Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

Well you don't have to be familiar with the lore of the games to enjoy this movie, it would definitely enhance it and clear up any confusion. The action scenes definitely make this movie feel somewhat believable. It's well choreographed, and well illustrated. Another place where this movie shines is in its writing. Now don't get me wrong, sometimes the dialogue sounds so far in left field it doesn't even remotely sound like a normal conversation. But some of the conversations between Chun-li and Guile are great and they seem so cute together! My biggest complaint is the unnecessary panning shots of unimportant scenes, and unimportant fights. And by unimportant fights I mean fights that don't have enough time or story relevance to be impactful. But over all I enjoyed it! It's a good movie for it's time and sense I knew the lore of the main characters I feel like they did a great job staying faithful to the series! 7/10.

Street fighter the animated movie is a well animated fight fest that serves as a superior companion piece to the revolutionary fighting game on which this anime is based .

Its silly plot is full of holes and would make little sense to a non street fighter fan but not to worry, the story is merely an excuse for street fighter characters to dragon punch and shin kick the hell out of each other, and its in this department that the film delivers on a huge scale.

The battles that these characters have are truly incredible to watch! Well thought out, well animated and just astounding to gawk at, they work just as well as the best live action fight sequences out there. The two stand out fights are a masterfully executed battle between Chun li and Vega that will make your jaw drop and the final climatic battle of the film which wraps everything up in an adrenalin pumping fashion .The animated fighting on display here more than makes up for the films faults like its annoyingly slow establishing shots that seem to go on forever.

Street fighter the animated movie is first-rate animated action that does its source material justice and allows you to contemplate on how good that garbage live action version could have been.

Knowledge gives this : 4 out of 5 (It makes me want to throw fireballs baby!)

Well, I must say I LIKED THIS FILM!!! The drawings were great (manga, what else?), and combined with the magic touch of manga artists for dramatic scenes and action, this is a PIECE OF FINE ART. A lot is being revealed and we are finally aware to a little of the characters' background (if you want more try Street Fighter Zero or Alpha, which is the same movie...). This movie should be replaced with that dumb variations that had been made before (with all doe respect to Mr. Van Dam, Ryu still kicks his ass).

I would very recommend watching Street Fighter Zero after this.

If movie justice existed, this movie would've been in theatres instead of that disastrous movie version. It has action, drama, even a bit of humour. Although I could only see the dubbed version, it was still excellent. The main characters are portrayed well, much better than your typical action flick. The only (possibly) sorry part is how some characters are given bit parts just so they could be there, this does nothing to detract from the movie. I enjoyed every minute of it. Let's hope movies like these encourage more people to check out anime. The only reason someone might not like it would be because their favourite character wasn't given enough screentime!

Viewed on: Amazon Prime Video.

Adaptation of the popular fighting game franchise of the same name, it follows a wandering warrior known as Ryu (the "face" of the franchise) as he's hunted down by the villainous M. Bison (series long villain & usual endboss in the games, here he heads off a terrorist organization known as Shadaloo that is capturing powerful "street fighters" & brainwashing them into supersoldiers). Interpol & the U. S. military (represented by series regular good guys Chun-Li & Guile) involve themselves by trying to warn Ryu before he's endangered.

It doesn't have a deep narrative, and it probably won't appeal to anyone not already familiar with the games, but if you do fall into the fan base there's a lot to like here. Ryu's wandering nature provides ample opportunities for most (if not all) of the playable characters of the time to make an appearance, most of which are involved in at least one scuffle. The fights themselves (as well as the true to the game character design) are expertly animated & detailed, with weighty, crunchy impacts that hit hard. The infamous Chun-Li shower scene is another plus (& uncensored on my viewing platform of choice), and is directly followed up by the most tense confrontation in the entire film.