Street Fighter - The decisive battle

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Movie
German title Street Fighter - The decisive battle
Original title Street Fighter: The Movie
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1994
length 100 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Steven E. de Souza
script Steven E. de Souza
production Kenzo Tsujimoto
Edward R. Pressman
Akio Sakai
music Graeme Revell
camera William A. Fraker
cut Edward M. Abroms
Donn Aron
Dov Hoenig
Anthony Redman
Robert F. Shugrue
occupation

Street Fighter is an American action film from 1994. The film is a real-life version of the popular Japanese video game series Street Fighter II , starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raúl Juliá . The film adaptation, which took a lot of liberties and did not stick to the template, fell through with critics and fans of the video games, but was profitable. The film opened in German cinemas on April 27, 1995.

action

The megalomaniac dictator and self-proclaimed general M. Bison rules the (fictional) Southeast Asian state of Shadaloo . He takes more than 60 AN employees (AN = Allied Nations, similar to the UN ) hostage and threatens to liquidate them if he does not receive a ransom of 20 billion US dollars. Colonel William F. Guile, the leader of an international military elite force, is assigned to enter Shadaloo with his force in order to free the hostages and eliminate General Bison. Among Bison's prisoners is Guile's friend Carlos Blanka, who is not killed by Bison, but abused in the laboratory for experimental purposes. The imprisoned and gullible Dr. Dhalsim is forced by General Bison to turn Blanka into a living fighting machine.

Chun Li Zhang, a reporter, is also trying to find General Bison's whereabouts because she wants revenge on him for her father's death. In an interview, Guile insults General Bison, which causes him to switch to the live broadcast until he realizes that Guile is trying to determine his whereabouts using sonar in this way.

Con artists Ryu Hoschi and Ken Masters come to town to do business with Viktor Sagat. Ryu and Ken want to trick Sagat, which Bison's gun procurer Sagat knew in advance. In revenge, he wants Ryu and Ken to compete against Vega, Sagat's champion, but before the fight starts, Guile storms Sagat's arena with a tank and arrests everyone, including Sagat, Vega, Ryu and Ken.

Against Guile's promise of freedom, Ken and Ryu infiltrate Victor Sagat's troops and attempt to escape with them, which succeeds because Guile planned it and installed a tracking device on the escape truck . In doing so, Guile lets himself be shot to death to deceive bison.

TV reporter Chun-Li Zang is also trying to settle her outstanding bill with her friends Edmond Honda, a sumo wrestler , and boxer Balrog. All three are initially arrested in Bison's camp, later they try to overpower Bison together with Ken and Ryu. He escapes from his bedroom into a shelter and is able to overwhelm the five attackers with gas flowing into the bedroom.

In the showdown , Guile can defeat Bison and all hostages are released.

Others

  • In one scene a soldier (played by Adrian Cronauer ) calls out "Gooooooood Morning Shadaloo" - apparently an allusion to Good Morning, Vietnam . This film was made based on Cronauer's model with Robin Williams in the lead role.
  • Typical combat attacks of the individual fighters from the video games were also incorporated into the film. With u. a. a Hadoken and the backward roll of Ryu and Ken, a Flashkick from Guile and a Psycho Crusher from Bison.
  • The names of the characters used in the film in this form do not correspond to the official specifications of the game manufacturer Capcom , nor do their alignment in "good" and "bad". Furthermore, the film takes a lot of liberties and contains errors that fans of the games dislike.
  • The well-known Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue takes on the role of Cammy White , Guiles' deputy in the film .
  • Although the film itself is a film adaptation of a video game, a video game was created to go with the film itself. This was released for the PlayStation and the Sega Saturn .
  • Shortly before the end credits, Chun-Li's giggle can be heard, which is also heard in her victory pose in the video games.
  • The controls Bison uses to control the minefield are the same as those on the original Street Fighter II arcade machine .
  • After the credits there is a scene in which Bison's laboratory can be seen. Bison's computer activates and asks Bison if they should now attempt world domination again. Bison's arm extends out of the rubble of the laboratory and clenches a fist. This is meant to be a reference to a sequel, but no direct sequel to that film was ever made.
  • In the scene in Bison's private room where Chun-Li is being held, a picture of Bison in a clown costume can be seen. This image also exists in reality, but Bison's head was only used for the film. The real picture was painted by serial killer John Wayne Gacy on his death row and is titled Pogo the Clown . Gacy became known as the "killer clown" because he used to go to street parties in a self-made clown costume to entertain children as the "pogo the clown". He was executed the same year Street Fighter: The Decisive Battle appeared.

Reviews

  • The lexicon of international films describes the film as "a one-dimensional action film, exaggerated into the grotesque, with a predictable plot that tries to justify violence with hypocritical legitimation" . It is "composed of stencil-like set pieces from horror, action and war films" .

Awards

  • Raúl Juliá was posthumously nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the Saturn Award in 1995 .
  • The film received a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film that same year .

continuation

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Street Fighter - The decisive battle. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ "Street Fighter - The Legend of Chun-Li at MovieMaze.de"