until the end, they're usually over in a few seconds either way. 

    On the positive side, the cinematography is occasionally good, there are frequent opportunities for laughs, and Maggie Q. is hot. Absolutely nothing like the character she's supposed to be portraying and so slender it looks like you'd blow her away by breathing on her too hard, but still hot. The chick playing Vice was pretty sexy, too. That's about it for the "pros" column.   

    If you can't appreciate massive levels of camp and unintentional humor, don't come near this. If you can, prepare to laugh and have a pretty great time mocking King of Fighters. It's so bad that it's wonderful. 

    Until the end, that is. The last part of the movie is a boring, seemingly endless fight that basically grinds the fun to a halt. It becomes pretty obvious around that time that most of the $12 million budget was spent on CG fireballs. And of course, the door is left open for a sequel. Because the filmmakers knew we'd all be demanding that. 

    This definitely is in no way, shape, form, or fashion a "good" movie, but it was a highly entertaining train-wreck...for a while. Fans of the games will be even more amused/horrified. 
  • skactopus
    December 15, 2010
    skactopus
    Gordan Chan screws up and creates a disaster of a movie in The King of Fighters.

    The king of boredom is a better description for this movie or even the king of f******* bull****! The 90 minutes doesn't go by quick enough. The story unravels at a lackadaisical pace, and

    ... read more what doesn't help is the plot details aren't interesting or entertaining enough in the first place.

    For a film titled The King of Fighters there isn't enough action and what does exist is unimpressive. The choreography has some small shining points, but nowhere near anything to recommend a viewing for. The CG effects are a mixed bag and once again they are nothing to feel bad about missing.

    The cast sounds fitting for this type of film, but this is just a blemish on their resume. Maggie Q, Sean Faris, and Ray Park aren't good enough to step forward and take control of this picture. Francoise Yip is the only person that felt capable of getting the job done, but her serious lack of airtime was a hurting point.

    The King of Fighters is a disappointment after disappointment and all that is left to say is to skip this sorry excuse of a movie.
  • deano
    September 24, 2010
    deano
    This live-action film adapted on the video game is so dull as well as D.O.A.: Dead or Alive is the only excellent fight choreography and plenty of sexy and hot women.
    On a whole, the setting of the story manages to immediately rip-off The Matrix while sounding more... read more confusing than the entire trilogy combined. The premise of this movie shows a secret tournament that is held in some alternate dimension in which fighters from around the world "log in" to via special earpieces.
    When some action does come once in a while, it is an utter let down and a complete joke especially when one knows what kind of awesome action Hong Kong is capable of. The fight choreography is generally uninspired, almost dull.
    Maggie Q does an excellent job of not looking embarrassed.
  • jorgeroman1
    January 12, 2011
    jorgeroman1
    I'm giving this movie a 10% only based on the trailer, plot, & cast. Hell, the movie already looks like absolute garbage. NO ONE but Mature's actress looks like the original character. Mai is a G cup hottie played by some A or B cup hottie with a really long face. And another thi... read moreng that pisses me off about this soon to come movie other than the miscast & not adding Athena, is the Kyo focus. I HATE Kyo. Why does KOF always focus on Kyo?! Iori deserves much more focus & attention than him!

    So far, this movie looks nothing like the games. Why is it that directors making a movie based on a video game never seem make the movie similar to the game & choose actors who look LEAST like the characters?! If they would have added Athena, Chris, Shermie & Yashiro, & made the plot similar to KOF 97's, then I'd have a little more hope for the movie.

    But no, instead we get tons of miscasts, & outfits that barely resemble anything of the source, & a plot that looks nothing like the video game. Rugal is a 6'5" villain played by some actor who is probably half his height. Vice & Mature's characters have outfits barely similar to their original characters, & plus, they have weapons. Vice & Mature use their own fighting skills/powers to fight, which is what made those characters amazing. Terry, the outfit is similar, but he lost the ponytail, & the actor doesn't look like Terry Bogart much.

    I have been a fan of the KOF games for a very long time, & I've always wondered about a movie. When I saw what became of Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, I began to think differently about a movie adaption of KOF. Then I hear it IS gonna become a movie, My hopes for this movie went down the drain instantly when I saw the cast, & read the plot. Why can't the directors ask fans of the video game to give their suggestions on what actors look more like the characters they're using? Hell, Winona Ryder with her boyish short hair looks more like Vice than Bernice Liu does!

    Hands down, I'm 95% sure this movie will suck. And I'm only basing this off the trailer, cast, & plot.
  • acorn072681
    April 25, 2012
    acorn072681
    I am convinced that no matter how many live action Tekken movies they make, none of them will be any good.
  • maggotweiss
    October 11, 2011
    maggotweiss
    I like to think that this kind of movie is what happens when to many westerners get involved with kung fu, you get a tepid rehash of the martrix crossed with Mortal Combat. I shouldn't be surprised to find out this is based on a video game, because, as we know, no good can come f... read morerom that...
  • ein2236
    August 3, 2011
    ein2236
    well now im gonna kinda go backwards about saying how much i like fight games made into movies cuz i dont know what the hell happened with this one i mean i just watch tekken and totally liked that one and this one was just ok and stuff going on in this movie was just out there a... read morend i didnt like it that the charaters didnt even look like they were supposed to i mean i can deal with changes to clothes and stuff its bound to happen but in this movie the actors didnt even match with who they were supposed to be terry bogard was just funny and iori and kyo werent great either i like the actor who was playing iori but he was not fit for the part the only 2 in this movie i did think were interesting to watch were ray park and maggie Q but anyway this movie was a mess and thats just not because it was trying to be based on a video game it was just a mess period it had some nice effects at times and some good fight scenes but beyond that not much to see here

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Felix Vasquez Jr.
February 2, 2011
Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

Yet another semi-classic video game from the nineties is butchered in to yet another lazily made film... Full Review

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