"Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li"

I went into the theater with the absolute lowest expectations for this film. And after the 1990's version featuring Jean Claude Van Dam as Guile, who wouldn't? With that all being said, I walked out of the theater somehow somewhat pleasantly surprised. I am not saying this is a great film, or even really very good for that matter, but it does have a sort of charm to it if you are a fan of the Street Fighter games. It doesn't make the same mistakes it's predecessor did by trying to jam every character ever into the game, as a matter of fact, it does a great job of keeping the number of characters fairly low for how many there are.

Kristen Kruek takes on the role of Chun-Li, one I really never saw her fit for. Lana Lang, yes... But never our beloved Chun-Li. Robin Shou who played Lui Kang in the Mortal Kombat movies plays Gen, one of the trainers of Chun-Li. Michael Clark Duncan plays Balrog, and actually is probably my favorite character in this film. Chris Klein plays the role of Charlie Nash, who in reality sounds like a cheap Duke Nukem rip off the whole film. I really am not a fan of Chris Klein, but if they ever make a Duke Nukem movie... he'd probably mess that one up somehow too. Bison, the main villain,  is played by Neil McDonough. He does a good job portraying Bison in an odd way. He didn't feel like Bison, but then again, Kruek at times didn't feel like Chun-Li. He still does a great job acting,  however cheesy it comes across at times(but again, this movie is supposed to feel this way).

The story follows Chun-Li on an attempt to rescue her father from Bison. There are a lot of random action sequences, some of which I felt should have been longer. I would have liked to have seen more of Vega, who does maybe a whopping total of 3 minutes of actual on camera fighting in the whole film. This is a fun film if you like the video games, however if you are not a fan I would make it a point to avoid. If you still feel you must see it, wait for it to hit Netflix. I'm sure it won't be too long before this hits the shelves in stores.