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

Director:

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Writer:

Justin Marks (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 February 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Some fight for power. Some fight for us.

Plot:

Based on the popular video game franchise, female fighter Chun Li embarks on a quest for justice. |

Plot Keywords:

Chun Li | Rickshaw | Slum | Female Lead | Hong Kong

Cast

Kristin Kreuk	...	Chun-Li
Chris Klein	...	Charlie Nash
Neal McDonough	...	Bison / Vega (Japan)
Robin Shou	...	Gen
Moon Bloodgood	...	Det. Maya Sunee
Josie Ho	...	Cantana
Taboo	...	Vega / Balrog (Japan)
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Balrog / Bison (Japan)
Pei-pei Cheng	...	Zhilan
Edmund Chen	...	Xiang
Inez Yan	...	Chun-Li (5 yrs)
Elizaveta Kiryukhina	...	Rose
Emilze Junqueira	...	Jeanne Xiang
Katherine Pemberton	...	Chun-Li (10 yrs)
Siri Sirijane	...	Liu
Krystal Vee	...	Lucy
Thamapat Seengamrat	...	Secretary Tong
Tim Man	...	Yung
Jeremy Thana	...	Korean Boss
Sami Vayrynen	...	European Boss
Jean-Jacques Vélicitat	...	Russian Boss
Arash Sharifi	...	Pakistani Boss
Chuchok Ritnok	...	Pakistani Boss
Norio Suzuki	...	Japanese Boss
Anis Cheurfa	...	Thug # 1 in Alley
Kulnadda Pachimsawat	...	Thai News Reporter
Brahim Achabbakhe	...	Thug in Tenement House
Sahajak Boonthanakit	...	Thai Detective
Brendan Miller	...	Young Bison
Pei Pei Wang	...	Chun-Li (10 yrs) Double
Hannah Tan Mei Lin	...	Chun-Li Transition Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Erik Markus Schuetz	...	Kantana's Bodyguard (uncredited)

Directed by
Andrzej Bartkowiak

Writing credits
Justin Marks		(screenplay)

Produced by
Patrick Aiello	....	producer
Ashok Amritraj	....	producer
Manu Gargi	....	line producer
Keiji Inafune	....	executive producer
Russell D. Markowitz	....	co-producer
Toshi Tokumaru	....	executive producer
Haruhiro Tsujimoto	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Stephen Endelman

Cinematography by
Geoff Boyle

Film Editing by
Derek Brechin
Niven Howie

Casting by
Nutjaporn 'Bow' Swasdiprom

Production Design by
Michael Z. Hanan

Art Direction by
Suchartanun 'Kai' Kuladee

Set Decoration by
Suzanne Caplan Merwanji

Costume Design by
Shirley Chan

Production Management
Raweeporn 'Non' Srimonju	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Thomas A. Keith	....	second assistant director
Dion Lam	....	action director
Sylvia Liu	....	first assistant director
Inthira Sawantrat	....	first assistant director
Fei Wong	....	first assistant director: action unit

Art Department
Ted Boonthanakit	....	storyboard artist
Pattamawan Chaiwattananan	....	art coordinator
Sarawut Chincharoen	....	property master
Marjorie Eber	....	set dresser
Sorayuk Mookleemas	....	assistant property master
Samavee Pummoung	....	set dressing coordinator

Sound Department
Joshua Adeniji	....	foley editor
Odin Benitez	....	supervising sound editor
Paul Clark	....	sound mixer
Robert Dehn	....	sound studio manager
Levent Erdogan	....	foley editor
Arthur Farkas	....	sound editor
Tammy Fearing	....	adr editor
Jason Gaya	....	sound recordist
Judah Getz	....	adr mixer
Eric Gillingham	....	sound effects editor
Corey J. Grasso	....	foley mixer
Darrell Hanzalik	....	adr & dialogue supervisor
Annop Jaikaew	....	boom operator
Richard Kitting	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Kwiatkowski	....	dialogue editor
Cliff Latimer	....	dialogue editor
Tiffany Lentz	....	assistant sound editor
John Leveque	....	supervising sound editor
Zach Michaelis	....	foley recordist
Rory Oleson	....	additional sound effects
Paul D. Poduska	....	sound librarian
Charles W. Ritter	....	sound effects editor
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Todd Toon	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kevin Warendorp	....	first assistant sound editor

Visual Effects by
Gabriel Bloomberg	....	visual effects assistant
Sean Findley	....	digital supervisor
Jason Gottlieb	....	visual effects artist
Shahen Jordan	....	supervising matte artist
Shant Jordan	....	digital effects supervisor
R. Karthik	....	digital paint artist
Kris Kelley	....	digital artist
Kareem K.H.	....	digital compositor
Marc Kolbe	....	visual effects supervisor
Claudia Lari	....	visual effects artist
James Payfer	....	rotoscope artist
Karthic Ramesh	....	digital effects artist
Davis Reynolds	....	visual effects editor
V. Samundeswari	....	senior compositor
Shobanbabu	....	cg supervisor
Stephen Wilson	....	digital compositor
Panneer Selvam	....	compositor: Imageworks India (uncredited)

Stunts
Brahim Achabbakhe	....	stunts
Matt Cho	....	stunts
Jared S. Eddo	....	utility stunts: re-shoots
Cullet Eric	....	stunts
Jonathan Eusebio	....	co-fight choreographer
Justin Rodgers Hall	....	fight stunts
Sam Hargrave	....	stunt double: Neal McDonough (re-shoots )
Anton Kalinitchenko	....	stunt performer
Seng Kawee	....	stunt coordinator
Dion Lam	....	fight choreographer
Ming Liu	....	stunt double
Heidi Moneymaker	....	stunt double
Jon Valera	....	co-fight choreographer: reshoots

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenny Groom	....	first assistant camera
Ossie Jung	....	gaffer
Zak Katz	....	video assist: main unit
Christopher TJ McGuire	....	Steadicam operator
Christopher TJ McGuire	....	camera operator
Igor Meglic	....	director of photography: action unit
Shaun Mone	....	gaffer: action unit
Ryan Nguyen	....	camera operator: Los Angeles Unit
Bridger Nielson	....	director of photography: Los Angeles
Suriyun Santitharangkun	....	video assistant
Picha Srisansanee	....	camera operator: action unit

Casting Department
Gregory T. Eismin	....	casting assistant
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting
Supattra 'Pum' Punyadee	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Corinne Bogdanowicz	....	digital intermediate colorist
Gilbert Carreras	....	color timer
Ben Howdeshell	....	first assistant editor
Matthew W. Johnson	....	digital intermediate editor

Music Department
Avner Dorman	....	conductor
Avner Dorman	....	orchestrator
Mason Kaye	....	assistant orchestrator
Christopher Kennedy	....	music editor
Michelle Kuznetsky	....	music supervisor
Tyler Westen	....	scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Amornwich Emeim	....	transportation captain: action unit
Ronnarit Kowanich	....	fuel man: action unit
Chidchanok Plodripu	....	transportation coordinator
Patima Thampirak	....	transportation assistant
Prawat Ui	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Russell Geoffrey Banks	....	stand-in
Nattinee Buapong	....	assistant to line producer
Lloyd Bunnak	....	voice-over artist
Thanadda Donkitphai	....	production secretary
Sue Field	....	script supervisor
Tracey Grimes	....	account executive: Post Logic Studios
Aaron Horwitz	....	epk director
Jim Lau	....	adr loop group
Kimi Porter	....	production coordinator
Plinn Pratoommas	....	production assistant
Robert Rothenborg	....	double (as Vega)
Robert Rothenborg	....	stand-in: Chris Klein
Vasit Suchitta	....	prosthetic effects
Mattana Suthammasa	....	assistant production coordinator
Don Tai	....	voice-over artist
Chanida 'Chompoo' Yasiri	....	assistant: director
Ron Yuan	....	voice

Production Companies

• Hyde Park Entertainment (presents)
• Capcom Company (as Capcom) (presents)
• Adlabs Films (in association with)
• Legend Films

Distributors

• Blue Sky Media (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Cinestar (2009) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Innoform Media (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Pinema (2009) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Cinematografica Distributori Indipendenti (CDI) (2009) (Italy) (all media)
• Imagem Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Paradise Group (2009) (Russia) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Forge VFX

Other Companies

• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Post Logic Studios  post-production facilities
• Sonic Magic  sound post-production
• Studio 8 Sound  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (Japan: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and martial arts action, and some sensuality.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Canada | India | USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44978) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | Mexico:B15 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

Hyde Park Entertainment

Trivia:

Most of the back story setting up the alliance between Chun-Li and Nash can be found in the deleted scenes on the DVD.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Bison is the child of Irish missionaries. The actors portraying him as a teenager and adult are appropriate, but when he is gravely ill in the orphanage, the camera zooms on an apparently Asian baby.

Quotes:

Chun-Li: [to Vega] No wonder you wear a mask.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Duplicity/Knowing/I Love You, Man (#1.4)" (2009)

I am a coffee mug filled with the Sanka of Hate! Full to the brim, baby!

This thing is not worth downloading.

This movie urinates all over the canon of the Street Fighter series of games. Makes no sense. Contains one massive idiot plot (that actually involves the director RIPPING OFF HIS OWN FILMS, Romeo Must Die! No one even comes close to looking like they should. And if your movie title contains the words "Street" and "Fighter" in them, it behooves you to have them... at some point... Fighting. Preferably, in a Street. Not running around dockside with machineguns like in a Lethal Weapon flick.

Kristen Kreuk managed to turn in the least sexy fighting heroine ever. She managed to make possibly the lamest all-girl dance scene ever committed to film. And I'm counting 1938's Sex Madness in the list. She manages to dance whiter than Jimmy Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life. I'd have appreciated someone falling into a pool at some point in this flick.

Raul Julia actually brought an enjoyable panache to the role of M. Bison. And he had black hair. And was a snappy dresser. And killed Chun Li's father on a Tuesday. OF COURSE!!

They managed to take a cool video game, and in the process of making the movie, extract every single thing that made it cool. Vega should not wear a shirt, Gen should be a deceptively frail old martial arts master, Cammy should be... somewhere in there.