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Street Fighter (1994)

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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.

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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

PG-13, 1 hr. 42 min.

Action & Adventure

Directed By: Steven E. de Souza

In Theaters: Dec 22, 1994 Wide

On DVD: May 26, 1998

MCA Universal Home Video

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Cast

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. N��ez 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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Critic Reviews for Street Fighter

All Critics (24) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (21) | DVD (4)

Far less captivating than the videogame that inspired it.

July 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

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A dreary, overstuffed hodgepodge of poorly edited martial arts sequences and often unintelligible dialogue.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

Top Critic

Game Over.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Richard Harrington

Washington Post

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...the film has been infused with a myriad of shamelessly over-the-top elements that inevitably become quite tough to take.

May 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Campy video game-derived action-fest.

March 2, 2009 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Charles Cassady

Common Sense Media

The story of STREET FIGHTER is a mere trifle, but who cares? The real problem is that...the visceral impact is practically nil.

February 12, 2009 Full Review Source: ESplatter

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Steve Biodrowski

ESplatter

In its noisy, pointless way, Street Fighter does come close to the frenetic meandering of a video game scenario -- which is precisely the problem.

November 2, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

well, video game movies all do suck

May 27, 2007 Comment

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

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Julia (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.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

If you grew up playing Street Fighter 2, you MUST see this movie. If not, stay far, far away.

July 5, 2004 Comments (2)

Martin Scribbs

Low IQ Canadian Source: Low IQ Canadian

OOOF!!!!!

June 5, 2004 Comment

Gabe Leibowitz

eCinemaCenter.com

Fun Van Damme silliness

November 25, 2003 Comment

Fred Topel

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Absolutely terrible action film based very very loosely on the 'Street Fighter 2' computer game. Van Damme looks fine but acts badly and the rest of the cast are just awful, simply dreadful, no one actually looks like their videogame counterpart accept maybe Raul Julia who saves a little grace as 'Bison' but he's

June 9, 2008

Phil Hubbard

Super Reviewer

I'm sitting here laughing to myself because I gave this such a high rating. This movie is one gigantic piece of crap, but yet it's too damned enjoyable to be written off completely. Street Fighter is an adaptation of the Street Fighter II game that was all the rage in arcades across the globe during the early 90's.

March 25, 2007

Tim Salmons

Super Reviewer

Street Fighter Quotes

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1. 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?!
– Submitted by Baurushan J (32 days ago)
1. Col. Guile: You lost your balls.
– Submitted by Baurushan J (32 days ago)
1. Col. Guile: Anytime dickhead!
– Submitted by Baurushan J (32 days ago)
1. Sagat: Toy guns.
2. Ken: Fuck you!
– Submitted by Franz T (3 months ago)
1. Sagat: Guile, alive?
2. Bison: Of course! His death was designed to ingratiate his spies with you.
3. Bison: I guess you didn't see that did you!
– Submitted by Kos G (4 months ago)

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