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STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI

What You Need To Know:

STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI is a lame story devised to give a beautiful girl the opportunity to use choreographed, slow-motion martial arts skills on really nasty bad guys. It tries to turn a popular video game into a popular movie. The story opens with young Chun-Li being raised as a concert pianist. When her sweet, loving father is kidnapped, she is given the excuse to refocus her life on fighting. The movie tediously builds the case that the villains are the nastiest people on earth. The super-villain is even shown to have performed some satanic ritual to purposely rid himself of a conscience. Chun-Li receives training from Gen, who teaches her that anger is destructive to her mastery of the martial arts. The movie then proceeds to give her reason-after-reason to be furious.

STREET FIGHTER is a ridiculous kiddy violence revenge fest. Besides the revenge motif, the movie also has some Eastern religious elements, including yin and yang and belief in self. The story’s point is to make children feel good about kicking someone in the teeth. The plot is strong enough to make even Barney the Dinosaur seek revenge.

Content:

(PaPaPa, O, B, FRFR, L, VVV, A, MM) Very strong, mixed pagan and occult worldview, with the dominant emphasis on revenge even though there’s a short speech on the need to overcome anger and the heroine stops some street muggers, plus some strong Eastern religious elements including concepts like yin and yang, belief in self, etc.; three obscenities, no profanities; much violence, brief scene of heads from beheaded people, lengthy martial arts fight scenes, battle scenes with gunfire, man’s neck broken, some blood evident; no sex; no nudity; brief alcohol use; and revenge, a scene with a ceremony where a man “rids himself of his conscience” by passing all remaining “goodness” to his unborn daughter, and mystic healing.

More Detail:

STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI is a lame story devised to give a beautiful girl the opportunity to use choreographed, slow-motion martial arts skills on really nasty bad guys. It’s an attempt to turn a popular video game into a popular movie.

The movie opens with young Chun-Li being raised to be a refined concert pianist. When her sweet and loving father is kidnapped, she is given the excuse to refocus her life on fighting. The movie tediously builds the case that the villains are the meanest, nastiest people on earth. The super-villain, Bison (played by Neal McDonough), is even shown to have performed some satanic ritual to purposely rid himself of a conscience.

Chun-Li (played by Kristin Kreuk of TV’s SMALLVILLE) receives training from Gen (played by Robin Shou), who teaches her that anger is destructive to her mastery of the martial arts. The movie then proceeds to give her reason-after-reason to be furious. The plot is strong enough to even make Barney the dinosaur seek revenge.

This is not an adult drama. It is aimed at children who play video games. The problem is that the story’s point is to make kids feel good about kicking someone in the teeth. It was not made to inspire children to be better people. It inspires children to be ready to fight. Thus, young viewers of STREET FIGHTER might want to come home and play the video game for 12 hours straight, kicking nasty villain after nasty villain.

From a quality standpoint, there are too many characters in this movie. The story drags its way to a completely predictable conclusion. Even the chase scenes are boring. When you’ve seen too many movies with extended fight scenes, even lots of quick cuts and loud music leave you wishing you had a fast-forward button. You know the good guy is going get beat up for a little while and then come back to do in the bad guy. When the “little while” takes too long you feel like shouting, “Come on, we’ve got a green light. Would you move to the next scene?”

In a culture saturated with violent entertainment it can be difficult to stand out. STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI is a ridiculous kiddy violence revenge fest. It is not worth spending your time or money on.

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.