Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)

When a teenager, Chun-Li witnesses the kidnapping of her father by wealthy crime lord M. Bison. When she grows up, she goes into a quest for vengeance and becomes the famous crime-fighter of the Street Fighter universe.

Director:

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Writer:

Justin Marks (screenplay)

Stars:

Kristin Kreuk, Chris Klein, Neal McDonough

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kristin Kreuk	...	Chun-Li
Chris Klein	...	Charlie Nash
Neal McDonough	...	Bison / Vega (Japan)
Robin Shou	...	Gen
Moon Bloodgood	...	Det. Maya Sunee
Josie Ho	...	Cantana
Taboo	...	Vega / Balrog (Japan)
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Balrog / Bison (Japan)
Pei-pei Cheng	...	Zhilan (as Pei Pei Cheng)
Edmund Chen	...	Xiang
Inez Yan	...	Chun-Li (5 yrs)
Elizaveta Kiryukhina	...	Rose
Emilze Junqueira	...	Jeanne Xiang
Katherine Pemberton	...	Chun-Li (10 yrs)
Siri Sirijane	...	Liu

Storyline

Chun-Li lives a calm life with her father, when one day, the local mobster Bison kidnaps her father. After her mother's death, she embarks into a quest to rescue her kidnapped father from the clutches of powerful criminal lord Bison.

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Plot Keywords:

chun li | mobster | street fighter | kidnapping | crime lord | 

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Taglines:

Some fight for power. Some fight for us.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and martial arts action, and some sensuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official Movie Blog Official site

Country:

Canada India USA Japan

Language:

English Hindi Japanese

Release Date:

27 February 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Street Fighter: La leyenda

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,721,110 (USA) (27 February 2009)

Gross:

$8,742,261 (USA) (8 May 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hyde Park Entertainment, Capcom Company, Adlabs Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Back in 2003, Jean-Claude Van Damme was working on a sequel to the original Street Fighter movie titled "Street Fighter II", for Universal. Several cast members had been hired to join him in the sequel, including his Universal Soldier co-star Dolph Lundgren in an unrevealed role, Australian actress Holly Valance would have replaced Kylie Minogue as Cammy White, and Damian Chapa would have re-praised his role as Ken Masters. Byron Mann was also reportedly in talks to return as Ryu Hoshi. However, after a few years of trying to get the sequel off the ground, the project never materialized and any plans for a sequel were scrapped in favor of this movie.

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Goofs

After Charlie spots the bomb, everybody evacuates the building. Charlie is in the doorway just as the bomb blows. Yet in a bigger shot of the explosion when the good guys are getting knocked down by the blast, no one is in the doorway. In the next shot Charlie is shown being blasted out of the doorway.

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Quotes

Vega: [Chun-Li has cut Vega's face and has her foot pressed against his head] You think this is over?
Chun-Li: No. I'm just getting started.

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Connections

Version of Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (1992)

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Soundtracks

"We On"
Written by Marty James Garton (as Marty James), Ricardo Thomas and Zamon Christian
Performed by One Block Radius
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group

User Reviews

Not worth the time

This movie was terrible to put it simply. I wasn't expecting it to be great, but I wasn't expecting it to be as bad as it was. It seemed that they took a really bad, wannabe Kung-Fu movie added some Street Fighter names and thought that would good enough to pass it off as a Street Fighter movie. Horrible, almost nonexistent plot, bad acting, and terrible fight scenes make this movie not worth the time it takes to watch it. At times it was funny though, but not intentionally. When certain characters try to be serious or they throw out some line they think would be good catch phrase you can't help but laugh at how poor the acting was.