‘Street Fighter’ Review: Noah Centineo Stars in a Video Game Adaptation That Pummels You With Fan Service and (Too Few) New Moves
The colorful gladiators return in this latest incarnation of the long-running video game series, directed by Kitao Sakurai and co-starring Andrew Koji and Callina Liang.
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The current trend of excavating video game nostalgia continues with this latest cinematic adaptation of the popular franchise that dates all the way back to 1987. Following in the footsteps of the successful 1994 film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and the best-forgotten 2009 Street Fighter : The Legend of Chun-Li is Kitao Sakurai’s iteration, serving as a love letter to aging gamers. Featuring so many characters and elements from the games that non-aficionados are left desperately attempting to keep up, Street Fighter tries to thread the needle between fan service and welcoming the…
