Streetfighter – Die entscheidende Schlacht (1994)

Streetfighter – Die entscheidende Schlacht: Directed by Steven E. de Souza. With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen, Damian Chapa. Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.

“This movie suffers from the same problem as most video game or comic book adaptations in the u0026#39;90s. The people making it just donu0026#39;t take the source material seriously so the whole thing comes across as one big garish cartoon with no attempt at characterizations or an intelligent plot. Itu0026#39;s supposedly for teenagers and adults but itu0026#39;s intellectually on a level only pre-teen children can enjoy. There is some entertainment here, but only in that disreputable u0026quot;so bad itu0026#39;s goodu0026quot; guilty pleasure way. Most of the actors ham it up, particularly a slumming Raul Julia in his last film. Jean-Claude Van Damme is about what you expect, only with ridiculous dyed blonde hair. I did enjoy Ming-Na Wen as Chun-Li but the rest are lame. This is also the disappointing film directorial debut of Steven E. de Souza, who had written the screenplays of some of the u0026#39;80s best actioners. He also wrote this mess but unfortunately itu0026#39;s missing much of the wit that Die Hard, Commando, or Running Man had.”