YMMV / Tekken (2010)

• Anvilicious: The movie has a very loud statement against the evils of corporate greed. Jun spells it out for Jin that the world fell "because people had to have more".
• Awesome Moments:
  • The entire Eddy Gordo vs Raven fight, where it's like the game has been brought to life, and Eddy pulls off some thrilling moves.
  • Jin beating Miguel Rojo by backflipping into a double stomp to knock him out.
  • Jin realises that Nina was one of his would-be assassins right before Christie is to face her in the tournament. Christie smirks, says "good to know" and happily wipes the floor with her.
• Awesome Music: "You're Going Down" by Sick Puppies, which opens an equally thrilling introductory sequence showing Jin running from the Jacks.
• Best Known for the Fanservice:
  • One of the most talked-about aspects of the movie is an infamous scene where Kazuya has a threesome with the Williams sisters.
  • A close second is Jin ogling Christie's ass as they go into a nightclub.
• Critical Backlash: Given the movie's reputation as being a complete disaster in every way, plenty of fans have come to its defence to say that it's far from the worst thing ever, and actually has plenty of merit in some parts.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Lateef Crowder as Eddy Gordo. Not only does he match the character's look near completely, he's a legitimate Brazilian capoeira fighter, and so his fight scene with Raven is practically like seeing Eddy brought to life. Fans bemoan how little screen time he is.
  • Candice Hillebrand doesn't have that many scenes as Nina, and gets beaten easily by Christie, but she's considered a good casting choice for Nina's aloof demeanor, especially her taunting Christie during their fight. Like Eddy, fans wish she'd had a bigger role.
  • Gary Daniels did such a good job at matching Bryan Fury's mannerisms that his fight scene is considered a highlight of the movie.
• Fan-Preferred Cut Content: Ling Xiaoyu was intended to fill the love interest role early on, played by Chiaki Kuriyama. This would at least have had more of a basis in canon, given her crush on Jin, and solved the problems of Christie being an In Name Only character.
• Funny Moments:
  • Christie notices Jin Eating the Eye Candy and snarks "staring at my ass is a good way to get yours kicked".
  • Nina, while in a leglock taunts Christie that her "boyfriend" is cute. Christie responds by knocking her out and saying "sorry, I don't share".
• Ham and Cheese: Ian Anthony Dale hams it up as Kazuya, knowing he's there to be the goofy villain of a martial arts movie.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Kazuya turning the King of Iron Fist Tournament into a Duel to the Death between its participants was, at the time of the film's release in 2010, an example of his significant Adaptational Villainy. Over a decade later, Tekken 8 sees Kazuya not only implement the same rule for the game's King of Iron Fist Tournament, but goes a step further than even the film's iteration of Kazuya did by ensuring those who lose will have their entire countries obliterated. Granted, he does soften up the conditions a bit and replaces "total obliteration" with non-lethal sanctions, but still...
• Hollywood Homely: Christie when she first sees Jin says "you don't look like much", implying he's meant to be seen as lesser than the other Iron Fist fighters. While his hair is overgrown and clothes look old (and he probably smells quite bad), the fact is that Jon Foo is in incredible shape and looks on the same level as the others once he takes his shirt off.
• Just Here for Godzilla: Some call the fight scenes enough of a reason to watch the movie, given how they cast people with actual fighting experience.
• Moral Event Horizon: If Kazuya hadn't crossed it years ago when he raped Jun Kazama, he definitely crosses it when he makes the Iron Fist tournament fights to the death, and forces Jin to fight, saying he'll rape Christie if he doesn't.
• Narm:
  • Jin's only conversation with Jun escalates incredibly quickly, making their argument feel like a Soap Opera.
  • Jin's flat delivery of how Heihachi Mishima will "pay for what he has done".
  • Law tells Jin he needs to learn some respect. Seconds later, he spits on him.
  • As Jin heads into Tekken city, he has flashbacks of Jun's last words to him. Specifically her most forced deliveries "you will have nothing to do with Tekken!" and "people had to have MORE!"
• No Yay: Nina and Anna, who are sisters, have a threesome with Kazuya.
• Retroactive Recognition: Kelly Overton would become better known for the series Van Helsing.
• So Okay, It's Average: The consensus among people who don't hate the movie for its differences from the source material. It's certainly not terrible, despite a somewhat cliched story and questionable characterization from a few. Several portrayals - Jin, Nina, Eddy, Raven - are considered quite good, and the fight scenes are of good quality.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: Hoo boy...
  • Kazuya being presented as a "Well Done, Son" Guy when that role is more along the lines of Lee in the games. The film also reveals that he raped Jun, which was admittedly a fan theory for years but has since been debunked.
  • Yoshimitsu is no longer a noble Robin Hood figure, but just a generic tournament participant given no personality.
  • Steve Fox of all people being chosen as The Mentor to Jin, and being visibly older than Nina, who's canonically his mother.
  • Christie's entire backstory and fighting style being changed, and having no connection to Eddy. Not to mention being given a Race Lift (while it's a myth that she was modelled off Tyra Banks, Christie in the games is most definitely Latina).
  • Nina and Anna Williams working together and having a threesome with Kazuya!
  • Miguel Rojo being an In Name Only Small Name, Big Ego fighter to a lesser extent, since he was still pretty new to the franchise.
  • Long time Tekken fans were also annoyed at characters from the initial games either not featuring or being Demoted to Extra in favour of newer characters like Raven, Sergei Dragunov, Miguel Rojo or Christie Monteiro.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character:
  • Using Steve Fox as Jin's mentor seems like a random choice. Arguably, Paul Phoenix would have filled that role better, given he's something of a rival to Kazuya in the games. Paul being a mentor figure to Jin would actually happen for real in Tekken: Bloodline.
  • If they had to have a white woman as Jin's love interest, they could have just used Nina in that role and had Anna filling the role of Kazuya's personal assassin, since Anna does next to nothing in the movie anyway, and Nina was viewed as one of the better portrayals.
  • Lateef Crowder is considered a perfect Eddy Gordo by fans, and yet he loses his fight against Raven and disappears from the narrative.
  • Marshall Law could have featured more, possibly in Raven's role as the Token Good Teammate among the Iron Fist fighters.
  • Christie herself has most of her more interesting backstory left out of the film, such as her grandfather and connection to Eddy.
• Took the Bad Film Seriously:
  • Regardless of the film's story, Jon Foo is considered a good Jin. As a fan of the games, he trained very hard to match his mannerisms, and invest some genuine emotion into his scenes.
  • Kelly Overton tries very hard and is considered quite a decent Christie, even if she's the wrong ethnicity.
• Video Game Movies Suck: Considered one of the defining examples for numerous reasons, most of which are fidelity to the source material. The game's creative team have likewise disowned it.
• The Woobie: Kara, Jin's girlfriend from The Anvil. She's said her parents were killed years ago, she's never eaten chocolate before, and she has to dodge the Jacks herself. Plus Jin cheats on her with Christie, and it seems as though she'll never find out.