00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today, we're taking a look at 10 Street Fighter characters and
00:04how they hold up in the 2026 movie compared to the games.
00:12Ken
00:18In the games, Ken has always been more the reckless and aggressive counterpart to Ryu's
00:22calm and collective demeanor.
00:24Ken's more about flair and looking cool, while also being an overall friendly dude.
00:28The 2026 Street Fighter movie does an excellent job at translating the character to the big
00:33screen.
00:42Not only is Ken the kind of guy who would take a beating in a fight like how he took
00:46Zangief's
00:46grapples, but he is also the kind of guy who would ham it up for MTV.
00:50Safe to say that the writers, director, and actor Noah Centineo understood what makes Ken,
00:55well, Ken.
01:02Ryu
01:06Though a noble warrior, Ryu maintains a stoic look in a level-headed manner compared to
01:11his brother.
01:12But he struggles in suppressing a deeper, more vicious side to him, one driven by unmitigated
01:17rage and ambition to be the best fighter.
01:19This is about as much as you need to know about Ryu when it comes to the games, as it
01:23rarely
01:23ever expands on this part of his character.
01:33The movie takes those parts and comes up with a fairly fleshed out iteration of Ryu that
01:37we haven't seen before.
01:38As for that dark side, he seems to have a much harder time suppressing that part of him and
01:43it'll likely fuel the storylines for future sequels.
01:47Don't worry, Ryu!
01:49Don't worry, Ryu!
01:50Don't worry!
02:01Don't worry!
02:06Chun-Li
02:08Who wants revenge towards M. Bison for her father's death.
02:13Actress Kalina Liang plays the part well, and she even took the time to bulk up her legs
02:18just for the role.
02:19To say she did Street Fighter's leading lady justice is a bit of an understatement.
02:23And of course, there is a crap ton of kicking butt.
02:25Literally, whenever Chun-Li's on screen.
02:28Oops, you dropped something.
02:30Guile
02:31Such a ridiculous look.
02:33Now, this was the biggest change we had seen between the video game version and the movie
02:37version.
02:37In the Street Fighter video games, Guile is often stone-faced.
02:40He is THE American military man who does his job, sees the good in people, and will beat
02:45down anyone in the wrong.
02:47I'm positive that a fireball came out of Ryu.
02:53Well, the movie version kind of did a 180 on his character by making him more of a wisecrack
02:58than some of us were expecting.
03:00Maybe this was done to maintain the campy humor.
03:02Maybe it was to make him seem less boring.
03:04Either way, it was weird seeing him in this light.
03:06Oh, I don't know, Dan.
03:08You know anybody in this tournament who fights with a claw hand?
03:11Cammie
03:12Everyone keeps going on about your thighs.
03:14What's going on?
03:16I don't see what the big deal is.
03:17In a previous video, we were critical about Mel Jarnson being cast as Cammie.
03:21While Cammie would get more buff in games that followed starting with Street Fighter 4,
03:25the earlier iterations of Cammie did portray her with a thinner frame.
03:28So, consider our earlier criticisms retracted.
03:34But what hurt about the depiction of Cammie in the movie is that nothing we saw was Cammie,
03:39even when you consider her time as a doll.
03:41In the games, she is basically a femme guile.
03:44Disciplined, intimidating, commanding.
03:46So, why is she flirty and borderline psychotic?
03:49You could make a case for her being a part bison.
03:52But still, she never had this side in the games even when she became a hero.
03:56Execute!
03:59How'd I lose?
04:00Blanca
04:05For the most part, Blanca was translated about as well as you'd expect for a film adaptation
04:09of a video game.
04:10You've got the green skin, the orange hair, and the teeth.
04:13Overall, this is indeed Blanca.
04:16Just when you think you've done him, he slips away.
04:20But as we said in the aforementioned previous video, there's one big problem with Blanca's
04:25depiction here, and it's that he looks just like Jason Momoa.
04:27I do not wish to fight you.
04:29Then, you die.
04:31Okay?
04:31There's nothing wrong with Momoa specifically, but in this kind of a role, it's hard to believe
04:35that this is supposed to be Blanca.
04:37Momoa is simply too recognizable with the number of films he's been involved with, so
04:41seeing him as this CG animated being really pulled us out of the movie.
04:45As for his Portuguese in his fight scene, 10 out of 10.
04:50Don Sauvage
04:55You could probably make the same criticisms we had regarding Blanca here.
04:59Eric Andre isn't exactly a small-time comedian.
05:02He isn't big-time, but he's way bigger than he was when he was doing The Eric Andre Show
05:06on Adult Swim.
05:07Nevertheless, his personality and humor was perfect for a loud and boisterous host like Don Sauvage.
05:18In the games, Don was more loud and boisterous in appearance, while his speaking roles, while
05:23few and far between, were less excitable than you'd want a show host to be.
05:27So it was pretty cool for the crew to give him a slightly bigger role here.
05:34Zangief
05:37Zangief has gone down as one of the most iconic wrestlers in fighting game history thanks to
05:41his beard, litany of body slams and pile drivers, and absurd amount of muscle.
05:52He does appear in a couple of scenes, but overall, his purpose in the story is non-existent.
05:57People will appreciate the moves. They really look like those moves in the game.
06:01That's a real shame, because you could have made him more of the comic relief for the story,
06:05as opposed to guile, and still give Zangief some meaning that matches the source material.
06:09This is about to get interesting.
06:12Alas, we wound up not getting much.
06:14Your muscle spirit is ready for anything.
06:17And it is friend as well as mine.
06:19So I know you can do this.
06:21Akuma
06:26Unfortunately, Akuma faces a lot of the same problems as we had with Blanca.
06:30You got everything right with the purple gi, the red hair, the menacing visual effects to show his power.
06:34It was all going swell, until you cast Roman Reigns.
06:38We want the pageantry and the characters, signature moments, the stances, everything.
06:43Once again, we have nothing against Roman Reigns.
06:46But this guy was a prominent figure in WWE, which means we have seen his face quite a bit.
06:51To his credit, Reigns does a good job at channeling the same ominous, sinister aura that our favorite demon exudes.
06:57We only wish he could have faded into the role a little more.
07:02M. Bison
07:03The day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life.
07:12But for me, it was Tuesday.
07:15With Raul Julia being many people's de facto Bison, actor David Dasmalchen had a lot to live up to.
07:23Who are you? I know what you're capable of.
07:27He already looks like he could be Bison, and Dasmalchen does play the part very well.
07:31He isn't as dramatic as Julia's Bison in the 1994 movie, but he matches the game Bison's intimidating presence while
07:38carrying a slight bit of corniness in performance.
07:40In a way, you could almost say it's a seamless transition.
07:43It only would have been one to one if Dasmalchen had managed to have that same wicked smile Bison has
07:49for the entire movie.
07:50You lose.
07:53What did you think of the new Street Fighter movie?
07:55Do you think it deserves a sequel?
07:57Let us know down in the comments.
