I've just watched recently & I must say The King Of Fighters movie is a pile of junk, it's not even the miscast problem but the whole thing in this movie is extremely mediocre. & this is the worst movie I've ever seen in 2010, thank God I didn't have any expectation at all on this because I knew it... OK, from my point of view why the whole thing is mediocre is from the story itself were inarticulate & slight over from the game(Sigh, video games adaptation), the setting isn't appealing & clearly out of the budget, special effects are way too flashy & completely stupid looking, little fight scenes & yet too short, & the most bugged me is the miscast of the characters. Here's my opinion:
Mai Shiranui: Maggie Q ruined the character a lot. Nothing look alike from Mai which got a trademark sexy bouncing boobs, yet she didn't have any Japanese style at all. In here she's depicted to be carefree & serious, not funny like in the game. The fighting style were inartistic & she didn't feel like a good fighter. Mai as main character is fail, totally fail.
Kyo Kusanagi: Sean Faris really destroyed the character with his inappropriate looks which is Caucasian ! Here his role is inarticulate, he didn't have his Kusanagi flame trademark, he's incredibly weak to be a fighter, & his fighting style is pathetic. Funny thing, his young version is Asian in here. Gordon Chan... This is a big mistake of what you've done to Kyo Kusanagi.
Iori Yagami: Even though Will Yun Lee is Asian he's not suitable to be Iori Yagami, yet, stupid hair cut that he had. Here he act like a rich man & charismatic, his personality is serious & good. Unfortunately in the game he's a violent person. Actually, I kinda like his character if he's not Iori in here. The fighting style is pathetic like Kyo but skillful than Kyo, his special effects are way too flashy & why blue? The reason why I want to watch this movie, is because of my curiosity on Iori turning to Orochi Iori. & Honestly only this thing that cheered me when watching this flick, unfortunately I hate the story why he got the Orochi blood. Too bad, Iori is also my favorite character.
Terry Bogard: Not again, one of my favorite character... Another failed attempt for him, especially making him as an CIA agent, again besides not resembles to Terry. David Leitch really annoyed me, & horrible acting that he played. Plain stupid & totally fail for him.
Rugal Bernstein: Ray Park as Rugal? Thank you Gordon Chan for messing the KOF film & turned down the fans... Rugal here is just another big failure like other characters in here. his villain role in here is depicted to be a powerful fighter with crazy & merciless personality, not charismatic like in the game. In here it is shown that he treat the lady horribly even killing Chizuru & the statue that he had is super mediocre... Definitely not Rugal at all.
Chizuru Kagura: Again & again... OK, I'll just say my opinion on her in here. My thought she's boring but since her role isn't big I kinda confused to judge her completely, yet Chizuru wasn't my favorite character so I don't know much about her.
Vice & Mature: I think their character were too resembles like other video games adaptation, being a henchmen for the bad guy. So, they're completely boring IMO.
Saisyu Kusanagi: Hahaha, he's nothing look alike with his son at all... & funny thing he looked like an comedian instead of fighter. The rest... Well, just like other video games adaptation about family relationship in martial arts. & that's boring once again IMO.
That's all that I can say about the characters, & after u read this you'll be noticed that none of the characters in here were resembles like in the game, but that's just my opinion. Lastly if you loved the games so much(KOF fans), this is a big mistake for you to watch it. Even for action lovers this film had a few action scenes, yet it is short & stupid IMO... But that's up to you whether you want it or not, just judge them by yourself.
Mai Shiranui: Maggie Q ruined the character a lot. Nothing look alike from Mai which got a trademark sexy bouncing boobs, yet she didn't have any Japanese style at all. In here she's depicted to be carefree & serious, not funny like in the game. The fighting style were inartistic & she didn't feel like a good fighter. Mai as main character is fail, totally fail.
Kyo Kusanagi: Sean Faris really destroyed the character with his inappropriate looks which is Caucasian ! Here his role is inarticulate, he didn't have his Kusanagi flame trademark, he's incredibly weak to be a fighter, & his fighting style is pathetic. Funny thing, his young version is Asian in here. Gordon Chan... This is a big mistake of what you've done to Kyo Kusanagi.
Iori Yagami: Even though Will Yun Lee is Asian he's not suitable to be Iori Yagami, yet, stupid hair cut that he had. Here he act like a rich man & charismatic, his personality is serious & good. Unfortunately in the game he's a violent person. Actually, I kinda like his character if he's not Iori in here. The fighting style is pathetic like Kyo but skillful than Kyo, his special effects are way too flashy & why blue? The reason why I want to watch this movie, is because of my curiosity on Iori turning to Orochi Iori. & Honestly only this thing that cheered me when watching this flick, unfortunately I hate the story why he got the Orochi blood. Too bad, Iori is also my favorite character.
Terry Bogard: Not again, one of my favorite character... Another failed attempt for him, especially making him as an CIA agent, again besides not resembles to Terry. David Leitch really annoyed me, & horrible acting that he played. Plain stupid & totally fail for him.
Rugal Bernstein: Ray Park as Rugal? Thank you Gordon Chan for messing the KOF film & turned down the fans... Rugal here is just another big failure like other characters in here. his villain role in here is depicted to be a powerful fighter with crazy & merciless personality, not charismatic like in the game. In here it is shown that he treat the lady horribly even killing Chizuru & the statue that he had is super mediocre... Definitely not Rugal at all.
Chizuru Kagura: Again & again... OK, I'll just say my opinion on her in here. My thought she's boring but since her role isn't big I kinda confused to judge her completely, yet Chizuru wasn't my favorite character so I don't know much about her.
Vice & Mature: I think their character were too resembles like other video games adaptation, being a henchmen for the bad guy. So, they're completely boring IMO.
Saisyu Kusanagi: Hahaha, he's nothing look alike with his son at all... & funny thing he looked like an comedian instead of fighter. The rest... Well, just like other video games adaptation about family relationship in martial arts. & that's boring once again IMO.
That's all that I can say about the characters, & after u read this you'll be noticed that none of the characters in here were resembles like in the game, but that's just my opinion. Lastly if you loved the games so much(KOF fans), this is a big mistake for you to watch it. Even for action lovers this film had a few action scenes, yet it is short & stupid IMO... But that's up to you whether you want it or not, just judge them by yourself.