Thanks to the small cast, tightly focused story, and an understanding of what makes a good game as opposed to a good movie, the audience is treated to something special-learning who these people we fight with in-game truly are, and how they got that way. This movie has a fair amount of depth and character development. As the two work their way closer to the truth, dirty secrets, both little and big, about their employers are uncovered, and plots within plots lead inevitably to a generational confrontation which could potentially alter what it means to be human. Along the way, she encounters and befriends the quirky Alisa Bosconovich, unaware that she is on a similar mission-not to mention unaware of some other secrets Alisa is keeping. Occurring between the events of Tekken 5/Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection and Tekken 6, this follows popular character Ling Xiaoyu as she is recruited by a powerful corporation to do some undercover investigation of a handsome high school student. Focusing on a very limited cast of characters-yet a cast drawn from all the way across the history of the games-this piece tells a story which falls squarely within the universe of the games (as opposed to one merely "based on" them). Rather than trying to force-feed the viewer as many of the 44-to-date major characters as they can while explaining the history of the King of Iron Fist Tournaments to people who may or may not have played/loved the games, this movie takes a different track. I got to see this at the special premiere event held at select theaters across the US, and I'm glad I did! After one lackluster animated film and one downright disappointing live-action one, a film adaptation of the celebrated fighting game hits it out of the park.
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