By | Published January 16, 2010

U.K. distributor Optimum Releasing has put forth the first trailer for upcoming video game-to-movie tournament actioner TEKKEN. The film will premiere on Blu-ray and DVD in the U.K. on April 5.

Rising stunt actor Jon Foo (TOM YUM GOONG) is a young man who discovers he has great power and must battle a team of elite fighters who will stop at nothing to get him. Also starring is Luke Goss, Gary Daniels, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Cung Le.

The year is 2039. World Wars have destroyed much of civilization as we know it. The remaining territories are no longer run by governments, but by corporations, the mightiest of which is Tekken. In order to keep the masses down, Tekken sponsors the Iron Fist Tournament in which fighters compete to the death for ultimate glory and receive a lifetime of stardom and wealth.

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  • Lionclaw77

    The trailer didn't blow me away. But it looks almost mortal kombat level. (which is a good thing.) Grips: Heihaichi looks like a bum, christie is white, kazaya and jin's hair not spiky enough and kazay's missing his scars. (was he weilding axes?)

  • liho

    This shit would have been great circa 1991. But now it literally looks like shit.

  • stdthagreat

    Good gracious! This is atrocious. I mean. Damn. I love playing the game and all but they f'd up everything including my fav character Jin. I will gladly buy this once i find in the dollar bin where it belongs.

  • raymondlam

    I don't know why people are knocking this trailer. I can't wait to buy this. This has got to be better than Dragonball Evolution, something I would never pay to see.

  • jave

    Would've been nice to see a shot of a fight that lasted at least half a second. I know that's how teaser trailers are made nowadays, but that style totally doesn't serve a martial arts movie. Seriously, what does a .254 second shot of a kick wind up do for me? Nothing.

    Well, I'm seeing a lot of cheese, but I'm also seeing some potential. I didn't see anything too special with the choreography, but there are some great athletes in this movie. I just hope the director doesn't screw it up with over-editing and bad camera angles.

    If this movie has good action scenes, then that's good enough for me. Good plot, acting, characterization are merely a bonus for movies like this.

  • tara101

    The USA will see this movie in theater the way it needs to be seen; it looks like it rocks and I cannot wait to see Luke Goss in this movie. Luke is one bad a$$ fighter in any movie he is in !!!!For Luke alone I will see this flick.

  • 8wayFist

    Well, at least it looks better than Street Fighter Legend of Chunks-of-Li abortion on film. Although thats not saying much.

  • http://www.facebook.com/rockrizal Rock Rizal

    Tekken movie..finally.

  • jinkazama

    This looks complete shit, like DoA and all the other stuff they ruin, compeltely forgettable movie. One of the best conversions was the Streetfighter II manga which had great fighting / characters / plot. They should have done an Avatar with this to fully realise the characters / powers / story / SF darkness otherwise like the Streetfighter JCVD movie it just looks like panto as there's not enough budget.

  • BruisedLo

    failed. no wonder they aren't showing it in theaters, its crap. i don't care if cung le is in it, talk about sucking @ss. they do have some good martist artist in the film, but it all boils down to the whole movie. i'm a big tekken fan, and some of the characters there in the trailer, i'm not even sure who the F they're playing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Syam-Hudie/1707928481 Syam Hudie

    This is my favorite..

  • violetsystems

    not much of a tekken fan then. i am trueky a tekken fan and id love to see this movie, which isnt made by hollywood either and it looks great for it not to be. a real tekken fan would love anything thats tekken. THAT is a tekken fan. change the story or not its still an adaptation of the game. resident evil has a NEW main character in the movie who isnt in the games or books yet resident evil fans go see it and love it. no matter what you think real tekken fans will see this.

  • violetsystems

    you should have known who was playing who well before the trailer was out. every character is actually dressed in their Tekken costumes just like in the game except the ones that dont fight in the tournament, Steve Fox.

  • BruisedLo

    to violetsystems.

    i do, i've seen the photos, and your point is? i see one woman, who i'm not sure who she's playing, that's all. don't take it too serious, or you'll cry about it.

    i am a fan, omg, the internet is full of weirdos. a real tekken fan would love anything thats tekken? dude you really need to get a life. did you see the tekken anime movie? did you like that? lol. just because you're a fan, doesn't mean the other tekken fans should think like you do, and automatically love everything that has to do with the game.

    hollywood movie or not, it doesn't matter, what matter is, if it's going to be a good film… and that will it do justice to the game? from the trailer, it looks pretty crappy, i already see what they lack. don't tell me the trailer actually got you excited? i rather take all the cut scenes from tekken 6 and the trailer from tom yum goong over this. it's people like you that probably don't care that Jin is played by Jon Foo. Foo is just making a fool of himself, and he looks ridiculous. watching him in action, i keep forgetting that he's playing Jin, because Jon isn't built or look like him at all.

    look at Cung Le, i bet he won't even try to impersonate Law.

    In DoA, they did do somethings right, and somewhere in the middle, the movie was just ok. i'll never watch it again, but its ok, that's what i sense from tekken.

  • inge

    My God, I've seen trailer and it looks so fuckin GAY!!

  • Kaz

    Doesn't look TOO bad.. its a hell of a lot better than Tekken the f#$%#ing animation. Lmao. Too bad the actor for Jin sounds like a 13 year old. I'm a fan of Tekken, and after watching that fart from a panda's ass of an animation, this should be refreshing.

  • hunggar

    where's lei wulong paul and law????

  • Odo

    Gary Daniels looks the part as Brian Fury,nothing else positive about this movie though.

  • Rick

    since when did kazuya have a beard? lol

  • aoi_17

    i know right. XP