The King of Fighters (2010)

The King of Fighters (2010)

The King of Fighters is another one of these video game movies where the writers lazily use the “other world” excuse to bring us the environments and worlds that we recall from the video game. In KOF (King of Fighters) the participants in the tournament are given ear pieces which can teleport them to another dimension to fight within an arena of the...

Tekken (2010)

Tekken (2010)

Tekken marks yet another movie in an extremely long line of badly portrayed video game adaptations. You would think that with all the blaring examples of what not to do when making a video game movie, these newer titles would get it right. Tekken annoyed me, from the ugly character actors, to the cheesy Tekken City and the choice of characters to lead the...

Max Payne

Max Payne

Okay where do I begin, I feel as if I just came from the friend of a girlfriend’s baby shower. You know what I mean? You go there, you smile and meet all the people who you’ve heard your girl talk trash about before you could associate a name with the face. Like hey Trish, yes you are the one who slept with Tasha’s husband and oh hi Cindy, you...

Hitman

Hitman

First let me preface this review by saying that I have NOT played any of the Hitman games, so this is a review of the movie as a movie and not a review on how close it ties in to the video game. I liked Hitman… the reason being is because first of all I am an action hound and it more than delivered in that respect. Other than that this movie skims the line of...

Resident Evil: Extinction

Resident Evil: Extinction

With the return of Alice (Milla Jovovich) and the introduction of gamer favorite Claire Redfield (Ali Larter), the third Resident Evil has the makings of a fanboi favorite. Set in the aftermath of an immense zombie takeover due to the T-Virus, this movie pits our heroines into an arena that was part Mad Max/Road Warrior and part Night of the Living Dead....