Akira Shioji, King Stone, Masashi Ishibashi
Terry is a tough, mercenary, master of martial arts. When an important business magnate dies, leaving billions to his daughter, the Mafia and Yakuza try to hire Terry to kidnap the daughter. When they...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 1, 2002
Stats: 340 reviews
Plot Summary: Sonny Chiba takes it upon himself to protect the heiress of an oil company, resulting in him beating up a load of guys and spilling much blood.
'Streetfighter', aka The One Christian Slater Is Watching In True Romance, is without a doubt one of the greatest, most e...( read more)
Great facial expressions and sound effects. Lots of bodily trauma. Flixter doesn't have a lot of Chiba's great movies here though, most shameful!
He just kicks ass. The entire movie. If someone breathes, he runs up and kicks them through a wall. That makes this a great movie.
Really brutal and really fun. One of the best martial arts films from Japan.
"If you've got to fight, fight dirty!" says the tagline, and fight dirty he does. The style and facial expressions could almost be a spoof, but its played for real, especially when Terry (top name, that) and his vicelike grip separates unlucky people from the vital parts of thei...( read more)
Brutal, Crass, Violent,and a stroke of genius, The Street Fighter is an amazing early entry to the action genre.
OK, now after not being too interested in it, I'm told I MUST see it - so rating coming sometime today.
Alright so it's an ok martial arts movie. People who are really into these movies say this is one of the best - ok, I believe you, I guess. I got to see the X-rated 90min. v...( read more)
This is where it was at! before Kung fu movies became about floating fifty meters in the air, slightly banging swords together and brooding about lost loves, Sonny Chiba was cracking head, gouging out eyes and taking names in the street fight trilogy.! This movie stars Sonny chib...( read more)
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