I am not a big fan of music artists getting gigs in films as actors. I do however offer a certain amount of forgiveness when they let them play supporting roles or minor characters. And this is the case with Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas abusing his star power to branch out into movies.
Now we get our first look at the prissy Spanish assassin Vega, complete with his fist blades and the silver mask he wears.
Vega is a character from the Street Fighter video games that is allied with the villain M. Bison. He is a masked talon-wielding warrior from Spain who uses a personal fighting style combining Japanese Ninjutsu and Spanish bullfighting. As for how his story plays out in the movie, we’re not really sure!
I think that Taboo looks the part. The guy is pretty buff, though I am sure we will eventually see him in the purple pants and penny loafers with the long sash and topless to show off Vega’s elaborate chest tattoo, you just don’t run around the street wearing that. So this first look shows us a more conservative look for Vega. I just hope they retain the level of prissyness and have him all vain discussing how pretty he is.
Each character in the original game spelled out a simple version of their story as to why they were finding people to randomly beat up on the street. Some were in it for revenge against M.Bison (the eventual end boss in the game), others were just in it to prove that they were the best fighters in the world.
Chun-Li had the most personal story, but as you meet each player in the game you get a peek at their story and I always found Vega to be interesting but also the most fun to beat the piss out of. Back then, interactivity in arcade games was limited to a coloured burst indicating successful impact on the screen, but with Vega you got a treat. Aside from him wearing a mask to protect his pretty face, if you scored enough hits in a row you would break off his fist blades.
They would go flying and you had that momentary internal cheer that let you know you accomplished something.
