The King Of Fighters Movie From An Alternate Dimension
October 1, 2009 6:00 AM | Eric Caoili
It should be unsurprising by now to see a video game-inspired film diverge from its source material in order to (unsuccessfully) present a more compelling film, especially when its based on a fighting game, but the amount of liberties taken with the upcoming King of Fighters movie is astounding.
I can accept that they cast a caucasian actor to play Kyo Kusanagi and that MaggieQ's lean frame doesn't quite match Mai Shiranui's curvaceous figure (though I'm sure many other series fans will find this unacceptable), but Terry Bogard as a CIA agent? And the whole tournament takes place in another dimension?
Make sure to watch the entire actor and director commentary above to hear why the King of Fighters movie is a lot like Fight Club, and see Iori Yagami dressed up as a hockey goalie for some inexplicable reason.
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"a video game-inspired film diverge from its source material to present a more compelling film"
When has that ever happened? Which video game movie that turned out great because they threw out everything that was interesting about the video game?
Video game adaptations don't wind up like this because of necessity, they wind up like this because the hacks making them don't give a shit about the source material and just throw together generic, derivative genre films where the characters happen to be named after video game characters.
This is what it looks like when you're NOT TRYING to do an adaptation.
nemo | October 1, 2009 11:11 AM
I definitely agree with you on that. I should have qualified that to describe those attempts as typically unsuccessful -- corrected that bit!
eric_c | October 1, 2009 12:03 PM
KING OF FIGHTERS MOVIE.
The movie adaptation of the SNK video games series Kof centers around the fighters fight into other dimensions in the King Of fighters tournament and stop the evil Rugal.
Ray Park Sean Faris and Maggie Q all star in this film directed by Gordon Chan and the film will not be successful.
Thank you.
BRUCE ACOSTA
AUSTRALIA.
Bruce Darren Acosta | October 10, 2009 1:08 AM