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A video game adaptation to film that has little to do with the arcade game, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li follows a young Chun Li (Kristin Kreuk) whose dream is to become a concert pianist. Unfortunately, her life is disrailed as the nefarious Bison kidnaps her father and her mother dies of cancer. Vowing to find her father and the man who has abducted him, Chun Li becomes entangled in a mysterious scheme involving the delivery of the mysterious White Rose. But will her determination and martial arts skills - complete with chi fireballs from the original Street Fighter - be enough to come to the rescue?
- Actors
Kristin Kreuk, Chris Klein, Neal McDonough, Robin Shou, Moon Bloodgood, Josie Ho, Taboo, Michael Clarke Duncan, Pei-pei Cheng, Edmund Chen, Inez Yan, Elizaveta Kiryukhina, Emilze Junqueira, Katherine Pemberton & Siri Sirijane
- Director
Andrzej Bartkowiak
- Certificate
15 years and over
- Year
2009
- Screen
Widescreen
- Languages
English - Dolby Digital (5.1)
- Region
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I'm as Irish as the next guy from Ireland, and I think our accent is great.
So great you can actually develop it just by being born Irish, without ever going to ireland, or meeting an irish person....apparently.
Where in the name of god (or as Bison would say it "Where in the name of shamrocks and shenanigans"), did he get that accent????
He grew up in Thailand!!! His parents died when he was a baby!!!
Unless he was sent to Thailand in a spacecraft haunted by the ghost of his dad father he could hardly have heard an Irish accent in Thailand.
Much less learned to to mangle one so Offaly (get it).
Also, Inez Yan who played the young Chun li and Kristin Kreuk ARE NOT ALIKE!!!
One is chinese, the other is Kristin Kreuk.
PROS:
- About a minutes worth of scenes of bangkok are great, and show the character of the place.
- Some of the characters names are used, this can make you feel nostalgic if you pause the dvd and close your eyes and don't turn it back on.
CONS
- Chun Li was apparentlty placed in a race changing machine as a child in a scene we never saw.
- Bison is placed into an accent changing machine so he can have an accent no Irish person would equate with any particular Irish region.
Actually it would have been more realistic if he didn't know how to speak english at all.
- Bison punches an unborn fetus!!
- Chris Klein is awful in every scene he's in. He has power-ranger levels of awfulness mixed in with dialog so bad it could have been written by repeatedly kicking over a scrabble board.
This film will make you feel have you wasted a whole year of your life.
You'd have a more entertaining time swapping knock knock jokes with a draft from under the door.
So great you can actually develop it just by being born Irish, without ever going to ireland, or meeting an irish person....apparently.
Where in the name of god (or as Bison would say it "Where in the name of shamrocks and shenanigans"), did he get that accent????
He grew up in Thailand!!! His parents died when he was a baby!!!
Unless he was sent to Thailand in a spacecraft haunted by the ghost of his dad father he could hardly have heard an Irish accent in Thailand.
Much less learned to to mangle one so Offaly (get it).
Also, Inez Yan who played the young Chun li and Kristin Kreuk ARE NOT ALIKE!!!
One is chinese, the other is Kristin Kreuk.
PROS:
- About a minutes worth of scenes of bangkok are great, and show the character of the place.
- Some of the characters names are used, this can make you feel nostalgic if you pause the dvd and close your eyes and don't turn it back on.
CONS
- Chun Li was apparentlty placed in a race changing machine as a child in a scene we never saw.
- Bison is placed into an accent changing machine so he can have an accent no Irish person would equate with any particular Irish region.
Actually it would have been more realistic if he didn't know how to speak english at all.
- Bison punches an unborn fetus!!
- Chris Klein is awful in every scene he's in. He has power-ranger levels of awfulness mixed in with dialog so bad it could have been written by repeatedly kicking over a scrabble board.
This film will make you feel have you wasted a whole year of your life.
You'd have a more entertaining time swapping knock knock jokes with a draft from under the door.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The thought of a good film based on the Streetfighter game seemed like a good thing, you'd think that it could appeal to a big audience considering the fanbase the series of games had, and could be back to basics punch up tomfoolery with some decent combat, but unfortunately this film falls short in a host of ways.
For every good thing, there's two bad making it difficult to enjoy. For example you get the lovely Kristin Kreuk as Chun Li. Great - but she's no good at Kung Fu and not much better at acting. You've got the premise of a bunch of one on one fights a'la Streetfighter, but there's none of it...I know, I know it's the `Legend of' explaining her background, but seriously, with a back story this bad, (Big boss kidnaps Dad, daughter roams streets to find him) who cares?
There's the odd homage to the fight moves in the game, a single, and horrendously done spinning bird kick, but apart from that nothing. I watched the short making-of in the extras and they all bang on about the famed choreographer and how they wanted to reference the game, but seriously, the scraps are crap, and the obvious use of wires is so bad, even a simple knee high jump looks like they're in zero gravity. It's unforgivable. Apart from the character names and the title, it has nothing to do with the game. Full stop...Oh sorry there is, in an absolutely unexplained joke of a scene, a fireball which makes no sense what so ever in the world the filmakers created for this film.
Unfortunately I think following this, a grainy and pixellated `Game Over' should be slapped across the franchise. I hope they don't think about putting any more money in to get another credit and trying their luck with a different character, because frankly, they've got no lives left.
If there was a knockout tournament, but for bad acting it would go like this. Kristin is bad, but the guy who plays Vega is worse. But Michael Clarke Duncan is worse than him, followed by Moon Bloodynogood but beaten hands down by Chris Klein. Oh my, he is baad!
3 Points.
For every good thing, there's two bad making it difficult to enjoy. For example you get the lovely Kristin Kreuk as Chun Li. Great - but she's no good at Kung Fu and not much better at acting. You've got the premise of a bunch of one on one fights a'la Streetfighter, but there's none of it...I know, I know it's the `Legend of' explaining her background, but seriously, with a back story this bad, (Big boss kidnaps Dad, daughter roams streets to find him) who cares?
There's the odd homage to the fight moves in the game, a single, and horrendously done spinning bird kick, but apart from that nothing. I watched the short making-of in the extras and they all bang on about the famed choreographer and how they wanted to reference the game, but seriously, the scraps are crap, and the obvious use of wires is so bad, even a simple knee high jump looks like they're in zero gravity. It's unforgivable. Apart from the character names and the title, it has nothing to do with the game. Full stop...Oh sorry there is, in an absolutely unexplained joke of a scene, a fireball which makes no sense what so ever in the world the filmakers created for this film.
Unfortunately I think following this, a grainy and pixellated `Game Over' should be slapped across the franchise. I hope they don't think about putting any more money in to get another credit and trying their luck with a different character, because frankly, they've got no lives left.
If there was a knockout tournament, but for bad acting it would go like this. Kristin is bad, but the guy who plays Vega is worse. But Michael Clarke Duncan is worse than him, followed by Moon Bloodynogood but beaten hands down by Chris Klein. Oh my, he is baad!
3 Points.
Format:DVD
As a big street fighter fan I was looking forward to this film, the new video game was awesome and lived up to everything the fans wanted! so i was hoping the film would too, but its no where near as good as the game, its a good film dont get me wrong, but dosnt hit the spot for fans, the action is limited, the use of characters is limited and the story is average, you could look at this as the start of a series of films though, which hopefully will get better. Kristin Kreuk was nice as chun-li and displayed one use of powers a single fireball at the end of the film. Bison was a good character, but never really displayed much power, vega was the most disapointing character he wasnt used alot and the mask was no where near even as good as the one in the original SF movie with van damme in it. overall its not a bad movie, bit of popcorn fun for the average movie watcher but dont expect much if your a hardcore fan, could have been alot lot better.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2 horus of my life i wont get back.
Straight to DVD, 2.99, it should say it all. This was the WORST movie i have ever seen. I was given it for free and still couldnt watch until the end. Read more
Published 2 months ago by HainanMan
poor film
This film is really poor. The story line is rubbish, and the fight scenes are just as bad. I would not bother with this movie, the best thing about it is the cover (makes it look... Read more
Published 6 months ago by perkster
Ignore the title
I'm probably going to be shot down with lots of "unhelpful" votes by saying this but I quite enjoyed this film. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Air Raid Patrol
Don't waste your precious time...
There is nothing legendary about this film. There is no fighting in this film (more like a pub brawl). The only good thing is the streets. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr Kay
I Want 92 Minutes Of My Life Back
Thats not Chun-Li
Thats not her story
I missed the fighting because i blinked. Bad soundtrack. Very bad costumes and casting, how is that M Bison. Read more
Thats not her story
I missed the fighting because i blinked. Bad soundtrack. Very bad costumes and casting, how is that M Bison. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Link Beswick
Mildly entertaining - apart from Chris Klein's acting
This film isn't a complete write off - you can buy it, watch it and rest in the knowledge you won't want to scratch your own eyes out. That's good news! Read more
Published 21 months ago by @stbsteve
Kinda like Batman Begins but with Chun-Li instead of Bruce Wayne
Okay, I admit that you're probably wondering just how I can compare this film to Batman Begins - but plot wise it is kinda similar. Read more
Published 22 months ago by The Reviewer
No Better Than The Original
I'm a fan of superheroes, people with powers, and video games, so this should be a shoe-in - but it has to be done well to work, and I'm afraid this one doesn't. Read more
Published on 11 May 2010 by J. Teagle
AVOID
I heard it was bad but didnt think it wud be this bad.
Bad Acting.
Bad Story.
Bad Everything.
Not even one good thing in this film is good. Read more
Bad Acting.
Bad Story.
Bad Everything.
Not even one good thing in this film is good. Read more
Published on 8 April 2010 by Mr. Z. Riaz
Nowhere near as bad as some reviews
Having read many reviews I thought I'd see for myself and it isn't anywhere near as bad as many people say. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2010 by Mostly Harmless
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