When it comes to the Street Fighter franchise, one naturally would think of the video game series, especially Street Fighter II. That's understandable, as the game was a massive hit in arcades and home console releases. The game arguably popularized the fighting game as a genre, and the characters would become iconic. This game's world would make the series into a full-on multimedia franchise, which covered comic books, animated series, and yes, movies.
Street Fighter has graced live-action film before. Mainly, the notorious 1994 film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile and the late Raul Julia as M. Bison. The film was a box office and video hit, but fans and critics disliked it. However, it has over the years, been regarded as a cult classic. And now, the high-kickin' punch-throwin' Hadouken-throwin' gang is returning to the live-action silver screen with a new film directed by Kitao Sakurai from a screenplay he and T.J. Fixman developed from a story by Dalan Musson and Gary Dauberman.
The film has an ensemble cast, including Andrew Koji as Ryu, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, Noah Centineo as Ken Masters, and for wrestling fans like me, we got Cody Rhodes as Guile and Roman Reigns as Akuma. Let's look at this teaser!
Wow. Callina Liang looks incredible as Chun-Li.
Good lord, look at the size of this lad! That man is an absolute unit! Where did they find this guy?!
I love that for Guile they just show his hairstyle, because it's that iconic.
Nice they have Ryu's intro animation from the game.
I admit, I'm a bit mixed on David Dastmalchian as M. Bison. I don't think he quite fits it in the looks department, but at the same time, I don't doubt he'll put in a heck of a performance.
I'm surprised Guile didn't scream "AMERICAAAAAAAA!" when he kicked Vega through that wall. Although going through a wall has to hurt.
Looks like we'll get more actual fights than the 1994 film, so that's nice. Don't get me wrong, I love that movie, but yeah. It needed more brawls.
BLEEEEEAAHHHHHH! Ken loves showing off his tongue.
You know, Chun-Li, there are people that will pay you to do that to them.
Ooh, that blow will hurt! Why would you hit someone there?! Seriously?!
Man, these fights look fun!
I liked that kick cut. Smooth as butter.
Well, this looks utterly dumb, ridiculous, and idiotic. I think this movie will be a ton of fun! Yeah, this will be one of those 'turn-your-brain-off-and-have-a-good-time' movies. And that's perfectly fine. It's okay to enjoy a mindless fun movie every now and then. I think this'll be a fun time at the theater! Thanks for reading this blog entry! If you liked it, show it off! Take care of yourselves and each other! See you next time!
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