Because every other fighting arcade console game worth playing has been adapted to film, and judging by that track record, it just makes sense that they would make Tekken.
Filmofilia gives us the synosis:
Set in 2039, the greatest fighters from around the world come to compete in the last and greatest sporting event of all time, the Fist Tournament. After World Wars destroy much of civilization as we know it, the remaining territories are no longer run by governments, but by corporations the mightiest of which is Tekken. In order to keep the masses down, Tekken sponsors the Iron Fist Tournament in which fighters compete to the death for ultimate glory and receive a lifetime of stardom and wealth.
We are introduced to this violent world through the eyes of Jin Kazama, a street fighter that enters the tournament in order to avenge the death of his mother that he blames upon Tekken’s powerful and controlling Chairman, Heihachi Mishima. He knows that the only way to get close enough to Mishima to kill him is to win the tournament. With the help of Lucas, an ageing Iron Fist Champion and fight trainer, Jin makes his way through the tournament, but in doing so, he begins to uncover his own past and inner demons as well as exposing a dark underbelly to Tekken that threatens the very existence of humanity.
And now we get our first real look at the trailer.
Well it looks pretty much like every other fighting combat video game movie. Weak on plot, love interest for eyecandy and some decent looking fight scenes.
Oh and if the stigma of a video game movie adaptation wasn’t enough of a stink to carry around, this is getting a direct to dvd release.
It will be out March 5th in the UK, with no announced North American release yet.
