Well being that I have already reviewed "Street fighter the legened of chun li" I figured it would only be necaserry to reveiw the orignal live action movie.
What can I say about this movie, well the only thing that I think can be said is, well, it was pretty crap, but in a good way, ha, you were not expecting that now were you?
But first I think it s only necaserry I point out what is wrong and right with the movie.
Now even though "Jean Claude Van Damne" looks like Guille from the game, tell me one simple thing, does he at any point in this movie sound like an American. Half the damn time you can hardly understand a word that he is saying, but then it gets to his imfamous line "Get da Hostages Out!", but for me it was just hallarious to listen to, and watch "Van Damn" try to act, it's kind of like watching a Schwarzneger movie even though he such a bad actor he is such a delight to watch, and not to mention it is kind of funny.
The rest of the casting isn't actally all that bad, all of the people look like the characters they are supposed to be playing like, Ryu, Ken, balrog, E. Honda, Blanca, zangeif, M. Bison, and Chun Li, Unlike in...............That other film. the only Character that they got completly wrong was dhalsim who at first looks like a scientist and then for a little bit we don't see him and the next time he comes back on camera he looks like a monk slash indian warrior, and the movie of course decides not tell us what the hell happened.
The acting, for some people was o.k., but for some others like the guy plays Zangeif, the guy who plays Blanca and of course the star of the film, Van Damn, it is pretty apparant they can't act to save their lives. For one thing the guy who plays Zangeif seems like he has never acted before in his life and all he seems to do is just yell like a retarted wrestler, but then again I guess thats what the character is like in the game, and blaca just talks in that really low voice and tries way too damn hard.
The action scenes are O.k, the only one that wasn't that good was the one where guille and M.Bison have their final fight and in some places it so obvious that they are repeating footage, and in one spot where Bison is supposed to be flying from off camera, into a computer it seems like he's just runing in for the other side and it was just fucking hallarious, and then the movie decides to rip off star wars and have M.bison wearing a Life support system in his suit like Darth Vader and then shooting lightining bolts like te emporer, WTF!
The Story, of course, has absolutley nothing to do with the street fighting Tournament, I mean come on, what is so damn hard about making a movie about a bunch of people fighting in a martial arts tournament, "Enter the Dragon" With "Bruce lee" did it and it was one of the best martial arts films ever made, and not to mention it's pretty much all Dragonball z lives for anymore so why the hell not?
But Overal this for me is just so over the top, stupid and badly acted and some of the action scenes are so awesome that you don't give a flying fuck about anything wrong with the movie, even though it is pretty apparant that there is loads wrong with it.
**1/2 - *****
So bad its good, seriously give it a watch, just for a chuckle, and as always don't watch the peice of shit known only as "Street fighter the Legened of Chun Li."
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