Tekken The Movie (2010) - What Happened?

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[@MattMcMuscles]

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[@jimstang2328]

That shits gross!! Small bags of Bio Engineered garbage. 4 little (bags) boxes for $39 dollars..

[@Iqzzy-KO]

No wonder this film fell flat, they lost their director & then it just became a snowball effect, even losing FUCKING JET LI & JACKIE CHAN!

[@jupiterliketheplanet]

Oh i worked on this movie! It was my first official PA credit. There weren't many jobs after katrina and the movies were hiring like crazy. I spent time living in my car going to random sets and asking for work. They hired me and I slept in a casino parking lot for almost 2 weeks until crafty found out what I was doing and let me rent a room from them. The movie is bad, sure, but it turned out better than i expected working on it. Good times

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

Seeing Shang Tsung in a Heihachi cosplay is legit the funniest thing I've seen in my life.

[@MMAddict39]

I think it's perfectly in character, Shang's all about taking on the appearance of others.

[@somerandolad]

And his acting was just as hilarious.

[@itzorin600]

I still think that was perfect casting

[@mrassassinscreedfan1]

That guy is just addicted to hosting tournaments

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

@@MMAddict39 Yeah thats true. Knowing Shang Tsung he'll make any excuse just to show up as someone else to cause chaos

[@shiningknight23]

It's wild they had Jackie Chan on board as Lei Wulong and Sony as a distributor and they blew it

[@nonamepasserbya6658]

Just like the Mario Movie, the problem all boils down to director/producer disputes as well as budget. On top of that, they had issues with distributors unlike Mario Bros

[@DioDCynic]

Lei is basically based on Jackie. How do you even screw this up?

[@PHSDM104]

​@@DioDCynic *insert confused Jackie face*

[@fernie-fernandez]

I find it hilarious that SONY was riding high with CAPCOM’s Resident Evil, but I guess their preferences worked more to them than other producers…

[@MisfortuneDark]

It still baffles me how at the time series like Mortal Kombat and Dead or Alive got movies but decided to make them PG-13 yet somehow Tekken, one of the most consistently T rated fighters out there made their movie R rated

[@BigEOT3]

And yet it’s fitting with the new entry Tekken 8 getting a 18+ CERO rating in Japan

[@thelastgogeta]

​@@BigEOT3CERO D (17+) games are regularly rated lower if it is violence based outside Japan and the rating is almost definitely an anomaly like Ace Attorney 5 getting a C (15+) when every other game has murders and is Cero A (all ages) or just them being more sensitive in general. Mario Odyssey is CERO B (12+) by the way.

[@edwn00005]

this tekken movie had a scene among kazuya, nina, and anna. that's why.

[@RusticRonnie]

Blood = JPN CERO But in the US blood can be rated teen you need gore to be M

[@thelastgogeta]

@@MakoShiruba Well rating systems are inconsistent due to changing standards and them not playing the games (they usually get submitted videos and probably less nowadays if they rate for multiple regions together). They are more consistent than game scores, but for the part which is most open to interpretation - whether a parent should be letting their child play it with a loose number or letter. AA5 in particular does a few things "new" from my recollection and a check, but given the scale of the series (impalement isn't too rare) and the scale of the medium... I don't think some more colour and animation is enough to cross a new threshold. As an aside, I personally found the efficient animation in older games and even just text or music in the first Zero Escape to sell me more on an M rating though I wouldn't stop someone reading detective fiction or an early teen who watches seasonal anime from either.

[@michaeljacksonfanmade87]

"I dont want it to be like mortal kombat" Proceeds to cast shang tsung 💀

[@trbd]

"I dont want it to be like mortal kombat" "Oh anyway, here is kazuya announcing fights-to-death midway through the film"

[@Gauchesuede123]

And then Bryan proceed to do a fatality on Dragunov.

[@AdudenamedVince]

The only true Tekken movie will have everyone speak their own language and include a fighting bear.

[@fernie-fernandez]

I remember when Dwight H. Little reflected on the book, Roger was considered to appear…

[@scarletpsychowolf3578]

"...cut anything provocative involving Nina and Anna..." BOY THEY SURE IGNORED THAT NOTE

[@JunKazamaFan]

Well, it's a half-truth. THAT scene from the R-rated director's cut that is presumably lost to history is even more explicit and presumably longer.

[@fernie-fernandez]

I find it odd that NAMCO doesn’t want that to happened…but they are created with a fan-service vibe…and the final film did it any way.

[@Riderbooker]

I like the mental image of King cutting Rock promos, but it's just a series of growls and snarls.

[@Phillyjoe2]

It's great seeing him do that in his own Tekken 8 trailer, he's my favourite character

[@joshuamarks4425]

In some bizarre trivia: Steven Paul in the midst of Tekken's production chaos tried to back a couple of other films in order to keep his production company afloat. Namely the Bratz movie from 2007, and the two Ghost Rider films starring Nic Cage. Also he inexplicably produced Neil Marshall's deeply underrated post-apocalyptic film Doomsday, and for some reason had the film rights to both a live-action Ghost in the Shell and a Castlevania film. The former managed to miraculously arrive in theaters after years in development hell, but not without significant controversy (and being a massive bomb), while the latter (which actually had James Wan and Warren Ellis attached at one point) didn't, although Ellis chose to repurpose his story as the Netflix series (which has no involvement from Crystal Sky). He's also Jon Voight's agent, which is why he keeps inexplicably appearing in several Steven Paul productions, including Superbabies Baby Geniuses 2.

[@SonicKurosaki]

How the fuck did he manage to get the GitS and Castlevania film rights?

[@undead_opera_singer]

​@@SonicKurosakiseeing as the dude is inexplicably friends with Namco's founder, I wouldn't put it past him to have connections to other Japanese creators

[@joshuamarks4425]

@@SonicKurosaki It's like how he got the Tekken film rights. Very close connections with the licensors. And also, he was best buds with Avi Arad too which is why they're both credited in Ghost Rider 1/2 and GitS.

[@somerandomguy9891]

Before starting the video: There's a tekken movie...? Some minutes later: THERE'S A KING OF FIGHTERS MOVIE?? RIGHT NOW: DAMN, THE CAPS LOCK DOESN'T GO AWAY, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE PHONE?

[@definitelynotapervert5602]

The film industry is a *very* funny thing. 😂

[@Facebones2391]

-doesn't want to clone Mortal Kombat -casts MK actors in 2 of 3 main roles Checks out.

[@ratchetxtreme6591]

I feel like whenever it comes to video game films, the Tekken duology is one I don’t hear too many people talk about.

[@MattMcMuscles]

Probably because it's not horrible, and it's not good. It's like a 4 or 5, which makes it far worse than a 0 or a 7-10.

[@rainbowkrampus]

I forgot this movie even existed til this video popped up in my feed. Make of that what you will.

[@inteligentidiot7233]

NGL, I never even heard of these movies until this video, so take that as you will. But yeah, wow.

[@MagmaMKII]

@@MattMcMuscles Its just average, boring and unremarkable, which I guess is worse than being laughably bad like Street Fighter, MK Annihilation or Double Dragon.

[@DragonNexus]

​@MattMcMuscles worst thing something can be is boring, after all. Which is why noone cares about Legend of Chun Li but everyone has opinions on the original Street Fighter.

[@alastormedial]

This movie is exactly as canon as most Tekken endings

[@JunKazamaFan]

This movie and Tekken 8 both feature Kazuya making the tournament fights be to the death. Funny coincidence.

[@harrylane4]

@@JunKazamaFan the fights in Tekken 8 weren’t to the death? All the losers in the fights come back and have a role later in the story

[@alastormedial]

@@harrylane4 yeah the stakes were that losers in the tournament would have their home country annihilated, not that the individual would die.

[@JunKazamaFan]

​@@harrylane4 The way it's subtitled makes it sound like both the fighter and their country would be wiped out.

[@jenn5628]

Jin Kazama was supposed to be a man that choose to be celibate so he don't pass his devil gene to his kids but the devil gene was not mentioned in this movie and they made him a sex crazed fanatic LMAO now I see why Harada hated this movie

[@justaway4271]

Whoever made this movie wanted it to be "grounded and realistic" as possible, so no such thing as Devil Gene in this movie. Thus, the tattoo on Jin's shoulder is just pure cosmetic.

[@jenn5628]

@@justaway4271 I see that explains it

[@fernie-fernandez]

I don’t remember the “Sex-Crazed Fanatic” part out of Jin from that film…unless that was Kazuya?

[@jenn5628]

@fernie-fernandez Jin was having sex with an unknown girl when he was attacked by Jack robots at his house. He was making out with Christie Monteiro in the club and again in the alleyway. I was like damn, I guess he does want his bloodline to continue

[@YouMakeMyMotorRun]

@@justaway4271 They didn't even need the devil gene in any case. Jin Kazama comes from a family of psychos and back-stabbing monsters anyway... it would make sense for him not to bring new life into said family and thus choosing to stay away from sexual relationships.

[@Cool_Calm_Chris]

Shang Tsung playing Heihachi and still wanting to take souls is absolutely hilarious

[@MrSTVR]

Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge Tekken 3: The Legend of Jinpachi's Gold

[@fernie-fernandez]

Tekken: The Legend of Nina Williams, anyone...!?

[@DeadpoolNegative]

This movie is almost worth watching for the way they tried to work in the "Heiachi Mishima is DEAD" line.

[@mpikturesmpk]

The tekken netflix animation was actually pretty cool but i don't understand how can someone fail to just adapt an already written story like, the one thing you can't fail is the story

[@fernie-fernandez]

Was Tekken 5 to 8's was any better...!?

[@MrBeardsley]

Not sure if the story’s interesting enough, but I’d like to see a What Happened about the Peter Jackson-produced, Alex Garland-written, Neill Blomkamp-directed Halo movie we were supposed to get like 15-20 years ago.

[@csabaweisz8791]

And how it eventually turned into District 9, one of the best sci-fi movies of the 21st century (also a Wha Happun about Neill's Alien 5 movie that got axed by Ridley Scott going crank)

[@e-money9251]

Or guillermo del toro’s at the mountain of madness. Come to think of it, all lovecraft adaptations are wha happun materials

[@flipsidelimited6560]

Didn’t the movie become a downgraded origin video that came out around Halo 4’s timeframe??

[@michealkeck2877]

​@@e-money9251 I listened to a canceled movie podcast where they did a dramatic reading of the script or something like that. Was pretty good!

[@jordanwhite352]

This

[@ExiaBlade]

"Who's asking for this shit" is the realest question anyone can ask anyone.

[@guyrainey3758]

Purple skelton man? You were a purple suit, but your bones are clearly blue, Matt!

[@marvellousm]

My favorite thing about the cast was my fellow Brit Gary Daniels as Brian Fury. He looked pretty much perfect in the role.

[@JunKazamaFan]

Gary Daniels was fantastic as Bryan!

[@FuseboxEllen]

I'd love to see you cover the 2001 Hong Kong film The Avenging Fist, the movie that definitely isn't a Tekken movie. It makes that very clear by stating it isn't. It also has the Power Glove.

[@joshuanagatoshi9081]

Yes! I still have a bootleg copy of that movie that I bought from a bookstore inside 99 Ranch Market!

[@FuseboxEllen]

@@joshuanagatoshi9081 I found a copy for the princely sum of £1 in a charity shop, after originally seeing it air on the UK TV Channel CNX.

[@definitelynotapervert5602]

It's so bad.

[@tsama]

Avenging Fist is to Tekken as Future Cops is to Street Fighter. Lol

[@joshuanagatoshi9081]

@@tsama I just showed my kids that movie. They died when the main character turned into Goku.

[@WolfMoon351]

I can't believe they were going to do dirty with King. King was NO steroid user and bodyguard for Heihachi.

[@JunKazamaFan]

I'd like to take this opportunity to give Anna Williams' live-action actress, Marian Zapico, her flowers. She doesn't have a particularly big role in the movie, being second fiddle to her sister (portrayed by Candice Hillebrand of KTV fame), and the most action she sees, pardon the expression, is during that (in)famous bedroom scene with Nina and Kazuya, but she's always spoken so positively and passionately about receiving this role, and she's nothing but respectful and friendly to her fans and followers, I can't help but love and appreciate her. Talking with her on Instagram honestly inspired me to start playing as Anna, and I thank her very much for that. I'd be thrilled if Tekken 8 Anna receives some of Marian's in-movie mannerisms as a small tribute to her, I think she's earned that much. Also, I don't know if it was intentional or not, but I like how all in-game footage of Anna in this video shows her in the blue dress, similar to what Marian wore in the movie. :)

[@coolfinel]

To me, it’s not surprising Anchor Bay were the ones who ended up releasing the film. They’ll distribute pretty much anything. Some of there catalog includes Evil Dead 1&2, C.H.U.D., Santa Claus: The Movie (the one from 1985), Children of the Corn, and various episodes of Doctor Who, Hellboy Animated, and Thomas the Tank Engine.

[@michaelcooper3126]

I remember watching this movie on Dish’s pay per view and the synopsis for this movie was that Jin was training to fight Anvil for killing his mother and I was like, “ Who the hell was Anvil?!?”

[@guyvizard549]

Never even knew there was a KoF movie until this moment. You learn something new every day, I guess.

[@kamenrangerzeo8251]

Cary Tagawa as Heihachi was the highlight of the film, however the story of this was not the King of Iron Fist hit. But if I had a choice between this and the legend of Chun-li, I would chose the former than the later.

[@scarletpsychowolf3578]

Although at least the Chun Li movie didn't have an incest scene

[@e-money9251]

@@scarletpsychowolf3578which makes it worse jk

[@JunKazamaFan]

​@@e-money9251^ This guy gets it! Williams sisters incest is wincest. :P

[@redacted2275]

TLICL is awful, it looks like a made for TV movie.

[@fernie-fernandez]

@@redacted2275Which its production studio is known for…

[@bobafett4265]

It's surprising after how many attempts at making a Tekken movie, they never got the glory they were looking for, not to mention the Anime on top of it. I wonder at this point doing a live action TV Show about the Iron Fist Tournament might be a smarter move at this point, it would give them time to actually explore these characters and give them the justice they deserve, let alone the IP.

[@mrduckman8381]

I was at my grandma's house when i first saw this movie. The only thing i remember was that she was happy when Heiachi died because she hated his hair

[@JunKazamaFan]

SPOILER: He doesn't die. End credits stinger reveals that.

[@murder.simulator]

Didn't want to clone mortal kombat. Casts mortal kombat main villain. Brilliant

[@MattMcMuscles]

To be fair, the "didn't want to make MK thing" was a sentiment by the first two writers. Then years later, new writers signed on, and they were down for anything at that point.

[@murder.simulator]

Still, if that aint typecasting, I don't know what is. I liked him as shang tsung though. Especially durimg the last fight with liu kang where he performs a street fighter style hadoken with one wrist up amd the other down

[@Gauchesuede123]

He crossed that shit when he made Bryan do a fatality on Dragunov.

[@TheRogueWolf]

What these movies were missing was the most unifying, beloved character in the Tekken series: Lucky Chloe.

[@MattMcMuscles]

She was created years after these movies came out, but ok

[@whetkatt]

I cannot believe we got shafted out of the Rock in a jaguar head speaking only in growls

[@Offroader210]

This isn't Good Ass Tekken, this is just Ass Tekken.

[@j0j0dartiste21]

Isn't that just Dead or Alive?

[@Jordan_Kazama]

Actually, it had LOTS of good Ass tekken...

[@scarletpsychowolf3578]

​@@Jordan_KazamaNOOOOO! I actually saw this movie twice :(

[@Jordan_Kazama]

@@scarletpsychowolf3578 u didn't understand my comment huh?

[@scarletpsychowolf3578]

@@Jordan_Kazama Oh I get it... unfortunately

[@Barkspawned]

It might be a bit outside of your usual territory but I feel a What Happened? on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided would be juicy. The game is super obviously unfinished and there's hints of cut content all over the place, and from my own poking around I found rumors that Jensen's voice actor somehow grabbed the wheel late in development when all the story beats were already in place and made them rewrite most of it.

[@atomdecay]

Matt, your upload schedule is so awesome for me. I get my son on weekends every weekend, Friday night to Sunday night, & Saturday around noon is right when I'm usually cleaning up before I cook lunch, & it's become a routine to turn on your newest video while I do my thing. Man I love this guy.

[@mauruhkatigaming4807]

Of all the many sad things about this film, the saddest of all is that it is somehow still the best of the four Tekken movies that have been made.

[@YokoChanAdventures]

My friend and I JUST watched this movie...its so crazy how you had a mini documentary on this. That tekken movie hurt my soul. It wasn't good even in a silly way like how DOA was. Its a shame. Maybe one day things will change. Thanks for covering this.

[@UndeadEggmiester]

Honestly I forgot this movie existed and I had no idea there was a "sequel".

[@B.-T.]

Still can't believe they put a crappy interpretation of Steve Fox in the role that Paul Phoenix could've filled so much better. And Kazuya was just... no. He came off more like "What If Lee Chaolan Got Rewritten Thrice Over By Hollywood Executives Until He Was Just A Generic Movie Villain Right Down To The Goatee". Also whatever words Katsuhiro Harada has to say about this movie... Tekken Blood Vengeance was the Tekken movie he wanted and that movie is so bad it makes Tekken The Motion Picture look like Shakespeare.

[@fernie-fernandez]

Was Blood Vengeance even good?

[@B.-T.]

@@fernie-fernandez No.

[@MY5TCrimson]

Early crew get out of bed, Matt's talking.

[@user-oc5qq3xq5y]

I mean it’s noon near me so

[@monsta6501]

Tekken would never work as a single movie. It has too much lore and individual character storylines. For me, it would work much much better as a TV series.

[@YouMakeMyMotorRun]

While that's true, and a decently done TV series of Tekken would be amazing, I think in the hands of a skilled writer the "build up the backstory and put the characters into a tournament" approach may still work in a movie... just it would have to be done well, and there wouldn't be room for every single character in the series. A good approach might be to showcase the backstory of a small group of main characters and their motivations to join the tournament, add up a second tier of less relevant characters with less defined backstories, and leave the rest as extras or cameos. Tekken definitely has the brand recognition for that, and if handled properly would open the franchise to more sequels expanding on the less defined characters of the first movie.

[@jupiterliketheplanet]

Oh i worked on this movie! It was my first official PA credit. There weren't many jobs after katrina and the movies were hiring like crazy. I spent time living in my car going to random sets and asking for work. They hired me and I slept in a casino parking lot for almost 2 weeks until crafty found out what I was doing and let me rent a room from them. The movie is bad, sure, but it turned out better than i expected working on it. Good times

[@HaloGuy467]

Never thought I'd hear Drumline be mentioned in a video about a fighting game movie in 2024 but here we are lol

[@albion65]

You didn't mention the unauthorized TEKKEN movie, 2001's THE AVENGING FIST. Made in Hong Kong by Andy Lau's production company and co-directed by Lau, the movie was meant to be an adaptation of the game. However the producers failed to secure the rights from Namco, but that didn't stop them from making the movie anyway! So in tried and true Hong Kong fashion the movie is a bizarre Sci-Fi, Martial Arts, Fantasy where the characters are clearly modeled after ones in the game but the plot has little to do with it. Check it out some time, it's truly fascinating in how crazy it is.

[@Ceejay-gl9ld]

I gotta say thanks Matt. Your Saturday uploads are always welcomed after a long work week. I feel like a kid again looking forward to Saturday morning cartoons.

[@emilysong2000]

Who would've imagined that Matt would be celebrating his 600,000 subscriber milestone by covering one of the most infamous things to have ever happened to the beloved Tekken franchise!

[@tedjomuljono3052]

In his career, John Foo had played Ryu, Jin, and later on Jackie Chan's Lee from Rush Hour A very interesting career path

[@fernie-fernandez]

Sadly, his career as of now...yeesh.

[@Pedalbored]

I kind of liked this movie. It’s got some of that 2000’s rental movie charm to it. Like a mini time capsule. I’m not very familiar with the IP but from what I’ve seen they did pretty good with the outfits and casting. I just wish we had King in the movie.

[@FutureWorldX]

Tekken has a Guiness world record for the longest running story in any game. Tekken 1 to Tekken 8 has no story resets or reboots, just one continuous story. The movies are based on the game storyline so the movies are not considered canon.

[@ci7210]

That's impressive. 30 years the same story

[@omegaweaponredux]

It s a bit misleading to be honest, yes Tekken 1 to 8 are all techincally in the same canon but were about 4 -5 major retcons (not the good kind the thiscis how it is and were not explaining why it changed kind) deep at this point so its held together with duct tape.

[@B.-T.]

Most of the casting. Kazuya and Steve Fox are just wrong. (nevermind that Paul Phoenix would've filled the role Steve Fox fills in the story way better)

[@GenerationWest]

The two things I remember about this movie, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa as Heihachi, and Kelly Overton's Christie Monterio's butt cleavage.

[@JunKazamaFan]

The two best aspects, to be fair.

[@MaxxJagX]

"I played a game, it was good, so I thought a movie was a good idea to make with that." Clearly, he was still a child because an adult would know that transferring ideas between mediums is...complicated at best. Even the closest of mediums have many challenges (Stage to movie, see Cats, Rent, etc)

[@ShinRyojin]

My Capoeira teacher was contacted by the producers to be Kelly Overton’s stunt double, however she never got the chance to participate in the filming since they were going with a different direction with Christie. It was disappointing cause it would’ve been a great opportunity for my teacher but also it sucked that they gave Christie such a bland ass fighting style.

[@somefreetime7458]

they were FORCED to create a new character for titillation.

[@mitsune13]

jackie chan as lei and jet li as feng would be dope!

[@gabrielrussell5531]

Could you do a "What happened?" on Battle Network 4? It's actually the best-selling Megaman game of all time if you combine its versions, but it was so bad that it permanently reduced the sales of the franchise afterwards.

[@jsho31]

That king theme was hitting so hard in the background. Tekken 3 has bangers

[@Qeiji]

2:17 WHAT? There is a live action KOF movie? I gotta see it😂😂

[@augosyx]

lol, didn't know Tekken 2 sequel was real. I thought the poster was a meme and that word didn't even existed then xD

[@sterling7]

I didn't even know there _was_ a Netflix series, that's how much of an impact it made upon me.

[@CushionSapp]

You think you could do a What Happened on Uwe Boll? He's like completely dropped off the radar.

[@JulioOther]

I remember watching this in my home country, Indonesia. I was surprised by how ok it was. I always feel like the Tekken movie has an effort done by the actor and director it didn't feel like a cash grab. Watching this video made me happy to know that there are people involve who truly care about the movie. Luckily nowadays the standard for video game movie has increased and I look forward for more adaptation.

[@PeterWDawson]

Meanwhile Harada greenlit Blood Vengeance.

[@Vaennylla]

So glad you made a video about this movie, because I swear, I don't see anyone else reviewing this bomb of a film.

[@pipehelix5776]

Movie producers saying "There's potential in this videogame, let's make a movie out of it" then removing core parts of that potential was so frequent I'd have a ton of nickels

[@fernie-fernandez]

Imagine Rob Zombie helming Stranger of Paradise…

[@davidkham6211]

This demo is amazing! I feel like Lois learning Clark's secret identity. In that, I've heard your voice in some of these ads and not realized it was you this whole time! Amazing work.

[@iUsedToBeAMusician]

Jackie Chan in Forbidden Kingdom reminded me a lot about Lei Wulong as a kid. So hearing this news is funny.

[@Sedric-and-Charlie]

every time Matt appears in the advertisement segment it's so weird to remember that he does actually have skin on his bones

[@JunKazamaFan]

Despite Harada going on record by saying he's not a fan of the movie, there seems to be some (unintentional?) homages to it thrown into later games. Heihachi is made out to be a lesser-of-two-evils character in the movie, proven to be more noble than his malicious son Kazuya when he's given a chance to explain his actions. Tekken 7 paints Heihachi in a more positive light, gives him a chance to explain his actions, and paints him as a never-say-die valiant fighter against his pure evil son Kazuya. Movie Kazuya is quick to make the tournament fights be to the death upon usurping Heihachi by force. Come Tekken 8, Kazuya has declared that the tournament fights will be to the death of the competitors and the destruction of their countries. Either this is sheer coincidence, or Harada revisited the movie and thought "Hey, maybe they were actually onto something good here..."

[@JunKazamaFan]

@@gc3k Wow, that's another great link between the movie and the games! Who knew this thing would be ahead of its time?

[@Cellmate412162]

The live action Tekken movie is still a lot better than Tekken: Blood Vengeance. And I hope there’s a What Happened episode on that abomination.

[@TheTrueUltimateDX]

This is probably my favorite so bad its good movie, ive watched it like 7 times. Whether it be how jin is a cheater and has a foot fetish, the butcrack pants, kazuya having incest while thinking about his dad the whole time. I love it

[@JunKazamaFan]

Kara (Jin's movie-exclusive girlfriend) got done so dirty. He takes one look at Christie's butt and forgets all about her. Yet the movie doesn't, as it makes sure to repeatedly show Kara watching Jin's tournament fights all the way up until he wins the whole thing. Also, for the sake of clarity, Nina and Anna are the ones committing the incest in that scenario. :P

[@desflat]

I've suddenly remembered the Dungeon Siege movie with Jason Statham. And apparently Burt Reynolds??

[@EranMadeMonsters]

11:11 If the movie was made today, you would say goodbye to that Jaguar mask.

[@Bastion83]

Rapid Fire is still pretty sick, but it is in every way the quintessential early 90s action flick with Brandon's martial skills given center stage. It knows what it is and doesn't try to be something more.

[@MidnightPlus1]

I remember getting drunk with my friend and we decided to watch this. I got so wasted watching this that I cried when Steve died

[@g3ngar04]

I really wish we could get a good (or at least decent) Tekken and Street Fighter movie. Both of those franchises have such a great story to work with and there are tons of great actors and actresses that they could hire.

[@joshuanagatoshi9081]

I think rapid fire holds up decently. Brandon lee is always a pretty solid actor even with bad scripts, I’m looking at you Showdown in little Tokyo. Plus that fight with Al Leong was fun with some Bruce Lee and even Jackie Chan references thrown in.

[@ssjenforcer191191191]

Every email back-and-forth for this project must have simply read in the subject line: "RE:write"

[@fernie-fernandez]

The Nina & Anna part is something that still scratches my head on what they were rolling with...

[@KanishQQuotes]

Movie has a few good things The guy playing Jin looks excellent The fight of Yoshimitsu was actually nice Actor playing Kazua is one of my favorite It is still a visually appealing movie

[@SzerlokHelmlok]

Check out "The Avenging Fist" movie aka Legend of Tekken, featuring Sammo Hung, Kauya and Howorang.

[@thesegaguy6279]

I'll admit, I'm biased, because I love MK, but considering that Mortal Kombat '95 was (and still is) viewed as one of the better game to movie adaptations, it's krazy that the writers were adamantly against any similarities to it.

[@yakheemwagner7798]

Can't lie this film was pretty fun for me. I've watched this more then 10 times in my life

[@InjuredPelican]

Most of the time these are fun but it hurts a lot more when it involves a series I actually like. Tekken has a pretty decent basis for several movie plots unlike many fighting games. I don't know how they screwed that up. Well actually, now I do! Thanks, Matt!

[@MarcoStrange]

Wait, they wanted to cast Jackie Chan, but didnt think to cast him as Lei Wulong from the beginning and instead said "hey maybe he should be a bad guy?" I think that was already a sign it would fail. Lol

[@MikeBandada]

Imagine Mortal Kombat 3 (ya know, the supposed follow up to both Mortal Kombat 95 and Mortal Kombat Annihilation) getting the green light, they could have Quan Chi and Shang Tsung as the main antagonists with the latter resurrected albeit as a younger man with Jet Li as Shang Tsung!

[@Sakama98]

You know you've done screw things up when the main man himself disapprove the outcome and it shows.

[@thaiboypsp3000]

Never seen the movie and never going to, but you really gotta feel for Steven Paul and the crew in this case.

[@AkumetsuLord]

Its odd how against some were about making the movie similar to Mortal Kombat, as if Mortal Kombat wasn't the most successful video game movies, wouldn't you WANT that? Yea Annihilation was trash but everyone loves the first movie and it did well because while doing some of its own thing, respected and took all the fun from the games but i know thats REALLY hard for Hollywood to do.

[@merikksoleil5648]

Can't wait for him to hit the KOF Movie.

[@fernie-fernandez]

There hasn’t been any much info. surrounding this film, other than being helmed by Chinese film-makers…and helmed by Double Edge Entertainment, a Chinese American studio… Oh, and released direct-to-video.

[@PsychoSavager289]

People are divided over the original Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat movies as bad, so-bad-they're-good, campy nostalgic fun, or genuinely good. But at least people talk about them. Tekken is so bad it's just been collectively forgotten.

[@nessarolla]

My brothers and I were roaming the internet for bad game movies and this popped up for us. We had no idea this movie even exsisted and ended up watching it. It was...a movie? We did have a great time with it though making fun of the choices made for this movies plot and characters.

[@aaaooo3628]

Been watching your stuff since I was 16 . I'm 25 rn . Been waiting for this tekken video for a while. Keep up the great work buddy 👌

[@jugghead82]

Man I forgot about this movie but man learning about the movie struggles is crazy I am surprise it even came out. To me Mortal Kombat is the best videogame fighting adaptation AWESOME VID

[@juza64]

I like these movies your covering. Can't wait for you to do the Starfield game

[@willlawson6126]

Somehow never knew this movie existed until yesterday and then you make this video today.....wild

[@Dumbstuffwatcher]

18:20 okay but if you haven't seen Ong-Bak please go watch it! Ong-Bak and the sequel are fantastic. The third one... exists. It introduces supernatural elements out of nowhere. Just watch 1 and 2

[@UfodexENMD]

Lol I always just say it's Shang Tsung trying to find new kombatants for the Mortal Kombat tournament

[@monteestowes1245]

It was today years old when I learned there was a KOF movie. That's CRAZY. I've gotta hunt this down now lol

[@Tsirapo]

For a second I thought that 19:31 was Gal Gadot early on in her career.

[@Persephone_07]

I think this is one of the more sad “Wha Happuns”. There wasn’t any really malice or bad intentions behind it. Everyone involved wanted to do a good job. There was just too much inexperience and a too many conflicting interests.

[@AtticusRh0des]

Legit if you thought that was bad, watch Tekken 2, Kazuya has amnesia and becomes a secret agent at the end Hiachi makes out with Jun and keeps eye contact with Kazuya just to make it extra creepy.

[@DeadpoolNegative]

The way this movie treated Nina and Anna was genuinely offensive. And it might have been alleviated by the actress playing Christie Montiero not being so bland, but she was so bland! Luke Goss, the actor playing Steve Fox, probably gives the most genuine performance in the movie. Tagawa is appropriately cheesy, but is sidelined. Ian Anthony Dale isn’t a terrible actor but oh my, over the top villainy is very much not on his skill set.

[@Jordan_Kazama]

Well,at least at one part they treated the Williams really good

[@JunKazamaFan]

Appreciate the Luke Goss praise here. Most will dismiss his role as being a completely inaccurate Steve Fox, but he definitely plays his part well, and I rather enjoyed him as Jin's older mentor figure. Nina and Anna could have definitely used more screentime. The latter got it the worst, as a lot of her scenes, including ones where she speaks, got cut from the final version.

[@JunKazamaFan]

​@@Jordan_KazamaThat one part needs no introduction. EVERYONE knows that scene!

[@Jordan_Kazama]

@@JunKazamaFan Everyone knows and loves this scene

[@JunKazamaFan]

@@Jordan_Kazama Indeed. They really went all out to make that part very unforgettable. ;)