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First a side note, I registered at IMDb only so I can review this title.
When I was young I fantasized about things that 'they' should make movies on. The Transformers, Spiderman, Superman, etc. While most of these dreams came true in a good sense, there was even a recent extremely well executed one: The Lego Movie.
Street Fighter sadly belonged to the category of attempts better left alone, the animes aside. Now I watched SFAF and got blown away. I did not expect much despite the good IMDb rating. The initial fighting scene did not catch me but I warmed up to the movie's atmosphere quickly.
What surprised me was that the fighting choreography managed to incorporate the actual moves of the games while not being ridiculous. To the contrary, the fights are awesomely cool. The fighting scenes were perhaps due to the budget but nevertheless refreshing and down to the very well executed basics without overly relying on CGI (e.g. for time-bending effects). The effects were, considering the budget, very good and suited the overall appearance of the movie-somewhat raw, straightforward, cool. Another surprise was the quality of acting, especially that of Mike Moh and Christian Howard as Ryu and Ken. Their friendship has its ups and downs without being one-sided or boring. What totally put me to awe was the last fighting scene of Ken and Ryu which ended with a counter move that often happened while playing the actual game-a hadouken intercepted half-way by a shoryuken.
I hope the series will go on and not loose its charm, concentrating on a few fighters and sticking to a well-written story that allows the characters to develop and transport their emotion.
score 9/10
amrittamang 5 June 2014
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