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Boring

Blistering performances.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I am gonna get this out of the way right off. I am a fan of the King of Fighters video game series, and I found out this movie existed around the time the live action Tekken (a better movie and more accurate to the source)which i think was like a year after it's release, and i was excited..... until i seen the cover... a movie based on a video game where the main character is 100% Japanese, where the same main character is played by a white guy who doesn't eve remotely look nor is blood related to anyone Japanese... and then Mai played by Maggie Q.... don't get me wrong i think she is good... but she is also playing a Japanese character and she is flat chested, where as Mai the character is WELL KNOWN for well a bigger chest.. and don't get me started on Chizuru, Terry Bogard, Iori (though he was a little more accurate to the character than the others), and Rugal (I like the actor but his portrayal was a little short :P and too goofy for Rugal)..Anyway complete character misrepresentation complaining aside, this movie is a train wreck from the word go... from Mai's intro, to the almost immediate introduction to the "alternate/virtual world", to the poorly dressed Mr Bigg (he was poorly dressed in the games anyway) the whole thing stinks of bad, then it never gets better, and as much as i wanted to know at first what was up between those two... i just don't care after a while because the guy isn't there long. then eventually they introduce (not)Kyo, and i never would have known if it was if someone didn't say in the movie... seriously the same for most of the other characters too, especially Terry Bogard. a lot more of the plot also isn't explained to well, or not at all, like how the "bluetooth virtual/dimensional manipulabobs" work, or what exactly happened to kyo's father (not even a flashback.. this movie does have its moments, mostly from this movies version of Rugal, who to me is a goof, a stark contrast to the serious, deadlier, and just plain mean (seriously he kept the bodies of the fighters he defeated and killed as trophie), and not to mention taller Rugal Bernstein.the one thing about the story that it gets right is the 3 sacred treasures part, and thats really it.the acting isn't that great, even on the part of the actual good actors in the movie, the "alternate/virtual world" costumes are the "try to hard to be accurate to the games" (like street fighter the movie... but i actually like that movie) type and they come off as stupid. the fight choreography is meh with a few good fight scenes (though not the ones you would want to be good), and special effects, and props that feel completely out of place in king of fighters. I personally feel this movie is destined to bargain bin status, and im being generous with a 2 out of 10, and if you want any sort of king of fighters story outside of the games, look for the manga.

I am a KOF fan since 1991 when Fatal Fury King of Fighters was made.Sad to say that director has broken all KOF fans heart.Before making a KOF movie one should understand the true inspiration of King of Fighters. No costumes,not a complete KOF story,they have changed the story,no main characters,no stages and environment,no musics from KOF,no character matching sense,no heights of players,no hairstyles,no KOF action,no nothing!Just forget the name of the movie just watch it as just an another movie,action is great and acting is good, a funny thing is that the action of this movie is given by the CIA agent Terry Bogard :>I am giving 9 for this movie thinking in mind that I have not seen KOF in my life.

(Credit IMDb) Live-action feature based on the video game "King of Fighters". The King of Fighters was shredded of all it's dignity as soon as it entered post-production in my opinion. It was doomed to fail from the start. Despite what you may think, it features some promising talent, but it's certainly not displayed here in any way. The fight scenes feel cartoonish, the production values feel cheap, and I felt like I was watching a boring video-game that had no pride in itself. It doesn't help that most of the characters are corny and unlikable. Maggie Q is the only thing watchable about this movie. What hurts this movie the most though, is the cheesy storyline. I didn't find it to be believable what-so-ever, nor did it provide any entertainment value. Performances. Maggie Q is decent as the lead, and manages to come out of this crap alive somehow. She is much better then the film deserves, and it shows. Sean Farris has promise as an actor, but here his arrogance is his downfall. Unlike Forever Strong where he balanced it with charisma, that is nowhere to be seen here. Will Yun Lee has intensity but that's about it. Ray Park is much too comical and OTT to be effective. He basically threw it away to ham it up like a buffoon as the villain. David Leitch is OK as the agent but nothing more. Francoise Yip is pretty bland in her role, spurting some atrocious dialogue.Bottom line. This deserves its bad reputation. You are wasting 90 minutes of your life that you could easily be doing something with, much more worthwhile. People call Street Fighter bad? At least it knew it was, and managed to make the movie fun. This has none of that. Avoid in every way possible.2/10

There are some movies that if you are fan of what is about to be told in that movie, you can say "errr.. It's a bad movie i know but what can i do? i love this cartoon/anime/video game etc." i have been playing KoF games more than 11 years but i have never imagined that a movie about this game would be so painful to me. It was total agony. All the characters obviously have been killed by the script writers. Cast is dead. There is a soundtrack in the movie but believe me, if the movie would be a movie without soundtrack no one would argue that.Everything was 'so' awful in this movie that i couldn't believe this movie took rating more than 2. Total mediocre. Pain. Agony. Disaster. Catastrophic. 0/10