Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li comes out this week in theatres.
Now I was never up on the video games but who DIDN'T know who Chun-Li is?! Of course when Street Fighter first came out, it was a load of stereotypes perpetuated to perpetuate sales and Chun-Li came out in cutesy hair buns and a skankified qipao. From the looks of the trailer, it seems the movie managed to update its social etiquette manual and Chun-Li (played by Kristin Kreuk who found fame in another superhuman fantasy) looks...normal. What a relief! (Just a note, Kreuk is of mixed descent, not full-whateverAsiandescent. That may mean something to some people, but it doesn't really matter to me all that much...enough to mention the fact but not enough to piss myself over it.)
In this movie, Chun-Li is an InterPol agent out to avenge her father's death. I mean it's a movie based on a video game. Minimal plot is needed a long as the action fills up that void. So far, it looks alright. Check it out when it comes out on Friday!
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