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Effective 15 March 2010
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| Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-li (English) Adapted from the famous series of fighting video games by Capcom, " Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li" focuses its story on the undercover Interpol agent, female fighter Chun-Li as she falls in the quest of finding justice after she found out that her father is murdered. The movie was shoot in numerous locations include Bangkok, Thailand, Hong Kong and Vancouver. Classification: 18PL
Genre: Action / Adventure / Science Fiction
General Release Date: 26 Feb 2009
Running Time: 1 Hour 36 Minutes,
Distributor: Ram Entertainment
Cast: Chris Klein, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Clarke Duncan, Neal McDonough
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
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by Ezekiel Lee Zhiang Yang
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Watch this if you liked: "Mortal Kombat", "X-Men"
Coming off like a poor man's X-Men, since Van Damme starred in that campy 1994 version with Kylie Minogue as a completely edible Lieutenant Cammy, one would scarcely think that this celebrated video game needs another big screen treatment.
They went ahead anyway, with mixed results. While the movie can be fun in patches and it has higher production values than the other predecessor one could think of (Hong Kong's own 1993 rendition featuring Andy Lau as Balrog and Jacky Cheung as Guile), "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" is interesting enough for gamers and general audiences alike but predictably misses the cinema oomph needed to make it a classic or a guilty pleasure. American critics didn't get a press preview, so count yourself lucky you're reading an account of the film here.
Here's what they did - they took Kristin Kreuk out of Smallville and made her Chinese with some pretty buns, calling her Chun-Li, the angry, wushu-trained daughter of a kidnapped businessman. Enter spectral badasses like M. Bison (Neal Mcdonough in a business suit instead of the signature 'dictator's suit'), Balrog (Michael Clarke Duncan having a lot of fun) and Vega (played by that freaky long-haired guy who sings for Black Eyed Peas).
For gamers, these portrayals ought to disappoint a little, especially the inconsequential Vega who doesn't live up to his video game notoriety. For general audiences, it can be fun watching the exotic Kreuk do some stunts on her own, especially when she's aided by an overacting Chris Klein as Charlie Nash and the sexy Moon Bloodgood who gets to play a Thai cop who runs around the police department in sexy outfits. Robin Shou who plays Liu Kang in "Mortal Kombat" gets the sifu part, teaching Kreuk how to master her Qigong Palm super move while pretending not to be interested in her sexually.
Not much for a plot, really.
It's a Street Fighter movie, fellas. You get what you pay for, although character development is largely ignored. You also get to see Chun-Li's Spinning Bird Kick, so all isn't wasted. They also inserted some mention of Japanese fighter Ryu near the end, so I guess this isn't the last we see of the Street Fighters. Let's hope the bad guys do more damage then.Cinema Online, 27 February 2009 |
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