Kristin Kreuk Movie:

		List Price: $39.99		Label: 20th Century Fox Salesrank: 13341 Released: June 30, 2009
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		MPAA Rating: Unrated Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 06/30/2009 Run time: 172 minutes Rating: Pg13

Description of Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (Three-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray]:
The origin story of the characters from Capcom’s popular Street Fighter video game is detailed in The Legend of Chun-Li, a live-action martial arts thriller from Doom helmer Andrzej Bartkowiak. Smallville’s Kristin Kreuk gives a spirited turn in the title role, a concert pianist turned global crime fighter who cracks her share of heads while in pursuit of the mobsters who have kidnapped her father. Neal McDonough and Michael Clarke Duncan glower effectively as Bison, the nefarious mastermind behind the abduction, and his henchman, Balrog, respectively. The film’s offbeat cast, which includes Chris Klein and Moon Bloodgood as detectives, Black Eyed Peas singer Taboo as the claw-wielding Vega, and Hong Kong stars Pei-pei Cheng, Josie Ho and Edmund Chen in supporting roles, is the most inspired element of the film, which relies too often on well-worn action and kung fu movie clichés to fill out moments between fight sequences; the film’s target audience--fans of the game--may find this less engaging than younger, less discerning moviegoers with a yen for any flavor of punch-up. --Paul Gaita

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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (Three-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray] Reviews:
A video game made into a movie
2009-09-23 - Video game made into a movie. This is a fun movie with lots of action. Yeah, some of the action is too much special effects, but hey, it is a video game. I like Kristin Kreuk in the lead role. Nice to see her do something beyond Smallville. She does a good job of being the action lead.

STREET FIGHER 2009 REVIEW
2009-09-17 - I must say that compared to the 1st one, this wasn't as good. I give it 4 stars because on Blu-Ray everything just looks better. I would give it a 5 star rating but like most people in their reviews are correct. Chris Kline seems to be the worst part of this movie. I seen plenty of his movies and well they were good, but the acting he displayed in Street Fighter was just terrible. If you take his lines out of the whole movie it would've been just great.

street fighter
2009-09-13 - i saw many reviews on tv about street fighters and as for myself its a great action move and its one i am glad i put in my collection. i think the legend of chun li is really good i dont no what people want but me i love moves like this the action is good and its just something different that made me feel really good i love movies like this i hope they make another one because its different and i love moves kristin was really good in the move she kicked butt and her fighting was really good i know how much work it takes to do the things she did if your a fan its a must in your collection plus blu ray is better yet. bobby lee 007.

Very enjoyable
2009-09-09 - I have always been a street fighter fan, particularly of chun li, so I was pretty excited when I heard they were doing an origin type film on her character. My excitement grew tenfold when I heard Kristin kreuk was cast as chun li, as she has always been a favorite of mine. I was disapointed when no theater around my area showed the film, but being a B-movie, I understood.

Now, after picking up the blu-Ray edition, I can say that this was a very entertaining film for me, particularly upon repeat viewings. The first impression was bad, as Klein is just awful. And the epic finale effect was poorly done. However, I still liked th movie after the initial viewing. On further screenings, after I knew what to expect with certain characters and cgi, I found that I very much enjoyed it. Kreuk's acting is always fantastic, even though some of the casting was questionable (particularly vega), most of the characters did a fine job. I especially liked bison, even though many street fighter fanatics were disgusted at the way the character was written and portrayed. I thought the exact opposite. It breathed new life and motive to bison, and the character was well executed by the actor.

Many street fighter fans disliked this movie, as did many critics, but this reviewer had a blast watching it, and continues to enjoy subsequent screenings. The blu-Ray is excellent quality in both picture and sound, the digital copy is a great addition, and the comic-style amine that's included is fun. While it won't be a must see for many, I think a few viewers would be pleasantly surprised if they gave it a rent.

Kristin Kreuk Rocks
2009-07-28 - While this movie is not a masterpiece, it is the most entertaining martial arts movie I've seen this year. Kristin Kreuk was a badass Chun Li that exceeded Ming Na's performance in every-way possible. She gets hit so completely hard in this movie that you will shudder when she fights M. Bison. For this alone it is worth buying on Bluray or DVD and warrants at least 4 stars. Kristin Kreuk is also alot warmer of a person and is able to bring a depth to Chun Li that has never been seen before.

Contrary to other people, I liked Chris Klein, mostly because Moon Bloodgood is more like eye candy than a joker and is not really funny. Without "Nash" the extra cop scenes would have been dry. I could seem him as a Jean Claude Van Dam type character or Ryu if they had given him more to do and better costuming or showed muscles. There is no way that you did not at least smile at his lines. He was funny and a big dork, and underused.

M. Bison is also completely and utterly evil in this movie. His backstory is OUTRAGEOUS and awesome. While not the same as Raul Julia, the actor who plays him, who won't stop popping up in every **** movie I rent, delivers his best performance yet. We also see how Shadaloo was formed which is really cool. Opposite an amazing Balrog, as the big guy from the green mile, we get a huge opposition for Chun Li to fight.

Criticisms: I think this movie could have been a bit more fun with the amped up costumes, but this story happens BEFORE the tournament, and is focused mostly on Chun. Also its hard to symphatize with Chun when she strikes it out on her own in Bangqok, because we already knew she was rich, and Kristin is so beautiful, however on the plus side, these scenes were beautiful and showed the warmth and adventurous side of Chun Li. There was also a scene where Chun harasses an office worker in a shipyard that was a little too much and could have been edited. It would be horrible to be working some lame job, and Chun just comes in and beats you up for info LOL! Also there is some nastiness when we see that M. Bison tortured chick making the violence level of this movie goes up. Its just a warning though, I actually like the fact that a movie wasn't afraid to show violence against women. A lot of violence and hatred has been unnaturally focused on men lately, and I'm glad that this movie doesn't protect anyone. Also one CG shot in particular involving a piano concert was no good...These are all minor complaints, as the movie is overall very fun and manages to be slightly better than the original SF movie. I deduct one star for these because I think the plot was actually written to be solid, and gave us more eastern insight into the spirit of the warrior, which you can apply to real life.

This is a very positive movie underneath and exceeds the original SF in my opinion. If you combine that with the great fights, in particular involving M. Bison falcon punching Kristin Kreuk so hard my sound system almost exploded, this movie is a buy for any Street Fighter fan, a movie the kids can blow some time on in the summer, or for someone wanting to add a decent martial arts movie to their collection, this is it. If you like Kristin or Chun Li this movie is an essential watch. When your looking at all the other negative reviews, please keep mine in mind and I hope I convinced you to at least rent this crazy movie.