Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009): Movie Review

DIRECTED BY

• Michael Bay

PRODUCED BY

• Steven Spielberg
• Lorenzo di Bonaventura
• Ian Bryce
• Tom DeSanto
• Don Murphy

WRITTEN BY

• Roberto Orci
• Alex Kurtzman
• Ehren Kruger

STARRING (more at IMDB and Wikipedia)

• Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky
• Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes
• Josh Duhamel as Major Lennox
• Tyrese Gibson as USAF Master Sergeant Epps
• John Turturro as Agent Simmons
• Kevin Dunn as Ron Witwicky
• Julie White as Judy Witwicky

VOICES (more at IMDB and Wikipedia)

• Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime
• Jess Harnell as Ironhide
• Tom Kenny as Wheelie / Skids
• Tony Todd as The Fallen
• Hugo Weaving as Megatron
• Charlie Adler as Starscream

MUSIC BY

• Steve Jablonsky
• Linkin Park

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Ben Seresin

EDITING BY

• Roger Barton
• Paul Rubell
• Joel Negron
• Thomas Muldoon

RUNNING TIME

• 150 min

BUDGET

• ~ $200 million

GROSS REVENUE

• ~ $830 million

TRAILER

PLOT (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

"It is revealed that thousands of years ago there was a race of ancient Transformers who scoured the universe looking for energon sources. Known as the Dynasty of Primes, they used machines called Sun Harvesters to drain stars of their energy in order to convert it to energon and power Cybertron's AllSpark. The Primes agreed that life-bearing worlds would be spared, but in 17,000 BC, one brother, thereafter dubbed "The Fallen", constructed a Sun Harvester on Earth. The remaining brothers thus sacrificed their bodies in order to hide the Matrix of Leadership—the key that activates the Sun Harvester—from The Fallen, who swore to seek revenge upon Earth.

In the present day, two years after the events of the previous film, Optimus Prime is seen leading NEST, a military organization consisting of human troops and his own team of Autobots (including newcomers Arcee, Chromia, Elita One, Sideswipe, Jolt, and the twins Skids and Mudflap) aimed at killing the remaining Decepticons on Earth. While on a mission in Shanghai, Optimus and his team destroy Decepticons Sideways and Demolishor, being given a warning by the latter that "The Fallen will rise again". Back in the United States, Sam Witwicky finds a splinter of the destroyed AllSpark, and upon contact the splinter fills his mind with Cybertronian symbols. Deeming it dangerous, Sam gives the AllSpark splinter to his girlfriend Mikaela Banes for safe keeping, and leaves her and Bumblebee behind to go off to college. Upon arrival, Sam meets his college roommate Leo Spitz, who runs an alien conspiracy website, and Alice, a co-ed who makes sexual advances on him. Back home, Decepticon Wheelie tries to steal the shard, only to get captured by Mikaela. After having a mental breakdown, uncontrollably writing in Cybertronian language, Sam calls Mikaela, who immediately leaves to get to him.

Decepticon Soundwave hacks into a US satellite and learns the locations of the dead Decepticon leader Megatron and another piece of the AllSpark. The Decepticons retrieve the shard and use it to resurrect Megatron, who flies into space and is reunited with Starscream and his master, The Fallen. The Fallen instructs Megatron and Starscream to capture Sam in order to discover the location of the Matrix of Leadership. With Sam's outbreaks worsening, Mikaela arrives at campus just as Alice—revealed to be a Decepticon Pretender—attacks Sam. Mikaela, Sam, and his roommate Leo drive off, destroying Alice, but are seized by Decepticon Grindor. The Decepticon known as "The Doctor" prepares to remove Sam's brain, but Optimus and Bumblebee turn up and rescue him. In an ensuing fight, Optimus engages Megatron, Grindor and Starscream. Optimus manages to kill Grindor and rip off Starscream's arm, but he is eventually impaled through the chest by Megatron and dies.

After Prime's death, The Fallen is freed from his captivity and Megatron orders a full-scale assault on the planet. The Fallen speaks to the world and demands they surrender Sam to the Decepticons or they will continue their attack. Sam, Mikaela, Leo, Bumblebee, the twins and Wheelie regroup, and Leo suggests his online rival "RoboWarrior" may be of assistance. "RoboWarrior" is revealed to be former Sector 7 agent Simmons, who informs the group that the symbols should be readable for a Decepticon. Mikaela then releases Wheelie, who can't read the language, but identifying it as that of the Primes, directs the group to a Decepticon seeker named Jetfire. They then find Jetfire at the F. Udvar-Hazy Center and reactivate him. After teleporting the group to Egypt, Jetfire explains that only a Prime can kill The Fallen, and translates the symbols, which contain a riddle that sets the location of the Matrix of Leadership somewhere in the surrounding desert. By following the clues, the group arrive at the tomb where they ultimately find the Matrix, but it crumbles to dust in Sam's hands. Believing the Matrix can still revive Optimus, Sam collects the dust and instructs Simmons to call Major William Lennox to bring the other Autobots and Optimus' body.

The military arrives with the Autobots, but so do the Decepticons, and a battle arises. During the fight, Decepticon Devastator is formed and unearths the Sun Harvester from inside one of the pyramids before being destroyed by the US military with the help of agent Simmons. Jetfire arrives and destroys Mixmaster, but is mortally wounded by Scorponok. The Air Force carpet bomb the Decepticons, but Megatron breaks through the offensive and kills Sam. In a vision, Sam meets with the other Primes, who tell him that the Matrix of Leadership is not found but earned, which Sam has done, and send him back, effectively reviving him. The Matrix is reassembled from the dust, and Sam uses it to revive Optimus. The Fallen then steals the Matrix and activates the Sun Harvester. In his final moments, Jetfire volunteers his parts and spark to Optimus. With enhanced capabilities, Optimus destroys the Sun Harvester and takes on Megatron and The Fallen, killing the latter. Sam then finally reciprocates Mikaela's love as Megatron and Starscream retreat and vow that their fight is not finished.

The film ends with Optimus sending a message into space saying that the humans and Transformers both share a common past."

Being a big hardcore fan of the first film, I just had to watch the second one. I wanted to watch this movie in IMAX so badly, but as usual, I failed to. So instead, I waited for it to be released on Blu Ray. And I finally got to watch it. And as I always say (you are probably getting sick of me saying it, but...), if it's entertaining, it's good. And this movie was pretty damn entertaining to me.

When this movie was released in theatres, almost everyone I know was going to watch it. And after they did, all they did was complain (most of them). About what? First, they complained about the story being pretty weak, which I kind of agree on a little. Because it isn't a very solid story for such a big movie. Second, they complained about the movie being all about action. Well, obviously it's an action movie, so if you don't like action movies, why watch? Right? I mean come on, how could you complain about too much action? And third, they said the movie was mostly driven by computer generated imagery and had very little acting. This is very true. However, it can be a good thing and a bad thing. Almost the entire movie is full of non stop action, but they all mostly involve these awesome giant ass robots beating the crap out of each other. And what can be better than that? The awesomely gorgeous super fine details of these huge giant ass robots! Together with huge explosions and blastings and bombings and loud weaponry fire and... Damn, I wish I saw this movie in IMAX! Eeerrmmm... Anyway, you get the picture right? It's a heavy action packed movie. And I love action movies!

So, as you may have already guessed, Revenge of the Fallen is an action movie about robots. That's it. Because the storyline is kind of weak, all you need to know about this movie is this; explosions, sound effects, special effects, giant ass robots, Megan Fox (hehehe...), Shia LaBeouf. That's all you need to know to watch this movie. Don't expect a rich storyline in this movie. It's basically a straight forward action movie. So, if you like heavy action movies and you don't really care about the storyline, this is the movie for you. This movie is a great movie (must be an action movie fan) to watch after working for stressful hours at work. It's perfect! You don't have to think about anything. Right after work, just get home, get some food, turn the tv on, lights off, make yourself comfortable, and then just get ready to watch the movie. All you have to do is watch the awesome special effects and enjoy it until you feel pleasure! Joy!

Okay, so it's great if you are an action movie fan. I did use to watch the Transformers cartoon when I was a kid, but I barely remember it except for Optimus Prime. You know, that big red truck? LOL. So, if I was to compare the movie with the cartoon series, I'm not too sure. But trust me, this movie is all about action! And what it does very well is showcase all the awesome robots in disguise in action.

So, those were the good sides to the movie. Are there any down falls? Damn it! There is! First, the movie doesn't involve much real acting. So, if you guys wanted to rip your eye balls out thinking you'll get some hot Megan Fox action, forget about it. Obviously everyone in the movie acted very well. Duh. But there wasn't much to be seen unlike the first movie. Like I said before this movie is heavily action based, and almost all the action scenes involve the robots and special effects. Basically, they were all CGI (computer generated imagery). In a way, one may say that this seemed to be a lazy approach to make an action movie. But heck, the scenes were all fantastic! I mean those fine details on the robots are just amazing! And you'll know immediately that they weren't easy to do. So I don't think "lazy" is to be even considered. Of course there were also action scenes with the real actors, and those scenes were also fantastic. But there weren't too many of these scenes.

But what I didn't quite get was that actress Megan Fox was instructed by Michael Bay to gain a few pounds for this movie. The reason to that was because Michael Bay wanted a more muscular looking woman for the movie. I first heard this news a few months before the release of this movie. At that time I thought it was a reasonable thing to do. But after watching the movie I did not see much of the effect at all. She did gain weight and looked a little more heavier than her usual self (heavier, not mouscular), but what I mean is that her weight gain wasn't necessary at all. Why you ask? Mainly because almost the entire movie was based on CGI. And because of that there wasn't much acting to do. So why did she have to look more muscular and bigger? It wasn't like she was acting in more hardcore action scenes. I think she did more action scenes in the first movie. Anyway, in her quest to look more muscular, she didn't look more muscular at all. She did gain weight though, but no muscles as far as I could see. And of course there is a reason to that. And if you are interested you can read more about it at MunFitnessBlog.

Box office wise, this film was a huge success. Revenge of the Fallen was released in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland on June 19, 2009 and in North America, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand on June 24, 2009. On it's opening night itself (not weekend), the movie grossed out $16 million, making it the most ever for a Wednesday midnight debut. The film also managed to achieve the biggest Wednesday opening in history, bringing in $62 million in total receipts on its first day, additionally ranking it as the second biggest opening day of all time, behind The Dark Knight. Hhmmm... actually I honestly think that the Dark Knight was overated. I'm very sure it's all because of the Heath Ledger incident. It was still a good movie though, just wat overhyped. Anyway, Revenge of the Fallen remained as the number one movie in the box office for two weeks straight. And it managed to gross out about ~$830 million! That's a lot of cash there. I think the movie deserves that cash as it was an excellent showcase of giant ass robots in disguise beating the crap out of each other with huge blastings and explosions and... Ok, I think I should stop. You can read more about the box office news at Wikipedia.

So, as all of you might have guessed it already, I loved this movie. Simply because it was a mindless action movie. There are many reviews for this movie, ranging from horrible oponions to good opinions. Some people liked it, some people hated it. My advice to you is this; the movie doesn't have a solid storyline for you to care about enough. So it's just a mindless non stop action movie. Much like playing a mindless beat em' up action video game like Streets of Rage, or a fighting game like Marvel vs. Capcom. If you enjoy a movie based on a rich storyline, by all means, stay away from this movie, because you'll definitely not like it. But if you are in the mood for some mindless entertaining action, this is one of the best movies out there.

Final Verdict: 4 / 5

Knowing (2009): Movie Review

DIRECTED BY

• Alex Proyas

PRODUCED BY

• Todd Black
• Jason Blumenthal
• Steve Tisch

STORY

• Ryne Douglas Pearson

 SCREENPLAY

• Ryne Douglas Pearson
• Alex Proyas
• Stuart Hazeldine
• Juliet Snowden
• Stiles White

STARRING

• Nicolas Cage as Professor Jonathan "John" Koestler
• Chandler Canterbury as Caleb Koestler
• Rose Byrne as Diana Wayland
• Lara Robinson as Lucinda Embry / Abby Wayland

MUSIC BY

• Marco Beltrami

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Simon Duggan

EDITING BY

• Richard Learoyd

RUNNING TIME

• 121 minutes

BUDGET

• $50 million

GROSS REVENUE

• ~ $150 million

TRAILER

PLOT (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

"In 1959, at William Dawes Elementary School in Lexington, Massachusetts, a time capsule containing the students' drawings of their ideas of the future is buried and set to be ceremoniously opened 50 years later. A girl named Lucinda Embry contributes a page full of seemingly random digits. That night, Lucinda is found in a school closet, where her fingers are bloodied and she complains about hearing voices.

In 2009, the time capsule is opened and the drawings are given to the current students. A boy named Caleb receives Lucinda's envelope. His father John Koestler, a widower and professor of astrophysics at MIT takes interest in the paper, and he soon realizes that part of these digits form dates and death tolls of every major disaster over the past fifty years, and suggests three disasters still to come. Meanwhile, Caleb begins receiving visits from mysterious figures in overcoats,^[a] and during his encounters he hears their overlapping telepathic whispers.

John witnesses a commercial plane crash on the date the paper next predicted a disaster would occur, and he discovers that the unexplained digits on the paper are in fact the geographic coordinates of the events. Speaking with Lucinda's former teacher, John learns of Lucinda's closet episode, and also that she had since died after an overdose. He then meets Lucinda's daughter, Diana Wayland, but is rebuffed once he mentions Lucinda's paper. However, after John uses the numbers to correctly predict another disaster—a Manhattan subway train derailment which John tries and fails to prevent—Diana seeks out John, and together they go to investigate Lucinda's old remote mobile home. Having noticed that the last date on the paper is not accompanied by coordinates, further clues in Lucinda's home lead John and Diana to realize that the '33' listed as the death toll for the final disaster is actually 'EE' reversed, which Lucinda meant to represent 'Everyone Else'. In the woods outside the home, John confronts one of The Strangers, who disappears in a flash of light. It is revealed that Diana's daughter Abby can hear The Strangers' eerie whispers as well.

John and a fellow professor forecast that a massive solar flare will soon reach Earth, and the final disaster on Lucinda's paper will indeed be global in scale. John then examines the door of the closet in which Lucinda was found, and discovers it is where she had scratched another set of coordinates. They represent the location of Lucinda's old mobile home, and John figures that it is somehow a refuge from the impending disaster. Diana insists they seek shelter in a system of underground caves instead, and she takes Abby and Caleb, without John's knowledge, to go there. As panic erupts at a gas station after news of the flare is made public through an Emergency Alert System broadcast, The Strangers drive off in Diana's car with Caleb and Abby still inside. Diana gives chase in another vehicle, and is killed when she is broadsided by a truck.

At Lucinda's mobile home, John finds the children with the four Strangers as a glowing vessel descends from the sky. The Strangers dispossess themselves of their human appearance, revealing themselves to be glowing, translucent figures surrounded by wisps of light. The Strangers invite only those who can hear their whispers to escape the destruction with them. John convinces an initially reluctant Caleb to go with The Strangers, and the vessel departs with the two children. From the vantage point of space, other ships are seen taking off from all around Earth. John travels to Boston to be with his sister and parents. While he had distanced himself from religion following his wife's death, John reconciles with his previously estranged father, a Christian minister. John and his family embrace as the solar flare strikes, and the resulting radiation incinerates all life on Earth. Elsewhere, Caleb and Abby are dropped off in an otherworldly field, as other ships are visible along the horizon, dropping off others. The film ends as the two make their way towards a large, solitary tree in the distance."

This was one of those movies where you think it's just another regular movie, but it's actually not. When I saw the trailer, I thought the movie was going to be something like Final Destination. It was, actually. But it had a different type of twist to it, and I thought that made the movie very interesting. I have not watched The Da Vinci Code yet, but I'm pretty sure Knowing can somehow relate to that movie as well. How? Well, basically, the movie has something to do with deaths and numbers. And I just found that to be a very interesting concept. Since I liked this movie, I think I might like the Da Vinci Code as well, if at all it's anything like this movie.

Knowing is actually an action, mystery and thriller movie. It's about a professor named John Koestler, who gets hold of a sheet of paper that consists of what seems to be like random numbers. He got the sheet from his son, Caleb, when he attended a time capsule opening ceremony at school. At first, John isn't sure what the numbers mean, but he later finds out that the numbers actually represent horrible events that had already occurred or that are about to.

That's basically what the movie is about. Saying anymore than this will simply be a spoiler. But of course, you can always watch the trailer for more details on what the movie is about. Anyway, it sounds very interesting doesn't it? But it doesn't sound scary right? Well, I never expected it, but I was a little scared of the movie. I don't know why or how these directors come up with ideas about the world getting destroyed, but I'm getting a little sick of it. And to make things worst, the new upcoming movie, "2012", is also about world destruction! If they really want the world to be destroyed, I think I better start applying video game rules from games like Grand Theft Auto into real life. Oops, did I say too much?

The movie did alright in the box office I suppose. It was released in the United Stated and Canada on March 20, 2009, and it grossed about $24 million in it's opening weekend. As of April 26, 2009, the movie grossed out at about $150 million in total. Comparing these numbers to Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Paul wins. I'm not sure why, but it could be because Knowing was mainly about deaths, and people might be getting tired of it, just like how I am. I think directors and story writers have just lost their imaginations about directing and writing good solid movies. Because action movies and thriller movies aren't just about deaths. It could be so much more. Don't get me wrong here, the story for this movie was top notch, and so was the directing. The movie was executed very well as well. I guess what I'm trying to say is that, something new should or coulave been done.

Overall, when I watched this movie, I did enjoy it. I actually loved the movie, but of course, I have to say what I thought about the movie right? Hence the harsh sayings in the above paragraphs. LOL. Maybe the one complaint I might have is about Beethoven's music that was played. It was Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op. 92 (2nd Movement: Allegretto). It's an awesome symphony, but I think they played it too many times and I also thought that the symphony didn't quite go well with the movie. Don't get me wrong, it's one of the greatest symphony's ever, but it just doesn't fit the movie very well. Not a major pain, but they could have chosen better music that would actually fit the movie. Other than that minor issue, everything about the movie was good and everything made sense (movie wise). It was a great movie. Good as a family movie as well as a loner movie. Whether you want to watch it or not, is up to you. It's not a must watch movie, but it's definitely worth checking out.

Final Verdict: 4 / 5

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009): Movie Review

What made me want to watch the movie? I think it's pretty obvious, the main and one sole reason was because Kristin Kreuk was in it. But of course, I have other reasons, like I was also curious to find out how this movie is compared to the other Street Fighter movie which was released back in 1994 (starring Jean-Claude Van Damme), which by the way I actually enjoyed watching. And if compared, I wouldn't really say that this movie is better than the 1994 movie. So, how good was the movie? I would say that the movie was pretty good. It wasn't a great movie but it did a good job in entertaining me. And performance wise, everyone did a great job too. Although I did find that Kristin Kreuk who played Chun-Li could have made slightly better facial expressions. But she did a splendid job in the fighting scenes. Neal McDonough who played M.Bison also played a nice role as M. Bison. Michael Clarke Duncan who played Balrog, really did play Balrog, and I mean it. And lastly, Robin Shou who played Gen was my favourite character in the movie. If you are wondering, Robin Shou is the guy who played as Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat from 1995. Other characters in the movie were Charlie Nash played by Chris Klein, Vega played by Taboo, Detective Maya Sunee played by Moon Bloodgood, Huang played by Edmund Chen, Cantana played by Josie Ho, and Rose played by Elizaveta Kiryukhina.

The movie was released in the United States on February 27, 2009 and on February 28, 2009 in Japan. It is directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak and the story is by Justin Marks. Now, for a game based movie, the story is pretty good. The story wasn't stupid and unacceptable, but it was actually pretty well written and it fitted nicely along with the movie. But here's what's not right; the story is not related to any of the Street Fighter games at all! I, and I'm sure almost everyone, saw that coming. As I always say, if the movie succeeds in entertaining, it's a good movie. Having said that, if I was a critic and would have to compare the movie with the games, then it would be a horrible movie. But I liked the movie and it would actually be an excellent choice as a family movie.

Here’s the plot of the movie taken directly from Wikipedia. The plot contains SPOILERS, so please be warned.

"The movie opens with Chun Li narrating her experience growing up aspiring to be a concert pianist. As a child, she moves from San Francisco to Hong Kong with her family. There, along with piano, she learns Wushu from her father, Xiang, who is a well connected businessman. One night, her home is attacked by Bison and his henchman. Chun Li's father fights them off until Balrog grabs a hold of a young Chun Li, forcing him to surrender. As Bison and his men are leaving with Xiang, Chun Li's mother tries to stop them. Balrog just punches her.

Years later, Chun Li grows up and becomes a talented concert pianist. At the end of one of her concerts, she receives a scroll written in Ancient Chinese text. On her way home, she sees a mysterious homeless man getting assaulted by street thugs. After the thugs leave, Chun Li tends to him and notices a spiderweb tattoo on his hand. Meanwhile, Xiang is shown working for Bison as a prisoner. In return for his services, he is allowed to view pictures of his daughter all grown up. Back home, Chun Li's mother finally loses her battle to cancer as Chun Li and her servants mourn her loss at a funeral

Elsewhere, we see Nash and Maya investigating a murder of several heads of criminal syndicate families in Bangkok. Chun Li on the side is meeting with a wise old lady in town who studies the scroll and tells her to find a man named Gen in Bangkok, revealing to her an image of the same spiderweb she saw tattooed on the homeless man's hand. With a new goal in mind, Chun Li leaves her home and heads to Bangkok. After weeks of searching for Gen without any luck, she sees a man being assaulted in an alley by thugs. Chun Li comes to his rescue and fights them. After a long battle ended by finishing them with a Bike Rack Drop Ultra move, Chun Li collapses in exhaustion. There, we see Gen pick her up to take her to his home.

Gen tells Chun Li that he knows how to find her father and that Bison has him, but that she also needs anger management. In response, she goes to an internet cafe and logs onto shoryuken.com to find out more about Bison, who is now holding the families of property owners hostage in order to force them to sign their property over to him. Upon leaving, one of the owners is asked to hand over the rights to a docking harbor, allowing the shipment of the "White Rose". Chun Li overhears this. Meanwhile at Interpol, Nash figures out that Bison's headquarters are right across the street from the Police Station.

Later that night, Cantana, one of Bison's secretaries, goes to a nightclub. Chun Li spies on her and notices her jocking the girls in the club. Chun Li moves in and seductively dances with her before casually walking away into the bathroom. Cantana, sex driven, follows her and locks the bathroom window. There, Chun Li beats her into giving out the location of the White Rose. Cantana's bodyguards come back and Chun Li escapes after a brief shootout.

We are then told of Bison's origins. He is the son of Irish missionaries. He grew up an orphan having to steal fish from people in Thailand. In order to lose his conscience, he forced his daughter out of the womb of his wife prematurely. This somehow transferred his conscience into her. Back at Gen's home, Bison's henchmen come after Gen and Chun Li. Gen fights them off until Balrog blows up his house with a RPG. With Gen gone and nowhere to be found, Chun Li runs off. She is then attacked by Vega, who she defeats soundly and hangs upside down since his claws weren't sharp enough to cut rope.

Chun Li then heads to the harbor and interrogates an employee into telling her the arrival time of the White Rose. Later that night, this turns out to be a trap as several Shadaloo soldiers capture her. Chun Li is then taken back to Shadaloo headquarters and is reunited with her father. Bison tells her that Xiang outlived his usefulness and breaks his neck, killing him. Bison and Balrog leave Chun Li to the henchman to finish off. Chun Li however escapes when they try to swing her around from the ceiling like a pinata. As she runs away, she is shot in the arm by Balrog. Before Balrog could recapture her, the crowd begins throwing durians at him. This scares Balrog as he drives off in his Benz. Chun Li meanwhile, is rescued again by Gen, who survived the explosion.

Chun Li approaches Nash and tells him she needs backup to take down Bison. Nash and Maya oblige as Chun Li approaches the dock employee who set her up last time. The employee tells her that he was forced into deceiving her and tells her the real arrival time. Chun Li doubts him at first, but he points to the white board at the arrival time, proving that it is true. At the dock later that night, Interpol agents engage in a shootout with Shadaloo soldiers. On a ship, Chun Li finds a girl asking where her father is. Meanwhile, Gen fights Balrog and kills him by stabbing him with a pipe spraying nitrogen. We later find out that the girl is Bison's daughter and her name is Rose, making her the White Rose. Bison takes her in and welcomes her warmly.

Bison walks into his office where he is ambushed by Gen. Gen however is no match for him. Sensing his daughter in danger, Bison goes back to his daughters room, where he finds she is gone. Gen shows up again and ambushes Bison, getting beaten up again. Chun Li then comes in and fights Bison. After a long battle, she hits him with a bamboo pole a couple times and drops some sandbags on him, making him dizzy. She then charges up a Kikoken and shoots it at him, knocking him off the scaffolding they were fighting on, then jumping on his neck and twisting it, killing him.

Back home, Chun Li is settled down as Gen pays her a visit. He shows her an ad for a Street Fighter tournament, telling her about a Japanese fighter named "Ryu something". Chun Li declines, saying that she's home for now."

And if you didn’t read the plot that had massive spoilers, here’s a spoiler free summary of it;

"Chun-Li sets on a journey to find Gen at first, and then later on finds out that her father is still alive and is with M. Bison. From then on, she trains with Gen in order to defeat M. Bison and save her father."

That's what the movie is about. Not very Street Fighter like, but a good entertaining movie, even great as a family movie. When I first watched the trailer of the movie, I knew straight away that the movie wasn't going to have a lot of fighting scenes. And it turned out to be true. The movie was not loaded with fighting scenes, but just enough to keep you quiet. Probably one of the biggest problems of the movie was the title by itself. I somehow find "Street Fighter" completely unrelated to the movie. It just isn't related at all, except for the characters. I would have been much happier if the movie was not based on the video game and was just another action movie by itself. But, what that has been done, cannot be undone. But, in this case, I'll look past all that and say that I liked this movie quite a bit. If you are planning to watch this movie, by all means go ahead and watch it, either alone, with a friend or as a family; because entertainment is present in this movie.

Final Verdict: 3 / 5