Someone at Namco was probably not too pleased with how the Hollywood adaptation of Tekken turned out and sought to bring justice to the franchise in the silver-screen. Enter Tekken: Blood Vengeance, Namcoรขโฌ™s in-house effort to deliver a motion picture on their highly successful fighting game title. Hit the jump for the entire review.
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The plot is loosely tied to the game but is assumed to be canon. Although the character appearance are minimal and features only key characters, the movie relies heavily on the Mishima family history and thus assumes the viewer has some knowledge of it. My cousin who watched with me only played Tekken 3 and doesnรขโฌ™t have much idea on the plot and he got completely lost in the story. Also worth mentioning is that Xiaoyu and Anna do not know each other, which is very surprising since both have probably met since Tekken 3.
It was highly dissatisfying to see Shin Kamiya killed with one back breaker from Heihachi with the plot putting him in such a high-horse as an immortal. Also adding to my disapproval is the sidetracking of Xiaoyu in the final battle when Jin, Kazuya and Heihachi came in. With Xiaoyu spending nearly the entire first hour on screen, a huge chunk of the story rode on her and it really felt bad that she gets pushed to the side when the big boys came in. Fan-service. Namco couldรขโฌ™ve done a better job tying her in with the final battle like making her the catalyst to Jinรขโฌ™s final form and such. Having her in a vulnerable position was also disappointing, pointing again to her strong early screen presence.
All in all, itรขโฌ™s stays loyal to its game counterpart: story isnรขโฌ™t really its strong point. Excellent chemistry with Alisa and Xiaoyu and their onscreen performance was stellar. The rest of the cast is meh. Wrapping things up, this movie is best enjoyed with some decent knowledge of the Tekken universe and its characters lest you just want to see a high school drama turned into Dragon Ball Z.
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Mac, do you mean to say Alisa is so FAHAHAAAYYYYN.
Lay her down FAHIYAIIINNN!!!!!
alisa is smooth and soft FAHAYAAAAAYAAAYNNNN
Yuri moment with Alisa and Xiaoyu, so cute & sweet!!!