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

Although it was based on the first game, 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 actress 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 plays homage to the old Godzilla
movies). When released, the movie was panned by critics, fans of the series, and moviegoers alike. It is regularly listed on the IMDB's bottom 100. However, even though the movie was a flop, it has gained a substantial cult following by those who enjoy the cheesy dialogue, hammy acting and general B-grade feel of the movie.

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 cast from the movie, similar to the presentation in the Mortal Kombat series of games. It was also panned by critics and fans.

Plot

There are several major players in the plot of the movie: Guile, Chun-Li, Ken & Ryu, Dhalsim & Charlie (Blanka) and Bison. The plot described below follows primarily Guile.

The movie takes place in the fictional nation of Shadoloo in South East Asia (the movie was shot in Thailand). After months of fighting, a multinational military force called the Allied Nations has managed to enter the city. The AN is fighting against the armed forces of drug-lord turned General M. Bison, who has recently captured a couple of dozen AN workers.

Bison makes his demands in a live two-way TV broadcast with William F. Guile, the commander of the AN forces. If he is not paid $20 billion in three days he will kill the hostages.

Guile's assistant Cammy is only able to partially trace Bison's signal. From that it can be determined that Bison's hideout is somewhere in the river-delta region outside Shadoloo. After one of the thugs of Victor Sagat, head of the Shadoloo Tong, attempts to assassinate Guile, he figures out that Sagat is the arms-supplier for Bison.

Guile attempts to infiltrate Ryu Hoshi and Ken Masters, two foreign operators who were arrested along with Sagat while fighting a cage match, into Sagat's gang. He decides to stage a prison-break and his own death in order to find out the location of Bison's hideout. Guile's plan hits a snag when a GNT News Reporter Chun-Li Xiang (played by Ming-Na), who is out for Bison's blood, finds out that Guile is alive and with the help of her partners, Sumo wrestler E. Honda and professional boxer Balrog, attempts to kill Bison and Sagat with a truck bomb while they are engaged in arms trade. The explosion destroys much of Bison's arms cache but fails to kill the dictator. The plan thus fails and Chun-Li and her friends are captured. Ryu and Ken, who first alerted Bison and his cronies to Chun-Li's plan, are welcomed as Bison troopers. Ryu and Ken try to free Balrog, Honda and Chun-Li but get trapped in Bison's room where they get knocked out by gas.

A bug Ryu and Ken carry with them is tracked by satellite, and the AN is able to locate Bison's headquarters in an abandoned temple. Since Bison's air defenses are too deadly, Guile orders an amphibious assault on the base. As the troops comprising the strike force stand in salute and are preparing to march out, a group of peace negotiators arrives to inform Guile that the invasion is no longer authorized, since the ransom demand is about to be paid. Guile protests what he sees as appeasement and decides to go ahead with the assault.

Meanwhile Guile, T. Hawk and Cammy head up river to lead the attack in a stealth-boat. Bison notices the attack and manages to compromise the boat's stealth-mode, making Guile a perfect target. The boat is blown out of the water but luckily Guile and his comrades escape in time.

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