Plot Summary
Chun-Li (Kristin Kreuk), a concert pianist and martial artist, is out to avenge the slaying of her father Xiang (Edmund Chen), by ruthless businessman, M. Bison (Neal McDonough).
Thoughts
This is without doubt, one of the worst movies ever made.
The acting in this film was awful, and that doesn't fully articulate how bad it was. Chris Klein, who played a sex-starved teen in one of the "American Pie" films, plays Charlie Nash, an Interpol operative. Klein imbues his character with about as much life as a corpse has. The rest of the main cast -- Kristin Kreuk, Robin Shou, Neal McDonough and Michael Clarke Duncan -- put in performances of gigantic awfulness. Although Shou, who played martial artist Liu Kang in another video game adaptation, had a sincerity and conviction that made his performance a little less awful.
The story was awful -- Bison ripping his unborn child out of its mother's womb, thereby ridding himself of his conscience -- I mean, c'mon! Perhaps it wouldn't have seemed ridiculous had the scene been executed well.
The hand-to-hand fights and gunfights were as exciting as watching wet paint dry, the choreography of both was appalling. Both lacked impact and excitement. It was as though the actors and actresses had not been given any direction at all and so had to improvise on set, during principal photography.
It is movies like this one that evoke an appreciation of filmmakers with real talent and commitment. "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" is not worth anyone's time.
