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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Scores 0% At Rotten Tomatoes

Posted by Nadia Oxford

It's a rare example of the human race coming together, joining hands, and speaking in one clear voice: Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is deplorable.

This isn't an instance of disgusted high-profile critics turning their heads and waving their hankies at the screen, either. In fact, the RottenTomatoes profile for Legend of Chun-Li is more or less devoid of many big names, as the film didn't offer a screening for critics. These are Street Fighter fans who are scraping dirt over the movie with the side of their shoe. These are people who saw 1994's silver screen attempt at Street Fighter and vastly prefer Jean-Claude Van Damme and his “powder blue beret.”

Ouch, ouch, ouch. Goes to show there's no such thing as rock bottom; there's always one level underneath. For instance, Hell.

Here's a small sampling of what critics are saying about Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Contains 3000% of the recommended daily intake of regret, remorse, and regurgitation.

”I much prefer the flamboyant badness of the '94 flick to the attractive, even-keeled mediocrity of this one. Jean-Claude Van Damme's stock just rose considerably.” -- Eugine Novikov, AMCtv.com

“Even by the admittedly lowered standards of video game adaptations, the new Street Fighter movie stinks.”-- Rob Vaux, Mania.com

“As a fan of the video game series, I can honestly say that this is hands down one of the worst films I have ever seen. Chris Klein is so bad that he made the movie a comedy.” -- Kevin McCarthy, CBS Radio

“Common sense says there's no reason to make a follow-up to a bad movie 15 years later. Take that, common sense! Coming soon: The origin of Pac-Man's taste for dots.” -- Matt Pais, Metromix.com


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Roto13 said:

At least nobody will be disappointed. I don't think anyone thought it would ever be a good movie.

February 27, 2009 9:31 PM

AlexB said:

My judgment of movies was completely influenced by  Mystery Science Theater 3000. Great movies are worth watching, if a film is mediocre I pass, and if it's beyond bad it's just as much worthy of a viewing as an Oscar contender. Only rarely is a mainstream  bad movie SO bad that it goes beyond watchable in my book. When this gets to second run theaters (and it won't take too long) I'll be there.

February 28, 2009 1:10 AM

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