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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 14, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 14.
  • Is it any good?

    1.0
  • Common Sense says

    Video game adaptation is violent, jarringly inept.

Themes in this movie include:   revenge

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 14–15

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Extensive discussions of vengeance and revenge. A criminal evicts residents from undervalued lands in the name of profit. Individuals take the law into their own hands. Extensive discussion of father-daughter bonds.
  • Violence:

    Extensive violence. Some of it's athletic, like the film's martial arts scenes. Some of the violence is fantastic, as characters manifest spheres of concentrated energy they can use as weapons in combat. Some of the violence is realistic, including gunplay and bare-handed neck breaking. Multiple gunshot deaths numbering in the dozens. A man commits a bare-handed cesarean on his wife, tearing his child from the womb in an implied but never directly shown act of violence. Steam pipes, bamboo, saw blades, bricks, fruit, swords, tri-clawed metal gauntlets, bottles, bats, chains, and flaming chains are all used in fight scenes. Some blood and gore. Bombs. Decapitated heads.
  • Sex:

    Some scantily clad dancing and posing. A female crimelord is implied to be a lesbian, and her desires are exploited so an undercover infiltrator can get her alone and beat her up. Some kissing and suggestive talk.
  • Language:

    Occasional use of strong language, including "s--thole," "ass," "bitch," "damn," and more.
  • Consumerism:

    While no brands are mentioned by name, the film itself is inspired by the plot and characters of a popular, decades-old video game series created by Capcom, who also co-produced the film.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Characters drink beer and hard liquor.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

Parents need to know that this is a review of the theatrical release and not the "unleashed and unrated" version available on DVD that may include more questionable content. This film is wholly and entirely based on the popular Street Fighter video game series -- a new edition of which just hit stores. Parents also need to know that despite the PG-13 rating, there's a great amount of gun play and lethal violence in the film; while (mostly) bloodless, the film's plot still involves a body count in the dozens. Parents also need to know that this film is a love letter to vengeance and wrath, as a young woman fights her way across Asia to find and punish the man who imprisoned her father.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the curious phenomenon of the video game-to-film adaptation, a recent trend that's given us films as infamously bad as Super Mario Brothers and Resident Evil; are these interesting riffs on beloved characters and settings, or are they mercenary exercises in money-making and greed?
  • Families can also talk about the portrait of a female actress as the lead in this film -- is this a bold blow for equality through showing a female lead kick, punch, and kill, or a step back from it?
  • Finally, families can talk about the MPAA rating system and the thought process that underlies it: How is it a film with dozens of deaths, some in hand-to-hand combat and some in pitched gun battles, can have a PG-13 rating?

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  1. I rate this title on for age 12 and give it 4.0

    great fighting 12 0ver

    great movie lots of fighting 12 and over because of the violence worth watching

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content

    When it comes to movies based on video games, the quality ranges from pleasantly mediocre to unbearably awful. This film places in between that. For a video game series that's never been known for a great story, they actually managed to make the story there is worse than it was in the video games! The acting quality in this film also ranges from ok to awful (Chris Klein is the main offender here.) The action scenes are well made, I guess, but that's pretty much the only saving grace of this film. The content is also probably more suitable for older teens than 13 year olds, but even then I can't willingly recommend this. Need a better and less edgy martial arts film? Try Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon instead.

  3. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    Lives in Georgia
    I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language

    littel bad but o.k

    this movie was o.k .little bit of kissing but o.k violence was tence but if your son is cool about it its fine .language is average. at the end head gets turned around and guy dies

  4. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Massachusetts
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 1.0

    yeah this movie is cool

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