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The primary Road Fighter film was a pure battle, and primarily based on the casting information for the brand new movie primarily based on Capcom’s well-liked preventing recreation franchise, it already seems prefer it gained’t be any higher.

1994’s Road Fighter, a live-action film starring an allegedly coked-up Jean-Claude Van Damme, set the bar very low for any film studio to insert one other coin and hit proceed in hopes of delivering one thing price our time, that includes our favourite world warriors.

Exterior of the anime movies, now we have seen some spinoffs, comparable to Road Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, which additionally flopped onerous. Nonetheless, director Kitao Sakurai goals to ship a correct Road Fighter movie that followers of the preventing recreation franchise will be happy with.

With the bar being in hell, Sakurai doesn’t should do a lot to drop an honest movie primarily based on the favored online game IP. Nonetheless, followers are starting to fret that this film is already doomed earlier than the cameras begin rolling primarily based on among the casting choices.

This Film’s Forged Is Fairly Questionable

Now, not all the alternatives are full headscratchers, like Andrew Koji (Warrior, Snake Eyes, and Bullet Practice) because the legendary wandering warrior Ryu, Jason Momoa (Aquaman, Justice League) as Blanka, or Callina Liang as Chun-Li.

However then issues begin to go off the rails, with 50 Cent as Balrog, Andrew Schulz as Dan, Roman Reigns as Akuma, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Noah Centino as Ken, nation music star Orville Peck as Vega, and David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, The Darkish Knight) as M. Bison.

The response to the casting bulletins, as anticipated, is on the nervous facet, with followers already calling the movie trash, simply purely primarily based on the casting bulletins.

Welp.

We’re simply gonna should hope this film isn’t as dangerous as the primary one. You may see extra reactions beneath.