Ready? FIGHT!
STREET FIGHTER (2026) is set in 1993 and features the best fighters from all around the world to take part in M. Bisons worldwide warrior tournament which will crown the best fighter as champion of the world. It's directed by Kitao Sakurai.
First things first, I'm not a big Street Fighter fan. I know only ever so little about the lore and series. I have also only ever played Street Fighter 1 and 2 games.
Right so the 2026 Street Fighter Movie......It's good but, It could have been greater.
The animated pieces were amazing and I could have done with a full animated movie with this cast more so than this.
Story and direction was messy. Soundtrack great but it's not accurate with the time setting. Having 2000s music in an 1993 set film is just nonsense but hey this film didn't exactly take itself seriously......at times anyway.
I love David Dastlmaian (sorry I can't spell his last name off top of my head) but his Bison wasn't it. He needed a muscle suit and needed to be more sociopathic than just cringe creepy with his fetishes.
Ken was portrayed as mostly useless until it counted. I could have done with more Guile and Cody Rhodes knocked it out of the park. Why the fuck did they cut his fight?! There was fights cut in the tournament and that made me mad.
Blanka although Jason Mamoa was just playing himself as a CGI electrified Hulk. I am not a fan of Blanka back story and preferred the 90s version where he was a modified super soldier. Roman Reigns was also BRILLIANT!
I thought the cast was great. HONDA should have had more time and fights. Cammy should have had a fight. I liked Jill, I think that was her name (bison's staff baddie)
Casting was actually good besides Eric Andre 😂 I think a stronger story and different direction and it would have been greater.
Action is great, I really enjoyed it. There's an interesting after credits scene but we will see if it ever goes anywhere.
It's not as bad as most reviews make it out to be. I'm also not a big SF fan but I enjoyed this. I enjoyed the 90s movie more but still decent....
7/10
