The upcoming movie Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li might not be getting it’s due credit as a consequence to its failed 1994 predecessor, Street Fighter, with Jean Claude Van Damme. And while most of us would admit that the first one didn’t excite us as much as the Mortal Combat movie did, that doesn’t mean this new movie would suck as well.
In fact, I’m having more faith in this movie since the game has already evolved since 1994 and there are definitely more people waiting to see it. And if it’s any indication, the makers of this movie seem to know what treatment it should get as well…
Interview transcripts found in the Street Fighter blog as well as Newsarama, reveal alot of what we can expect from this movie. Below is what writer Justin Marks has to say:
Well the guy who wrote it, Steven E. de Souza was the writer on Die Hard, and directed it [the 1994 Street Fighter movie] too, I think it was just a function of what you see with movies like Batman and Robin opposed to Batman Begins, the creators of the former had a different Batman experience when they were young the 60’s TV show, and now in the Nolen era, the influence are things like Millar’s The Dark Knight Returns, and so that example is taken into the stratosphere. While I’m definitely not comparing Street Fighter to Batman Begins, I grew up with the Street Fighter games, and I don’t see them as cheesy or funny, but as serious characters that deserve to be explored in their own right.
In this interview, Marks also mentions other projects he’s associated with such as Hack/Slash and Bionic Comando. You might wanna check the whole interview for more on that. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li is set to hit theaters February 27, 2009.
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