Street Fighter (film)

Street Fighter is a 1994 action movie based on Capcom's popular fighting game series Street Fighter. It was written and directed by Steven E. de Souza.

Although it was based on Street Fighter II, the movie also features characters from Super Street Fighter II. It starred an international and multicultural cast that included Jean Claude Van Damme (in the role of William F. Guile), the late Puerto Rican acting legend Raúl Juliá (as General M. Bison) and pop singer Kylie Minogue (Cammy) along with Native American actor Wes Studi (as Victor Sagat) and Chinese American actor Ming-Na (as Chun-Li).

The movie altered the plot of the original game and motives of the Street Fighter characters. It also significantly lightened the tone of the adaptation, inserting several comical interludes into the mix (for instance one particular fight scene between E. Honda and Zangief plays homage to the old Godzilla movies). When released, the movie was panned by critics, fans of the series, and moviegoers alike. It used to be regularly listed on the IMDB's bottom 100. Nevertheless, despite less-than-stellar reviews, the movie did make a profit and it was the first successful video game-based movie. It has gained a substantial cult following.

A fighting game based on the movie was released in the arcades and later for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn consoles, all versions by Capcom. It used digitized footage of the actors performing fight moves, similar to the presentation in the Mortal Kombat series of games. It was also panned by critics and fans, but just as successful.