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infamously bad
ham and cheese on wry
based on the Capcom video game Street Fighter II
Try not to laugh when a TV screen fills with a "Crisis in Shadaloo" news report
Southeast Asia
Shadaloo City
General M. Bison "power-mad dictator...whose drug money has equipped his army with high-tech weaponry"
Julia flips his cape dramatically "Game oovaarr!"
Bisonopolis
Colonel William F. Guile (JCVD, his hair dyed bright red), commander of the Allied Nations forces
Kylie Minogue
Ryu Hoshi and Ken Masters
Sumo fighter Edmund Honda ()
Victor Sagat, a gunrunner in league with Bison
GNT (Global News Television)
"the perfect genetic soldier" Carlos Blanka
campy "Quick! Change the channel!" "General Bison: he's a bad guy?" "You got paid?"
badly staged fights
senseless plot
most of the cast mispronounces "Ryu"
chaotic action
Callow
colorful but cheap-looking, like the '66 Batman with a tiny fraction of that show's wit and lovable characters
lousy fights
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Aspect ratios:
2.35:1
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Number of discs:
1
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Audio:
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
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Street date:
2/10/2009
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Distributor:
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commentary by Steven E. de Souza
"The Making of Street Fighter" (5:56, SD) actually the film's EPK featurette, with behind-the-scenes footage, clips from the film, and brief interviews with Jean Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Steven E. de Souza, Ming Na-Wen, Kylie Minogue, Byron Mann and Damian Chapa, Andrew Bryniarski, Wes Studi, Peter Navy Tuiasosopo, stunt coordinator/2nd unit director Charlie Picerni, and producer Edward R. Pressman. Given the six-minute running time, that list shows impressive breadth, but trust me: there's not much depth.
"Outtakes" (3:08, SD) is actually a montage of B-roll clips, also seemingly from the film's original electronic press kit. In one nifty bit, Van Damme teaches Chapa a stunt move.
"Deleted Scene #1" (:56, SD) and "Deleted Scene #2" (1:13, SD) are amusing trims that should please fans of the film (if there are such things).
Storyboard Sequences, presented in gallery style, include "Boardroom" and "Prison Break."
Video Game Sequences include nifty demo clips of "Super Street Fighter II" (:32) and "Street Fighter: The Movie Game" (:46), both of which depict Guile fighting M. Bison.
Cyberwalk is another gallery: "Recruiting Center" combines production art with M. Bison's propaganda, and "Crisis in Shadaloo" (3:46, SD) is Chun-Li Zang's unexpurgated news report.
Archives includes galleries of Publicity Stills, Arcade Movie Game Trailer, Concept Drawings by Nikita Knatz, On the Street Fighter Set, Ad Campaigns, Trading Cards, and Toys and Tie-Ins.
Lastly, presented in HD are "Street Fighter IV Game Trailer" (3:08, HD), "Street Fighter IV Game Teaser Trailer" (:36) and "Street Fighter IV Anime Trailer" (3:12, HD).
Review gear:
- Panasonic Viera TC-P55VT30 55" Plasma 1080p 3D HDTV
- Oppo BDP-93 Universal Network 3D Blu-ray Disc Player
- Denon AVR2112CI Integrated Network A/V Surround Receiver
- Pioneer SP-BS41-LR Bookshelf Speaker (2)
- Pioneer SP-C21 Center Speaker
- Pioneer SW-8 Subwoofer
