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Tekken is a 2009 live-action film, based on the popular fighting game series of the same name. The film follows Jin Kazama (John Foo) [1] to rid himself of the devil which plagues his soul. Now a man, he must confront his father, Kazuya Mishima (Ian Anthony Dale) and his grandfather, Heihachi Mishima (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa). The film is being directed by Dwight H. Little and is set for a Fall 2009 release date to coincide with the home console release of Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion.[1]
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Development history
4 References
5 External links
[edit]Plot
In the year of 2039, after World Wars destroy much of civilization as we know it, the remaining territories are no longer run by governments, but by corporations the mightiest of which is the Mishima Corporation. In order to keep the masses down, Mishima Corporation sponsors the King of Iron Fist Tournament in which fighters compete to the death for ultimate glory and receive a lifetime of stardom and wealth. We are introduced to this violent world through the eyes of Jin Kazama, a street fighter that enters the tournament in order to avenge the death of his mother that he blames upon Tekken's powerful and controlling chairman ? Heihachi Mishima. He knows that the only way to get close enough to Mishima to kill him is to win the tournament, but in doing so, he begins to uncover his own past and inner demons as well as exposing a dark underbelly to Tekken that threatens the very existence of humanity.[2]
[edit]Cast
See also: List of characters in the Tekken series
John Foo as Jin Kazama: A young and talented fighter who has a dark power within him. The Devil Gene he has inherited from his father, Kazuya Mishima, is slowly tearing him apart and consuming his mind with evil and hate. He now realizes that the only way he can save himself is to confront both his father and grandfather, Heihachi Mishima, both of whom have their own agendas for Jin's power. All of this comes to a head at The King of Iron Fist Tournament, Jin's one chance at confronting his father and grandfather to defeat them and redeem his soul. In real life, John Foo is a Wushu master apart from acting.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Heihachi Mishima: The chairman of the evil Tekken Corporation, that is being investigated of murder. He is the father of Kazuya, and the grandfather of Jin Kazama. An experienced fighter himself, he announces The King of Iron Fist Tournament to crown the best fighter on Earth. However, Heihachi has his own plans for the tournament. Tagawa is known for playing another fighting game character, Shang Tsung in the first Mortal Kombat film.
Ian Anthony Dale as Kazuya Mishima: A powerful Karate fighter, Kazuya is the son of Heihachi Mishima and the father of Jin Kazama. He possess the power of the Devil Gene, which his son inherited.
Luke Goss as Steve Fox: A talented boxer from England that was once one of the best fighters of the world, but had passed his prime. Goss was the first confirmed actor in the film, and explained that his character has "some fights out of the ring".[3]
Cung Le as Marshall Law: A Jeet Kune Do fighter. Le is a mixed martial artist, and his presence in the movie was confirmed in the end of 2008 by Kung Fu Cinema.[4]
Chiaki Kuriyama as Ling Xiaoyu: A young Chinese girl that uses Chinese martial arts to fight. She is a friend of Jin Kazama.
Gary Daniels as Bryan Fury: A former Interpol officer that competes in the tournament. Daniels is a former kickboxer himself, which is the same fighting style used by his character in the videogames.
Candice Hillebrand as Nina Williams: A cold-blooded assassin.
Marian Zapico as Anna Williams: The sister and rival of Nina Williams.
Darrin Henson as Raven: An international intelligence agent considered highly skilled and iron-hearted, codename Raven.
Roger Huerta as Miguel Caballero Rojo: A brawler from Spain. Huerta is also a mixed martial artist.
Nathan Jones as Craig Marduk: A professional Vale Tudo fighter. The character of Marduk was indeed modeled after Jones for the videogames.
Kelly Overton as Christie Monteiro: A Brazilian Capoeira practioner and friend of Eddy Gordo.
Lateef Crowder as Eddy Gordo: A Brazilian Capoeira practioner and mentor of Christie Monteiro. Crowder was offered the role due to his real-life Capoeira skills and resemblance to Eddy.
Tamlyn Tomita as Jun Kazama: Jin Kazama's mother. After her assassination, Jin enters the tournament to avenge her.
Gary Ray Stearns as Yoshimitsu: A mystic, Ninja-esque armored swordsman.
Anton Kasabov as Sergei Dragunov: A member of SPETSNAZ, Dragunov is considered the very symbol of fear on the battlefield whose overwhelming fighting prowess has earned him the title "The White Angel of Death".
Taiyou Sugiara as Lee Chaolan: Heihachi Mishima's adopted son, and rival of Kazuya. Other appearances includes Mircea Monroe as Kara, David Pitt as Jack, Louise Griffiths as Sapphire, Randal Reeder as Scared Fighter, Jonathan Kowalsky as Vosk, Cassie Shea Watson as Med Tech, Louis Herthum as Tekken Security Chief, Michael Showers as Security Assistant #1, Jordan Lee Khoo and Andrew Wei Lin as Sportscasters and Jevon Miller as Angry Fighter Reject.
[edit]Development history
In early February 2002, Crystal Sky Pictures announced that they would develop a film inspired on Namco's Tekken fighting videogame series. Entitled Tekken, the film would have an estimated US$ 50 million budget and heavy usage of computer generated image.[5] In May 2004, it was announced that Charles Stone III would direct the movie.[6] Stone said that "Tekken will not be anything like Mortal Kombat or any of the Lara Croft movies. You will get the feeling of Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon. A chance to get to know the characters before the inevitable slap down. It will have plenty of 'A' list actors... Our budget is good so we shouldn't have problem there."[7] After Mike Werb wrote a script, it was rumored that Jet Li was going to play a fighter named "Boxer/Bonner" in the movie, and Stone himself had previously said that Li and Jackie Chan had expressed interest in the project in the past.[8] However, nothing was confirmed. In November 2007, Screen Gems revealed the first teaser poster of the Tekken film.[9] Later news revealed that the movie had a new director, Dwight H. Little, and writer, Alan McElroy. It was also announced that Dion Lam would be in charge of the fight choreography.[2] The film was then set for a Fall 2009 release date, to coincide with the home release of Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion.[1]
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[edit]External links
Tekken (2009) at Internet Movie Database
Tekken (2009) at Tekkenpedia
Tekken at Allmovie[/hide]
