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Added by Jeff Gerstmann on March 30, 2009
Apparently I blacked out the part of my memory devoted to the knowledge that someone was going to try to make a King of Fighters movie. But it started shooting back in November, and cast details were also available. Maggie Q (of Need for Speed Undercover fame) as Mai Shiranui? Let me be the last to say "that seems like an awful choice."
That seems like an awful choice. There, got that out of the way.
Caught this embedded clip on Kotaku, which contains some bits from the cast and crew on the movie:
"An adaptation of the popular arcade and console game series, KING OF FIGHTERS revolves around the pursuit of three artifacts that will grant their owner unlimited power over reality."
OK, right there, that sentence has more story in it than anything I really remember from the KOF series. When I think back to the games, all I can really remember is... uh... Orochi blood? And... something about NESTS? Oh, and Terry Bogard yelling "come on, come on!"
This clip also has the actresses that will be portraying Vice and Mature talking about their craft. I could go on and on about this, but really, the Internet is about creativity, and I think you shouldn't have any trouble writing your own material about this self-serious clip.
All I know is that if Heavy D! isn't in it, I'm out.
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Well, as history's taught us, movie's based on video game fighters are always complete successes.
i always thought king of fighters was one of those lesser fighting games..
A lot of fight games on the big screen lately, where's the Tekken one?
Who knows if it will be good or not, Fighting games into movies are probably the hardest to pull off.
I really didn't think King of Fighters was that well-known outside of the gaming world to warrant a movie. I was also unaware there was a story to any of it.
Prediction: This won't be "more than just a videogame movie." It'll probably just be a newer, more obscure Mortal Kombat Annihilation. If it's that unintentionally funny, I may want to see it.
Prediction: This won't be "more than just a videogame movie." It'll probably just be a newer, more obscure Mortal Kombat Annihilation. If it's that unintentionally funny, I may want to see it.
The lady who is playing Mature had the best description possible, "we have moves that work together and we fight everybody".
What gives me hope here is they seem to be taking everything way too seriously so it could turn into a b movie classic.
Ok, while I am not too familiar with the KOF series, this looks like it is going to be horrible. The premise sounds stupid, the producers are taking it way too seriously, and the actors look like d-bags. Any time you try to apply a story to something that is devoid of one in the first place it is doomed to failure. Watching that clip actually pissed me off a bit because of how idiotic it looks. Ok, I feel better now. =)
this lady's last name is *yip* and she looks a lot like a fox ... she is also wearing a red scarf and/or APRON?!
I need some leaves and a riddle STAT! where's funky student when you need him?!
I am one of the few that liked Legend of Chun--Li, but I don't know if a King of Fighters movie will work.
can't wait for this movie to come out!!! its gonna be awesome. its going to be waaay better than the DOA movie, or even SF:the Legen of Chun-Li
Lol cool, Bernice Liu who's playing Vice is one of the more popular Hong Kong actresses in the TVB drama shows.
omg, noooooo. This is not good, seeing Vice & Mature just the kiss of death for me. Also Shizuru & Iori was like big no for me. They can even make a good KoF Anime, this movie as no hope to be any good.
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on March 30, 2009
I bet Heavy D! aint in it...and if so, then yeah...lame.