I have previously been a strong advocate in giving Kristen Kreuk a chance at action and I was looking forward to the Streetfighter: Legend of Chun-Li film. Well in a daring move of anticipation halting glory, eight clips showing off the film have been released to the net.
Of the eight available I chose the one that at least has Kreuk in an outfit and hair that pays tribute to her in game appearance.
This is utterly embarrassing. I was eager to see what they were going to do with this and I really do like Kriesten Kreuk, but her role in this is sadly miscast (has nothing to do with her only being half-Asian) but I also think that EVERYONE in this movie was miscast. The only person that comes close to embodying their character is Michael Duncan Clark. I was even hoping Vega would be cool, but that was a sad disappointment as well.
I honestly thought with the right direction and choreography that this could have been an incredible film but after seeing this clips I cringe at the thought. The dialogue is painful, the action is mediocre and for some reason every movie is associated with some hokey swooshy sounds like they were trying to mimic classic Kung-Fu cinema. I have officially given up any hope that this movie will be good. Up until now, everything looked decent.
Somewhere, VanDamme is nodding in approval knowing that from this day forward, he will no longer be teased for that lame Streetfighter movie he did.
MovieWeb has 8 clips for you to abuse your senses with and it basically spells out the whole plot, so you can now skip the film knowing you have seen the best it has to offer.
