'K' may be in a slum town but.well, he's not, really. Sure, it's a prequel, of course the world will be a little different, but here it's so different it's unrecognizable. The whole whopping 3 characters from the games aside, there's little attempt to link what's happening here to any event from any point in the games' story or, more critically, the events of the previous film.
The Bad: This script absolutely started life as a completely-unrelated-to-Tekken movie. And Cary Tagawa really could've phoned this one in, but apparently his pride wouldn't let him as he gives his best lip-curling sneer and throaty-gargle villain voice in his relatively sparse appearance. The Minister's tag-along henchwomen/arm candy, played by Charlotte Kirk and Biljana Misic, don't have any sort of character development and barely any dialogue but they're shockingly personable, especially Kirk, with her bratty laughing, skipping and sadistic applause. Both Wenham (as Rhona) and Paige Lindquist (as a more generic love interest) are not exactly great actors but they're trying to wring some emotion out of what they're given and.kinda succeed. Serbedzija is plainly having a whale of a time as the Minister, hamming it up marvellously - and with a villain whose schtick is as dumb as 'trains assassins and uses religious vocabulary and conventions for no apparent reason' ham is the best route to take. Firstly, at least some of the cast seem enthusiastic about what they're doing. Okay, if I look hard enough, I can find good in anything.
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