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The primary Avenue Fighter film was a pure wrestle, and primarily based on the casting information for the brand new movie primarily based on Capcom’s standard combating recreation franchise, it already appears prefer it received’t be any higher.
1994’s Avenue Fighter, a live-action film starring an allegedly coked-up Jean-Claude Van Damme, set the bar very low for any film studio to insert one other coin and hit proceed in hopes of delivering one thing value our time, that includes our favourite world warriors.
Exterior of the anime movies, now we have seen some spinoffs, resembling Avenue Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, which additionally flopped onerous. Nonetheless, director Kitao Sakurai goals to ship a correct Avenue Fighter movie that followers of the combating recreation franchise could be pleased with.
With the bar being in hell, Sakurai doesn’t need to do a lot to drop an honest movie primarily based on the favored online game IP. Nonetheless, followers are starting to fret that this film is already doomed earlier than the cameras begin rolling primarily based on a few of the casting choices.
This Film’s Forged Is Fairly Questionable
Now, not all the alternatives are full headscratchers, like Andrew Koji (Warrior, Snake Eyes, and Bullet Practice) because the legendary wandering warrior Ryu, Jason Momoa (Aquaman, Justice League) as Blanka, or Callina Liang as Chun-Li.
However then issues begin to go off the rails, with 50 Cent as Balrog, Andrew Schulz as Dan, Roman Reigns as Akuma, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Noah Centino as Ken, nation music star Orville Peck as Vega, and David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, The Darkish Knight) as M. Bison.
The response to the casting bulletins, as anticipated, is on the fearful facet, with followers already calling the movie trash, simply purely primarily based on the casting bulletins.
Welp.
We’re simply gonna need to hope this film isn’t as unhealthy as the primary one. You’ll be able to see extra reactions beneath.