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mrkillboy
May 13, 2003

"Something witty."
Directed by: Shigehiro Ozawa
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Waichi Yamada, Tony Cetera

In Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken, also known as The Street Fighter, Sonny Chiba is Terry Surugi, a hired goon whose martial arts skill is so good he can drain all the oxygen out of one’s body with one single punch!

Which is exactly what he does when he busts some guy out of jail, only to later throw his brother out of a window and sell his sister into prostitution when they don’t come up with his payment. This development leads Terry seeking out his next job, rescuing the beautiful daughter of a late Malaysian oil tycoon from the clutches of some very bad men.

The Street Fighter is a trashy Japanese martial arts film that arrived after the worldwide success of Enter the Dragon. While this film isn’t obviously as polished as that film, I still found The Street Fighter to be a very entertaining B-movie, made even better by the presence of Sonny Chiba as the perfect anti-hero, a man who can kick rear end with the best of them yet has absolutely no qualms about molesting women while he’s at it.

Along with the cheesy dialogue and excessive violence, The Street Fighter might not be a great martial arts flick in the critical sense, but it is probably worth a look if you're in the mood for an old school fight flick with a killer protagonist.

3.5/5

PROS: Sonny Chiba playing an rear end kicking, women molesting anti-hero.
CONS: The fights aren't as fluid as some may expect from today's films.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073756/

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