Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li

Genre: Action / Martial Arts / Video Game
Watched With: Nobody @ Cathay EHub (27/03)
Snacks: Nachos & Limeade

What? No Hodoken?

Chun-Li (Kristin Kreuk) has always been reminded of 1 thing by her businessman father Xiang (Edmund Chen) - that honour is always more important than money.
But when Bison (Neal McDonough) and his evil henchman Balrog (Michael Clarke Duncan) kidnap Xiang to use his business connections to build their evil empire Shadaloo, Chun-Li is forced to wait to avenge her father.

Meanwhile Interpol Agent Charlie Nash (Chris Klein) comes to Thailand and teams up with local cop Maya Sunee (Moon Bloodgood) hot on the trail of the Shadaloo corporation by trying to get information by Shadaloo agent Cantana (Josie Ho).

And Chun-Li gets help from the mysterious Gen (Robin Shou) who makes her realize that she must let go of her anger in order to avenge her father.

What a piece of shit movie.
Such a disgrace to a franchise with so much potential.
I don't know what angle they were going for but they certainly did not stay true to anything that might imply this was a movie adaptation of such a popular video game.

To be honest I much rather prefer the original Street Fighter movie.
Yeah sure it may seem a bit campy and corny but at least that movie was entertaining and you were able to relate what you saw on-screen to what you played in the video game.

In this new movie you will see horrible acting by pretty much all the characters. Horrible casting (Chris Klein REALLY overdoes it in this one and look out for a completely miscast and lame Vega played by Black Eyed Peas member Taboo).
And there are oh-so-many loopholes in the plot.
(Just wait for the ending and you'll see what I mean.

Forget this movie. Stick to the Van Damme original.
Or wait for the sequel. Maybe.

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