TGS 08: Street Fighter ... MOVIE

by Christopher Grant on Oct 12th 2008 4:29AM

There's not much we can say to prepare you for the video after the break (which we carefully extracted from Capcom's TGS DVD). Let's go over the facts: Capcom is making a Street Fighter movie centered around Chun-Li (played by Smallville's Kristin Kreuk); that movie will be directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak (who previously helmed DOOM); it will be terrible.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa Joystiq!" you exclaim. "Those first two statements are, as you said, facts. But that last statement ... surely that's just your opinion." We appreciate your concern, reader, but the smallest of sneak peaks – really, just a single frame from the film – is enough to convince us. Is Chun Li wearing a mattress?

Tags: Capcom, Kristin-Kreuk, street-fighter, street-fighter-movie, TGS, TGS-2008, WTF

Reader Comments (50)

Are they adding Chun-Li's clothes via CGI?

I think this is probably the most sensible reply...

Seconded.

Probably. It's so her clothes will look identical in Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game 2

Personally, I have my fears that the above outfit is what you'll see in the film. CGI clothing on moving live action bodies is disgustingly difficult to do, especially when you're not dealing with a flat, featureless, common color that can easily be edited out. They'll have to go frame by frame and meticulously re-render the clothing for each motion to avoid it looking like Spy Kids home computer special effects.

I seriously doubt this movie has that kind of budget. Expect the above to be the actual thing.

Street Fighter The Movie - Pole Dance Fighting!

Björk's standing in for Kreuk.

From that still can we assume that the movie is now titled Street Fighter: Chun Li's Duvet Day?

Chun-Li doesn't really look Chinese .....

It's anime eyes.

It still baffles me how you can take something so direct as Street Fighter and STILL manage to fuck it up and make it horrible.

The SF anime movie was pretty damn sweet.

Not so much the edited version we got on the PS2 SF:Anniversary disc, but its worth hunting out.
Chun Li's towel-clad post-shower fight with Vega is legendary.

Observe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWk3dSCSlgg&feature=related

They may as well just recreate this fight with Kreuk, it'd almost make it watchable.

I own all three Street Fighter Animated movies, I'm talking about these live action pieces of shit.

what country are you in joe? not viewable in america... and do you know any good local proxies?

Today is the best day of your life. For me, it's a tuesday.

I love Kristin Kreuk, and I hate Video Game Movies.

And now I'm in emotional chaos! :(

Heeeeeeellp !!!!!

she will survive, hate the movie ;)

Sorry, not even the Elite Beat Agents can help on this one. It is beyond all powers.

Gotta love people actually critiquing a movie with one goddamn frame of footage. Kristen Kreuk doesn't look Chinese. She looks half Dutch and Chinese. But fuck it , its the internet, so say what you want.

When are Hollywood going to get around to making the Smash Brothers movie?

Yikes. Don't suggest that.

Smash Bros movie would mean Link would have to talk, which conjures up horrible, horrible memories of "Well, Excuuuuuse me Princess."

I have to go wash now...

There's a simple explanation guys:

She was nekkid for Pacman Jones who was makin' it rain from a big blue bag of cash when all of a sudden Chinese mafia guys came in to break up the party. She quickly jumped into the cash bag and spin kicked the guy next to the hooker pole who was trying to get her hard earned monies.

I'm guessing it's a practice garment placed over the top of cable-rigs, during a practice run. It's also (as previously stated) very likely that this garment covers (either in actuality or a CGI potential) her "Chun-Li" outfit. That said: Why not cast a gifted Chinese martial artist from Hong Kong who speaks fluent English? Yeah, there's bound to be a reeeeal shortage of those.

"MOVIE?!"

Great ad!

It'll be good, in a February movie kinda standard. I'll giver it a shot.

In my mind that movie DOES NOT exist nor has it or ever will be release. I will Deny and denounced that POS. Again.. Chun Li movie? What? What are you talking about it just a rumor... It was scrapped wasn't it? /Denial

I know eh?

The DOA movie surprised me in a kind of accepting that it was crap kind of way.

I am absolutely sick of them pretending Street Fighter 3 didn't exist. Fuck you, Capcom. Especially since Chun Li was one of the best characters in SF3.

Get over it already, kid. There are better fighting games currently out (Battle Fantasia, SSBB), and the best is still to come (the new KOF).

SF's day in the sun has passed.

1. I'm not a kid.
2. You think SSBB is a better fighting game than SF?
3. "SF's day in the sun has passed" you say in an article about Street Fighter.

This is an article on a garbage movie captalising off the SF name, son. Of course it's day day in the sun has passed.

Why else would Capcom release this cinematic monstrosity on the public if they cared for the legacy of the series? The answer is they don't. They realise SF2: ALPHA cannot be beaten; they realise SF4 is a simple cash in, and this movie continues in the same vein. Legacy trashing only occurs when a franchise has run it's natural course, when the developers/publishers are fully aware of this fact, but they continue to wring out 'just one more game.' Examples: Sonic, Megaman.

And yes, in the war of simplistic fighters, if we were to compare SF2, the direction SF4 is taking I might add, to SSBB, then there's no contest. Brawl wins hands down.

@ Psalm BOwser

LMAO! Wow, what are you smokin'? Even the SF EX POS is better than some kiddie ass brawl game.

You must be like 9yrs old. Your parents really need to turn on the internet nanny on the PC you use.

Lord Bowser has strange tastes, though i agree with him about SSBB

Though Street Fighter has set the standard for your basic side-scrolling fighter, games like Smash Bros and Soul Calibur have just added more depth to the fighting game. Not necessarily in the sense of play mechanics, but in the sense of having more to do (challenge modes, adventures, etc)

I just thought it was insane that someone complained about my taste in games when I was comparing one Street Fighter game to another!

Chun-Li is wearing a shame tarp.

Sorry Psalm, if your theory is correct, then the SF series never really took off. See they released a craptastic movie back in late 1994, SF2 Alpha came out in 96. So did everything SF after 94 suck, looked like they may have been doing some legacy trashing since then.

I also must ask why you were calling for Hollywood to make a SSBB movie, you're ready for the death of the series? Or maybe companies don't legacy trash kiddie games, they just stop making them.

2nd person in here to call SSB "kiddie"

Fan-service isn't kiddie, though some of the cast and the play mechanics do appeal to little kids (got me hooked at age 10), a LOT of the stuff in there would pass right over a kid's head, not to mention many of the defunct characters.

um... like they couldnt find an asian actress to portray chun-li? maggie q? ziyi zhange? heck even lucy liu? idk... just my gripe... but like most of you no matter how terrible this motion picture is... i will probably end up seeing it... at least its not directed by uwe boll right guys?

did they just completely ignore SFIII?

I dunno about you guys, but I would have preferred a more action-oriented pose than this one: here's it's like she's kinda floating like a flag (yet not really) instead of showing her kick that mother's face with a more distinct silhouette.

Look at her acrobatic on the pole. Her arms are all bends and doing a horizontal kick against this guy is a crap! I knew it. This movie is going to be suck worse. Jeez. Oh boy. The director dont know how to make video game look right on big threatre. No thanks.

What the heck is wrong with Capcom?! They ignored SFIII! That single game kept some arcades alive in America!
[Capcom squirts water in Deadpool's face]

WHY would you do that?!

we tried to warn them...

Not that I think this film will be the next Casablanca or anything, but I fail to see how this movie will reach the depths of hell in shittyness based solely on Chun-Li's unflattering attire. Aren't we being a bit hasty here?

Gamers tend to nitpick on a pixel level. I wouldn't be surprised at the hasty reaction. That's not to say there hasn't been a precedent of course, but I think most are nitpicking on the wrong things. Kristen Kreuk is at least half Chinese and Chun Li has never really looked Chinese, mostly because of her being drawn in an anime style with mainly rounded eyes. At any rate, southern Chinese people don't typically have "squinty" looking eyes.

The only concern I have personally is how well they choreograph the fighting. The Charlie's Angels fights were great but Drew Barrymore's part was terrible. This movie should at least avoid that much. A good realistic build up to a helicopter kick (of maybe three rotations with hands mostly on the ground) and spot on recreation of the China level would be great.

Well, Kristin Kreuk's at least got some training in the martial arts, pre-movie, or so I heard. I doubt she'd be the weak link in this chain.

But really, why the single frame trailer? I wouldn't expect general good reaction when the bulk of players here seem to relegate Chun Li to unimportant(even though she's been in every Street Fighter Series, and EVERY Capcom crossover game!) but showing just that is asking for trouble.

Yeah! Now the WHITE bitch is doing a pole dance. This is even better than I expected. They are turning my fav game girl to a whore. Well it doesn't matter since there is on Real Chunli in the movie (i mean chinese Chunli). She doesn't even look Asian To Me and I am an ASIAN. May be americans want Chunli to be American too bad chunli is from china.

For those ignorant fools, Kristin Kreuk IS asian. She's half Chinese, but according to today's standards, she is stil considered ASIAN.

And what does "looking asian" mean anyways? Granted, this movie is most likely going to suck, but for goodness sake, get your facts right.

(Oh yeah, to the poster a few posts away from me, Maggie Q is also HALF ASIAN...so according to you, she shouldn't play Chun Li as well)

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