Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Kristin KreukChun-Li
- Chris KleinCharlie Nash
- Neal McDonoughBison
- Michael Clarke DuncanBalrog
- Moon BloodgoodDet. Maya Sunee
- Robin ShouGen
- Josie HoCantana
- TabooVega
- Cheng Pei-peiZhilan
- Edmund ChenXiang
- 60
Variety
Neither the best nor the worst of movies derived from videogames, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li at least gives action fans plenty to ogle besides the titular heroine (Kristin Kreuk), whose original incarnation, legend has it, was among the first distaff figures controllable by joystick. - 60
The New York Times
Reveling in the vivid Bangkok locations, Geoff Boyle’s photography is crisp and bright, and Dion Lam’s action choreography unusually witty. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Director Andrzej Bartkowiak ("Romeo Must Die") works hard to supply the appropriate grittiness, but other than a few reasonably well-staged fight sequences, the proceedings are dull and visually uninspired. Justin Marks' solemn screenplay lacks any trace of wit. - 25
TV Guide Magazine
There's something special about this underwhelming mess of a Street Fighter reboot that many cinematic cheese-lovers will find very appetizing. The fact is that The Legend of Chun-Li is not at all a good flick, but it's filled with so much cornball ineptitude that one would think some rather broken mad movie genius was behind it. - 25
Boston Globe
This is a movie for the overcaffeinated, undereducated teenager in all of us. - 20
L.A. Weekly
Idiot plotting and dialogue are what you'd expect from a genre that typically rewards narrative development with a skip function. But the rote fight scenes are a disappointment. - 20
Los Angeles Times
Even with the low expectations The Legend of Chun Li engenders, it still somehow manages to be a letdown. - 16
Entertainment Weekly
Don't be fooled by the low grade: This sequel-in-spirit to Jean-Claude Van Damme's 1994 dud doesn't even succeed in being memorably bad.