Street Fighter (1994)
Average Rating: 2.9/10
Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 21
Though it offers mild entertainment through campy one-liners and the overacting of the late Raul Julia, Street Fighter's nonstop action sequences are not enough to make up for a predictable, uneven storyline.
Average Rating: 2.5/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 5
Though it offers mild entertainment through campy one-liners and the overacting of the late Raul Julia, Street Fighter's nonstop action sequences are not enough to make up for a predictable, uneven storyline.
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Movie Info
Based on the popular video game Street Fighter II, Street Fighter stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Col. Guile, the cocky but brave leader of an Allied Nations fighting force. When the evil General Bison (Raul Julia), the power-mad leader of Shadaloo, kidnaps a bus full of Allied Nations relief workers and holds them for a multi-billion dollar ransom, Guile and his team are sent in to do battle with Bison; aiding Guile is intrepid TV journalist Chun-Li (Ming-Na Wen), while a pair of con men (Damian
Dec 22, 1994 Wide
May 26, 1998
MCA Universal Home Video
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Cast
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Jean-Claude Van Damme
Col. Guile -
Raul Julia
Bison -
Ming-Na Wen
Chun-Li -
Damian Chapa
Ken -
Kylie Minogue
Cammy -
Simon Callow
A.N. Official -
Andrew Bryniarski
Zangief -
Grand L. Bush
Balrog -
Robert Mammone
Carlos Blanka -
Brian Moll
Bison's Scientist -
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Dee Jay -
Roshan Seth
Dhalsim -
Wes Studi
Sagat -
Sander Vanocuer
GNT News Anchor -
Edward R. Pressman
Lonely Cook -
Kenzo Tsujimoto
A.N. Commander -
Byron Mann
Ryu -
Jay Tavare
Vega -
Gerry Day
Lab Guard -
David Green
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All Critics (24) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (21) | DVD (4)
Far less captivating than the videogame that inspired it.
Top CriticJulia (in his final role) hams it up shamelessly as the camp commandant, but not even his suave presence and throwaway quips can save this noisy, brainless mess.
A dreary, overstuffed hodgepodge of poorly edited martial arts sequences and often unintelligible dialogue.
Game Over.
...the film has been infused with a myriad of shamelessly over-the-top elements that inevitably become quite tough to take.
Campy video game-derived action-fest.
The story of STREET FIGHTER is a mere trifle, but who cares? The real problem is that...the visceral impact is practically nil.
In its noisy, pointless way, Street Fighter does come close to the frenetic meandering of a video game scenario -- which is precisely the problem.
well, video game movies all do suck
If you grew up playing Street Fighter 2, you MUST see this movie. If not, stay far, far away.
OOOF!!!!!
Fun Van Damme silliness
Offers an uneasy mix of off-the-wall farce and violent mayhem in its first half and then gives way to heavy-handed gunplay and a ridiculously high body count during its second half.
Bizarre, surreal, and ultimately less engaging than playing Pong with a blind man...
Audience Reviews for Street Fighter
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- Bison: You've made me a happy man.
- Col. Guile: Next, I'll make you a dead one.
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- Col. Guile: Bison, you're off the air!
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- Chun-Li: How about an interview for my network.
- Col. Guile: Yeah, sure. But only if you wear that dress.
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- Bison: Of course!
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- Col. Guile: Well I'm gonna get on my boat and I'm gonna kick that son-of-a-bitch Bison's ass so hard that the next Bison wannabe is gonna feel it. Now who wants to go home and WHO WANTS TO GO WITH ME?!
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- Col. Guile: You lost your balls.
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The action and fight sequences are pitiful, totally laughable, I can't even bring myself to call them action sequences whilst the sets look like paper thin sets merely with lots of metal and monitors everywhere.
The main issue with this 'film' is the fact its totally and completely made for kids, watered down to the bone with nothing for anyone over the age of about 13 to enjoy. Game fans will be like...'excuse me!!?' whilst most adults will simply piss their pants with laughter. Just adding the odd chase sequence or explosion doesn't make things all better Mr Director.
One of the only films I can say is sheer dross and less than B-movie standards mainly because it cost a bomb to make, had a HUGE merchandise and marketing push. It was actually advertised as a serious action film (probably due to JCVD being in it), it was! I remember seeing it in the cinema.
SFII cannot be made into a serious or semi serious film end of, the characters and stories just don't work in this field. Animated yes, live action no, no no no hell no. The best bit of the film has to be the introduction of 'Blanka' and 'Dhalsim', I swear only Ed Wood could compete with that.