Street Fighter movie review finds nostalgia outweighs plot holes
Reviewers say the new Street Fighter film relies on fan nostalgia despite a weak story and incoherent plot.
Hope for game adaptations fades
Recent video game movies like Resident Evil offered renewed hope that such adaptations could succeed. The new Street Fighter release crushes those hopes with an incoherent mess that barely improves on previous fighter films. Fans have kept the box office life bar in the green even after these disappointments.
Plot treated as afterthought
The narrative appears pencilled in between rounds of combat within a tournament-style structure. Characters like Ken are shown as self-destructive celebrities through grainy MTV video segments. Iconic moves and anime flashbacks fill the gaps where the story should be.
Nostalgia drives audience tolerance
Viewers tolerate the lack of a cohesive plot because they seek dopamine hits from nostalgia. The film exhaustively rolls out iconic characters and moves from the original games. Early-90s pop culture ephemera and striking flashback sequences support this nostalgic approach.
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