The first full-length Street Fighter movie trailer is here, and it’s every bit the raucous and ridiculous popcorn fest we hoped for.
We get a tiny taste of the 90s-tinged plot, which focuses on Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruiting Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) for the World Warrior Tournament.
Directed by Kitao Sakurai of Bad Trip fame, the movie definitely has a pulpy, neon drenched vibe to it. There’s one particular shot of Cammy (Mel Jarnson) firing a rocket launcher from the back of a car, which is “giving” Harley Quinn, as the kids would say.
There are tons of references to the games here. We briefly see Ken beating up a car, while Zangief (Olivier Richters) performs his trademark Spinning Piledriver move at one point.
We also get our first proper look at 50 Cent’s Balrog, as well as a very brief tease of Jason Momoa’s Blanka right at the end.
It’s clear the producers have a deep respect for Capcom’s fighting game franchise, as we hear the use of speech samples from Street Fighter 2 and there’s even a tongue-in-cheek reference to Chun-Li’s infamous “thunder thighs”.
While we’re not expecting Oscar winning performances from any of the high-profile names here, we’re hoping for a ridiculous romp around the world, filled with exciting martial arts sequences and some silly one-liners.
It looks like Sakurai has understood the assignment, and we’re now counting down the days until the movie’s 16th October debut.
Will you be watching this in theatres or enjoying it at home when it inevitably comes to streaming? Throw a fireball in the comments section below.
