- Fun movie and the quality of the Blu-ray release is very good for an old film. Some people reviewing this make a big deal of the censored language used but to be honest, I don't see what the big deal is. Much, much better than the '90s Street Fighter movie with Jean Claude van Damme or the more recent Legend of Chun Li movie with Kristin Kreuk.
- Street Fighter AKA Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle aka Street Fighter: The Movie (1994) Based on the popular video game, (Street Fighter II). Bison (Julia) holds Allied Nation relief workers for ransom. Director: Steven E.
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Details At A Glance
The year is 1994. Super Street Fighter II for the SNES was released. The sequel to the popular 2D arcade fighting game Street Fighter. While both Street Fighter and Street Fighter II were popular in arcades, taking the quarters of many kids who frequented the arcades, they were even more popular in their home edition form, because, well, you didn't need to pump quarters into a machine. 'The ultimate battle computer game 'Street Fighter II' is now a full-length animation motion picture! Your favorite Street Fighters stand up against the evil Vega who plots to conquer the world. In an all-ensuing battle, the rivals Ryu and Ken join forces to confront Vega with the never-before-seen technique 'the double fireball'.A must-see super battle action movie for All Street Fighter fans.
Category | Action | Theatrical Trailer(s) | None (cover incorrect) |
Rating | Other Trailer(s) | Yes, 1 - Dolby Digital City | |
Year Released | 1994 | Commentary Tracks | None |
Running Time | 97 minutes | Other Extras | None |
RSDL/Flipper | No/No | ||
Start Up | Menu | ||
Region | 4 | Director | Steven E. de Souza |
Distributor | Columbia Tristar | Starring | Jean-Claude Van Damme Raul Julia Ming-Na Wen Damian Chapa Kylie Minogue Wes Studi |
RRP | $34.95 |
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Pan & Scan/Full Frame | No | MPEG | None |
Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 2.35:1 | Dolby Digital | 5.1 |
16x9 Enhancement | Yes | Soundtrack Languages | English (Dolby Digital 2.0 ) French (Dolby Digital 2.0 ) |
Theatrical Aspect Ratio | 2.35:1 | ||
Macrovision | Yes | ||
Subtitles | English French Dutch Arabic |
Plot Synopsis
Street Fighter - The Ultimate Battle is based on the Capcom game Street Fighter II. It stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Colonel Guile and Raul Julia as General Bison. Civil war has broken out in Shadaloo, and General Bison is behind it. Like all psychotic bad guys, he has hatched a plot to take over the world. Colonel Guile is in charge of the AN (Allied Nations) forces whose job it is to stop him. General Bison has taken some hostages, and will kill them if a 20 billion dollar ransom is not paid.
Several other characters assist with either side. On the good guys side are Cammy (Kylie Minogue), Chun-Li (Ming-Na Wen), a reporter, and the rest of her entourage. On the bad guys side are General Sagat (Wes Studi) and Vega (Jay Tavare). Undecided are Ken (Damian Chapa) and Ryu (Byron Mann).
Lots of entertaining fights are the order of the day, and I was becoming concerned that too many people were being killed. Fortunately, many characters in this movie need to be killed several times before they finally lay down and die. I was also becoming concerned that the movie was taking itself way too seriously, until the assault on Bison's headquarters begins. From here on in, Street Fighter becomes a mindlessly violent movie with fist fight after fist fight all beautifully choreographed and soundtracked, and all done gloriously tongue-in-cheek. There are even a number of great one-liners thrown in for good measure, especially from Dee Jay (Miguel A. Nunez, Jr).
You will need to watch the credits all the way through with this movie. There is some amusing voice-over dialogue over the end credits, and a little tag after the credits have finished.
Transfer Quality
Video
The video transfer of this movie is acceptable, with a number of minor faults marring the picture occasionally. The transfer is presented at an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, 16x9 enhanced.
The transfer was razor sharp most of the time. One or two scenes were a little out of focus, and a few scenes appeared to be edge-enhanced, giving them a harsh edge. Shadow detail was generally pretty good, and no low level noise was present.
The colours were well rendered, and I had no specific complaints about the colour saturation.
No MPEG artefacts were seen.
A number of slightly irritating film-to-video artefacts were seen. There were a few small skips in the video sequence, as if frames had been dropped. The most noticeable of these was at 7:11, but there were approximately five more throughout the movie.
I noted a significant number of film artefacts, perhaps more than I would expect given the age of this movie, however, none were particularly distracting or particularly bad.
Audio
There are two audio tracks on this DVD. The default is English Dolby Digital 2.0 audio, surround-encoded. This is the one that I listened to. The other track present is a French Dolby Digital 2.0 surround-encoded soundtrack. This meant that for a change, I did not need to alter the default setting of the audio to suit my setup. Dialogue was problematic at times, often being quite hard to hear during action sequences, but at other times was easily heard.
The musical score was unremarkable.
The surround channel was used aggressively for action and music. It was active almost all of the way through the movie, and provided a surprisingly good surround experience given that the mix is a matrix mix only, and sounded fuller in the mid-range than many 5.1 mixes I have listened to.
The .1 channel was not specifically encoded, but the subwoofer received lots of work from explosions, gunshots, and every single blow in every fight got a good kick from the subwoofer. This added immensely to the over-the-top experience of this movie.
Extras
The menu on the disc is the standard Columbia Tristar menu system. Contrary to the packaging, the theatrical trailer is not present on this disc.
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The Sony Pictures DVD Centre and the Dolby Digital City trailers are present on this disc in 4:3 mode, Dolby Digital 2.0 sound, surround encoded.
Summary
Street Fighter - The Ultimate Battle is a movie that surprised me by how much I actually enjoyed it, especially the latter half of the movie. Yes, the plot is paper-thin and predictable, but the fights are well-staged and the humour is an added bonus. The extra punch added to the fights by the very aggressively mixed soundtrack is a major plus for this disc. The video quality is generally reasonable, with some flaws, but no major flaws.
The audio quality is great in the action department, but a little lacking in the dialogue intelligibility department. Overall, it was a most enjoyable and aggressive soundtrack.
Ratings (out of 5)
DVD | Pioneer DV-505, using S-Video output |
Display | Loewe Art-95 95cm direct view CRT in 16:9 mode, via the S-Video input. Calibrated with the NTSC DVD version of Video Essentials. |
Audio Decoder | Denon AVD-2000 Dolby Digital AddOn Decoder, used as a standalone processor. Calibrated with the NTSC DVD version of Video Essentials. |
Amplification | 2 x EA Playmaster 100W per channel stereo amplifiers for Left, Right, Left Rear and Right Rear; Philips 360 50W per channel stereo amplifier for Centre and Subwoofer |
Speakers | Philips S2000 speakers for Left, Right; Polk Audio CS-100 Centre Speaker; Apex AS-123 speakers for Left Rear and Right Rear; Yamaha B100-115SE subwoofer |
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Street Fighter AKA Street Fighter: The Battle for Shadaloo AKA Street Fighter: The Movie AKA Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle (1994)
Based on the popular video game, (Street Fighter II). Dictator M. Bison (Julia) holds Allied Nation relief workers for ransom.Director: Steven E. de Souza
OVERALL: R1
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OVERALL: R1
The R1 Extreme Edition for the anamorphic transfer, 5.1 sound, and extras. Do note, the R1 CE includes Trailers and TV Spots. Also note the early UK release with SUBTITLES on the dvd menu is uncut.CUTS:
- R1 Collector's Edition America- Universal Pictures - No Cuts
- R1 Extreme Edition America- Universal Pictures - No Cuts
- R2 Germany - (Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment) - No Cuts.
- R2 Italy - (Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment) - No Cuts.
- R2 United Kingdom- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - Yes - 0:14 (BBFC: A number of cuts were made for cinema release to remove various elements of violence that were considered unacceptable at '12' (two neck breaks, a kneeling man being shot in the head, a karate chop to the throat, a punch to the face, cuts to the stomach made with a talon). For video release, the uncut version was submitted to the BBFC. The same cuts were required that had already been made on film, plus one additional cut to remove a headbutt (which had not been spotted on film). The cuts on video appear shorter because they were made more carefully - it is easier to make smooth cuts on video than on film. The most recent (DVD) version is identical to the cut video version. The cuts have not been waived.) The very first DVD release (with a red banner on the front cover reading 'A Widescreen Presentation') has been compared to the R1 and is available in cut/uncut versions (97:11 PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (97:23 PAL)
- R4 Australia - (Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment) - No Cuts.
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- Comparison added by Goran_Andersson on 20/01/04
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 18/06/20UPDATE LOG:
26 Mar 2011: Addition of the R1 Extreme Edition and added additional title for page.Please ensure you read our disclaimer.
19/06/13 - Added additional UK release + notes on uncut/cut UK releases as well as RTs for both.
18/06/20: Added titles.