Street Fighter -- Collector's Edition

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Summary: The worst movie that I had to buy
Review: Street Fighter the movie is probobly one of the worst movies ever made. It is for this reason that I couldn't resist buying it. Everything about this movie is so over the top that it is at least worth watching once. If your in the right mind set it can be very intertaining but don't expect any serious acting or any hardcore action it this film. If you haven't seen it you should at least rent it.

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Summary: A Classic for the Ages!
Review: There's so much to be said about this fantastic movie. For one, I'm a pretty good Street Fighter myself. My Sodom will own you! Secondly, please watch this movie with every hope and aspiration that it will be as exciting and fulfilling as the game itself. This way the look of disappointment on your face will be that much more dramatic. Hahaha!!

I can't stress how horrific it is to watch this movie the first time through. You'll cringe at the fact that everything that couldn've gone wrong with this movie, did in fact go wrong. The story is just so mixed up, not that Street Fighter had a solid story line to begin with, but good gracious. You want a decent story line in a fighting game, play King of Fighters. In any case, it's a horrible experience...the first time.

Now that you've gone through the worst part, you'll start to think it over in your head and realize how incredibly funny this movie is after all. It's soooo bad, that you can't help but laugh at how ridiculous this film is; the bad story, the bad acting, it never stops. Hence, the fun never ends!! This movie is cheap to buy, but provides a lifetime of laughs. There are too many memorable moments in this movie to mention, but let me just say it's worth every Bison buck you spend on it! Enjoy.

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Summary: Aweful
Review: At the height of Jean Claude Van Damme's career, he signed on to star in this stinker. I'm pretty sure the producers knew the end product was going to stink, so they put in Jean to pull in the marginal amount of fans who liked watching the former dancer strut his fighting prowess. They didn't even care that the character he was playing was supposed to be an American military officer, not a Bielgen soldier in the UN police force.

The one I really feel sorry for is Raul Julia, a very distingushed actor who was obviously hornswaggled, or drugged, or possibly bribed, by a very good pitch person, into playing the role of the villian. Sadly this was his last role before passing on, is there no justice in the world?

I can understand it was probably very hard to get all these characters together for one story line instead of it being about just a street fight. But someone must have been able to pull something better out of their collective...rear ends.

Thankfully Mortal Kombat came along later and showed them how it's done...and then pulled the same tragedy later with Mortal Kombat Armegeddon.

In the effort to make a methodical story out of the madness of a video game, one must realize it is apparently a hit and miss endeavor. And in many cases it seems, it may be an endeavor better left in the video arcade.

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Summary: Not one thing right in this movie...
Review: Ok, here we go. Grab a snack cause I'm gonna be bashing on this movie for awhile. Ok, where do I begin? The movie was horrible. That took off. Now. When this came out, I was a hardcore Street Fighter fan (hell, I still am. Fighting games are my life)and when I looked up online to see the reviews, I heard nothing good at all. So I decided not to waste my money on going to the theatres. So then when it comes out for video, I rent it. And I was sad to say, those reviews were right. Let's begin on what they did wrong, shall we?

1. Jean Claude Van Damm - I used to be a big fan on Van Damm in his very successful movies like Bloodsport and Timecop. But recently, his movies were bad. And then they give him the roll as the American soilder, Guile. Now, firstly, Guile is American. Van Damm is French. Smart move there guys. Secondly, Guile wasn't even the main character in the game. It was Ryu and Ken. Thirdly, Van Damm hardly even looked like Guile. Van Damm had a crew cut in the movie while the real Guile has something like a flat top hairdo. And lastly, Guile was a captain. Not a clonial.

2. Storyline - The storyline wasn't not even close to the game's storyline. Ryu and Ken in the game, are martial artist who grew up together living in the same dojo with their master, Gouken. They train every day. In the movie, they're weapon dealers and are brothers. Wow, quite different. And also, I recall Ryu being somewhat like a Bruce Lee wannabe. I mean, he'd always ended up needing to take off his shirt and fight with only his pants on and even getting cuts on his chest by Vega (Balrog in Japan). Sagat is supposed to be a Muay Thai fighter known all over the world who lost to Ryu and was scarred by his Shoryuken. In the movie, Sagat is Ryu and Ken's dealer who ends up trying to kill Ryu and Ken cause he got screwed over by them. Chun Li in the game is an Interpol officer searching for M. Bison (Vega in Japan)cause he killed her father. In the movie, she's a news reporter...wow...anyway, Honda and Balrog/M. Bison are her crew in the movie. In the game, Honda is a Japanese Sumo wrestler. In the movie, he's some fat hawaiian camera man. Balrog/ Bison, in the game, is one of M. Bison/Vega's body guards and is a BAD GUY. In the movie, however, he's apart of Chun Li's news crew and is a GOOD GUY. Cammy, in the game, was once being controlled by Bison/Vega but gained her memory and is now apart of Red Delta. In the movie, she's Guile's lover (which I remember in the game, Guile has a wife and a daughter)and is apart of the army with Guile. I'm probably boring all of you to death from the horrific things of this movie.

3. Horrible fights - Street Fighter is mainly about fighting. Well, I hardly found any fighting in this movie. And the fighting that was in this movie stunk. And the saddest part of all....no special moves.....That's what made Street Fighter unique. Specials. But, where's the hadoukens? Shoryukens? Tatsumaki Senpukyakus? Sonic Booms? Nope. Nadah. Nothing at all.

Bottom line: Movie is horrible. Don't even bother trying to see this movie.

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Summary: Laughing at most reviewers
Review: This movie ranks as one of my favourite films I have ever seen. I have watched the film over 7 times over the past month and have still enjoyed the work. Reason?
People keep viewing this film as a serious VidGame-to-film adaptation. It isn't. This film has a creative license, which has it's own storyline, with a few "game" ideas thrown in. This film isn't supposed to be a serious action flick. It's a light-hearted action spoof, which is meant to entertain the humourful.
I disagree with 99% of all reviews i have read all around the internet, in which to say that this movie doesn't suck. People just can't see it for what it really is - a spoof, not unlike Hot-Shots (albeit, not so obvious).
Raul Julia is the best, and from what i feel, the Bison I'd imagine to be. Mad, self-opinionated, and damn sure of himself. So sure that he can still joke.
People need to stop viewing this film as a straight forward VidGame-to-film adaptation. This is a film, with Street Fighter characters and a couple of Street Fighter backgrounds. I could guaruntee that if all the characters were given different names, people would be complaining that "it was a street fighter ripoff".
Take my advice - give the film a go, and view it as a spoof. Something just to laugh at, and not taken seriously. Once you master that, you may begin to see why i love this film so much