Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li

Hey Kids!

I know this blog is like a week late but I have been so busy. But I am back. Now I wasn't that thrilled about going to see this movie. However, I was looking forward to seeing how it would turn out. Honestly it isn't as bad as I thought it would be. It is by no means oscar worthy or even date night worthy but it was not that bad. There were parts that were just TERRIBLE like when Cantana and Chun Li do the whole lesbian subduction...HATED IT!!! Some of the actions scenes are pretty good. I was surprised with the choice of Kristen Kruek as Chun Li. She is of Dutch (father) and Chinese (mother) descent like our heroine. However, I just felt like she was not tough enough for the part. If you are unfamiliar with her, she plays Lana on Smallville series. She is a great actress (so of course the acting on her part was good) but as far as having the Chun Li look and fighting skills (she didn't have the Li Thighs and there was no lighting kicks) she was seriously lacking. There was one scene that she did look absolutely gorgeous though...but sadly it was her mother's funeral scene.

The other stars in the movie are the hunky Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog, Robin Shou as Gen, and Neal McDonough as a very hot M. Bison. Umm I am loosing my breath just thinking about those pieces of eye candy.

If you saw the first street fighter movie you will be a lot more pleased with this one. The first one in my opinion tried too hard to include all of the characters of street fighter. This one focuses on one and that is Chun Li. Gen played by Robin Shou (Liu Kang from the Mortal Kombat movies). He kicks ass like usual and still keeps a mysterious presence. I would like to see him in some better high budget action films like the Mortal Kombat films again. Just with better acting. This one had the acting and had the plot and story. It was just poorly made. And what the hell is up with Vega being an Asian man. He is and will always be spanish (a hot spaniard at that). Chris Klien (American Pie 1 and 2) is also in this movie as Charlie Nash. Why he was choosing for such a terrible part is beyond me. He is absolutely AWFUL in this movie. When and if Katie sees this movie (that's Katie Holmes) she will look at Tom and then look at Chris on screen and say to herself "Yep I definitely made the better choice!" And I guess Hollywood figures that no action (guy film) film is complete without some girl on girl action. So they had Chun Li act as a lesbian to seduce information from Cantana played by Josie Ho. Cantana is Bison's badass assistant who happens to like girls. Now this is Josie Ho's first Hollywood movie. She is pretty and a descent enough actress. My bone to pick with her is that she is one of Forbe magazines top 10 billionaire heiresses. Bitch what the HELL are you doing making movies and working. You should be getting somewhere and sitting it DOWN! If that I were an heiress (and yes I meant to say HEIRESS) I would sit it down! I wouldn't do anything. The only hard thing I would do is to check and see what and how much I would be inheriting. And learn the family business and make sure I have the education to prepare me to run things when my parents stepped down. She is a damn fool. Her dad is like one of the richest men in Hong Kong and that is saying a whole LOT!!!!

OK I am back. If you like the street fighter franchise and are a fan of the video game. Then go and support this movie. If you like these actors go and support this film. If you are looking for a good movie that is well made DO NOT go see this movie. A buddy of mine who saw this said it best. "It looks like they had a great idea for this movie but made it in one day right after they thought about it".

~verdict~

One snap up and one snap down and a where in the hell is Lucy Liu when you need her