The same video store clerk who warned me about the remake of "The Wicker Man" (you can read my user comment on it) warned me about "Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li" when I brought it up to the counter. So why did I rent it, when you also add the fact that I thought the first "Street Fighter" movie was terrible. Well, I had heard that this movie was so bad it was good, and I'm usually in the mood for laughable ineptness.
This movie isn't so bad it's good. It's so bad it's BAD. Let me count the ways. The screenplay has a number of holes in it (Why was there no investigation for the kidnapping of Chun-Li's father? Why did Bison let his daughter get out of his grasp?) The screenplay also has a number of clichéd scenes - you'll be saying, "I've seen this before!" a number of times while watching the movie. The biggest sin the movie makes is that it's pretty dull. There's less martial arts action than you may think, and the martial arts scenes that are there are ineptly choreographed - a surprise, since there was some Asian control on this movie.
I admit there was one thing I found amusing, and that was that the main villain strongly resembles Neil Patrick Harris. But other than that, I seriously regret renting this movie. Next time I'll listen to that video store clerk.
This movie isn't so bad it's good. It's so bad it's BAD. Let me count the ways. The screenplay has a number of holes in it (Why was there no investigation for the kidnapping of Chun-Li's father? Why did Bison let his daughter get out of his grasp?) The screenplay also has a number of clichéd scenes - you'll be saying, "I've seen this before!" a number of times while watching the movie. The biggest sin the movie makes is that it's pretty dull. There's less martial arts action than you may think, and the martial arts scenes that are there are ineptly choreographed - a surprise, since there was some Asian control on this movie.
I admit there was one thing I found amusing, and that was that the main villain strongly resembles Neil Patrick Harris. But other than that, I seriously regret renting this movie. Next time I'll listen to that video store clerk.