Street Fighter (1994)

Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.

Director:

Steven E. de Souza

Writer:

Steven E. de Souza

Stars:

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Colonel William F. Guile
Raul Julia	...	General M. Bison
Ming-Na Wen	...	Chun-Li Zang (as Ming-Na)
Damian Chapa	...	Ken Masters
Kylie Minogue	...	Lieutenant Cammy
Simon Callow	...	A.N. Official
Roshan Seth	...	Dr. Dhalsim
Wes Studi	...	Victor Sagat
Byron Mann	...	Ryu Hoshi
Grand L. Bush	...	Balrog
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo	...	E. Honda
Jay Tavare	...	Vega
Andrew Bryniarski	...	Zangief
Gregg Rainwater	...	T. Hawk
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.	...	Dee Jay

Storyline

Col. William Guile leads an army of soldiers into the country of Shadaloo to find traces to lead him to General M. Bison, who has captured many people including three missing soldiers. Among them is Carlos "Charlie" Blanka, in which Bison decides to turn into a hideous mutant. On the other hand, Chun Li is a reporter who seeks revenge against Bison for the death of her father years ago. Then two small time hustlers Ryu and Ken, are arrested along with Sagat, a powerful arms dealer and Vega for dealing of illegal weapons. Guile recruits them in order to find Bison's base. Now Guile, T. Hawk, Cammy, Ryu, Ken, Chun Li, Balrog and E. Honda have three days before Bison murders the hostages and takes over the world.

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Plot Keywords:

hostage | soldier | ransom | warlord | chun li | 

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Taglines:

Adventure is the name of the game.

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for non-stop martial arts and action violence

Details

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English Japanese Esperanto

Release Date:

23 December 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Street Fighter: The Battle for Shadaloo

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

£2,002,230 (UK) (16 June 1995)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Capcom Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo DTS Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Steven E. de Souza deferred his salary to pay for his cast.

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Goofs

In the scene where Ryu and Ken are confronted by Chun-Li, Balrog and E. Honda; Chun-Li pulls a knife on Ryu. In the ensuing commotion the knife brushes Ryu's arm and it bends, clearly showing that it is a prop knife.

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Quotes

Colonel William F. Guile: [to the citizens after crashing into a building with his tank] You're all under arrest.

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Crazy Credits

For Raul, Vaya Con Dios

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Connections

Spoofed in Spy Hard (1996)

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Soundtracks

"Worth Fighting For"
Performed by Angélique Kidjo
Written by Angélique Kidjo, Jean Hebrail and Graeme Revell
Angelique Kidjo appears courtesy of Island Records

User Reviews

Enjoyably silly

As a huge fan of the video game that is the basis for this movie, I felt compelled to watch it even though I have never been much of a Van Damme fan. To my surprise, I found this film to be a lot of fun. By action movie standards, the silly one-liners work pretty well, and it was fun to see the video game characters come to life, even if they did make a few changes to the basic plot of the game. All things considered, I'm glad I took the time to watch "Street Fighter". It's nothing memorable, but if you're in the mood to watch some silly action fluff, then I'd say that it's time well wasted.