New Street Fighter Flick Mauled By Critics

Logan Westbrook

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New Street Fighter Flick Mauled By Critics


The latest video game movie to hit theatres, Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li has had a frosty reception from reviewers.

Let's face it, no one expected Legend of Chun-Li to be any good. The 1994 movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111301/] wounded us deeply, and when the not-quite-a-sequel was withheld from critics [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.89031], the alarm bells started ringing. So it comes as little surprise that critics have used the movie as their new scratching post, although the sheer brutality of the criticism means that we can at least get some enjoyment out of this stinker of a movie.

The kindest comment that Variety [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939791.html?categoryid=31&cs=1] can muster is that the film is merely mediocre, but the LA Times [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/reviews/la-et-street28-2009feb28,0,5263762.story] is far harsher, saying: "Even with the low expectations The Legend of Chun Li engenders, it still somehow manages to be a letdown."

The Onion [http://www.avclub.com/articles/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chunli,24491/] steals the show however, with this comment: "The problems with Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li began with the casting of dead-eyed, sleepy-voiced, charisma-impaired automaton Kristin Kreuk."

So there you have it, Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li is apparently just as bad, if not worse, than we all expected. Hollywood have had lots of tries at converting video games into movies, but apparently, they still haven't cracked it yet. It does raise an interesting question though, will there ever be a good video game movie?

Source: GameSpot [http://uk.gamespot.com/news/blogs/sidebar/909182374/26795322/street-fighter-movie-roughed-up-by-reviewers.html]



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Dectilon

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"It does raise an interesting question though, will there ever be a good video game movie?"

Not as long as there's no vision or ambition...
 

Vlane

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I knew that it would be bad but I didn't thought that it would be that bad. I have to watch it now.
 

LifeSarcastic

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There will be once directors learn why people enjoy games. Get a director who plays a lot of video games and he or she may be the one to pull this off. Usually the people involved in making a movie based on a game may have never heard of the game or cared about it before then.
 

Klagermeister

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I'm still waiting for the Bioshock movie.
That doesn't sound like it'll be a letdown.

To the topic at hand: this isn't really news. XD
Everyone knew this would be the end result one way or another.
 

KamikazeSailor

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Kotaku's Brian Ashcraft actually liveblogged the entire movie while he watched it. Hilarious stuff:

http://kotaku.com/5160647/liveblogging-the-chun+li-movie
 

Volucer

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Wow, Rotten Tomatoes has it at a 0% rating. Only film I've ever seen get so low.
 

dalek sec

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Not to sound rude but I'm not exactly shocked that the movie sucked.
 

Jabbawocky

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Will there ever be a good video game movie?

I though Silent Hill was pretty good. The first Mortal Kombat wasn't too bad either.
 

Fenring

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I'm gonna see this just brfore I see Watchmen at midnight, I hope it's the worst game-movie addaption not made by Uwe Boll.
 

Silvertongue

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I just about laughed out loud when I saw the poster for this walking out of Valkyrie...and then again when I walked out of Mall Cop. That movie wasn't bad, btw.
 

Ghost

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Cousin_IT said:
...I thought the 1994 film was rather fun :D
CHANGE THE CHANNEL!

and i can't believe people were hyped up and exited about a film based on a 2d fighting game...

-COMING NEXT SUMMER-

street fight 4: The Legend Of Chun Li: the game!
 

Echolocating

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Jabbawocky said:
I though Silent Hill was pretty good. The first Mortal Kombat wasn't too bad either.
My thoughts exactly (get out of my head).

The first Mortal Kombat was campy, but fun and the actors all knew this and played it up well.

Silent Hill was really well done, I thought. It was like watching a pretty damn good game that someone else was playing.
 

Arsen

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I'll wait for myself to see if it is any good.
I thought Max Payne was good, but of course you have to cater to every single random fan who wants their personal vision of the game made.