SanEat
A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
Kirandeep Yoder
The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
Candida
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
BlakeBlanton
It's overall better than the live-action movie, but that's not saying much. The only really memorable part is the one were Cammy gets electro-groped by C. Viper. No, I did not just make that up. One of the most biggest femme fatals of the video game industry, gets defeated in less than a minute, but also in one the most humiliating and embarrassing defeats in film. For a tribute to the game, why are two of the four new characters completely absent from the film all together? Sure Rufus and El Fuerte were absolutely retarded, but they still deserved to be at least featured in someway. So all that we have left is Abel and C. Viper. Abel is barely in the film, and it is C. Viper who is the one who takes up the most screen time. This wouldn't be a problem ...if she wasn't such an unlikable character. Technically she's not a "villain" so to say, but her actions are so despicable that she might as well be the villain. Not only does she electro-rape Cammy, but she also threatens to murder Cammy, and also kidnaps Ken's wife, for her own purposes. And we're suppose to sympathize with her, because she's a single mother? Yeah, not buying it.The other characters are faithful to their video game counterparts, but that still doesn't make them good characters. Admittedly, the movie can't be blamed for this so much as the game series itself. It's no secret that most of the characters in the Street Fighter universe are based on cultural stereotypes, but that doesn't automatically make them bad characters. Mostly they're just one-dimensional, and uninteresting. For the fight scenes, there's not really much to talk about, as they are just okay. They lack any of the grittiness that made the fight scenes in the animated movie so good.Overall, it's superior to the live-action film, but is inferior to the animated movie. I'd recommend that you go back and watch the animated movie. It includes most of the characters from Ties That Bind, and thankfully lacks C. Viper.
jbdxiii
Every Street Fighter anime that has come out after Street Fighter 2: the Movie has been such a disappointment to me that I sincerely hope they just don't keep making them anymore. It has been remarked that the animation itself was obviously rushed to coincide with the game's release, as was the story, but what I find most disappointing about it is *SPOILER WARNING* that this is a Street Fighter anime with no actual fights in it. Yes, you read that right: there are no fights here. What there is, is two beatings. First the new character, Crimson Viper, gives Cammy a horrible beating. Then the villain, Seth, gives Ryu a horrible beating until Ryu throws *one* Hadouken at him, and defeats him. That's it. Unless you count Sakura and Chun Li kicking some random thugs, that's all the action this anime has. Also, of the new characters, only Viper appears in the anime, unless you count the two seconds where Abel shows up at the end. Rufus and El Fuerte are nowhere to be seen. This thing might as well be called "The Crimson Viper Show", and I find her extremely unlikeable, to boot. Don't waste your time and look for an anime with some actual action, instead.
imtiazliaquat106
they actually ended it. In simple words, it was as if they quickly assembled an anime to coincide with the video game and didn't bother developing it properly or ending it properly. it has some good elements in it though, e.g when ryu is able to finally control the dark hado (it's called something else in the film) that was quite a moment. ken storyline was good, and some of the minor action scenes were watchable. the story wasn't brilliant, but wasn't bad either. they just needed to spend more time on developing it properly and finishing it off. if your following the film in regards to continuity, then it takes place a while after street fighter II. overall, OK movie, but a disappointing way to end it, if that is where it ends.
EQUiLiiBRiUM
This movie was 105 min of my Life I"ll never get back. The Over compensating Story Line takes a way from a Movie with the title called "Street Fighter". I thought this movie lacked good fighting scenes, Failed on implementing special Moves for the characters and try to make a world in Peril out of special Fighting skills... this movie dragged and Just Just.... JUST DISAPPOINTED ! ! ! !Compared to the Street Fighter 2 (Sutorîto Faitâ II gekijô-ban(1995) ) movie which I Loved, the animation in this Movie was a step down. It had a Horrible Cute Cartoon network type anime Look which took Away from the gritty fighting scenes that they did manage to slip into the Movie. SPOILER*** Kinda****....Surprisingly KEN MASTERS goes the Entire movie without throwing his signature Upcut ? Guile goes Through the Movie throwing one sonic boom and no Flash Kick ? Chung Li throws a punch and kick here and there ? Cammy ...ummmm gets owned ? I mean with the Slew of characters And signature moves you'd think a Street Fighter movie would be enjoyable to the fans and game go'ers... apparently I was mistaken ! Just to Give fellow movie Watchers a heads up Cause I know whether I trash this Movie or not street Fighter fans will Watch it regaurdless lol....Its an 105 min long.... The Movie didn't have Action or at least a decent fight scene till 55 min into the Movie....BORING to say the Least !
