Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is a 2009 American martial arts action film based upon the Street Fighter video game series produced by Capcom. Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak from a screenplay written by Justin Marks, the film serves as a non-canonical spin-off and theatrical tie-in to Street Fighter IV (2008). The story follows the quest of Street Fighter character Chun-Li, played by Kristin Kreuk, before the events of the original Street Fighter. The film co-stars Neal McDonough as M. Bison, Chris Klein as Charlie Nash, Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog, and Black Eyed Peas member Taboo as Vega.
Plot
Chun-Li moves from San Francisco to Hong Kong with her family. There, she learns wushu from her father, businessman Xiang. The family lives a normal life until they are attacked one night by thugs working for the criminal organization Shadaloo, with Xiang being abducted in front of Chun-Li. Chun-Li grows up and becomes a talented concert pianist. One day, she receives a mysterious scroll written in ancient Chinese. Shortly after, she loses her mother to cancer. Meanwhile, at Shadaloo headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, crime boss M. Bison announces his complete control of the organization before having the other shareholders executed by one of his henchmen, Vega.
More details
author | Justin Marks |
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contentLocation | Hong Kong San Francisco Thailand |
director | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
editor | Derek Brechin Niven Howie |
genre | action crime drama live-action |
keywords | abandon abduct attack bangkok build capture chinese chinese language concert pianist crime boss crime syndicate criminal organization hang how to interpol kidnap kikoken kill local gangsters murder newspaper ad one night police detective pregnant wife royal thai police ryu ship street fighter swat team tie up train white rose wushu |
musicBy | Stephen Endelman |
producer | Ashok Amritraj |
productionCompany | Capcom Hyde Park Entertainment |
publisher | 20th Century Fox |
recordedAt | Hong Kong Long Beach Thailand Vancouver |
theme | gangster martial arts spy |