There’s a monster movie buried in the heart of Love Lies Bleeding. In a little gym in a nondescript New Mexico town, muscleheads break their bodies and remold them into submission. Aspirational placards watch over them from above, reasserting that pain is “just weakness leaving the body,” among other problematic gym jargon. It’s a fitting hub for a town that’s been deluded by the American dream, where obsession has become a survival instinct and seedy, sweaty violence seems ready to erupt at any moment.

Rose Glass’ sophomore feature is a muscular, menacing take on obsession. Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brian star in the sapphic romance on steroids.

Katsuhiro Harada’s signature fighting game series has found its way onto each and every PlayStation console (and Xbox too, as of Tekken 6), so it was only a matter of time before the latest generation would see fists fly.

With the capabilities to take advantage of new hardware thanks to Unreal Engine 5, Tekken 8 is developer Bandai Namco’s pinnacle for the series from a technical standpoint alone. But it’s the game’s robust new training modes and campaign that truly elevate it, even if the latter can feel undercooked at times.