Street Fighter Returns to the Big Screen
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Are you ready for another Street Fighter flick? Yeah, neither am I. But we aren't the people who make these decisions, are we? So, ready or not, the Street Fighter franchise, which spans tons of video game titles, is set to return to cinema in what I've already labeled the Street Fighter II: Turbo edition movie. In truth, we don't actually know if the film plans to be a sequel to the wildly humorous 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle. What we do know, however, is the film plans to center around the popular Chun-Li character. Presumably, she will be an Interpol agent investigating Shadoloo for the death of her father -- but we all know how good movie studios are at staying true to video game plots.By now, you should know the golden rule of video game movies: they are terrible. Sure, you may be able to point to one or two flicks you consider to be an exception, but really, the world has yet to produce a really stellar (American live-action) video game movie. Chun-Li's story does have the basic makings of your typical cop action story (except, of course, the cop is also one of the world's premiere martial-arts brawlers), but it has a lot of historical momentum to overcome if it expects to be a success. Do you suppose this flick has any chance at beating the odds?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-30-2006 @ 8:15PM
Schuey19 said...
"Do you suppose this flick has any chance at beating the odds?"
In a word - NO!!!
Put it this way:
All films from video games are bad, but some films are more bad than others (yes Owe i'm looking at you)
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10-30-2006 @ 8:18PM
Geoff said...
I agree - nope.
Not sure how true this is, but I heard the first film was dedicated to the memory of Raul Julio, who died after it was filmed. Poor bloke - so much good work, and this is how they remember him...
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10-31-2006 @ 8:53AM
tim said...
Yeh, the first was dedicated to him. And it blew chunks. I'm a huge fan of the game, and have been disappointed in every version of the story they have put to video. It's a tournament!! There's no problem showing back-story, which the game could have used more of, but they need to stop trying to make an action flick, and make a martial arts movie. And yes, i want to see them perform special moves and supers. sue me. Thank god Jet Li quit MA movies before they tried to cast him as Ryu.
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