646f9e108c Two of three powerful artifacts allow Rugal Bernstein, a man of evil intent, to enter and control an alternate dimension where gamers have been entering into martial arts combat for fun. From there, he awaits adversaries, killing them rather than defeating them so that he alone will remainThe King of Fighters. As Rugal possesses lesbian lovers Vice and Mature to aid him, undercover CIA agent Mai Shiranui teams up with Iori Yagami and Kyo Kusanagi to stop him before he can unleash a dread spirit named Orochi upon Mankind. Live-action feature based on the video game &quot;King of Fighters&quot;. (Credit IMDb) Live-action feature based on the video game &quot;King of Fighters&quot;. <br/><br/>The King of Fighters was shredded of all it&#39;s dignitysoonit entered post-production in my opinion. It was doomed to fail from the start. Despite what you may think, it features some promising talent, but it&#39;s certainly not displayed here in any way. The fight scenes feel cartoonish, the production values feel cheap, and I felt like I was watching a boring video-game that had no pride in itself. It doesn&#39;t help that most of the characters are corny and unlikable. Maggie Q is the only thing watchable about this movie. What hurts this movie the most though, is the cheesy storyline. I didn&#39;t find it to be believable what-so-ever, nor did it provide any entertainment value. <br/><br/>Performances. Maggie Q is decentthe lead, and manages to come out of this crap alive somehow. She is much better then the film deserves, and it shows. Sean Farris has promisean actor, but here his arrogance is his downfall. Unlike Forever Strong where he balanced it with charisma, that is nowhere to be seen here. Will Yun Lee has intensity but that&#39;s about it. Ray Park is much too comical and OTT to be effective. He basically threw it away to ham it up like a buffoonthe villain. David Leitch is OKthe agent but nothing more. Francoise Yip is pretty bland in her role, spurting some atrocious dialogue.<br/><br/>Bottom line. This deserves its bad reputation. You are wasting 90 minutes of your life that you could easily be doing something with, much more worthwhile. People call Street Fighter bad? At least it knew it was, and managed to make the movie fun. This has none of that. Avoid in every way possible.<br/><br/>2/10 I wasn&#39;t expecting much from this movie knowing that video game adaptations usually suck… but I was really surprised.<br/><br/>The King Of Fighters strikes the right mix between &quot;realism&quot; (taking fantasy characters and give them a boring normal life) and video game movie adaptation for the fans (and kids).<br/><br/>Without spoiling anything, basically in this movie you have two universes (literally): one in which the characters live normal lives with normal clothes and normal laws of physics, and then there&#39;s an alternate universe where things look like the video game, with the over the top costumes, fire balls and super jump kick flip lopping whatever! That separation was really smart knowing that the KOF video game had some pretty ridiculous costumes and moves.<br/><br/>The story requires a fair doze of disbelieve to be suspended… but it&#39;s worth it if only for the fight scenes and ridiculously funny dialogs.<br/><br/>Violence is kept in check, so feel free to buy this for your kids (not too young though!).
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