Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak (Doom, Romeo Must Die)Cast: Kristin Kreuk (Smallville, EuroTrip), Chris Klein (American Pie, Just Friends), Neal McDonough (Band of Brothers, Desperate Housewives), Robin Shou (Mortal Kombat, Death Race), Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation, Journeyman), Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile, Daredevil), Taboo, Josie Ho
The Deal: Chun-Li's (Kreuk) father was taken by Bison (McDonough) when she was a little school girl. Grown up and wanting revenge, she takes to the streets of Bangkok, where she is found by Gen (Shou), a former criminal turned public protector, who takes her in and trains her. Charlie Nash (Klein) is an Interpol agent tracking Bison, and Detective Sunee (Bloodgood) is assigned to assist him in his task. The two eventually team up with Chun-Li and Gen for a chance to stop Bison's diabolical plan for power.
Thoughts: This film is absolutely terrible, one of the worst I've ever seen and about on par with Jumper. The story is bland, the script is bad, the acting is poor, the narration is terrible, and the action is boring. In all reality, this is exactly what one could expect from a film based on the Street Fighter franchise. The video games were all about random street fights, but for some reason, people think that can translate into films that aren't street fighting tournaments. But just to remind everyone that Street Fighter was in fact a game, they throw a nod to a tournament in at the end, but of course, that would require an unnecessary sequel.
Kreuk is not a lead actress, McDonough is not a lead villain, and Klein is not a lead actor, but they are in this film, and it shows. Kreuk's delivery and narration are bland and uninspired. McDonough is in no way menacing, despite his character's reputation for being such. Klein might have been the worst of the three. His accent made no sense what so ever, and his performance was aa far from believable as humanly possible. Duncan wasn't given much to work with in his role as Balrog, but even just standing around is scary with him. Bloodgood easily was the best in the film. Her performance was fairly believable, and she actually looked like she knew what she was doing. She's far from being a great actress, but she was more than good enough for this film.
The action sequences were horribly choreographed, and it was incredibly obvious when the stunt doubles were used. There was no effort made to make them look somewhat similar to the actual actors. The fight scene with Vega (Taboo) could have been cool, but it lasted all of a minute and was very one sided despite him supposedly being a force to reckon with.
Another thing that bothered me was the film's assumption that it's audience was stupid. It goes out of it's way when piecing things together to show the audience what it did. Unfortunately, when those things were first shown earlier in the film, it went out of it's way to show us then as well. It's shock moments were far from shocking, and were insulting to the viewer.
Verdict: An incredibly bland action film that lacks any entertainment value. When Moon Bloodgood is the best performer in a film, you know your in store for a rough time. ☆
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