1994, The year that brought us Capcom's live film version of the classic arcade fighting game "Street Fighter".1995, The year we all made fun of Jean-Claude Van Damme and chose to watch "Mortal Combat" instead.
2008, The year that is tentatively scheduled to release a NEW film version of "Street Fighter" starring Lana Lang from Smallville as Chun-Li. Wait? What?
So talk has been on for awhile that they are doing this new Street Fighter movie. Maxim.com had some cool cast list thing I felt like sharing, that got me to look up other peoples thoughts on this, and apparently I'm not alone in thinking this may not be the best idea.
The first movie is already kind of a joke, and a remake looks like it will be received much in the same way. Kristen Kreuk really isn't all that impressive an actress, and I don't think you can really make a Street Fighter movie that is centered around Chun-Li. Granted the movie version of "D.O.A" was a similar type of movie that focused on the girl fighters and I thought that turned out pretty good. But, something doesn't seem appealing about Lana Lang with Princess Leia hair trying to fill Jean-Claude Van Damme's shoes. Chris Klein is also in this, who I can't really take seriously because A) He dated Katie Holmes pre-Stepford, and B) I can't think of a single movie he was in that was good (If anyone is thinking "Rollerball", we can't be friends anymore). Anyways, thats my two cents, I'll probably see it anyways just because I like movie adaptations of video games and Neal McDonough. We'll see.
So, here's Maxim's cast list:
Kristen Kreuk from TV's "Smallville" will play Chun-Li
Michael-Clark Duncan was my FAVORITE in Tim Burton's remake of "Planet Of The Apes", he'll play Balrog
Chris Klein's only moderately decent work was "American Pie", he'll play Charlie Nash
Sexy ass Neal McDonough who was just in the sci-fi miniseries "Tin-Man" will play M. Bison
And Taboo from "The Black Eyed Peas" will be Vega
Anyone still thinking this is a good idea?
No comments:
Post a Comment