Product Description

Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 06/30/2009 Run time: 172 minutes Rating: Pg13

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11168 in DVD
• Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
• Released on: 2009-06-30
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 96 minutes

Amazon.com
The origin story of the characters from Capcom’s popular Street Fighter video game is detailed in The Legend of Chun-Li, a live-action martial arts thriller from Doom helmer Andrzej Bartkowiak. Smallville’s Kristin Kreuk gives a spirited turn in the title role, a concert pianist turned global crime fighter who cracks her share of heads while in pursuit of the mobsters who have kidnapped her father. Neal McDonough and Michael Clarke Duncan glower effectively as Bison, the nefarious mastermind behind the abduction, and his henchman, Balrog, respectively. The film’s offbeat cast, which includes Chris Klein and Moon Bloodgood as detectives, Black Eyed Peas singer Taboo as the claw-wielding Vega, and Hong Kong stars Pei-pei Cheng, Josie Ho and Edmund Chen in supporting roles, is the most inspired element of the film, which relies too often on well-worn action and kung fu movie clichés to fill out moments between fight sequences; the film’s target audience--fans of the game--may find this less engaging than younger, less discerning moviegoers with a yen for any flavor of punch-up. --Paul Gaita

Stills from Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li (Click for larger image)

Customer Reviews

Worse than you can imagine
Capcom's Street Fighter games will always have a special place in my heart, which makes it all the more sad whenever Capcom's long running and massively successful franchise makes the jump to the screen. A majority of the various Street Fighter animes have been decent, but the debacle to end all debacles occured in the mid-90s with the first live-action Street Fighter flick, which starred Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia. Well, after watching Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, you'll be longing for the Muscles from Brussels. Directed by Doom and Romeo Must Die helmer Andrzej Bartkowiak, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li focuses on the title character (played by Smallville's Kristin Kreuk) as she hunts down her father's attackers. Seeing various Street Fighter characters like Chun-Li, Bison (Neal McDonough), Balrog (Michael Clarke Duncan), Vega (Taboo), Charlie Nash (Chris Klein), and Gen (Robin Shou) get mishandled is one thing, but when there aren't any decent moments of action to speak of is something else entirely. The entire film as a whole is just boring and incredibly uninspired, from the fight scenes to the actors themselves. The kung-fu flick cliches don't help matters either, and neither does the fact that Kreuk, while indeed gorgeous, just doesn't have what it takes to hold your interest. All in all, no matter how much of a Street Fighter fan you may be, you'll more than likely wind up seeing Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li at some point, but by all means, avoid it if you can.

Good Action Scenes
Not as good as I had hoped it would be, but good action movie.

It gets one star because you can't give a half
I rented it out of curiosity, I've been a fan of the video games but this movie is nothing like them. At least the first movie didn't destroy the story of the game. Chun-Li never does her fast kicks, needless to safe if you're curious then save your money. I wouldn't let someone rent it if I worked at blockbuster.