Race-changing pianist assaults leprachaun. Begorrah!!!
I'm as Irish as the next guy from Ireland, and I think our accent is great.
So great you can actually develop it just by being born Irish, without ever going to ireland, or meeting an irish person....apparently.
Where is the name of god (or as Bison would say it "Where in the name of shamrocks and shenanigans"), did he get that accent????
He grew up in Thailand!!! His parents died when he was a baby!!!
Unless he was sent to Thailand in a spacecraft haunted by the ghost of his dad father he could hardly have heard an Irish accent in Thailand.
Much less learned to to mangle one so Offaly (get it).
Also, Inez Yan who played the young Chun li and Kristin Kreuk ARE NOT ALIKE!!!
One is chinese, the other is Kristin Kreuk.
PROS:
- About a minutes worth of scenes of bangkok are great, and show the character of the place.
- Some of the characters names are used, this can make you feel nostalgic if you pause the dvd and close...
Sad excuse for a movie
For whatever reason, film adaptations of video games tend not to make good movies. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li follows this rule all to closely. The plot is pretty weak - basically Chun Li (Kristen Kreuk) fighting to save her father from Bison (Chris Klein), who oddly enough is an evil corporate gangster in a three-piece suit in the film - not the guy in the red military uniform from the game. Furthermore, Bison's alleged powers come from having transfered his conscience to his daughter so he would not be hindered in pursuing his dastardly plans. And just what are those great plans? To evict squatters in Bangkok so he can build luxury real estate projects. I kid you not. The evil antagonist of Street Fighter fame has been reduced to being a dirty landlord. While I'm not in favor of kicking people out to further elite business interests, it happens all the time and isn't particularly evil (just see what...
fun, clean, exciting action
I love this movie. I am very aware of its shortcomings--there are a couple plot holes and some bad lines--but it is such a fun movie, both sweet and exciting, with some great action scenes and a positive message. A beautiful Kristin Kreuk delivers a solid, believable, enjoyable performance--& the best I've seen from her thus far-- and her fight scenes feel believable (in a street fighter movie kind of way); Neal McDonough is always a highly entertaining villain; Robin Shou is excellent as a more youthful, Miyagi-style mentor, and Moon Bloodgood, always a favorite, manages her part with class in spite of a lackluster role. Michael Clark Duncan is what he always is, for good or ill. My only real complaint is Chris Klein. I don't know if it was the way the character was written or if he was just really poorly cast, but he just comes off...greasy. I can handle all the other flaws in the film, but I really wish they'd gone with a different actor--or a different approach--for that...
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