Street Fighter: The Movie
By: ACE
This movie is a most egregious display of excellent casting put to waste.
One would expect the Great Raul Julia to have a role that might put his
great acting to work. Sadly, the producers knew not who he was and wasted
his plethora of talent. Also cast into the movie was the powerhouse known
only as Jean-Claude
"I-Can-Make-Aaaaaalll-This-White-Powder-Disappear-Up-My-Nose" Van Damm. The
dazed and confused kick boxer explored a new corner of his endless crevace of
acting talent, playing someone who is trying to avert the demise of the
world. He dresses in blue camoflague, along with the rest of the troops he
is commanding, in order to sneak up on the unsuspecting villians who live in
a blue house surrounded by blue trees and blue dirt and blue rocks and blue
grass and... But enough blue da bu dee da bu dy da bu dee da bu da. Also
starring in this movie were...um...other good actors and actresses (?). How
the writers ever came up with this selection of freaks and weirdos, i will
never know. Two brothers of different ethnic origin? A sumo wrestler from
Hawaii? A kick-ass reporter named Chun Li. And M. Bison? What's up with
that? This collection of morons somehow save the free world as we know it
from the iron grip of M. Bison. And what is up with Damm's character? Guile
is supposed to be the Big American Hero, but ends up played by a Belgian
cokehead. Raul Julia, sadly, passed away soon after this film, never having
a chance to redeem himself. He goes down in history with other great actors
such as John Candy (who died during filming of "Wagons East"). The end
result of the movie was a hollow feeling in my pocket where 7 dollars used
to be before the movie. The crappy special effects and terrible
screenwriting go hand in hand to make a movie that could have been great,
terrible. So many "bad guys" get wasted without a single "good guy" getting
hurt. I hate this movie. I miss Raul Julia. I want Jean Claude Van Damm to
suffer a horrific fate at the hands of some very angry 12 year old drug
dealers. This movie SUCKED. Don't ever go see it. Please. I'm begging
you. don't go see it. please.
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