AnimeWorld.com : 1,5 / 5
(...) The lack of fighting surprised me a bit; not to say that there isn't enough, but for a plot based around a tournament, there's more emphasis on story than you would think. Also leaning away from the game roots, the story focuses on four or five characters.(...)
For one thing, the ongoing theme and eventual moral of this story is "fighting and revenge don't solve anything." How about that lesson coming from an action movie based on a fighting video game? (...)
Artistically, Tekken is... interesting. The animation uses what seems to be an early example of computer compositing and background art. (...)
The animation is uneven, too. Some of the action sequences look great--a hotel-room shootout, for example. Others are a little weak, or downright awkward. (...)
In all, Tekken isn't downright bad, but it has a lot of smaller strikes against it that add up. The art is generally good, the fights, though a bit sparse (particularly for a fighting game movie), are generally good looking, and there is a surprising amount of story, even if it did seem forced at times.
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DigitallyIObsessed.com : C+ for style, D+ for substance
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I'm still confused as to why someone would take a concept like Tekken , which is about fast, furious combat, and make a film with virtually no fighting at all. In fact, Tekken: The Motion Picture , has so little action, I was astonished it could be linked with the franchise at all. (...)
Perhaps the funniest thing (no matter which version you watch) is that I could have cared less how any of this turned out. If Heihachi blew up the world and the film closed with a title card that said "THE END", I wouldn't have blinked an eye. After the giant dinosaurs showed up, I was pretty much convinced it couldn't get more ridiculous, and it really doesn't, which may be saying something positive about it. Even if you're terrible at video games, I'm convinced you could get more entertainment out of 50 cents spent playing Tekken 4 in an arcade than bothering with this interpretation.
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MichaelDVD.com : 3,5 / 5
(...) And if that sounds a little strange, then that is a reflection of what passes for the story here: but then again, based upon a video game, would you really be expecting Shakespeare? (...)
There is some nice animation involved here, some interesting animation techniques used to good effect and overall this keeps the interest up for its length pretty well. The usual brief animated nudity is on display here, for those that have an aversion to such things. Not top drawer stuff by a long way but until we do get local releases of some seriously good anime, this will keep anime fans at least reasonably happy. (...)
Not the greatest anime I have ever seen, but I enjoyed this and the overall package is good, barring the shimmering problem with the video transfer.
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