ROTTEN TOMATOES: Street Fighter Cast Adds Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein, Others Comments

Street Fighter Cast Adds Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein, Others

by Jeff Giles | February 20, 2008

Summary

Remember last December, when we talked about ComingSoon's report that Kristin Kreuk would be playing Chun-Li in the new Street Fighter movie? Well, they were right -- and Kristin just got company. Back to Article

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Tintinn writes:
on Feb 20 2008 05:49 AM

Please don't mess it up like the last one that was absolutely pants

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rustdog writes:
on Feb 20 2008 05:57 AM

Oh it's already messed. Chris Klein? Where's Eric Roberts? I fear this will be DOA without the eye candy.

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LFMartins writes:
on Feb 20 2008 06:02 AM

Moon Bloodgood must be the coolest name ever.

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Dark Knight jr. writes:
on Feb 20 2008 06:09 AM

... Another disaster waitin' to happen.

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LFMartins writes:
on Feb 20 2008 06:11 AM

Javier Bardem should play the role of Bison.

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digitalsoul68 writes:
on Feb 20 2008 06:57 AM

oooh...Javier Bardem as Bison would be cool. But please, let's not ruin his Hollywood career so early.

What about Brakus (Ralf Moeller) from Best of the Best 2 or Steven Seagal ;-) ?

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donwillymo writes:
on Feb 20 2008 06:58 AM

I hope there's like ridiculous sex scenes in this one being that its based around chun li. This will hold me down until the Dragon ball z movie comes out.

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Viginti-Tres writes:
on Feb 20 2008 06:59 AM

I can see this thing working for some strange reason.. I mean look at it, they have the perfect example of how NOT to do a Street Fighter movie, so the people behind this latest installment should at least have a heads-up about how to handle this.. sort of.

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Bob* writes:
on Feb 20 2008 07:20 AM

In reply to this comment (#1589461)
LOL! that woul be weird yet cool!! XD

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xenogears writes:
on Feb 20 2008 07:27 AM

And yet they still managed to completrly screw a very simple story and made it about side characters. I'm so dissapointed. Is it really that hard to do a little research on the movie you are writing a sscript for. Any idiot could figure out it's about Ryu and Ken. Everyone else is small fries. And Bison isn't as big a bad guy as Akuma. Thats the story they should tell. Too bad this train wreck is already at full speed ahead.

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nblarson writes:
on Feb 20 2008 07:34 AM

Let's all pray that Chris Klein's character gets knocked off pretty early, perhaps Justin Marks could write in a scene with Chun Li chopping him in half with the flaming sword, then say:

"Defender of Good Acting"

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jarek writes:
on Feb 20 2008 07:37 AM

Balrog is black?

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Bob* writes:
on Feb 20 2008 07:38 AM

what about ryu and ken? I know that chun li is the main character in this movie but don't let those 2 out :(

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Bob* writes:
on Feb 20 2008 07:40 AM

In reply to this comment (#1589537)
chun li has a most dramatic back story than R and K. That's why, I think, it works better in a movie. Still, I hope they kept them in this one too.

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Rockslide writes:
on Feb 20 2008 07:53 AM

in the US Balrog is black, he's the Mike Tyson character. I agree that this really should be about Ryu and Ken, maybe Akuma kills Gouken their master and then they enter the tournament to track down Akuma and avenge Gouken. What more do you need (besides $20 million in CGI fireballs)?

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kubla writes:
on Feb 20 2008 08:00 AM

The first Street Fighter was literally the worst movie I have ever seen and probably will ever see (though it's a virtual tie with Mortal Kombat II *shudders*). I have never been so mad after watching a movie. I literally felt like someone just stole my wallet. This movie will have to win the Academy Award for me to see it even on video. The first one burned me so bad, I will never waste another second of my life on a Street Fighter movie.

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Young Turk writes:
on Feb 20 2008 08:01 AM

Street Fighter isn't Street Fighter without Raul Julia.

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vallejo_7o7 writes:
on Feb 20 2008 08:20 AM

who's idea was this? this is just like making an nick fury movie starring david hasselhoff.

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Contempt writes:
on Feb 20 2008 08:44 AM

hmmm remakes. remakes of great movies. remakes of mediocre movies. now, remakes of undeniably wretchedly bad movies???

Its like we were watching Hollywood on its deathbed, then it died, and now that it's buried were wachting mushsrooms grow out of its ***.

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TombstoneLawDog writes:
on Feb 20 2008 08:49 AM

I f#cking LOVE that;

'the "plot" is being "kept under wraps"

seriously. That is easily the funniest thing I've read, this week. And I worried about RT staff having a sense of humor...

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Feb 20 2008 08:54 AM

That's sweet that Rick Yune finally has a new movie, I still don't have that high a hopes for this though. I do like Duncan, and Kreuk also. And yes sometimes Klein.

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fatmc writes:
on Feb 20 2008 09:07 AM

the plot is being kept under wraps to avoid getting too much anger in forums...

Bartkowiak already screwed up doom... somebody was saying this can't be too bad because they know what NOT to do... well I bet he saw Resident Evil, and all the other great video games turned into bad movies...

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duckmanx88 writes:
on Feb 20 2008 09:56 AM

has hollywood lost its originality? everything now is a remake, based on a comic, based on a video game, or based on a book. i mean some of these turn out great. but for everyone that does, there's 5 crappy movies to go along with it. hollywood has to understand that we're not going to pay ten bucks to watch a crappy movie anymore. and with blockbuster and hollywood video dying, their rental profit is gonna die too.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Feb 20 2008 10:00 AM

In reply to this comment (#1589609)
Don't hassle the Hoff, there was an inherent awesomitude to that movie, as there is with everything attached to Sir David Hasselhoff.

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dahluzz writes:
on Feb 20 2008 10:00 AM

they should just make up a new street fighter called 'moon bloodgood.' it's already a better name than most of the characters.

haha i like segal as bison idea. i would honestly see it just for that role. and probably only for that role.

while chris klein fails to instill confidence, the inclusion of a guy from the black-eyed peas solidifies a Razzie nomination. this can't not suck, but the real question is will it suck harder than Mortal Kombat?

BINGO, i've got it. make it like Grindhouse and have MK and SF in one sitting with previews for Tekken in between. It's two reasons never to go to the movies again for the price of one!

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u1sart writes:
on Feb 20 2008 10:13 AM

Oh lord... why am white people playing the chinese characters, oh get real. i really think they should at lease get one of those chinese director and producer for this movie... better action sequence and i assure you... better special effects. I hope they dont ***** this up like the last one.. it really sucked to 5th power...

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RJ_Becker writes:
on Feb 20 2008 10:50 AM

I hope that the end of the world would come first than this movie.

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salsafish writes:
on Feb 20 2008 10:52 AM

Discovering that the pajama brothers are not the key players in the movie is the most promising thing I've ever heard about a video game movie. Those two were nothing but sideshows. A guy who is obsessed with fighting and his egotistical training partner?

The main storyline was Gen's search for a true deathmatch with Gouki, along with his possible association with Chun, Chun's obsession with Bison, Nash's death and Guile's lust for vengeance. I'm amazed that someone in movies likes the game enough to understand this. Most directors would be like previous posters here thinking that Ryu or Sagat are main characters.

This could end up being as good as the first MK. Which is to say, not terrible.

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xenogears writes:
on Feb 20 2008 11:06 AM

In reply to this comment (#1589841)
What are you talking about? Ryu is the main character of street fighter as evident by all the anime's (Street fighter II the animated movie, Street fighter alhpa, Street Fighter Alpha generations) and the series (japanese one because the american one sucked terribly) Street Fighter II V. All revolve around Ryu. Chun-li doesn't beat Bison, him and Ken do. And she couldn't dare to stand in the same arena as a Akuma.

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salsafish writes:
on Feb 20 2008 01:07 PM

In reply to this comment (#1589864)
Not the right place for a fanboy argument, but Chun was the one who took down Shadaloo in the canonical storyline. Also confirmed in SF3. But whatever.

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xenogears writes:
on Feb 20 2008 01:37 PM

In reply to this comment (#1590290)
Which would be fine and dandy for a second or third film ( SF "3" as you say.) But for the first film thats supposed to revive this well known franchise and erase the fist terrible film (which was also about taking down shadaloo, talk about remaking the same mistakes) the storyline best to go with is not that of a side character who is nowhere near as powerfull as the main character/s. Also correct she took down the organization shadaloo but it wasn't her that beat Bison.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Feb 20 2008 01:41 PM

Who gives a **** the story sucks, the game sucked, the first movie sucked and now this one is gonna suck, not even worth arguing about.

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Matanuki writes:
on Feb 20 2008 01:51 PM

In reply to this comment (#1589841)
The pajama brothers? lol. That's genuinely funny. Ryu and Ken may not be the best characters in the continuity, but you could do a lot worse in a fighting story than revolve it around a character obsessed with achieving perfection. Am I opposed to Chun Li being the focus here? No. Not at all. Doesn't matter to me so long as the story works. Ahh. But there's the rub. ;-)

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xenogears writes:
on Feb 20 2008 01:54 PM

In reply to this comment (#1590333)
I was talking about the story because the movie might not suck so badly with a good story and the Street fighter games has never sucked (well except maybe the EX editions on playstation and PS2 but other than that those they haven't). You are absolutely right though that this, like last, is gonna suck.

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POPCORNLUMPY writes:
on Feb 20 2008 02:07 PM

They alrady had a street fighter movie!

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MrDurden writes:
on Feb 20 2008 02:33 PM

You have got to be f..in kidding me??? Another retarded Street Fighter film? Was the first one not bad enough? God help us! What a freaking joke.

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nathanpoitras writes:
on Feb 20 2008 02:46 PM

Javier Bardem wouldn't touch this movie with a 20-foot airgun, friendo.

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Relapse writes:
on Feb 20 2008 03:46 PM

Fat kids should not skateboard, and fighting games should not be made into movies.

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Oblivioncry writes:
on Feb 20 2008 04:52 PM

seriously, why not make a movie like street fighter alpha, ryu and ken look for the guy who killed their master: akuma, while ryu is fighting his inner demon.
meanwhile chun li is trying to find about some hidden originization.

the whole film gave a good reason why a tournament is being held.

MY GOD: they could simply make a tournament with much backstory. the characters chit chat around inbetween fights. the whole focus of the film not on some weak *** plot but fights. NOW THATS how a SF film should be....

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Oblivioncry writes:
on Feb 20 2008 04:54 PM

if anyone ever saw dragonball, not bz but the series where goku was a kid, now that best part of the series were the tournaments, with there chatter inbetween . hell it was even the best part of the whole cartoon/comic...

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jmo2ski writes:
on Feb 20 2008 05:29 PM

This might be some good, considering the fact that the guy from the matrix is doing the choreography. But then..... the script will not make up for good action (in some cases, but not when it's predecessor has already '"failed" to entertain us).

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Product_of_You writes:
on Feb 20 2008 10:13 PM

It seems silly to do a Street Fighter movie not focusing on Ryu and Ken.

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Matanuki writes:
on Feb 21 2008 03:41 AM

In reply to this comment (#1590929)
Arguable. But what might certainly be silly, Product, is making a Street Fighter movie where Ryu and Ken aren't even in it. So far there's been no mention of the two characters.

I have similar concerns for the Tekken movie. Steve Fox is the lead?!.. Huh?! What about Kazuya?.. Heihachi?

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Silverevilchao writes:
on Feb 21 2008 05:43 AM

OH GOD NO.

Can we just PLEASE stick to the old anime based on Street Fighter 2, instead of making crappy live-action movies?

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Tabor27 writes:
on Feb 22 2008 10:43 AM

This film will suck. No doubt in my mind. Has there ever been a good movie that's based on a video game?? For the life of me I can't think of a single one.

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Pengoo writes:
on Feb 22 2008 01:19 PM

DoA was watchable for some fight scenes, and hopefully this will be too.

SF was never about the story, and neither are most beat-em-ups. They need to focus on making the fights as spectacular as possible (which is difficult when they're casting a bunch of actors and not martial artists), and keeping the story to a minimum...hey, just like fighting games themselves.

I would totally pay 10 dollars to see a bunch of big-screen fights strung together by about 5 minutes of really quick talking between characters.

The best arc of Naruto was that one where all they did was fight constantly.

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taguro writes:
on Feb 22 2008 02:41 PM

van damme must at least have a cameo

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JettaJameson writes:
on Feb 24 2008 09:22 PM

Jesus H. Christ. The movie hasnt even begin filming yet. We know nothing about the story except that it revolves around Chun-Li and yet some of you are arrogant enough to say it will suck. Based on what? Its crappy predecesor? That is no inclination of a future movie which shares only a name. So far, that is the only thing they have in common. Has Hollywood made a lot of crappy movies lately? Yes. But for crying out loud, wait till you see a trailer to judge it.

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CoUcH ToMaToE DoUgIe writes:
on Feb 26 2008 06:50 PM

Hey, i have gone into cardiac arrest yelling how COMPLETELY &

UTTERLY Stupid these bigwigs are in allowing street fighter movies come

along without its two mst important characters not being the prime focus.

WHY??? You foools, Ryu and ken are two of most important and beloved fighters

in video game history and yet here comes another movies that treats that

them as meaningless extras. I refuse to see this movie because of this bias

of common sense and what the fans who built this franchis up would want want!

Give us a Ryu or/and Ken movie or just stop production, M'KAY?!?!? m'kay:)

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