Although most of the characters from the popular Street Fighter II video game make cameos in this animated film, four young favorites -- tough-guy Ryu, rich-kid Ken, bad-boy Guile and boy-toy Chun Li ...( read more  read more... )-- take center stage to bring down the evil Bison, who has plans to destroy the world. Plenty of fast-action fight sequences keep this movie plugging along. But while it's animated, it's not child's play.

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Unrated, 96 min.

Directed by: Gisaburo Sugii

Release Date: January 16, 1996

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DVD Release Date: July 1, 1997

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  • March 5, 2009
    This is the SF2 film, in manga form this is absolutely fudging brilliant and captures the game perfectly. Its not hard as it just comes across as an extended in game sequence but who cares, this is near perfect.

    The animation is crisp and sexy, the soundtrack is excellent and th...( read more)e story, despite basic, grips you. Only thing..it could of been abit more bloody for me haha

    Best fight...Vega v Chun Li :)
    check the soundtrack :)
  • January 12, 2009
    This was awesome, it had more realism than the damn live action flim, which was A FKN DISGARCE!!!!
  • April 1, 2007
    Bison: What's wrong Guile? Thinking about your friend I killed? Try harder!
    Guile: SONIC BOOM!

    This is the kind of movie that captures the essence of a game. The story is nothing real important, characters are all over the place, and it's visual loud and vibrant.

    The movie revo...( read more)lves around street fights shown in the best manner possible to stay true to the game. Fans will recognize all kinds of things that ring true.

    The animation is very well done, the fights, a few in particular, are well handled and stay true to the spirit of the game.

    The whole thing is of course very cheesy in terms of anything not related to the style of the video game. Still, a fun watch for fans.
  • December 21, 2006
    A confused attempt at trying to bring all the Street Fighter charcters together. Perfectly acceptable in terms of animation. You are much better off simply playing the games. Although a lot better than the live action film, it is nowhere near as entertaining.
  • April 6, 2006
    The plot on all of these Street Fighter movies is in definite need of improvement.
  • October 11, 2009
    The animation was phenomenal but I expected more from the story. So cheesy.
  • September 29, 2009
    A good animation and an excelent soundtrack for US and europe (japanese version music sucks).
  • September 17, 2009
    LOVED THE MUSIC, EXCELLENT. HATED THE VOICE ACTING, DID NOT FIT THE CHARACTERS AT ALL.
  • August 5, 2009
    one of the best animated street fighter movies they should keep it animated because the fuck it up in real life
  • July 11, 2009
    Its awesome ! everything a street fighter movie should be.

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  • Ghanjaspawn
    April 19, 2008
    The very definition of high quality anime. The fight between Vega and Chun Li is one of the best fight scenes ever, if not one of the best animated fight scenes. You can't call yourself a Street Fighter fan until you've seen the animes. Even though between this, Alpha, Generations and the animated series, the plot is so twisted we might as well toss out any idea of a semblence of a plot. It's all about the fights, and this is where this movie stands out.

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