Sometimes a movie doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but it still has a lot to like about it. That’s about what we’re going to get with Tekken, a movie that doesn’t make much sense, but still features plenty of action. And the folks out at Anchor Bay have sent us out a copy of Tekken to review, a dose of total lack of sense but a big pot of action all in one convenient dose.

Based on the video game, Tekken takes us out to a period of time known as “just after the Terror Wars”, but could also more familiarly be called “next Sunday, A.D.”, because it’s not exactly a really far-flung future from the look of it. Governments have fallen, and have been replaced with corporations–more specifically, eight of them–collectively known as Iron Fist. To settle their differences, and keep the public pacified, war has been replaced with gladiatorial combat. The strongest corporation, the one that took over North America, is called Tekken. But the whole thing is facing its own downfall when one young man is about to rise up against Tekken following the death of his mother. And his rise may well bring Tekken down with it.

There’s plenty of fighting in here. Loads of gunplay, and more than a few examples of set-chewing histrionics so wildly egregious that you’ll be left cringing from the awful. But there’s plenty of action here, and it’s still a very entertaining exercise. Sure, it’s a familiar venture. It’s just like dozens of others before it. But that doesn’t make it any less exhilarating for the repetition.

The familiarity, though, is a bit of a problem. You can already tell where they’re going to go with this, possibly before the movie even starts. I’m not going to spoiler, mostly because I really don’t have to. You’ll have a pretty good idea of who will win within the first, oh, fifteen minutes or so.

You’ve seen this movie a few times, and you’ve probably enjoyed it. If you have, then you’ll love Tekken. If you haven’t, then chances are good you knew you weren’t going to watch it when you saw the first trailer. In fact, it’s a fair bet that your first reaction to the trailer is going to determine your interest in the entire movie. Did you like the trailer? That decides how you’ll feel about Tekken.

The Screenhead Ten Scale, meanwhile, which tends to like familiar action movies set in a dystopic, corporate-controlled world, gives Tekken a seven out of ten. It’s no great film, of course, but it’s a fun, entertaining bolt of action that does the job just fine.