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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) -- Interpol agent Chun-Li (Kreuk) enters an underground fighting tournament, with her eyes set on M. Bison (McDonough), the contest's founder and leader of a crime syndicate who may have been responsible for the death of Chun-Li's father.
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) -- Discover the production challenge of choreographing and executing a critical fight scene demonstrating Chun-Li's skills and determination.
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) -- IGN gives The Legend of Chun-Li a serious beat-down.
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) -- Action packed trailer for the movie based on the popular video game series
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User Rating:
3.9/10   8,035 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Justin Marks (adaptation)
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Release Date:
27 February 2009 (USA) more
Tagline:
Some fight for power. Some fight for us.
Plot:
Based on the popular video game franchise, female fighter Chun Li embarks on a quest for justice. | full synopsis
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(104 articles)
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User Comments:
Some thrills for fans, but sadly uneven... more (151 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (Japan: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and martial arts action, and some sensuality.
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96 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Kristin Kreuk left "Smallville" (2001) for this role. more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): If Bison was raised in Bangkok from infancy, he wouldn't have the Irish accent that seems to come and go. more
Quotes:
Vega: [Chun-Li has cut Vega's face and has her foot pressed against his head] You think this is over?
Chun-Li: No. I'm just getting started.
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42 out of 74 people found the following comment useful.
Some thrills for fans, but sadly uneven..., 27 February 2009
6/10
Author: rickytolman from United States

Having enjoyed the game as I a kid, I was excited to see Chun Li in a new feature adaptation. The cast showed signs of "mixing it up," with its choices and I was willing for the ride.

While the overall origin story is strong (the piano playing a very nice touch for depth) unfortunately many scenes come off as campy. On a scale, the strongest scenes are easily those between Kristin Kreuk and Robin Shou as Chun Li and Gen, and sadly the weakest being Michael Clark Duncan and Chris Klein's characters of Balrog and Nash.

That was the central problem for me here, there is an exciting action piece at work but is jumbled with various other plot lines and set pieces that really feel out of place. The feeling of the film comes off as uneven as was also the case with Director Andrzej Bartkowiak's previous works in CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE and DOOM. This film unfortunately continues Bartkowiak's pattern.

Nevertheless, Chun Li was carried well by Ms. Kreuk and the effort was well mounted.

RT.

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