Casting choices:
When I was younger I always thought Ryu was cool, because of the hadokens. When top billing was announced with Jean Claude Van Damme with the Guile, I thought I was wrong.
When I was younger I always thought Ryu was cool, because of the hadokens. When top billing was announced with Jean Claude Van Damme with the Guile, I thought I was wrong.
“May we speak with you please?”
“No”
I was an idiot!
Ryu is the original character of original Street Fighter, so you figure he'd be the main character.
The Karate Kid was still a classic for most fans, as well as many fans of underdog martial arts films.
Ryu and Ken's martial arts backstory is downplayed for a lame original black market storyline already done in the Double Dragon movie, opposed to having an homage to John G. Avildsen's Karate Kid movie rivalry with Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence. It's quite a shame since Jean Claude Van Damme played similar characters in Bloodsport, Kickboxer and No Retreat, No Surrender.
The Karate Kid was still a classic for most fans, as well as many fans of underdog martial arts films.
Ryu and Ken's martial arts backstory is downplayed for a lame original black market storyline already done in the Double Dragon movie, opposed to having an homage to John G. Avildsen's Karate Kid movie rivalry with Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence. It's quite a shame since Jean Claude Van Damme played similar characters in Bloodsport, Kickboxer and No Retreat, No Surrender.
Since hair style, accent and country of origin does not matter, why not make Jean Claude Van Damme Ken to possibly Jackie Chan's Ryu having portrayed Street Fighter characters a year earlier in City Hunter? Ryu was a symbol of Asia in the video game world that Hollywood lost with Bruce Lee. Having Jackie Chan or Sonny Chiba in the film could have bridged the gap that Hollywood was missing. And Jean Claude Van Damme as a figure of the Western action movie genre would have complimented that as well.
Jean Claude Van Damme does have a pretty sick flash kick though.
Why didn't they just get Short Round from the Goonies? As well as Corey Feldman to play Ken?
Ugh.
Ugh.
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