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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

13 Ratings: -1.5

A 2009 action movie directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li gives insight into Chun-Li's (Kristin Kreuk) life before becoming a fighter. It shows her privileged childhood in Hong Kong, where she trains to be a concert pianist and is taught martial arts by her father. … see full wiki

Tags: Movies, Action Movies, Comic Book Movies, Adaptation, Street Fighter

Cast: Moon Bloodgood, Michael Clarke Duncan, Robin Shou, Neal McDonough, Chris Klein, Kristin Kreuk

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak

Release Date: February 27, 2009

MPAA Rating: PG-13

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review by BaronSamedi3. March 15, 2011

posted in Movie Hype

D-Pad Goes Down, Down, Down

It's true that the 1994 Street Fighter movie from Steven De Souza was a crappy, transparent attempt to cash in. But at times like this, it's important to remember the good things about it. You have to give credit to De Souza for being able to recognize the fact that his movie was piggybacking a popular video game franchise in the hopes that gamers were as nerdy and stupid as his fourth- or fifth-hand knowledge of the medium told him. He was honest enough about it to write so that everyone would … more

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review by devora. February 27, 2009

posted in MovieSucktastic

My verdict on The Legend of Chun-Li: Wait for the DVD

As a child, Street Fighters was one of my favorite video games on Super Nintendo, and as one of few female in the game, Chun-Li was by far my favorite fighter, so when The Legend of Chun Li came out, I just HAD to see it. I ended up catching the midnight screening, and, well, I was underwhelmed. The movie started out strong, giving insight into Chun-Li's earlier life and showing her privileged childhood in Hong Kong, where she trained to be a concert pianist and was … more

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review by woopak_the_thrill. July 04, 2009

posted in Movie Hype

1 ½ Stars: Kristin Kreuk and Moon Bloodgood Deserved a Better Movie

The awesome “Street Fighter” video game franchise was first brought to life by Hollywood in 1994 featuring a “cartoonish” Jean Claude Van-Damme, Ming Na-Wen, Kylie Minogue and Raul Julia as the despot named Bison. The movie was a disaster and it was no wonder why it failed miserably in the box-office. Hollywood should’ve taken pointers from Japan for “Street Fighter: The Animated Movie”, which was undeniably the best movie adapted from the franchise … more

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Quick Tip by TheJohn. July 18, 2010

posted in MovieSucktastic

A Quick Tip by TheJohn

Bad casting, bad use of characters that are nothing like they're video game counterparts, not a lot of action and not enough characters from the series are used. Maybe thats a good thing since they too would have been mangled. More proof that if you want to adapt a comic or video game to a movie, know the source material first.

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review by FreeDom4. August 29, 2009

posted in Movie Hype

Sad excuse for a movie

For whatever reason, film adaptations of video games tend not to make good movies. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li follows this rule all to closely. The plot is pretty weak - basically Chun Li (Kristen Kreuk) fighting to save her father from Bison (Chris Klein), who oddly enough is an evil corporate gangster in a three-piece suit in the film - not the guy in the red military uniform from the game. Furthermore, Bison's alleged powers come from having transfered his conscience to his daughter … more

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review by Steveo. June 28, 2009

The Worst Movie In Years

I very rarely do this with my reviews, but to save you the time of reading about everything wrong with this movie, I'll give you a couple of words to sum it up at the start. This was just awful, really awful. In fact, it was so awful I would rather sit through a 1 and a half hour Matthew McConaughey movie. Now that brief hatred is over, I'll begin to tell you just exactly what I hated about this movie in separated paragraphs. Sort of like bullet points, only filled with 50% more hatred. The … more

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