Street Fighter

I think "Street Fighter" is a better movie than the abysmal 4/10 IMDB rating suggests. I rated it a 7/10 because I enjoyed it that much even though it is kind of corny and silly, but that is the point, it is just intended to be that kind of film and I think it succeeds at that. Look how Bison uses buttons and a joystick to set off river mines, obviously a nod to the gaming console; it celebrates all of this more than poking fun at it or succumbing to it. I thought that the filmmakers did a fine job of achieving what they set out to do. The sets were cool, cinematography good, acting adequate, the script was not real deep but what do you expect. I thought that Raul Julia and Ming-Na Wen were terrific in their parts.

The only change I would have made was excise the Blanka storyline as I thought that it was too dark and cruel in the context of such a silly fun fatuous movie. So, all in all, I rate it a 7/10, though I am somewhat biased as I played the Street Fighter II video game before and was familiar with the characters.