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 Guile
Raul Julia	...	Bison
Ming-Na Wen	...	Chun-Li
Damian Chapa	...	Ken
Kylie Minogue	...	Cammy
Simon Callow	...	A.N. Official
Byron Mann	...	Ryu
Roshan Seth	...	Dhalsim
Andrew Bryniarski	...	Zangief
Grand L. Bush	...	Balrog
Robert Mammone	...	Carlos Blanka
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.	...	Dee Jay
Gregg Rainwater	...	T. Hawk
Kenya Sawada	...	Captain Sawada
Jay Tavare	...	Vega

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:

campy | street fighter | man punches a woman | time bomb | woman punches a man | 

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Taglines:

This christmas, shop early. The streets won't be safe.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the fight between Ryu and Honda, a text on the wall is written in Esperanto : "Atenti incinerato - Esti zorga", which means : "Caution incinerator - Be careful".

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Goofs

While Guille watches a video of him, Blanca and their wives, the Brazilian flag stitched on Blanca's uniform is clearly upside down.

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Quotes

Colonel Guile: [after defeating Bison] Bison, you're off the air.

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Crazy Credits

After the Universal logo appears, the world turns metallic and gains Shadaloo wings.

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Alternate Versions

The title sequence is different, depending whether you watch the International version (distributed by Columbia, the Street Fighter logo just appears after the Columbia lettering) or the US version (distributed by Universal, the Street Fighter logo appears over the Universal globe).

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Connections

Featured in Atop the Fourth Wall: Top 15 Worst Comics I've Reviewed (2014)

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Soundtracks

Street Soldier
Written by Paris
Performed by Paris
Guest vocals by Da Old Skool
Courtesy of Guerrilla Funk Recordings, Guerrilla Funk Music (ASCAP)

User Reviews

Terrible, just terrible

It's really dangerous to make a movie out of a video game, especially when the characters in the video game are cartoony. STREET FIGHTER is a terrible movie. The characters are a joke, and ACT like it's all a joke. The movie looks cheesy (study Bison's "hovering" command pod - it's obviously hooked to some kind of crane), and committing the famous Street Fighter martial arts movies into live action just looks stupid. What do you expect from DeSouza when the only things he directed before were a "Tales From The Crypt" episode and some shows of "Bowling For Dollars"? (No joke) Even the few Van Damme fans that are still left (after he's made countless bombs like this) will be embarrassed for their onscreen hero.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Japan USA

Language:

English Japanese Esperanto

Release Date:

23 December 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Street Fighter

Filming Locations:

Vancouver Film Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,859,495, 25 December 1994

Gross USA:

$33,423,521

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$99,431,786

Company Credits

Production Co:

Capcom Entertainment, Edward R. Pressman Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo (uncredited) DTS (uncredited) Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1