Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersIndependent Spirit AwardsWomen's History MonthSXSWSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Street Fighter

  • 19941994
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
4.0/10
73K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,707
130
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen, Grand L. Bush, Andrew Bryniarski, Byron Mann, Wes Studi, Jay Tavare, and Peter Navy Tuiasosopo in Street Fighter (1994)
Home Video Trailer from Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Play trailer0:31
2 Videos
99+ Photos
ActionAdventureComedy
Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.
IMDb RATING
4.0/10
73K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,707
130
  • Director
    • Steven E. de Souza
  • Writer
    • Steven E. de Souza
  • Stars
    • Jean-Claude Van Damme
    • Raul Julia
    • Ming-Na Wen
  • Director
    • Steven E. de Souza
  • Writer
    • Steven E. de Souza
  • Stars
    • Jean-Claude Van Damme
    • Raul Julia
    • Ming-Na Wen
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 352User reviews
    • 93Critic reviews
    • 34Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

    Videos2

    Street Fighter
    Trailer 0:31
    Watch Street Fighter
    Street Fighter Epk
    Featurette 2:08
    Watch Street Fighter Epk

    Photos171

    Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen, Grand L. Bush, Andrew Bryniarski, Damian Chapa, Byron Mann, and Peter Navy Tuiasosopo in Street Fighter (1994)
    Jean-Claude Van Damme in Street Fighter (1994)
    Steven E. de Souza in Street Fighter (1994)
    Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia in Street Fighter (1994)
    Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, and Jay Tavare in Street Fighter (1994)
    Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, and Jay Tavare in Street Fighter (1994)
    Jean-Claude Van Damme in Hard Target (1993)
    Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia in Street Fighter (1994)
    Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia in Street Fighter (1994)
    Jean-Claude Van Damme in Street Fighter (1994)
    Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia in Street Fighter (1994)
    Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia in Street Fighter (1994)

    Top cast

    Edit
    Jean-Claude Van Damme
    Jean-Claude Van Damme
    • Colonel Guile
    Raul Julia
    Raul Julia
    • Bison
    Ming-Na Wen
    Ming-Na Wen
    • Chun-Li
    Damian Chapa
    Damian Chapa
    • Ken
    Kylie Minogue
    Kylie Minogue
    • Cammy
    Simon Callow
    Simon Callow
    • A.N. Official
    Byron Mann
    Byron Mann
    • Ryu
    Roshan Seth
    Roshan Seth
    • Dhalsim
    Andrew Bryniarski
    Andrew Bryniarski
    • Zangief
    Grand L. Bush
    Grand L. Bush
    • Balrog
    Robert Mammone
    Robert Mammone
    • Carlos Blanka
    Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
    Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
    • Dee Jay
    Gregg Rainwater
    Gregg Rainwater
    • T. Hawk
    Kenya Sawada
    Kenya Sawada
    • Captain Sawada
    Jay Tavare
    Jay Tavare
    • Vega
    Peter Navy Tuiasosopo
    • E. Honda
    • (as Peter Tuiasosopo)
    Wes Studi
    Wes Studi
    • Victor Sagat
    Gerry Day
    • Lab Guard
    • Director
      • Steven E. de Souza
    • Writer
      • Steven E. de Souza
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    More like this

    Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
    3.7
    Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
    Double Impact
    5.6
    Double Impact
    Kickboxer
    6.4
    Kickboxer
    Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
    7.2
    Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
    Universal Soldier: The Return
    4.2
    Universal Soldier: The Return
    Double Team
    4.8
    Double Team
    The Quest
    5.6
    The Quest
    Timecop
    5.9
    Timecop
    Lionheart
    6.2
    Lionheart
    Legionnaire
    5.5
    Legionnaire
    Mortal Kombat
    5.8
    Mortal Kombat
    Sudden Death
    5.8
    Sudden Death

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      Jean-Claude Van Damme revealed later that during filming, he had a drug problem (doing $10,000 worth of cocaine a week) and an affair with Kylie Minogue. Director Steven E. de Souza confirmed in 2018 that van Damme's cocaine addiction caused constant disruptions during filming. The studio had hired a wrangler to keep an eye on van Damme, but this person was a bad influence himself. The action star would often call in sick, leave the set, show up late or not at all, forcing de Souza to find other scenes to film in order to make up for lost time.
    • Goofs
      When Chun-li says Bison's ammunitions are about to be blown "sky high" her lips don't match her words.
    • Quotes

      Chun Li: [to Bison] It was twenty years ago. You hadn't promoted yourself to general yet. You were just a petty drug lord. Huh! You and your gang of murderers gathered your small ounce of courage to raid across the border for food... weapons...

      [indicates her bonds]

      Chun Li: ... hmph. Slave labor. My father was the village magistrate. A simple man with a simple code: justice. He gathered the few people that he could to stand against you.

      [laughs]

      Chun Li: You and your bullies were driven back by farmers with pitchforks! My father saved his village at the cost of his own life. You had him shot as you ran away! A hero... at a thousand paces.

      Bison: I'm sorry. I don't remember any of it.

      Chun Li: You don't remember?

      Bison: For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.

    • Crazy credits
      There is a scene after the closing credits: M. Bison is revived by his computer and restarts his plans for world domination.
    • 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).
    • Connections
      Featured in Violence and the Censors (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Street Fighter
      Performed by Ice Cube

      Written by Ice Cube

      Ice Cube records exclusively for Priority Records

      Ice Cube appears courtesy of Priority Records

    User reviews352

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    7/10
    Why I defend Street Fighter to this day.
    Street Fighter is a strange video game movie. The game is an amazing 2D fighter with a wide array of characters from different continents who battle it out for...something.

    The Movie, surprisingly, has more plot than you would think. M. Bison (Raul Julia, in his final performance) is now portrayed as a megalomanical super villain who has dreams of causing collapse to the entire world, such as killing a large number of hostages unless paid a ransom worthy of Dr. Evil standards, creating a breed of super soldiers and kidnapping the Queen of England and create his own world based off of his image. Trust me, it is as silly as it sounds.

    Lt. Guile (Jean Claude Van Damme) approaches the situation in that he has to save the hostages and hopefully put Bison on ice, once and for all, thus stopping his plans for world domination.

    From there on in, the movie is basically an almost two hour fan service with various subplots with almost all the characters from the Street Fighter universe. Zangief and Dee Jay work for M. Bison as Muscle and Computer Technician, respectively. Chun-Li, Balrog and E. Honda are all out for get revenge and Ken and Ryu are professional fighters hoping to score a battle against the vain Vega and evil Sagat.

    Like I said, the rest of the movie is nothing short of fan service, since all the actors deliver some truly awful one liners aside, Van Damme's Guile almost sounds like Tommy Wiseau ("The Room") when you close your eyes, and the whole plot itself is actually quite boring.

    Well, why in the world would someone defend this movie then? I'll give you three reasons, two are part of the movie, and one is a personal thing.

    1. Raul Julia's M. Bison. A villain who looks rather powerful should be given a great performance. While Raul Julia did die after this movie was over, there is no denying that he went out with a bang rather than whimper. His performance is laughably over the top, but at no point do you look at his face and see a man who seems to think he's in a movie, and as a result, he makes the movie quite amazing. If anything, he gives us a theatrical villain which, for his character, works very well.

    2. There was a lot of room for potential here. Let's be honest, writing a movie is easy, but writing a good movie is hard. The director (Who is also the writer) took a fighting video game and crafted a movie out of it, and a fairly well done one at that. Sure, not in execution, but in originality, it works.

    3. It was a movie from my childhood. I was a child of the 90's, and as such, I can remember my parents letting me watch this at a very young age, and it was awesome. Damn the Nostalgia factor, but it's what makes this movie really good. I can remember how intimidated I was in the final battle scenes, and how cool M. Bison was to me (in that over the top Saturday Morning Cartoon style of cool).

    This movie is a very easy one to attack for just not being good, but understand from my point of view, even knowing how bad it is, having no character development, some truly cheesy one liners and awful performances, including Van Damme giving a performance that makes him sound like Tommy Wiseau if he smoked cigarettes for ten years and you closed your eyes real tight, I still like it.

    It's cheesy, terrible and ridiculous, but all you need to know is that Raul Julia delivers some of the best lines for years to come, and you know you are dealing with a kind of cult classic when one of the film's greatest lines is, "This is merely superconductor electromagnetism. Surely, you've heard of it." In other words, go see this movie if you haven't already.

    7/10.
    helpful•110
    29
    • solidgameboy12-1
    • Nov 27, 2010

    The Best Video Game Adaptations

    The Best Video Game Adaptations

    "The Last of Us" and more video games that have made the leap to the screen.
    See the gallery
    View image
    Photos

    FAQ2

    • What are the differences between the British BBFC 12 Version and the Uncut Version?
    • Why is Doctor Dhalsim baldheaded at the end of the movie?

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • December 23, 1994 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Japan
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
      • Esperanto
    • Also known as
      • Đấu Sĩ Đường Phố
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver Film Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada(Studio, re-shoots)
    • Production companies
      • Capcom Entertainment
      • Universal Pictures
      • Edward R. Pressman Productions
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    Edit
    • Budget
      • $35,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $33,423,521
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,859,495
      • Dec 25, 1994
    • Gross worldwide
      • $99,431,786
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen, Grand L. Bush, Andrew Bryniarski, Byron Mann, Wes Studi, Jay Tavare, and Peter Navy Tuiasosopo in Street Fighter (1994)
    Top Gap
    What is the streaming release date of Street Fighter (1994) in Canada?
    Answer
    • See more gaps
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    • Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • IMDb Developer
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.