The original post: /r/movies by /u/Davis_Crawfish on 2024-12-29 13:19:05.

Honestly, Van Damme should have played Balrog instead of Guile. He was completely miscast and he would have been a much better choice for Vega. His athleticism and good looks made more sense for Vega and I wish Van Damme, at that time, had played a bad guy. He had more range than he believed and I could see him do Vega justice.

But that isn’t the part I was most pissed about. Guile should have never been the lead, he’s more of a strong supporting character and he certainly should have been played by someone like Brad Pitt, not Van Damme.

The most offensive part was sidelining Ken and Ryu into this comedic duo. They’re pretty much shown as losers who are easily fooled and go through the movie like bumbling idiots. So disrespectful. I’d rather they had not used them if this project was only intended to be a Van Damme vanity project.

There were two characters I feel they got right. Raul Julia is the MVP as Bison, Julia chewed the scenery and made Bison menacing and fearsome but also smooth and fascinating. And I also feel Ming Na as Chun Li was the perfect casting. She was fantastic as Chun Li and the movie was surprinsingly faithful about Chun Li’s backstory. The only drawback to me was that she wasn’t given more fight scenes but her scene with Bison was worth it.