People say they can't make a good videogame movie. But this is, for all intents and purposes, the movie equivalent of a 2D beat em up.
I mean, its got
1. mcguffin reason for beating people up (the damn elephant)
2. A set of opponents on wheeled vehicles for one scene.
3. "shtick" martial artist opponents. (the capioera guy, and the sword guy)
4. A bunch of mooks to beat up that put up no real resistance
5. Environment weapons that don't last very long
6. A fight in a warehouse.
7. A really big guy that hits you while you attack him cause he is just that tough
8. A helecopter
9. The final boss is a crime leader
10. The final boss is sitting on a throne or fancy chair
11. The only female to fight uses a whip
12. A main character with little to no personality
Okay, some of these things could just be considered symptoms of an action movie, versus a beat em up. And it is lacking certain other defining features like-
1. Really quick guy with vega claws.
2. Elevator lvl
3. Generic Fat guy opponents
4. The main character to my knowledge never eats on screen, so no apples and roast turkeys from trash cans
Still, its basically as banal and entertaining. I enjoyed it.
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