Street Fighter (1994)

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago at Apr 27 1:32

"If good men do nothing, that is evil enough." Street Fighter is a woeful film adaptation of the popular Capcom arcade game. I'm sure there are many fans (or nerds, more precisely) who expected very good results...but what was released was far from good. I don't think words can describe what a complete and spectacular disaster this film turned out to be. First and foremost...the plot was utterly useless. It was an even worse excuse for Van Damme to execute fight moves that look incredibly fake and downright stupid! And why was the film so tame?! Whose idea was it to water down all the violence?! As a result the film feels tremendously bad, tame, childish and corny beyond belief! And then of course the script...was dismal. Attempts at humour made the already painful experienc...Read more

Rating : 1/10

Posted : 2 years, 3 months ago at Aug 12 16:47

Sadly, I'm not as forgiving as Jason. This film was ultra-bad. I think this is one of the only films I've ever watched alone but still been embarassed. I loved it as a kid, and I'm a massive fan of the Street Fighter games - they were all I ever played - but this film was awful. They could have done a lot better, despite the wafer thin storylines provided by the games. Instead they just decided to camp everybody up. Who cast Kylie Minogue and Ming Na as Kung Fu fighters? It's clear as day that neither of them have any fighting experience. The way they dealt with Blanka was laughably bad, but the funniest thing about this film is the paper and cardboard set. So many times you see things that are supposed to be firm metallic objects just flapping as people walk past. I gave up halfway th...Read more

Rating : 4/10

Posted : 2 years, 9 months ago at Feb 4 13:02

I was actually more impressed than expected considering the acting talent that was on board for this video game adaptation. Don't get me wrong, it was bad, but what can you expect, it's from a video game whose storyline relies on beating up a single opponent, how complex could it be?

Rating : 4/10