Mixed social media reactions don't usually bode well for full reviews, and sure enough, Street Fighter is getting KO'd by critics.
Based on 32 reviews, the video game adaptation is currently sitting at 38% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Most seem to share the view that Street Fighter isn't an unmitigated disaster, and there is praise to be found for the movie's animated sequences, action scenes, and overall aesthetic. But it sounds like Paramount and director Kitao Sakurai's reboot simply couldn't recover from a sloppy script, terrible dialogue, and an abrupt, "sequel bait" ending
“Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don’t, it’s GAME OVER!”
The movie stars Noah Centineo as Ken Masters, Andrew Koji as Ryu, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Orville Peck as Vega, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as Balrog, Jason Momoa as Blanka, Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim, Olivier Richters as Zangief, Hirooki Goto as E. Honda, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i as Akuma, Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki, Eric André as Don Sauvage, Mel Jarnson as Cammy, Rayna Vallandingham as Juli, and Alexander Volkanovski as Joe.