Street Fighter (1994)

Director:

Steven E. de Souza

Writer (WGA):

Steven E. de Souza (written by)

Release Date:

23 December 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The ultimate battle.

Plot:

Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.

Plot Keywords:

Box Office Flop | Futuristic | 1990s | Altered Version Of Studio Logo | Fictional War

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Colonel William F. Guile
Raul Julia	...	General M. Bison
Ming-Na	...	Chun-Li Zang (as Ming-Na Wen)
Damian Chapa	...	Ken Masters
Kylie Minogue	...	Lieutenant Cammy
Simon Callow	...	A.N. Official
Roshan Seth	...	Dr. Dhalsim
Wes Studi	...	Victor Sagat
Byron Mann	...	Ryu Hoshi
Grand L. Bush	...	Balrog
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo	...	E. Honda (as Peter Tuiasosopo)
Jay Tavare	...	Vega
Andrew Bryniarski	...	Zangief
Gregg Rainwater	...	T. Hawk
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.	...	Dee Jay (as Miguel A. Nunez Jr.)

Also Known As:

Street Fighter: The Battle for Shadaloo
Street Fighter: The Movie
Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle (UK) (TV title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo | DTS

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Peru:14 | South Korea:12 | Finland:K-16 | Iceland:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 (cut) | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 (censored version) | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

Capcom Entertainment

Trivia:

Several characters do their "signature moves" from the video game in fight scenes: - Ryu appears to use a "hodoken" on Vega in their second fight (he holds his hands in the familiar position and a bright flash is seen on screen). - Vega does his rolling stab move twice in the same fight. - Ken uses a spinning uppercut (shoryuken in the game) against Sagat. - E. Honda appears to do his "hundred hand slap" against Zangief. - Guile does two "flash kicks" when fighting Bison (he performs a kick while in a back flip. - Although the move does not resemble the one from the game, Cammy says "Thrust kick!" while fighting a trooper in the assault. - While Bison is flying, he uses a move that resembles his "psycho crusher" on Guile several times (flying towards the enemy with an outstretched fist).

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Chun-Li tries to grab the microphone from Guile after he flipped off Bison on live television, you can hear her say "what are you doing?", though her lips are not moving. The same thing happens to Guile soon after when he says "you wanted me on TV, I'm on TV now. Leave it!"

Quotes:

Colonel William F. Guile: Bison. Are you man enough to fight me?
Bison: Anyone who opposes me will be destroyed.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Soundtrack:

Pandemonium

NOT the worst movie ever - but not

Some people claim this is a bad movie... true. Some people claim this movie is a bad translation of the video game it's supposed to be based on... true. Some people claim it's the worst ever... trust me, I've seen worse.

While it does have its Christmas list of bad things (poor script, ugly sets, subpar acting), it's good for a laugh or two because of the negatives... at the same time however, any dedicated fan of the Street Fighter games will find this as an insult because it does not properly adapt the video game...

Is it a bad movie? Sure it is... but I've seen my share of bad movies and I can tell that this isn't the absolute worst!