Street Fighter : La Légende de Chun-Li

Original title: Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

2009
PG-13
1h 36m

IMDb RATING

3.7/10

26K

YOUR RATING

Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein, Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Moon Bloodgood, and Taboo in Street Fighter : La Légende de Chun-Li (2009)

Interpol agent Chun-Li (Kreuk) enters an underground fighting tournament, with her eyes set on M. Bison (McDonough), the contest's founder and leader of a crime syndicate who may have been responsible for the death of Chun-Li's father.

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When a child, Chun-Li sees her father being captured by wealthy gangster Bison. When she grows up, she goes into a quest for justice and bring down the criminal organization Shadaloo which i... Read allWhen a child, Chun-Li sees her father being captured by wealthy gangster Bison. When she grows up, she goes into a quest for justice and bring down the criminal organization Shadaloo which is led by Bison.When a child, Chun-Li sees her father being captured by wealthy gangster Bison. When she grows up, she goes into a quest for justice and bring down the criminal organization Shadaloo which is led by Bison.

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IMDb RATING

3.7/10

26K

YOUR RATING

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Featured review

6/10

Some thrills for fans, but sadly uneven...

Having enjoyed the game as I a kid, I was excited to see Chun Li in a new feature adaptation. The cast showed signs of "mixing it up," with its choices and I was willing for the ride.

While the overall origin story is strong (the piano playing a very nice touch for depth) unfortunately many scenes come off as campy. On a scale, the strongest scenes are easily those between Kristin Kreuk and Robin Shou as Chun Li and Gen, and sadly the weakest being Michael Clark Duncan and Chris Klein's characters of Balrog and Nash.

That was the central problem for me here, there is an exciting action piece at work but is jumbled with various other plot lines and set pieces that really feel out of place. The feeling of the film comes off as uneven as was also the case with Director Andrzej Bartkowiak's previous works in CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE and DOOM. This film unfortunately continues Bartkowiak's pattern.

Nevertheless, Chun Li was carried well by Ms. Kreuk and the effort was well mounted.

RT.

Filmverse
Feb 26, 2009
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Trivia
Back in 2003, Jean-Claude Van Damme was working on a sequel to the original Street Fighter movie titled "Street Fighter II", for Universal. Several cast members had been hired to join him in the sequel, including his Universal Soldier co-star Dolph Lundgren in an unrevealed role, Australian actress Holly Valance would have replaced Kylie Minogue as Cammy White, and Damian Chapa would have re-praised his role as Ken Masters. Byron Mann was also reportedly in talks to return as Ryu Hoshi. However, after a few years of trying to get the sequel off the ground, the project never materialized and any plans for a sequel were scrapped in favor of this movie. In the sequel, it would have been revealed that Blanka and Dhalsim survived and the chemicals that made Dhalsim bald also gave him his stretching powers.

Goofs
If Bison was raised in Bangkok from infancy, he wouldn't have the Irish accent that seems to come and go.

Quotes
Chun-Li: [fighting with Cantana] Tell me about the White Rose.
Cantana: You must be Daddy's little girl.
Chun-Li: [Chun-Li breaks Cantana's arm. They fight until Chun-Li has Cantana's other arm trapped, ready to break it] Tell me!
Cantana: It's a shipment. Arrives at the end of the month, the last Friday.
Chun-Li: Where?
Cantana: Central shipyards. Berth 21.
Chun-Li: [Cantana's bodyguards are about to break in] I want you to send Bison a message. Tell him the schoolgirl's grown up.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience/Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li/Crossing Over/An American Affair/Bob Funk/Echelon Conspiracy (2009)

Soundtracks
Get Him
Written by Antonie McColister, Maurice Carpenter, Leigh Elliott, Johnny Mollings and Lenny Mollings
Performed by Ace Hood
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group