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News & Current Events Mar 24, 2026 at 3:04 AM

Street Fighter (1994) - Van Damme - This is so bad its good!

Posted by Southern-Brother5693


I remember walking out of the theatre as a kid thinking "This is a bad movie all right." But strangely it's grown on me over the years. It has a certain cult movie charm to it. Raul Julia's last role. Van Damme on cocaine and his UN speech ("I am going to kick that sonuvabitch Bison's ass SO HARD!"). Kylie Minogue reminding us she can't act a lick Bryon Mann (who is a legitimate martial artist) as Ryu and Wes Studi as Sagat. This is definitely a "So bad its good" film for me. What do you think?

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Mikethebest78 Mar 24, 2026 +22
You may think so...but for me it Tuesday.
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Fritzkreig Mar 24, 2026 +3
Came her to also say that is is almost a Tuesday for me as well!
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Sic_Semper_Dumbasses Mar 24, 2026 +2
Definitely the most quotable line.
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Awkward_Bison_267 Mar 24, 2026 +19
Van Damme got paid to go to Thailand, do coke and smash Kylie Minogue; best film shoot ever.
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TutorIcy324 Mar 24, 2026 +10
Quick change the channel
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Island_Maximum Mar 24, 2026 +1
Zangief stole that movie.  "....You got paid?"
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TutorIcy324 Mar 24, 2026 +1
Indeed
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voivod1989 Mar 24, 2026 +7
Double dragon is another one I consider so bad it’s good. If I watch one I must watch the other.I need a third film for a bad but strangely watchable 90s video game movie.
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Southern-Brother5693 Mar 24, 2026 +3
Bob Hoskin's Super Mario Bros?
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Hurdy_Gurdy_Man_84 Mar 24, 2026 +2
The goombahs in the elevator dancing - actually *swaying*, more like - to Lara's Theme had me laughing out loud.
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BehavioralSink Mar 24, 2026 +1
Wow, never realized Double Dragon had Robert Patrick, Alyssa Milano, and Mark Dacascos. I need to give it a watch. 😂 
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Hurdy_Gurdy_Man_84 Mar 24, 2026 +1
Double Dragon is the reason why Street Fighter narrowly misses the dishonour of being the worst 1994 film based on a video game.
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dantoris Mar 24, 2026 +6
I saw it in the theater with some friends in high school, and we friggin loved it! One of the few video game adaptations I've liked. I love that they just went all in and made it a live-action Saturday morning cartoon. I still have Van Damme's UN speech memorized all these years later.
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Awkward_Bison_267 Mar 24, 2026 +2
Who wants to go home….
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dantoris Mar 24, 2026 +3
...and who wants to go with *me?!*
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Awkward_Bison_267 Mar 24, 2026 +2
#YEAH!!!
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chdude3 Mar 24, 2026 +5
"I showed her my Thailand"
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CopiousCool Mar 24, 2026 +3
Van Damme was pretty deep into his cocaine addiction at that point, lots of dramas around the making of the film iirc
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Southern-Brother5693 Mar 24, 2026 +7
You should check out Tsui Hark's Knock Off. Van Damme is practically sweating cocaine here. It's also one of my favorite films.
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to4urdazombie Mar 24, 2026 +2
This was such a weird film to pair him up with Rob Schneider playing a CIA agent
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greendakota99 Mar 24, 2026 +1
The tuk tuk race scene where his shoes rip apart is epic.
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ArchDucky Mar 24, 2026 +2
Had a suitcase filled with it. Only other celebrity rolling like that was Charlie Sheen.
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StinkyHoboTaint Mar 24, 2026 +3
It's perfect. No notes.
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Fritzkreig Mar 24, 2026 +3
RIP Raul Julia, it was his last film!
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actionalan1990 Mar 24, 2026 +3
Did you forget my boy Miklo from blood in blood out playing Ken
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Southern-Brother5693 Mar 24, 2026 +2
Anyone think Street Fighter (2026) will be any good?
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PeteRock24 Mar 24, 2026 +2
If you haven’t, you REALLY need to listen to the podcast “How Did This Get Made?”. They did an episode on Street Fighter and it broke down the movie really well.
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KbApSpicy Mar 24, 2026 +1
Classic
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mattjoes Mar 24, 2026 +1
"Of course!"
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Ok-disaster2022 Mar 24, 2026 +1
I have to admit the older I get the more i just love over the top scene chewing. 
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PearlJamPony Mar 24, 2026 +1
Saw this movie in the theaters TWICE as a kid 😂
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SentientDust Mar 24, 2026 +1
I will never understand why people glaze the old Mortal Kombat movie, while shitting on Street Fighter. SF was so much better
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KefAtWork Mar 24, 2026 +1
YOU GOT PAID?
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