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

Bottom Rated Movies #78 | 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:

man punches a woman | time bomb | woman punches a man | good man | good woman | 

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Taglines:

The problem.

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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

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: The Battle for Shadaloo

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,859,495, 23 December 1994, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$33,423,521

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$105,414,729, 31 December 2004

Company Credits

Production Co:

Capcom Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo DTS Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Steven de Souza cast Kylie Minogue as Cammy after the Australian Actors' Guild want the director to cast an Australian actor which he saw her on the cover of Australia's People Magazine while on a plane to Bangkok, Thailand.

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Goofs

When Ryu and Ken knock out Bison's Torturer, they are not wearing gloves. The next scene when they enter the torture room, they are wearing gloves.

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Quotes

Bison: [patching through to Guile on GNT World News] Colonel Guile! Greetings!
Colonel Guile: [to Cammy] He took the bait. Trace that signal, stat!
Bison: Why do you address a fellow warrior with such disrespect?
Colonel Guile: Warrior? You? How many doctors and nurses have you killed this week? How many children have you orphaned?
Bison: You will choke on those words, Guile.
Colonel Guile: Anytime, dickhead. We'll go worldwide, just like now.
Dee Jay: General, they're tracing this.
Bison: You think you're so clever, Guile. Think about this. You have three days. If my twenty ...
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Crazy Credits

There is a scene after the closing credits: M. Bison is revived by his computer and restarts his plans for world domination.

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Alternate Versions

German theatrical release was cut by some seconds for violence (especially when Bison kills the AN-soldiers at the beginning and during the final fight at the end of the movie) to get a more profitable "not under 12"-rating. The video version is rated "not under 16" and is uncut.

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Connections

Version of Street Fighter: The Movie (1995)

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Soundtracks

Take Charge
Performed by World Beaters
Written by George Acogny

User Reviews

Re-defines the word "turkey." Elevates PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE to Oscar material!

"There can be only one".....film that is, which is worse than all others and THIS is it folks!

A movie for adolescent pea-brains. Not a solitary video-game has transferred to the big screen with even a modicum of success. Is money THAT available to make movies, that such an embarrassment as this could reach the point of actual RELEASE? Maybe no video distributor would touch it and they had no choice?

By far Van Dumb's worst flick. Playing Colonel William Guile, he leads his commandos against the seriously insane General Bison, dictator and megalomaniac of the fictitious Shadaloo. Filmed on the cheap, up on Australia's Gold Coast amidst the worst plasticised sets you ever saw. Phony explosions fill the sky, make-up is at the level of Grade 2 face-painting and a script to match. The acting beggars belief, Kylie Minogue's just about topping the list! This is seriously heavy-duty garbage! Much was made of the "singing budgie's" martial arts training for the film. From memory, she gets to perform a total of three high kicks which would be unlikely to cause distress to an elderly pensioner.

As for Raul Julia as General Bison? It was to be his last screen role, completed just before his death (maybe he saw the rushes?) It is a sad epitaph he would never have wished for. No-one comes out of this mess looking good, not even the paying audience - ESPECIALLY them! In hindsight, the very last scene sums up the cringe-factor..watch it!