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ThierryW
Street Fighter II is a delightful romp full of arcade-y action goodness. It's a breezy hour and a half of fights, hot anime girls, bad ass anime guys, a rocking soundtrack, awesome fights, and simply stunning animation that will blow you away.
The story is a mix of overly simple and overly complex. On the one hand, the heroes (martial artists Ryu & Ken, hot Interpol agent waifu Chun-Li, and bad ass American man Guile) have to stop the big bad, that being the nefarious terrorist M. Bison, from kidnapping and enslaving street fighters to use as his slaves to conquer the world. That's the simple.
The "overly complex", is more so the fact that a million plot points are happening, and so much is crammed into the short runtime, that outside of the final battle, it can feel a bit confusing and…
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Ancient anime but this one needs a new review: Game adaptations have been around even longer than you think. This is an adaptation of the Street Fighter II game, which you remember if you’re Gen X. If you’re not Gen X, know this was a very popular game in the 90s, I’ve played it myself (back in college) and am not even a gamer… This is a 30 year old adaptation of the game but it really surprised me. It looks old, the character designs look kind of inspired by American comicbook muscle guys they look HUGE and clunky, with massive square faces, blank white eyes, and jaws sharp enough to cut steel, nevermind that Guile’s hair looks like a shoe-polishing brush- the action in this is really good and there were some really surprising scenes. I sort of expected to be bored and just laughing at it…
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Ok so I was staying in a hotel through work, it was late, I wanted an easy film to watch so I picked this that had been on my list for ages. Setting the music to one side, this film is garbage.
Firstly, I watched the English dub version, which has songs like Them Bones and Ultra on it. I'm a big fan of AiC and KMFDM so anything that is in that vein for 90s related I'm a sucker for. I won't be saying it's the best I've ever heard, it's just a collection of songs I like put other anime. The music certainly does suite the action, especially the Chun Li Vs Vaga. But I can't really give it more than a 7/10 and I feel that's generous.
Animation wise I'm a little confused. Its really terrible. The excuse of it being a 90s anime can't be used here. Comparing to Akira for example, which is from…
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In the unlikely case in which you weren't already aware, this movie is based on Street Fighter II, the arcade game by CAPCOM. (go give it a try, you might enjoy it). Now, most video game adaptations are infamous for being poorly made, but this one breaks the mold somewhat, through the secret technique of being actually fun to watch.
As you would expect, Street Fighter II Movie puts a large emphasis on the fight scenes. Its wide cast of tough combatants are all masters of their respective crafts, from the indomitable spirit of Ryu to the elegant fury of Chun-Li, and even the malevolent wrath of Vega/M. Bison (depending on which version you're watching), you'll never be bored watching the colourful cast of this movie duking it out. In fact, every significant character from the original seri…
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Such a decent adaptation for the most popular fighting game brought you a good story with some wonderful fightings scenes besides that we got the chance to see some memorable and noticeable street fighter's characters , I really loved the animation it was so beautiful so basically the movie was an amazing showcase for to source material and I'm really sure every street fighter fan will absolutely enjoy it .
besides that I can that movie made for veteran of the serie and newcomers like you really jump right into and watch it even you don't have previous knowledge about the game , the movie itself was chill with some action and with story progression you get more elements to enjoy such as soundtrack or the good voice acting whether English dub or Japanese were so perfect
I wish they do so…
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This review is for the Dub version, Yes dub...Normally I am a sub guy but dub is far superior.
The music chosen for the dub was perfect, It felt like the dub was the original and the sub came after. The music captures the mood of the fights and the VA's are amazing. It brought out the best emotion with one of the fights in the end.
They did most of the characters justice especially Bison(main bad guy). It feels like a life or death moment whenever he appears. He is what you call menacing!
The movie starts with a epic fight, if you have any background knowledge of the game you will know what is going to happen. That scene gave me chills.
The main plot is simple enough but the main reason we will watch a Street Fight movie is for the fights, seeing Ryu and Ken together and kicking Bis…
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I am a fan of the street fighter game, so I might be a little biased here, however i do believe the movie did a great job on representing the game itself.
In terms of the story its true to the game itself, we do get representation of each character, although some characters its very short representation, but can be understandable since its a movie, and they cant really go in details of all 16 characters. That being said they represented each character well, and stayed true to their story based on the game itself.
The animation is pretty good as well, and the characters look solid, the sound and music in this movie is done nicely as well, I do think it could have been a little better but still overall pretty good.
I like how the story shows Ryu going from one place to another travellin…
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Excuse me, I'm Spanish and I don't usually write in English. You can read this review in Spanish.
In order to talk about this film, it is impossible to ignore the fact that it adapts the first world-famous videogame of the saga: Street Fighter II (1991). For that reason, it deserved a film to match. Although the studio in charge of the work, Group TAC, was not one of the most outstanding studios of the moment, the visual result exceeded expectations and had the involvement of industry heavyweights such as director Gisaburou Sugii (Night on the Galactic Railroad, 1985; and The Tale of Genji, 1987).
Street Fighter II: The Movie (1994) is a work that fits perfectly within that group of action films of the 80s and 90s in which the plot was almost an excuse to show great action scenes: car ch…
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Editor: "How many camera pans do you want?"
Director: "Yes."
The Street Fighter II movie was one of the most drawn-out films I have seen. "When will this be over," is a question I asked myself during many of the scenes. I'll elaborate.
Many of the issues I've had are directional/editorial. Particularly, any scene with Vega or Ryu would include dreadful silence and an impressive amount of camera pans. There were many quiet scenes followed by flashbacks of Ryu and Ken training together. Then, we'd be in New York, Los Angelos, or another location.This movie should have been appropriately named, "Street Fighter: Around the World." The variety of locations along with a lack of transition lead to some confusion, despite the plot being clear and characters voicing their motivations.
As for th…
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Street Fighter II set the bar for not only future fighting games, but also future anime movies. Loosely based off the video game series, this short but sweet action film follows from the perspective of Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li and Guile most of the time. Lots of different things are told throughout the movie, such as the scene where Ryu gave Sagat his scar throughout the beginning of the Street Fighter series. Chun-Li is also following the traces of M.Bison's organization known as Shadowlaw (Shadowloo in the video games). Lots of things during this film happen and you don't really have to pay attention. Remember, you're here to see your favorite characters do what they do best. Fight. The story in Street Fighter isn't very important to me but the lore with the characters really flesh the world ou…
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I absolutely loved this movie, Ryu, is my all time favorite street fighter character in the video game as well as the movie, & the series. Ryu, lives to test his skills against other formidable foes across the entire world, I can relate to his determination as someone who is determined myself, I can see his yearning for testing his limits as well as achieving whatever limits he sets for himself, he is an amazing fighter. Ryu's Hadoken is very powerful, especially his hurricane kick. He trains hard, & fights even harder, he never abuses his body with drugs, he is his own master, after being trained by one of course, he eventually continues his training on his own, he, with his best friend ken, both trained together at the same dojo for ten long years. Mastering their skills in the martial a…
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Before I get into my review, I have to preface this by admitting that Street Fighter II in particular has played a very huge part in my preference when it comes to video games so I can admit that there is going to be a bit of bias during this review.
Animes based on video games have been,for the most part, a huge smoldering ash pile of disappointment. They often do not stick to the source material of the game, take too many liberties on a simple story line that is starring them right in their over ambitious faces, and ultimately its a blunder before it even gets started. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie is the exception to the latter.
When you are doing a cross over of a popular ip and placing it into another medium, taking from the exact source material is a very very crucial det…
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Nostalgia. It scares me to think that something I once loved could in actuality be a disgusting mess. I cautiously watched this movie for the first time in years. If you asked me before today I would say of course it was awesome. After today, I'm proud to say that Street Fighter II: The Movie still kicks all kinds of ass.
I watched the American dubbed release as I did when I was a child. The voice acting is actually pretty solid. Ryu occasionally sounds bit too high pitched. Every other main character sounds really good. The American version also added some rocking tunes from bands like Korn and Alice in Chains. Whether you like that genre of music or not, it fits very well in the places they insert it. The rest of the original music in the film sounds fantastic as well.
The art resemble…
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One should always be wary of a movie or animated adaptation of a video game franchise, because it's usually bad. Remember Super Street Fighter IV OVA? Or the live action adaptations of Super Mario Bros. and Street Fighters? Ugh.
But I had heard that Street Fighter II: The Movie was actually quite good and generally considered to be the best Street Fighter anime adaptation to this day. So naturally, as a big anime and Street Fighter fan, I had to check this out.
First and foremost, I was pleasantly surprised how the characters were so faithfully portrayed, even the ones we don't get to see much of. But the ones we don't see much of aren't really relevant to the plot, so it doesn't really matter. Although I can understand big fans of said characters to be disappointed with their lack of s…
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Based on the popular video game of the same name by Capcom. This movie contains each of the characters up until Super Street Fighter II. Therefore, fans of particular characters will at least get the opportunity to see their favorite do something. Although in some cases they won't get to see very much.
For those whom may not know; I hate video game to anime films. Mainly because in terms of quality anime almost none of them have cracked the ceiling of mediocrity. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie somewhat fits into the category. Fortunately, for a video game to anime translation the movie isn't too bad because it gives something to the fans, and it's many notches above awful titles such as Art of Fighting, Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture, and Devil May Cry. Street Fighter delivers well…
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Having watched the live action movie with Jean Claude Van Damme (which happened to be on TV the same week) last week, I can say that this version is far superior.
I love Jean Claude but that movie seemed like there was 20 minutes or so missing in the beginning whereas this one doesn't and the storylines are completely different. In the live action Bison has hostages and wants billions of Dollars for them but in this one he's turning street fighters in to terrorists in a much better scripted movie.
The action in this is also a lot better, there is a lot more of it and it's a lot better because the characters in this have their powers that don't exist in the live action I presume because it'd be too expensive.
I watched the uncut version I think that was aired on Sony Movies which featu…
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Let me preface this review by saying that I don't have the same problems with Capcom that a lot of gamers do. However, one legitimate complaint that always comes up about them is that they milk their fighting game franchises to an absurd degree. Capcom always seems to have a “super ultimate hyper deluxe turbo” edition released a year after the first installment comes out that's pretty much the same game with a few very minor additions and the Street Fighter franchise is the biggest offender, which isn't surprising since it's one of Capcom's biggest franchises. Also unsurprising is the fact that it's had quite a few adaptations, the worst of which were brought to us by Hollywood. Most of the anime versions, including this one, were handled by Group TAC, the same studio that brought us Shini…
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This film is definitely one of the best video game movie adaptations out there. If your a big fan of Street Fighter then this film is a must see.
What frustrates me to no end is how the other Street Fighter movie adaptations don't follow the games story and character traits very well. Out of all of them this film is probably the best. The characters are well portrayed and the story is very fitting to the Street Fighter universe.
With all the Street Fighter 2 characters and good action scenes, this is the best Street Fighter movie to watch.
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This was one of my favorite anime movies back in the 90's. I thought it was the coolest fighting anime at that time, and upon watching recently I learned that it still is a great fighting anime. With the exception of the music, this movie holds up really well.
This anime has a simple yet solid storyline. It focuses on the more popular characters from the video game and does enough character development in the short time they have to keep it from feeling rushed. It introduces other characters from the game intelligently with quick cameos and short fight scenes. They are seen in passing while the story moves forward around the main cast of characters.
Where this anime lacks is in how dated it's music is. Late 80's styled music just doesn't hold up at all in my opinion. Had it been a classi…
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One of the If not the BEST videogame-to-/anime product EVER and has been, and always been praised by streetfighterfans world wide till this day, with very sucsessful franchises and movie's ova's.This os one anime movie for me to give it a 10/10 Purely because the whole movie is sooo well done from beginning till end, animation is just fluent en exceptional, charachters were way above ecxpectations , heroes and villians alike, and ofc the famous/infamous Chun-li shower scene with the legendary vega fight after wards. Slight 90's 3-d elements in the movie made it eyecatching for the fans back then plus the music, oh hell yeah alice in chains!!!! still after 90's this anime movie is the shit!
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