There really is no demand for a sequel to Street Fighter, the video game-to-film adaptation that had the sad distinction of being Raul Julia’s final film. And while the franchise is alive and well through parody (College Humor’s Street Fighter: The Later Years) and a fourth–technically 15th–videogame spin-off, one must stop and wonder: who the hell cares?

Now we have Kristin Kreuk, best known for being a damsel on Smallville, emerging for her first feature film lead role as Chun-Li! (You know, the one who does the kicks and turns herself upside down while spinning like a helicopter? No? Fine, nevermind.) The trailer is in Japanese, but allow us to translate for you: her family was killed by an evil organization (Shadowlaw) run by M. Bison (Raul Julia before, now…Neal McDonough?) and she’s going to get revenge with the help of her wacky sidekicks and CGI energy blasts. Not to mention obscene Wire-Fu and generic dramatic music.

At least Andrzej Bartkowiak is no stranger to dumb, silly video game flicks.

[TheBadandUgly]