(This review may contain spoilers).
When we were younger, my sister, one of my brothers, and I spent a lot of time in service stations and in arcades. Our favourite type of games were the fighting ones, like Street Fighter and the like. So when I originally saw this film advertised, I was immediately intrigued.
As I recall, I originally went to see this when it came out at the cinema. I then liked it so much that I bought it on DVD when it came out.
Although the main plot of this film was about the fighting competition, I also felt it was very much character-driven. There was a lot going on, so when I watched it the first time, I had to pay a lot of attention to all of the different plots that were going on.
There were a lot of good actors in this, but the only one I definitely had seen in other things was the actress who played Tina – and she in particular did a really good job of playing a completely different character to the one she played in My Name is Earl.
I particularly liked the relationships that were formed throughout the film, whether romantic or friendship. The teamwork aspect was a really good theme to have involved – and I did like the romances, especially the one that formed between Helena and Weatherby.
I’m sure there’ll be a lot of people who didn’t like this film because it didn’t stay entirely true to the game franchise. I found it a really entertaining film to watch that had some really good comedic moments and particularly well-done fight scenes. There were also female lead characters, which is always a good thing.
Ink of Blood 