Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

xamtaro Many fans will argue that THIS is THE Street Fighter movie. The prefect adaptation of a popular fighting game franchise.Is it good? yes. Perfect? Hardly.Lets start with the Good stuff. 1)The animation. This anime, along with a number of anime movies in the late 80s to 90s break free from the stereotype of anime utilizing more animation short cuts and lower frame rate than western animation. The frame rate here is exceedingly smooth, it almost looks rotoscoped. Characters aren't stiff and are always in motion with expression in the faces and body posture portrayed very nicely in the art.2)The art. One would think that with a higher frame rate and smooth animation, the detail of the art would suffer. This is not the case here. The artwork is beautiful and finely detailled. Shadows and blacks are heavy lending to very nice gritty look and feel for the show. And the painted backgrounds are works of art on their own. The character designs are true to the game and pleasing to the eye, though some like Guile and Balrog tend to border on unrealistic.3)The fights. Beautifully choreographed and realistically played out, the fights are the main attraction here. Every punch from wind up to the hit to the follow through is thoroughly animated. Close ups and long shots are used appropriately to give a very dynamic viewing experience. Characters act and react to their opponents like how real fighters would and unlike other fighting anime like Dragonball, special powers are not thrown around. In fact, special powers are very rarely used in this movie and only as a last resort. Most of the time, we have 1 on 1 duels that look better than some big budget kung fu movies.The Bad 1)The story Weak and clichéd, the story in this movie teeters between juvenile and logic failing. A power hungry dictator capturing the world's greatest fighters to turn them into his own army, seeks out one particular fighter just cos his "power level" is higher than the others. This just reeks of typical shonen anime like Dragonball or Naruto. The story plays out very straight forward with no hint of intrigue or build up, and hearkens back to the cheesy spy movies of the 60s with evil crime empires and giant sky ships.2)The characters Aside from Ryu, most of the characters are 1 dimensional stereotypes of different cultures or races. Perhaps that comes from trying to cram in too many characters into one movie, something many game adaptations suffer from. The motives of the other characters are never explained or only briefly touched on and they are never developed as the movie progresses. Even Ryu gets little development. The there are appearances by Zangeif, Blanka, Sagat etc who seem to be just there to make the game fans happy. They lend nothing too important to the plot, especially Zangeif and Blanka whose appearance is totally non-essential to the story and could have been cut out, that time and money used to actually further the plot. 3)The scripting and dialogue Cheesy lines and over the top speeches abound in this movie. Thankfully, unlike other anime, characters don't talk to each other and spew lengthy monologues in the middle of fights. Honestly, i preferred the English version to the Japanese version. The Japanese version is a lot more over the top wheras the English version has more realistic, subdued acting and some lines are changed to make them less cheesy. Plus it is more believable to have the majority of the characters which are non-Japanese, speak English. Not to mention that the animators never bothered to properly sync the lip movement to the Japanese dialogue in the first place.Overall 7/10 A greatly enjoyable movie that captures the spirit of the games and likely to please fan and newcomer alike. Aside from the simplistic story and cookie cutter characters, the animation and fight choreography definitely sets the bench mark for fighting genre anime.

TheHande People would like to think that the Anime Film version of Street Fighter II - The Fighting Game is far more true to its origins than the live Hollywood version starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Well, we have every character from the Super-edition present, many of them perform their signature moves such as Hadoken etc., Blanka and Charlie are not the same person and they stuck to the original character back-stories.Is it more true to its origins? Yes. Is it a better movie? Nope.Here's why. Although the Anime had a lot more fight-scenes and on average they were quite impressive, the movie has no plot to speak of. The anime reeks of fan-service, starting with bit-appearances by Fei Long, Cammie, DeeJay, Dhalsim, Zangief, Blanka and T.Hawk and truth-be-told Sagat didn't get to do anything cool either. Plus, the film contains a shower-scene with Chun-Li where the director made a point of showing off her "womanhood" as often as possible.By comparison, the Hollywood film at least had a plot and was rather funny. This film has that "anime-magic" about it, but is really nothing more than a theatrical "TV-special".

jaywolfenstien . . . for an anime based on a video game (a fighting game, no less.) So how does this anime succeed in sticking 16 (technically 17) characters into a single feature where its live action counterpart failed? Simple: most characters are no more than a backdrop participating in a fight in whatever location the film needs them in.This gives the main characters (mostly Ryu) more room for more development and lengthier, flashier fights. The character exploration of Ryu and Ken, their history together, proved a nice touch, and Capcom wisely choose not to pursue it too much; afterall, this anime is about Street Fights not Street Dramas. I've always liked Ryu and Ken's rivalry which does not interfere with their friendship that Capcom established, especially the link via Ryu's headband; the two won't hold back when battling one another, but at the same time there's a line neither will cross.Which brings me to the villain, M. Bison (or Vega, depending on where you live), and his posse. Somehow I liked Bison better in the original incarnation of Street Fighter 2 where he was just a guy (with pupils) before they started getting carried away with his 'Psycho Power' and, in the Zero series, the 'Psycho drive' (whee!). It's not enough to have a mean guy as the villain, nope, we absolutely must have the son of Satan. No matter how hard I try to suspend my disbelief, I'll always see Bison as a scrawny guy in a red suit (with pupils) who happens to have a few cool abilities . . . oh yeah, and Akuma can kick the crap out of him any day of the week.The arcade Street Fighter 2 and its numerous variants never really gives much glimpse into the character's personalities, and as a result we have to rely on their back stories (for those who care enough to read into them) and the snippets of between-bout dialogue for such traits. With that in mind, all of the characters are portrayed accurately (surprise surprise). Come to think of it, how did the live action film manage to screw them up when 95% of the personality is left up for interpretation of the gamer? I loved the fights in this anime, the fluid and flawless animation. It was actually one of the first anime's that I ever caught a glimpse of, and then years later revisited to find the battles still hold up against some of the more recent animations I've seen. The animators paid careful attention to weight, balance, centers of gravity, and momentum which I greatly appreciated. I've seen one too many animations with battles involving characters anchored to their place with arms and legs mechanically jabbing at their opponent in alternation with one another. Not to mention the camera follows some creative angles in narrating – in particular, one sequence follows Vega (Balrog) as Chun Li nearly knocks him to the ground, and it follows him as he straightens back up to come face to face with her.Though I'm not particularly a fan of anime, I did like and appreciate Capcom's efforts in Street Fighter 2: the animated movie. I feel anime definitely suits fighting games that originate from Japan (surprise, surprise), and I'm dismayed that none of the SNK fighting-game based animes (Art of Fighting, Samurai Showodown, Fatal Fury) really compare. Then again, Street Fighter was the leader, so I guess it's only appropriate that its anime would rank above its SNK competition.

Deep (just a guy) I love watching certain scenes from this animated romp through videogame-land. Frankly, you don't often see better fight scenes than the hotel fight between Chun-Li and Vega. Amazing!The film isn't as bloody or gory as you'd expect (the level of gore being probably along the same lines as Batman: Mask of the Phantasm). That being said, neither was the video game. They did a good job of creating a storyline which didn't try and pack too much in, although I get the feeling some of the work got lost in the translation.There are some other classic quotes in the film, many centering around E. Honda and Ryu. All in all, an entertaining film, even if you're not a fan of the video games, however, it's still not for everyone. Really, unless you're a fan of cheezy anime, you may not want to watch this movie. Still, it ranks as one of my favourites in the genre. Much better than the Tekken or Battle Arena: Toshinden movies.Instead of wasting your time on the live-action Van Damme movie (poor Roshan Seth and Raul Julia should never have been associated with trash like that), check out this fun little film.