The Legend of Chun Li

[Nathan]

The plot may be generic, but is that any reason to not put any effort into creating a solid Movie that's at least fun to watch?

 

[Super_Ludacris]

You need a good director and good directors wont succumb themselves to video game properties unless its something different and the money is right (See Halo)

 

[The Kid]

FIRST LEAKED PIC!!!

I want to touch those legs.

Yunno, if they handle this like a stephen chow movie it might end up cool.

 

[Nathan]

Nah, I don't want Street Fighter to be too silly. Sure, the games are all about crazy martial arts moves and Fireballs, but the action should be IMO a little more grounded. Maybe something like the first MK, or even Bloodsport. The Martial Arts performances should be realistic and brutal, nothing too Matrix or Kung Fu Hustle over the top.

 

[LexCorp]

She really looks good here.

 

[The Kid]

Nah, I don't want Street Fighter to be too silly. Sure, the games are all about crazy martial arts moves and Fireballs, but the action should be IMO a little more grounded. Maybe something like the first MK, or even Bloodsport. The Martial Arts performances should be realistic and brutal, nothing too Matrix or Kung Fu Hustle over the top.

yeah maybe like hero. If they want to do this right they'll watch a lot of those wuxia movies and try to find a balance between the serious stories and ridiculous martial arts stuff.

But I'll be fine with anything as long as she wears those tights.

 

[GL1]

I love the Romeo Must Die guy, and his whole crew... this won't be direct to TV, it just won't be a major summer blockbuster, either...

I can't wait to see how this guy is going to work Anthony Anderson and Tom Arnold into the Street Fighter Universe, THAT will be crazy...

And every martial arts movie he's made has had 2-4 really great moves, the kinda that I love walking away from the movie theatre talking about. And that's not even having a dedicated martial artist.

For those who demand that the Street Fighter movie be the next Matrix trilogy, yeah, you're living in the Matrix anyway, cuz that's unreal. But seeing this guys past work, I don't think it can be as soulless as Hitman, especially if he's gotten better.

 

[Nathan]

But how faithful, does anyone here think, should they stick to the games? For example, I would love to see a Hadoken in a Movie, but I wouldn't want Guile to be able to perfrom his Sonic Boom. It should require great skill and dedication to channel your Chi, it should be something like a long lost art that only few can perform. Bison on the other hand, I wouldn't mind if he's all powerful and over the top like in the games.

But what about smaller stuff like Chun Li's leg move? Can that somehow be pulled off in a serious Movie without looking silly?

 

[kane9321]

FIRST LEAKED PIC!!!

j/m, it's a manip i made

oh ****

wouldnt it be nice..

 

[Super_Ludacris]

But how faithful, does anyone here think, should they stick to the games? For example, I would love to see a Hadoken in a Movie, but I wouldn't want Guile to be able to perfrom his Sonic Boom. It should require great skill and dedication to channel your Chi, it should be something like a long lost art that only few can perform. Bison on the other hand, I wouldn't mind if he's all powerful and over the top like in the games.

But what about smaller stuff like Chun Li's leg move? Can that somehow be pulled off in a serious Movie without looking silly?

It cant

 

[DorkyFresh]

oh yeah...i wonder who they're gonna get to play Bison. considering the way they're doing this movie i wouldn't expect any big names...so i suggest this guy...

...his name is Luke Goss. he's played the bad guy from Blade 2 and Hellboy 2. he also did a (pretty crappy) martial arts flick with Michelle Yeoh and has a pretty evil-looking smile (like Bison).

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q217/Taliesin_ttlg/cold and dark/coldanddark_dark.jpg

 

[Savage]

I was thinking either him or Ron Perlman after watching Blade II yesterday (twice. Couldn't get enough of it).

 

[GL1]

But how faithful, does anyone here think, should they stick to the games? For example, I would love to see a Hadoken in a Movie, but I wouldn't want Guile to be able to perfrom his Sonic Boom. It should require great skill and dedication to channel your Chi, it should be something like a long lost art that only few can perform. Bison on the other hand, I wouldn't mind if he's all powerful and over the top like in the games.

But what about smaller stuff like Chun Li's leg move? Can that somehow be pulled off in a serious Movie without looking silly?

It can be homaged. If Chun-Li, to end a fight, does a monstrous kicking combo that ends in five kicks off of the same leg, KOing her opponent, most of us will know exactly what just happened. There are plenty of ways to homage signature moves without trying to pass them off as 'yes, this is a real fight and this person is doing this as the most effective attack possible at this time, EXACTLY the way it appears in the games.'

Now, with characters like Dhalsim and Blanka, you kinda have to throw all that out the window. You cannot imagine my disappointment when as a young adolescent, I discovered that Yoga was neither a fighting style nor was it cool. No fire spitting involved as far as I could tell.

As for bigger moves, I think a Chi subplot would be adequate, especially since Chun Li also has a blue fireball attack... perhaps Ryu could even teach her to harness the stuff, though that would be, assuredly, expecting too much.

I would mind Bison being over the top, though I wouldn't mind him being able to do it easily. Just cuz he can doesn't mean he should go around glowing purple all the time.

 

[Nathan]

Well, Perlman has got the chin, but that's pretty much it.

 

[DorkyFresh]

Perlman's too old for Bison. he's pushing 60.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Perlman transcends age.

 

[Nathan]

How much do we know about this Movie btw? Is there already a rough plot outline?

 

[Super_Ludacris]

For real

 

[Super_Ludacris]

How much do we know about this Movie btw? Is there already a rough plot outline?

I have the outline of the script if anyone wants it

 

[DorkyFresh]

Perlman transcends age.

yeah...when you put makeup and prosthetics on. t:

 

[YoungE808]

Right here kind sir!

 

[DorkyFresh]

I have the outline of the script if anyone wants it

hit me up!









please

 

[Nathan]

And don't forget me.

 

[Super_Ludacris]

The new flick centers on one character: Chun-Li. That’s it. No Ryu, no Ken, no Guile, no eight million characters. Now if you are going to get up-in-arms about this why not rent the original Street Fighter to see how you can do it wrong. However we do get a bunch of Street Fighter bad guys.

The movie is a revenge flick. Chun-Li’s father works for Bison. Chun-Li is just a child when Bison comes to her house and takes her father away. Papa never returns and Chun-Li grows up to still be a good person, helping people on the street when she sees them in trouble in her home town of Hong Kong. While Chun-Li was growing up Bison was growing his organization. Taking on the Triads, Bison and his Shadow Law Organization take over the Kowloon district of Hong Kong.

Chun-Li’s mother dies and now she has no one. She searches out a man called Gen and it is he who tells her that her father is actually still alive in the hands of Bison. Chun-Li then trains with Gen. She becomes faster! Stronger! She is…THE STREET FIGHTER!

The movie is a revenge flick plain and simple. There’s some awesome kung-fu action in the script but there’s no fireballs. No sonic booms. No flash kicks. Pure and simple Chun-Li is on a mission to find her father and take down Bison.

She has help along the way. Mostly in a fellow named Nash who has come in from Interpol and is teamed with Detective Chu – with the Hong Kong gangland homicide division.

Bison has a few baddies with him. His right hand man is Balrog who had those boxing gloves on in the videogame. Here he’s in his thirties and massive. Monster massive. Vega is here as well, described as talking in a Spanish accent. Yes he has his expressionless mask, his steel claw on his arm, and he’s also someone who even a man like Balrog fears.

The script moves pretty fluidly. We move from scene after scene mostly following Chun-Li taking down Bison piece by piece. It intersects with Bison’s storyline himself and that of Nash before him and Chun-Li meet up.

There’s a lot of emphasis here on actual story. On great kung-fu sequences. And violence. The violence is here in the script though I’m sure it’ll be shot differently to get a PG-13 rating.

Script does get a bit corny when we are introduced to Bison’s private army, tanks and all. However this is a lone gripe and therefore, thinking back to Raul Julia shouting “GAME OVER!” it is easily forgiven.

So the fight scenes are big and grandiose, the kind that spring right off the page at you. Mostly it is Chun-Li and her mentor Gen Vs. Bison, Balrog, Vega, and the little nameless minions.

This is a Hong Kong flick through-and-through. No travels to the States or some wildlife retreat. It’s an Eastern – made by the West.

Now if they choose to go with this script they could have the potential of breaking the mold of the videogame movie and actually have a franchise. Whoever plays Chun-Li will have a monster role in her hands. The script could have had a few more recognizable good or bad guys but, once again thinking back to the original Street Fighter movie, maybe it’s not a good idea.

You have your characters and Chun-Li is the Street Fighter. And she attacks people with her thighs. That’s always good for a film.

http://www.latinoreview.com/news.php?id=2293

 

[DorkyFresh]

sweet! Gen's gonna be in the flick!!!