I liked the game. I had good memories of the game. This movie however has ruined the cognitive object in my mind that is Street Fighter, and destroyed it forever. I can't believe the number of people here giving this disaster any form of positive review. It went on and on and on. I felt like I had been sucked into a vortex where time no longer had any meaning. I feel like I have literally been trolled by the creators of this movie, for 2 and a half hours. It wasn't immediately obvious that this was the case. It sucks you in and holds and then disappoints you beyond belief. The punchline however was when the credits finally come up and you are left thinking "what in the actual *expletive removed*!".Where was the ending? What happened to the big bad guy in the mountain? Wasn't the first 2 hours all about the inevitable fight with his brother? Why was the ending the two students going on holiday ? It's like the writers are saying "HAHAHAHA NOW YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE SEQUEL".Not me. Not this critic. I would rather battle with registration on this website, laboriously fathom the changing of my display name to Ghey Ken, and pontificate for the next hour, than waste another moment of my life being trolled by Hollywood.Furthermore, where the hell was Chun Lee ? What's the point of making a Street Figther movie if you aren't going to have the spinning bird kick. It would have been more realistic also, if the movie had stopped half way through and pretended to crash, tricking me into taking the disc out and blowing on it a few times.In conclusion, this movie is a joke. They are trolling you especially when u pay for it. Don't let them ruin your childhood memories by tricking you into watching this junk. Ken was cool. This guy needs his mommy and a hair brush. And as for balls of magic Chi whizzing thought the air, it worked better in the game. I almost turned it off the first time it happened in the movie. I wish had.Trust me, this review is far better than the movie. Thank you for reading it to the end, but save yourselves. Don't make the same mistake with this movie.

This is how you do a TV-show based on a video game right. Focused storytelling, great action, fantastic production values and some of most respectful treatment of the source material ever made.For me as a fan of the franchise it was especially delightful witnessing all the small details and wonderful nudges made for us the gamers. In hands of less capable people, things like "Ken giving Ryu his headband", would probably be omitted altogether. Not to say however that the hole package is only wrapped up in one big "fanservice" chain, it actually has other benefits as well. Everything is held together with pretty solid storytelling that knows its characters (and most importantly its limits). The best decision? By keeping the entire season only telling Ryu's, Ken's, Akuma's and Gouken's story which all four get fleshed out properly and feel, dear I say it, multidimensional. Even if the acting isn't always the best (Ken), the overall cast does a wonderful job at portraying - lets be honest - paper thin video game characters that only differentiated on some very basic levels, not talking gameplay-wise of course where the aggressive Ken plays nothing like Ryu. The game version of Ken was only really defined as the blond rich kid that was hot tempered and as goes for Ryu his best friend and full-time traveling bum... he searched always for a new opponent to fight and... well there wasn't that much more to go on. Assassins Fist changes that fact and brings some much desired meat that help establish the arcs, not only for our two protagonists but for the villains as well. The beautiful scenery and some truly nostalgic tunes enhance the experience so much you stop carrying about any small problems this ambitious series does have.Assassins Fist ends up been one of the best adaptations (in every possible way) that honors its heritage and works even as its own piece of entertainment. Highly recommended!

I wrote a full review for what I was thinking but it was deleted by mistake xD . well , it was really a masterpiece movie. thanks for the directors and the actors, and thank me for watching and I wish to see more of it with more Muscles for Ruy xD (Y).they wanna me to write a 10 line review , well here we go. the actor crew are perfect. really they were chosen wisely, the directors knew what they were doing when picking up those actors, they done a great Job, and the voice acting + sound effects were amazing and nailed. Akuma as my favorite character in SF games, he was perfectly acting and he was Akuma really xD , the story and the photo graphical effects were really touching I felt the story, and the environment was amazing I felt like if I was there with them, I wish ya the best, and we all hope to see a new journey, this battle maybe over but the fight has just began xD

I always rate movies based on their niche, so I would not compare a fan made martial arts film inspired from a game to a Hollywood big production. Also, I've seen this as a two hours twenty minutes film, not a bunch of episodes. That being given, I enjoyed watching Assassin's Fist (even if I think the name is completely misguided) and I appreciated, as I see many others have, the strong Street Fighter feel. If you look carefully at the battle between Ken and Ryu you see a lot of the trademark game moves, which were carefully choreographed in a believable fighting scene, which I think is both commendable and very difficult.Now, the film is an origin story, it doesn't contain much fighting and it only concerns the two characters who had disappointingly identical fighting styles in the game: Ken and Ryu. You get the typical dojo Master/pupil story (Street Fighter Kids would have been a better title). I really haven't played any version of SF newer than 2, so I don't know how the mythos evolved in the game, but if you think about it, this is not really a film inspired by the game, but by the small text boxes explaining who each character was :)In conclusion: the acting and directing were not perfect, but if you look at the cast, you realize that they did a decent job for their experience. The story is a little frustrating, given that every "master" in it is concealing and even destroying information rather than sharing it with his pupils, in order to "protect" them, fact which of course leaves them completely powerless against certain "dark" techniques. It also ends in a sort of cliffhanger, which sucked. But the spirit of the film was really close to what I would think of a Street Fighter game. I enjoyed watching it and at the end I wanted to see the continuation.Then again, I thought the VanDamme movie was OK, too. The only strong problem I see with this model of Street Fighter movies is that if you make so much effort to describe the origin of just two characters, we will get to see a tournament film somewhere in 2050. Personally I can't wait to see a Blanka bit, though.