The King of Fighters movie........

Well the King of Fighters movie is out and while I didn't expect much, I still had hope.  After watching Tekken though, I figured that movie wasn't early as crappy as I thought it would be, and this movie isn't either.  It isn't horrible, it isn't particularly great either, just barely serviceable actually.  I am a big K.O.F. though, and its the only fighting game that I've been able to keep abreast of its rather labyrinthine story, and as usual the movie takes a few liberties with games story which I will go through.  This isn't a real review of the movie, just nitpicking, there are many things wrong with this movie apart from what I will mention(bad pacing, bad acting etc), this is mostly a fans rant.  So without further do, here we go....


So first off The King of Fighters tournament itself takes place in a virtual environment setting( or really a different dimension), so its really a scifi story, sort of..

Mr big is white and not bald and doesn't even have an Australian, accent, isn't even a pimp with style.

Iori is with Mai, kinda, and forms a weird love triangle between Kyo, Iori, and Mai.


Iori is a pretty sociable guy albeit with some issues, and doesn't have red hair =(.

Terry is cop(C.I.A.) without any long hair(at least hes funny and in the movie, even though that doesn't match his game personality).

Kyo Kusanagi who hails from one of the most ancient and sacred Japanese clans, who is a Japanese high school student and whose costumes from the first KoF to kof99 or 2k is a Japanese school uniform is FUCKING WHITE, which doesn't even make sense since Kyo in the movie is a crap fighter(whats the point of making him white then, even though they say he's half Japanese in the movie).

Rugal is essentially a midget who uses guns (who even dresses up in hockey gear at one point as a joke, complete with play by play commentary).

Saisyu tries to kill Iori (goes completely against Saisyu's ideals as he wants the Yagami/Kusanagi feud to end).

Mature and Vice are lesbians lovers( I've always had my suspicions though...). They aren't even badasses and they aren't like their game counterparts by any stretch of the imagination. In fact they seem like good guys and are pretty nice except for when Rugal forces them to do his bidding.

They told the Orochi story of clan war of the Yagami/Kusanagi story of the game wrong.

Effects are odd (Mai has lightning effects when she uses her powers, Rugal has flame effects when he uses his, even his Kaiser wave is fire, Iori's flames are blue, and why did Iori do a fireball in the air?).

Riot of the Blood Iori is lame.

No mention of the Riot of the Blood crew except with Shermie in Vice's address book on her phone, nor Geonitz either but yet Rugal has lost his eye????)


Orochi is depicted as literally eight snakes coiled together.

Ignored fighting styles yet again( Mai doesn't do Ninjitsu, Mature uses tonfas?). which is becoming a sad trend in these fighting game to movie adaptations, remember the Tekken movie with Martial Law NOT doing Jeet kune do?

The characters in it just have the names of the characters from the game and sometimes tries to get their look right, but they don't even have the personalities which made the characters liked in the first place.



Ad thats it, if you're a fighting game fan, you might want to check it out, or you're one of those 'gotta-watch-em-all' people.


Music Recommendations


Giant Squid - Metridium Fields
Post Rock/Metal.  This band has grown on me, now I love them, the lead singer sounds a bit like Serj Tankian(from System of a Down) sometimes, but it seems he has modeled his voice after Serj's, they have toured together and have performed together also so that makes sense then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjhdBPiJwdI



















Diablo Sing Orchestra - Butcher's Ballroom
Swing-Metal-Jazz-Opera?  If that sounds like something you would be interested in, check this bad out.  The female singer is pretty good, a trained opera singer too, ad man is she good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q25VFMlbSYw





















Well till next time.........