Street Fighter: Legacy Movie Promises to be Less Sucky Than Other Street Fighter Movies

By Ernie | Wednesday, May 5, 2010 | 4 Comments

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Oh, Street Fighter movies. Time and time again, you excite your fans with promises of hadouken and spinning bird kick action, and then disappoint us when you have a Belgian guy who does the splits every single chance he gets as Guile, or that chick from Smallville star as the whitest Chun-Li you’ve ever seen. (Oh come on, you were thinking it too.)

So what makes the short film Street Fighter: Legacy, different? Not much, at first glance: Yep, there’s the obligatory teaser trailer with Ryu and Ken, and their trademark fighting stances. And, oh look, there’s rain! All you need now is a pixelated FBI logo of someone telling kids not to do drugs. All done on purpose, says director Joey Ansah:

As an actor, filmmaker and fan, I have been disappointed by the many diluted, unfaithful and outright butchered movie adaptations of fighting video games. It was clear to me, that given the way the movie industry worked, we would never see a super faithful, darker toned and more adult themed (or just plain good!) incarnation of Street Fighter unless a die-hard director or filmmaking team with game canon knowledge stepped up to the plate to helm such a project.

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We’ve all strived to make a beautiful film that hopefully non fans will really appreciate, but ultimately this is a love letter to the fans and the brilliance of the game. As a result, I’ve gone to every length to be as faithful as possible down to the smallest details of the costume, the choreography, the narrative, the original music themes and, of course, the special moves!

The other major difference between this and other Street Fighter movies? The movie will be released — in its entirety — on Thursday, quite possibly on the director’s website. What isn’t different are some of actors; Jon Foo, who plays Ryu, also just happens to be the guy who played Jin Kazama in the recent Tekken movie. I guess there’s an actors guild for fighting game characters or something.

(Hat tip: Kristian from Fil-Am Ako)

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