Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

"Some fight for power. Some fight for us."

2009 1h 37m EN

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4.3

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3.7

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★4.3TMDB · 510🥫3%Rotten Tomatoes●17Metacritic★3.7IMDB · 26,093

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Synopsis

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When a teenager, Chun-Li witnesses the kidnapping of her father by wealthy crime lord M. Bison. When she grows up, she goes on a quest for vengeance and becomes the famous crime-fighter of the Street Fighter universe.

“Some fight for power. Some fight for us.”

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Cast

Kristin Kreuk
Chun-Li
Chris Klein
Charlie Nash
Neal McDonough
Bison/Vega (Japan)
Robin Shou
Gen
Moon Bloodgood
Det. Maya Sunee
Josie Ho
Cantana
Taboo
Vega/Balrog (Japan)
Michael Clarke Duncan
Balrog/Bison (Japan)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Writers: Justin Marks
Languages: Russian, Japanese, Thai, Mandarin, English
Countries: Canada, India, Japan, United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 26% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 5 languages: Russian, Japanese, Thai, Mandarin, English.

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5 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: Canada, India, Japan, United States of America.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, shot by Geoff Boyle. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Stephen Endelman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Niven Howie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Andrzej Bartkowiak directs. Geoff Boyle behind the camera. Stephen Endelman scores. Niven Howie cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Canada, India, Japan, United States of America. Dialogue in Russian, Japanese, Thai, Mandarin, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Earned back only 26% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 17 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 5 languages: Russian, Japanese, Thai, Mandarin, English.
5International production across 4 countries: Canada, India, Japan, United States of America.
6Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, shot by Geoff Boyle. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Stephen Endelman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Niven Howie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Kristin Kreuk and Chris Klein and Neal McDonough carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Some fight for power. Some fight for us.".
11IMDB entry: tt0891592 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Geoff Boyle
Original score: Stephen Endelman
Editing: Niven Howie
Production design: Michael Z. Hanan
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $50,000,000
Box office: $12,764,201
Return: 26% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes: 3% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 17/100
IMDB rating: 3.7/10 · 26,093 votes
MPAA: PG-13

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Dan_Tebasco2018-01-10
★ 6/10
_I'd rather watch this than any of the Iron Man films__ No, it's not amazing and no the story is not an emotional journey that makes you both laugh and cry... but. It's a video-game adaption, and you really can't go in to them thinking they are gonna blow your socks off because really, most of them aren't that great. The 1994 Jean Claude Van Damme adaption was genuinely awful and that was pretty true to the (no) plot of the video-game so of course they had to do something different here, which I am glad they did, not just fighting all the time but an actual story. Now of course the story does have a bunch of plot holes (but honestly what video-game adaption that doesn't?) and Chris Klein's acting in particular is pretty dodgy, he plays a tough guy cop which he tried to do again in CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE (2012) but he fails every time. I like him fine usually but yeah he's not at all believable as a 'bad ass'. Better is Kristin Kreuk in the lead and Michael Clarke Duncan and Neal McDonough are pretty cool as the bad guys. And most of the fight-scenes are pretty well orchestrated (except perhaps the dance-club scene) and the cinematography is good and keeps at a good pace plus a pretty good soundtrack as well. All in all, not a 'great film' but perfectly watchable if you leave your thinking cap on the shelves and just take it for what it is, if you enjoyed ELEKTRA (2005) you should be able to enjoy this... If you didn't (which granted many didn't) then tread carefully I suppose.
The Movie Mob2023-01-16
★ 4/10
It's impressive how this terrible movie makes the outrageous cheese of the 1994 Van Damme film look like a masterpiece. Two stars might be generous for this one, but I had a fun theater experience laughing with my friends at how unabashedly awful this movie was. Movies like this are why video game adaptations have such a bad reputation. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li tried to make a gritty, more realistic version of the games while simultaneously using every cheesy cliche they could imagine. I can go down the list from there on how bad the acting, stunts, fighting, and costumes were. This movie felt like a bad straight-to-TV movie directed by the B-team at the CW. The crazy thing is that Capcom was heavily involved in this film and still let this disaster see the light of day. Hopefully, it's been long enough for a Street Fighter reboot to make its way to the silver screen once again.