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 #91 | 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 fight to save the world is on!

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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

Capcom was co-financier of the film, so every aspect of production required their approval. Among other things, they mandated a December 1994 release date, which required the cast and crew to maintain an aggressive filming schedule. Capcom had long envisioned Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile and asked him to be cast. Van Damme's fee took nearly $8 million of the film's $35 million budget. After Raul Julia was cast as Bison, most of the casting budget had been spent. The majority of other parts had to go to little-known or unknown actors.

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Goofs

When Bison is using the video game controls, his metal forearm protectors appear and disappear between shots.

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Quotes

Capt. Sawada: A single boat against everything he's got? The pilot would have to be out of his mind.
Colonel Guile: Luckily, Bison has driven me crazy... so I'm going to do it.

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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

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 Nostalgia Critic: Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat: The Movie Reviews - Part 1 (2008)

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Soundtracks

Life As...
Performed by LL Cool J
Written by LL Cool J (as J.T. Smith) and O. Harvey
Lyrics written by LL Cool J
LL Cool J appears courtesy of Def Jam Recordings, Inc./Island
Records/and Polygram Music Group

User Reviews

if only it was REALLY bad!

before i start let me say, i like all kinds of movies, and i like my fair share of crap. but this film is just awful, i don't mean funny-awful, like Troma or Roger Corman, i just mean amateur-ish and weak, there is not one element to redeem it, not the casting(laughable) the set design(clichéd) the costumes (home-made?) the action sequences(slow, ponderous and poorly executed). if they wanted to rape and exploit the franchise in an engaging way then they should have given it to Corman, then at least we could have had a laugh. this director clearly has no interest or knowledge of the subject. they could have taken the opportunity to go all the way and make something monumentally baaaaad, but unfortunately the director lacked the skill for such lofty aspirations and were stuck with this tame, lame studio turd that won't engage anyone over the age of twelve.

if you have attention deficit disorder,thought Sylvester Stallones Driven was much better than Grand Prix(1966) or have never seen a motion picture before in your life and have a pre-occupation with Kylie Minogues rear end, then you MIGHT, just might be able to make it to the end of this stink bomb. Having said all this if you've gone as far as reading this your probably gonna watch it anyway, but take my word for it, your time would be more productively spent masturbating