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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)

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Average Rating: 3.4/10
Reviews Counted: 65
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 53

The combination of a shallow plot and miscast performers renders Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li a perfectly forgettable video game adaptation.

46

Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 13
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 7

The combination of a shallow plot and miscast performers renders Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li a perfectly forgettable video game adaptation.

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Average Rating: 2.7/5
User Ratings: 205,715

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As the Street Fighter saga celebrates its 20th anniversary, fight fans are invited to follow along with fearsome fighter Chun-Li (Smallville's Kristin Kreuk) as she faces off against a series of formidable opponents in this feature adaptation of the popular video-game franchise directed by Exit Wounds' Andrzej Bartkowiak. Previously adapted for the screen in the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme film, the series continues to thrive as eager gamers across the globe go toe-to-toe to determine who is the

Jun 30, 2009

$8.6M

20th Century Fox

All Critics (78) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (55) | DVD (13)

Proving that there's no statute of limitations on lousy ideas, director Andrzej Bartkowiak's attempted franchise expansion returns to the Capcom motherlode that produced the worst movie in the entire Jean-Claude Van Damme filmography.

March 5, 2009 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
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A long slog with little payoff.

March 5, 2009 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

I gave it two stars because the girls looked good. One star for each otherwise. I just laughed my way thru this one!!

July 1, 2009
jmanard52

Super Reviewer

I kept pressing start but the game wouldn't let me skip the opening cut scene. An hour and thirty-six minute cut scene. This film makes the original Street Fighter movie look like a masterpiece.

October 19, 2011
Christopher Heim

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