The King of Fighters (film)
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| Directed by | Gordon Chan |
| Produced by | Joseph Chou Siew-Loong Tim Kwok Bobby Sheng Jonathan Glickman Gary Barber Roger Birnbaum |
| Written by | Rita Augustine Matthew Ryan Fischer |
| Starring | Sean Faris Maggie Q Will Yun Lee Ray Park Françoise Yip Monique Ganderton David Leitch Sam Hargrave Bernice Liu |
| Editing by | Kip-hop Chan |
| Studio | Aja Tan Studios Mandalay Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 4, 2009 (Premiere) |
| Country | Canada Hong Kong United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million[1] |
The King of Fighters is an upcoming film based on the The King of Fighters series of fighting games.[2] It stars Sean Faris as Kyo Kusanagi, Maggie Q as Mai Shiranui, Will Yun Lee as Iori Yagami, and Ray Park as Rugal Bernstein.[2]
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[edit] Premise
"The King of Fighters movie will introduce a new science fiction spin into the setting established in the games’ universe by following the surviving members of three legendary fighting clans who are continually whisked away to other dimensions by an evil power," says insider blog Movieset.
"As the fighters enter each new world they battle that universe’s native defenders, while the force that brought them seeks to find a way to invade and infect our world."
[edit] Cast
- Sean Faris as Kyo Kusanagi[3]
- Maggie Q as Mai Shiranui
- Will Yun Lee as Iori Yagami
- Ray Park as Rugal Bernstein
- Françoise Yip as Chizuru Kagura
- Hiro Kanagawa as Saisyu Kusanagi
- David Leitch as Terry Bogard
- Sam Hargrave as Ryo Sakazaki
- Monique Ganderton as Mature[4]
- Bernice Liu as Vice
[edit] Production
[edit] Shooting Locations
- Aja Tan Studios, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Shooting finished on January 19, 2009.[5]
[edit] Reception
Before the official movie release, the previews received critics and bad feedback, citing the deviant premise, low budget, poor characterizations (specially Rugal and Terry Bogard) and unexciting action scenes, often proposing a boycott for the movie. The movie premise has been unfavourably compared to the Mortal Kombat film.[citation needed] Other criticism has involved the casting of the Caucasian Sean Faris as the Japanese Kyo Kusanagi. Also the film has been frequently mistaken for a Hollywood production by many even though Hollywood is not involved.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ www.aceshowbiz.com/movie/king_of_fighters/
- ^ a b "IMDB The King of Fighters at IMDB". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1038685/.
- ^ Brian Ashcraft, "King of Fighters Movie Promotional Images," Kotaku (Jun 11 2009).
- ^ http://www.movieset.com/king-of-fighters/videos/gl8qgi/Behind-the-scenes-video-for-King-of-Fighters-at-MovieSet.com
- ^ http://www.seanfaris.com/home.html
- ^ King Of Fighters: Another white actor plays an asian guy, MTViggy.com, retrieved December 7th, 2009.
[edit] External links
- The King of Fighters at the Internet Movie Database
- Maggie Q in Costume
- King of Fighters videos interviews and action from the movie set
- Photo from set of Bernice Lu as Vice
- @ snk.wikia.com
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