Street Fighter

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Street Fighter

PG-13

1994

1h 42m

Action

Adventure

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Gen. Bison (Raul Julia), the evil dictator of Shadaloo, captures a busload of relief workers and holds them for ransom. Col. Guile (Jean-Claude Van Damme) leads an international strike force to invade Shadaloo and rescue the hostages. Along the way, Guile recruits Chun-Li (Ming-Na Wen), a reporter and martial-arts expert whose father was killed by Bison years ago, two young con men (Damian Chapa, Byron Mann) and a sumo wrestler (Peter Navy Tuiasosopo).

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Critics Consensus

Though it offers mild entertainment through campy one-liners and the overacting of the late Raul Julia, Street Fighter's nonstop action sequences are not enough to make up for a predictable, uneven storyline.

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Hugo Davenport

Daily Telegraph (UK)

1 day ago

...Steven E. de Souza's Street Fighter, a speedy high-tech thriller based on the computer game, shows a sparky wit for its first half hour - largely thanks to the late [Raul] Julia...

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Eleanor Ringel Cater

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

1 day ago

Whether we're at a thieves market where camels are sold next to U.S. jets, or watching Van Damme hold off 1,400 bad guys single-handedly, "Street Fighter" is street-smart fun.

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Larry Worth

New York Post

1 day ago

One hint that something's amiss: Audiences will find themselves rooting for the super-warriors. And why not? Van Damme produces zero charisma and barely showcases his trademark kicks.

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Bob Campbell

Newhouse News Service

1 day ago

1/4

Watching it is like being locked in a video arcade without any quarters. The same dull patterns and incomprehensible images flash past endlessly on the screen, but there's no way to get the game going.

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Marc Horton

Edmonton Journal

1 day ago

0/5

The film is a babbling muddle, and appears to have been edited in a food processor.

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Daily Record Staff

Daily Record (UK)

1 day ago

4/10

...the best audience for the video of Street Fighter are the kids who play the video game it's based on. They won't be looking for a plot, just a string of fight scenes, which is what it amounts to.

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Timothy B

@RT54507179 6 days ago

Why? Dear god why. It’s like it wanted to be dumber and worse than any action movie that came before it.

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Gaston O

@RT27529755 Sep 13, 2026

9 palabras NOSTALGIA! 🥲

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Johnathon W

@Hoppynsc Sep 9, 2026

Messy but fun film that works in a so bad its good way. The cast is all over the place, with Jean Claude Van Damme clearly fueled by cocaine from behind the scenes reports. However, the late, great Raul Julia is brilliant as M. Bison, giving the kind of over the top performance only a professional actor like he could deliver. Behind the camera, writer/director Steven E. de Souza crafts a mess of a movie, with the biggest problem ditching the street fighter story for a military action one. As a result, characters from the game are shoehorned in strange ways, from Chun Li being a reporter to DJ a computer hacker. That being said, the action is fun if a bit crazy, with some solid set designs and pieces. Overall, not a good movie but a good time in a so bad its good way.

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Cristian B

@icebad Jul 17, 2026

JCVD at its finest. A groundbreaking action film, with beautiful fights, music that fits the genre perfectly, and sleazy acting that gets the job done. A must-see!

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diogo13 T

@Tua_mera Jul 11, 2026

O filme é uma porcaria, mas acho que o tempo tornou ele um filme de comedia de tão mau que é.

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Mickey B.

@Mickerdoo Apr 14, 2026

Nostalgia for practical effects. Expected design and some cheesiness for a video game movie. Needed more combat throughout.

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Synopsis

Gen. Bison (Raul Julia), the evil dictator of Shadaloo, captures a busload of relief workers and holds them for ransom. Col. Guile (Jean-Claude Van Damme) leads an international strike force to invade Shadaloo and rescue the hostages. Along the way, Guile recruits Chun-Li (Ming-Na Wen), a reporter and martial-arts expert whose father was killed by Bison years ago, two young con men (Damian Chapa, Byron Mann) and a sumo wrestler (Peter Navy Tuiasosopo).

Director: Steven E. de Souza
Producer: Edward R. Pressman, Kenzo Tsujimoto
Production Co: Edward R. Pressman Film Corp., Capcom
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $33.2M
Runtime: 1h 42m
Sound Mix: Surround

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