Rating of
2/4
Raul Julia's Campy M. Bison is Worth It
Azerafel - wrote on 04/25/14
This movie has a cheesy plot, stars a very heavily-accented Jean-Claude Van Damme as American marine Guile, demotes main protagonists Ryu and Ken to supporting characters (which probably has something to do with Guile being a more popular character to western audiences at the time), and has next to nothing to do with the video game series, but still scrapes 2 stars in my book due to one thing: RAUL JULIA. Having been diagnosed with stomach cancer, he took the role at the request of his grandchildren, knew the movie was awful and totally ran with it anyway. The fact that he hammed his way through his portrayal of Bison was what made the movie watchable. If you watch this movie for anything let it be his performance - if you enjoy it half as much as he seemed to have playing M. Bison then it was worth it.
