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 |
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. Written by Emphinix
"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!