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

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

Jean-Claude Van Damme waits patiently for his invitation.

by Jeff Giles | February 20, 2008

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.

Variety reports that Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein, Rick Yune, Moon Bloodgood (NBC's dearly departed Journeyman), Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas, Edmund Chen, and Cheng Pei Pei have joined Kreuk in the 20th Century Fox production, set to begin filming next month. From the article:

Kreuk, who plays Lana Lang in the CW's "Smallville," will star as martial artist Chun-Li. Duncan will play Balrog, while Klein is stepping into the role of Nash. Yune is taking on the mystical Gen...Andrzej Bartkowiak ("Romeo Must Die," "Exit Wounds") is directing from a script penned by "Voltron" scribe Justin Marks. Hong Kong fight choreographer Dion Lam ("The Matrix") is handling the extreme fight sequences.

Although Variety notes that the movie's "plot" is being "kept under wraps," it's apparently clear that the latest Street Fighter will focus on Chun-Li. Producers are still searching for the right actor to play the movie's villain, Bison (Raul Julia is, sadly, unavailable).

Source: Variety

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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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