{"id":27504,"date":"2021-12-16T15:05:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T23:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=27504"},"modified":"2021-12-16T15:06:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T23:06:47","slug":"review-street-fighter-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2021\/12\/review-street-fighter-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Fighter (Steelbook) Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Street Fighter<\/em><\/strong> is a bad movie. Not the worst, but pretty bad for sure. Outside of Raul Julia, in his final theatrical role, who was having fun as the over-the-top villain, everything else was a dud.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Street Fighter<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Action, Adventure, Science Fiction<\/span>
\nMill Creek Entertainment| PG13 \u2013 102 min. \u2013 $34.99 | December 7, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 12\/16\/2021 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Director: <\/strong>Steven E. de Souza
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Steven E. de Souza (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen, Damian Chapa, Kylie Minogue, Byron Mann, Wes Studi<\/span><\/p>\n

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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurettes, Interviews, Deleted Scenes
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>45.89 GB
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>41.57 Mbps
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/span><\/p>\n
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Mill Creek Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 2\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>Gen. Bison (RAUL JULIA), the evil dictator of Shadaloo, captures a busload of relief workers and holds them for ransom. Col. Guile (JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME) leads an international strike force to invade Shadaloo and rescue the hostages. Along the way, Guile recruits Chun-Li (MING-NA WEN), a reporter and martial-arts expert whose father was killed by Bison years ago, two young con men (DAMIAN CHAPA, BYRON MANN) and a sumo wrestler (PETER NAVY TUIASOSOPO).<\/p>\n

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Review: <\/strong>1994\u2019s Street Fighter<\/em><\/strong>\u2019s claim to fame is it\u2019s considered one of the worst movies ever made, forget one of the worst video game adaptations. Personally, and this was my first time seeing it, while certainly not good and just a tad too goofy, it\u2019s not the worst film I\u2019ve encountered, not even in my bottom 20 (see Batman & Robin<\/em> which was far worse). That being said, although there were a couple fun moments, their attempts to satire or humor mostly fell flat.<\/p>\n

The acting also ranged from mundane and forgettable with star Jean-Claude Van Damme, who took home a massive $7-8 million payday, pretty much phones in his performance albeit wasn\u2019t helped by terrible dialogue. On the other hand, Van Damme might\u2019ve been high with his reported considerable drug use during production.<\/p>\n

For his part, and easily the best aspect of the film as the villainous M. Bison. He properly hams it up to the property\u2019s tone and style and put a smile on my face any time he was on screen. Sadly this would be Julia\u2019s final performance as he passed away not too long after filming from a stroke (, which he was dealing with during production. Despite the considerable pain he was in, he still managed to have great on-screen charisma and the loss of his talent is deeply missed.<\/p>\n

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Outside of Van Damme and Julia, everyone else were throwaway characters with the next recognizable name, at least today as I think she was a relative unknown, was Kylie Minogue as well as Wes Studi playing a secondary villain. As a side, Ming-Na Wen made for a cute Chun-Li and certainly a better version of the character compared to The Legend of Chun-Li<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Street Fighter<\/em><\/strong> was written and directed by Steven E. de Souza based upon the Street Fighter II<\/em> video game, is one of many bad adaptations and arguable the worst outside of the aforementioned Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li<\/em> from 2009. This one does make the Resident Evil<\/em> films look rather competent by comparison. The only positive I can say is there were a few fleeting moments of good fight scenes plus Raul Julia\u2019s fun performances, otherwise this is one to be forgotten.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release from Mill Creek comes housed in a SteelBook packaging and has a clear slip cover. There is a M. Bison replica currency included inside. There is a fair amount of features, the new interviews rivals the work done by Shout Factory, honestly…<\/p>\n

Interviews (TRT 1:17:04):<\/strong><\/p>\n