One must praise Kane Kosugi and the cast and crew for sticking it out and trying their hardest. While it does not necessary have to be associated with the video game except for its use of certain character names, it does hold its own to some aspect. Kaos also served as the film’s cinematographer. Sever (in which a recent interview explained that producer interference messed up his film debut). Originally the film was to have been directed by Ong-Bak helmer Prachya Pinkaew, but it is learned that after Prachya departed, the helmer was revealed to be Wych Kaosayananda, credited here as Wych Kaos, who directed the 2002 misfire that was Ballistic: Ecks vs.
Many wondered why? Then, Kosugi’s reps said the film was actually a new action film called “Agent X” and it would involve an amnesiac man who would be a trained assassin.įinally, in May 2014, the film’s production company, Crystal Sky, did confirm it was the Tekken prequel that would involve the character of Kazuya Mishima (played by Ian Anthony Dale in the first film) as “an amnesiac man who would be a trained assassin”. Then, it was announced it was the long-gestated prequel to the 2010 adaptation of Tekken, an abysmal live action adaptation of the popular Namco video game series. Many felt excited when Kane Kosugi earned his first lead role in a Hollywood production. It is clear from the subtitle of the film, we know who “K” is. However, when K’s latest target was a former assassin for the Minister by the name of Bryan Fury, K starts to question everything that has happened and as he constantly has nightmares and hearing someone’s voice, K is going to do what it takes to make things right and find out his real identity. She still disagrees with his methods of using no guns and no killing. The Minister, convinced he is ready, sends K to live in an apartment while Rhona serves as K’s handler. Upon learning the man has no memory the Minister calls him “K”.Īs K begins and successfully completes his training, he does have a difference with the Minister’s other assassins: K doesn’t believe in killing and he refuses to use a gun. The village is run by “The Minister”, who trains assassins to kill “the sinners of the outside world”. The man wakes up tied to a pole in a village located outside the city. When police forces arrive to capture him, he fights them off and narrowly escapes when he is hit by Rhona Anders, a woman who knocks him out cold. He has no recollection of how he got their or even worse, who he is. The film opens with a young man, played by Kosugi, waking up in a hotel room. 2014, SP Distribution/Crystal Sky PicturesĪfter months of what can be described as sheer confusion, Kane Kosugi finally gets his first lead role in a Hollywood film in this prequel spin-off to the 2010 live action adaptation of the Namco video game.
0 kommentar(er)
