or, so i'd like to say. but unfortunately, this one wasn't that good.
Story 3/10
It's basically about two fathers and two sons who all go hunting... for power, and people get caught in between. yeah, a really unique plot, i must say. but aside from that, how it was told in this movie was pretty bad.
there are no plot holes, because it's a pretty simple plot... though a big problem it suffers is people suddenly recovering or powering up because it's convenient to the plot. In other words, [Ending Fatigue]
EDIT: eh, seems like there ARE plot holes here. i just didn't catch them because of the sheer incomprehensability of the story.
Art 7/10
Well to summarize, it's got:
Pretty Girls and Pretty Boys. Nina and Xiaoyu stand out for the girls.
[She's Got Legs] focused a lot, for a good reason.
[Ridiculously Cute Critter] a Panda
[Uncanney Valley] each character occasionally sports weird facial expressions and move awkwardly. [EDIT] the production team probably didn't have the non-action scenes mo-capped.
(if you have no idea what the words in [brackets] mean. look them up in TVTropes.org)
Sound 6/10
Nothing really epic here. but most music fits the scene it's used on.
Character 3/10
Ugh, where to start? If you never played the games or know the back story everyone here would be a [Flat Character], or close to one. also, very little is done to develop the characters. No [Hidden Depths] are delivered.
[Exposition] of character details are pretty in-your-face and unsubtle. and you wouldn't know who's controlling who or why a character does something if you don't have prior knowledge about the character.
Enjoyment 7/10
The fight scenes are great. too bad they're too few for an adaptation of a fighting game. this could have been better if the entire movie was full to the brim of fight scenes;
or if it had the story is told along with the fight scenes. also, badly done [Chekhov's Skill] and ridiculously convenient power-ups ( major offending case: [I Am Not Left Handed] ).
Overall 5/10
It could have had potential even with it's simple plot. had they spice up the music, CG, and characterization.
