‘Street Fighter’ Review: Video Game Fighter Film Knocks Itself Unconscious

Kitao Sakurai’s Street Fighter is a live action adaptation starring Andrew Koji and Noah Centineo as Ryu and Ken. While the film avoids attempting high art, focusing instead on gaudy, testosterone-fuelled action, it faces criticism for its structure. The narrative functions well until the halfway mark, but the central tournament of seven fights is poorly executed, with only a small portion of the matches actually shown, preventing the movie from being a complete knockout.