‘Street Fighter’ Review: Video Game Fighter Film Knocks Itself Unconscious
You could set your watch to the moment Kitao Sakurai’s “Street Fighter” stops working. It’s almost exactly at the halfway mark, when its streamlined, delightfully cartoonish saga actually reaches its central tournament, an elimination series of seven fights, of which we see maybe one and a half. From that point on, this martial arts video […]
In 1994, the live-action adaptation of "Street Fighter" premiered, which left its viewers, including the author, unimpressed. The film starred Raul Julia as the villainous Bison, delivering a memorable camp performance. The movie was nonsensical yet unapologetic, anchored by Julia's and Jean-Claude Van Damme's performances. Thirty-three years later, director Kitao Sakurai attempted another take on the classic fighting game.
Instead of making a serious film, Sakurai created a hyper-stylized, bordering-on-nonsensical fever dream that aims to be taken seriously. Despite its anachronistic timeline and ridiculous costumes, the film attempts to capture the essence of the original game, but the execution falls short for many viewers.
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