Live-Action TEKKEN Movie gets a Poster
The film adaptation of the hit video game Tekken finally got itself a movie poster. It seems like this movie has been in production for years. For a moment I thought it had already come out and then disappeared just like Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li. Then some promo art leaked out a couple months ago trying to find distribution. I'm guessing the movie is going to be laughably bad.
As of right now the movie is only being released in Japan, it has yet to get itself a US distributor. If you're one of the few that is really looking forward to seeing this movie, I'm sure it will eventually make it on to DVD.
Here's the poster, and below that is a little description of the film.
Movie description:
Based on the long running and highly successful Namco video game franchise of the same name, TEKKEN is a high-octane, action packed thriller written for the screen by Alan McElroy (Spawn, The Marine) and to be directed by Dwight Little (Anacondas, Murder at 1600) with fight choreography tentatively by Dion Lam (Spider-Man 2, Doom, Red Cliff). Cyril Raffaelli (Banlieue 13 - Ultimatum).
Set in 2039, the film promises non-stop high flying action as 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. With futuristic and imaginative sets, a compelling story, and fight sequences combining fighting styles from all over the world. TEKKEN is in line to become one of the greatest action films of all time.
