The King of Fighters (2010)

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Admirable film.

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The movie hits you with a bunch of stuff that normal people won't follow. There is a mirror,a shield, a necklace, a sword, and the real sword. These are all related in a story with too much information to follow. But don't worry. You don't have to. The story line is simpler than the complex explanation: Good guys fight bad guys.People fight in games in an alternate dimension, that is made virtual with ear pieces. It combines magical ancient oriental artifacts with Bluetooth technology. There is also an evil spirit that can be let loose which will make the games real. Maggie Q fights in a short skirt with stockings. She dates a man who was a former champion. But is really not her boyfriend...While the fighters are having a meeting, a man (Rugal, Ray Park) decides to bring a gun to a fist fight, runs off with the artifacts, and physically goes into that other dimension. The CIA is monitoring the activity. Maggie Q is instructed to go find a man who is in a mental institution, one where all you have to do is go up to the front desk and ask to speak to a patient and they unlock the door for you.Rugal has taken control of the games and issued a challenge to all the remaining reality fighters, except they don't know they will be fighting with their own lives!Once he beats up all the fighters, he gets the title "King of Fighters" for what it is worth. (What is that? Like a level 72 in WOW?) At this point, unless Rugal (I would have named Nigel) wins and rules the world, the plot is predictable. Maggie is not much of an old world traditionalist. She likes the "R" word: reason. Sean Faris plays the son of a former fighter (the man in the mental institution). He is into Zen and motorcycle maintenance. (Oh! How did the writers ever come up with that! They should have made him a minor league baseball player and have him use his skills later on, a nice tie-in.)On the plus side, women fight in short skirts. On the negative side: They needed to add a little humor. The movie had some funny lines except they were delivered in a stiff manner. David Leitch who played investigator Terry Bogard absolutely stank. He had the best lines in the movie and screwed them up. They really needed a funny Bruce Willis. The story line was fine, it could use a few tweaks, but the poor dry dialogue dragged the movie down. If you like girls fighting in short skirts in an alternate reality, try "Sucker Punch."No sex, no nudity, no f-bombs. Near lesbian scene. Excessive amount of CG style fighting.

I seriously think this is on par with Uwe Boll's movies in terms of awful video game adaptations. I admit to never playing the "King Of Fighters" series. I was always more into "Mortal Kombat" and "Street Fighter". Still, KOF is a popular series and I saw an anime film based on it so I'm at least kind of familiar with the series. The thing everybody remembers is Mai Shiranui. She is simply breathtakingly beautiful and her personality wasn't too bad either. It's really sad when the other KOF film depicting her which showed her in increasingly skimpy clothes was actually a much more dignified representation of her.It seems like people don't even point out one of the worst parts of this movie. That is, the Dutch Angle. There are so many shots of this film that are done at an angle it's so distracting and just plain ugly looking. While not as bad as "Battlefield Earth", it's still painful to watch. I guess I'm just someone who doesn't like much of this technique used at all. Terry Bogard does eventually wear his signature clothes, but he's pretty much the only one. No one even dresses appropriately and while it's not as bad as "Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li" it's still insulting to the source material.This movie features ear held things that take people to other dimensions. Yes, it's as stupid as it sounds. I don't know if this is something from the games, but I highly doubt it. Kyo has biological Asian family members, but is white. This is the same kind of problem in "Dragonball: Evolution" and "The Last Airbender" for that matter. Just depict these people the ethnicity they should be. It's so boring and even for 89 minutes, it goes on too long with all these stupid action scenes. I guess I will stop criticizing "Sonic Underground" as that's still more faithful than some of these movies and at least it looks nice. 1/2*

Choreography and fighting: HORIBBLE. All the punches hit air, and the fight scenes look like something scripted by 8 year olds. There is a scene of Rugal skating (randomly; whoever plays him looks very unbalanced on roller blades), and sort of bonking Vice and Mature with a hockey stick... which is clearly made of foam rubber. It's UNBEARABLE. Keeping to the videogames: Mai Shiranui is dating Iori Yagami. Rugal Bernstein on Rollerblades, as stated above. This has almost nothing to do with the KOF series. Acting: DISGUSTING. I'm not a very good actor, but I'm better than THAT. Special Effects: Sort of passable. But then again, my standards are pretty low. Let's see... if a bunch of high school kids photo-shopping is a 3, art school students photo-shopping is a 5, and Pixar is a 9... this is a 5.5. Storyline: What monstrosity have they pulled??? It makes little sense, is not engaging, the story wanders all over the place, the plot moves slowly, and they don't even give anything to the fanboys since they butchered the video game storyline.

I should have given it 1/1000 if it is possible. The storyline is none like the original anime. I think producers should stop producing game based movies...they all suck. Have u ever seen the anime KOF or the game version? Kyo is a Japanese for heaven sake...not American. Why is Rugal so skinny and what the hell is he doing with Hockey? Where are all the trademark moves? Even I myself can direct a better movie than you Gordon!!! This is a stupid movie and just by watching it alone i felt furious. This is an insult to the KOF brand image. To all those who planned to watch this, do yourself a favor and just watch sponge bob at home.