Movie Reviews: "Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li"

[JamesG]

Movie Reviews: Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li
2 March 2009 1:41 AM, PST


Not screening Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li for critics did not protect the film against failure at the box office this past weekend.

The film eventually took in just $4.6 million.

Sam Adams, who eventually reviewed the videogame-based film for the Los Angeles Times after it opened, concluded: "Even with the low expectations The Legend of Chun Li engenders, it still somehow manages to be a letdown."

Liam Lacey in the Toronto Globe and Mail, observed that the movie was timed to coincide with the release of Street Fighter IV for the Xbox and PlayStation 3 platforms. "Watching the movie, you can't help wishing you had some buttons to press," he said.

And Roger Moore in the Orlando Sentinel: summed up: "I'd say this is roughly 20 times better than the first Street Fighter movie. It's still a waste of time, but unlike the game, it's over in 95 minutes. Nobody will accuse you of wasting your life."

Many newspapers did not bother reviewing it at all.

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