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13	''Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li'' is the second live-action film based on Creator/{{Capcom}}'s long-running ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' video game series, directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. However, it is not a direct sequel to [[{{Film/Street Fighter}} the first live-action film]], and instead centers around one of the series' main characters in a story set before the events of the original ''VideoGame/StreetFighterI'' game.
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15	The film tells the story of Chun-Li Xiang (Creator/KristinKreuk), a ten-year-old piano/Wushu prodigy who has her young world shattered after the crimelord [[BigBad Bison]] (Creator/NealMcDonough) and his [[TheDragon dragon]] Balrog (Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan) kidnap her father and whisk him off to parts unknown. After the death of her mother seventeen years later, Chun-Li -- now a concert pianist -- receives a mysterious scroll that tells her to go to UsefulNotes/{{Bangkok}}. Once there, she meets Gen (Creator/RobinShou), [[TheAtoner a former partner of Bison]] and leader of the mysterious Order of the Web. Gen offers to train Chun-Li in preparation for her inevitable showdown with Bison.
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17	The film also has a subplot about Interpol agent Charlie Nash (Creator/ChrisKlein) and Bangkok detective Maya Sunee (Creator/MoonBloodgood).
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20	!! ''Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li'' contains examples of the following tropes:
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22	* AdaptationalWimp: Bison goes from insane, superpowered warlord to corrupt businessman with martial arts skills.
23	* AdaptationalNationality: In the video games she originates from, Chun-Li is Chinese from mainland China. Here, she's Chinese-American, originally from San Francisco, but moves to Hong Kong as a child.
24	* AdaptationalUgliness: Vega (Claw), a very handsome Spanish ninja who values beauty in the video games, is portrayed by the homely-looking [[Music/TheBlackEyedPeas Taboo]] in this incarnation. Chun-Li even comments that he wears a mask because of his face.
25	* AdaptationDyeJob: M. Bison is dark-haired in the games, but this movie makes him blond.
26	* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: Bison's game counterpart once conducted a ritual to expel all good from his body to maximize his Psycho Power, supernatural energy fueled by negative emotions and evil ambitions. His movie version doesn't have that... but he still did the thing anyway, apparently just to perfect his dickishness.
27	* BadassInANiceSuit: Bison who, instead of his usual dictator outfit, wears expensive suits in this incarnation.
28	* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Cantana is beaten to death by Bison after being seduced by Chun-Li]].
29	* ButNotTooForeign:
30	** Chun-Li and Maya being half-white, for a start.
31	** The exact ethnicity of M. Bison has never been clear but it's unlikely he's ever been Irish.
32	* TheCameo: Veteran old-school martial arts star Creator/ChengPeiPei shows up as an advisor in the market scene.
33	* CanonForeigner: Cantana, Maya, Fen, and others. In Maya's case, it can be argued that she may or may not be Crimson Viper (since Maya is also Viper's real given name).
34	* ChildPopstar: Chun-Li started as a pianist when she was young.
35	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Bison is one. In fact, his master plan to convert a slum area in prime real estate into middle class housing probably wouldn't be too illegal if it weren't for his tactics.
36	* DarkerAndEdgier: Written that way in comparison to the 1994 Street Fighter film, both to differentiate itself from the critically panned film and hoping to jump on the darker and gritter adaptation bandwagon. Probably shouldn't have done that, for the critical reception ends up being far worse.
37	* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Bison kills Chun-Li's father by snapping his neck]], right in front of her. She eventually returns the favor, right in front of his daughter.
38	* DisappearedDad: Chun-Li's dad is an even more dramatic example of this, as he didn't so much leave Chun-Li as he was actually dragged off by M. Bison and his men before her eyes.
39	%%* DragonLady: Cantana
40	* TheDragon: Balrog serves as M. Bison's main muscle.
41	* {{Expy}}:
42	** Maya Sunee is almost certainly a stand in for [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Crimson Viper]]. They are law enforcement agents that share a first name.
43	** Bison is closer to [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese Howard]] than the actual M. Bison.
44	* FauxFluency: It's exceedingly clear to anyone with an even moderate understanding of Mandarin Chinese that it's not Kristin Kreuk's first language.
45	* {{Gonk}}: Vega, in stark contrast to the video games.
46	* InNameOnly: This movie uses characters named Chun-Li, Gen, Charlie, Vega, Balrog, and Bison with Chun-Li having her costume and Spinning Bird Kick and Vega his claws and mask with them being the only things tying it to Street Fighter.
47	* IronicEcho: "Fathers always have a weakness for their daughters." said by Bison when he's [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] Chun Li and later thrown right back at him immediately after [[spoiler:Chun Li kills him.]]
48	* KamehameHadoken: Chun-Li uses a Kikoken to take Bison down.
49	* TheLegendOfX
50	* LipstickLesbian: Cantana has the stereotypical look of a DragonLady, but turn out to fall easily for Chun-Li [[HoneyTrap seducing her]].
51	* MatingDance: Chun Li uses one to draw Cantana into ladies room, in order to interrogate her.
52	* MonumentalView: The movie starts looking out the window of Chun-Li's first house at a beautiful view of the Golden Gate Bridge that would place the house somewhere in the Presidio, which has no homes in it.
53	* MoodWhiplash: Many reviewers noted that the movie bills itself as an [[DarkerAndEdgier edgy]] and more "realistic" take on Street Fighter, despite stuff like Chun-Li using KiManipulation and Bison transferring part of his soul into his unborn daughter.
54	* NamedByTheAdaptation:
55	** Just like the [[Film/StreetFighter first movie]], Chun-Li is given the surname "Xiang".
56	** Charlie/Nash is given both his international and Japanese version names as a full name here before the official game canon could do it.
57	* NarratingTheObvious: Chun-Li's voiceover throughout the film is almost nothing but basic observations.
58	* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:Bison does this to Chun-Li's father]], right in front of her. [[spoiler:She eventually returns the favor, right in front of his daughter.]]
59	* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent:
60	** Everyone in Bangkok speaks perfect English with an American accent.
61	** Chun-Li even speaks Mandarin Chinese with a strong American accent.
62	* NotWearingTights: Nobody wears their colorful outfits from the game. The closest is when Chun-Li [[MythologyGag briefly dons a blue dress as part of a disguise]].
63	* OddlySmallOrganization: The Order of the Web.
64	* RaceLift: Somehow, Chun-Li grows from an obviously Asian child to a 3/4 white Canadian pretending to be full Chinese. All in the span of the intro.
65	* SequelHook: At the end of the film, Gen shows Chun-Li a poster for a fighting tournament and mentions a Japanese fighter named "Ryu--something."
66	* {{Spexico}}: Casting a Mexican actor to play the Spanish Vega fits into this trope.
67	* TheWorfEffect: Gen's repeated curb-stompings at Bison's hands.
68	* ThreePointLanding: Used by Chun-Li multiple times.
69	* VillainBall: Bison has a deathgrip on it.
70	* YouDontLookLikeYou:
71	** M. Bison: a blonde guy with a beard and a three-piece suit
72	** Chun-Li: half-white, skinny legs, wears her famous hair buns and blue outfit (or something loosely meant to represent them) for only a short time
73	** Gen: a guy in his forties (at least they got the Asian part right)
74	** [[spoiler:Rose:]] Late teens to early twenties, no AnimeHair, very naive, [[spoiler:is no longer Bison's GoodCounterpart.]]
75	** Charlie: They couldn't even be bothered to give him glasses, let alone blonde hair, an orange vest and green cargo pants.
76	** Vega: Unattractive (to the point it's joked ''in-universe'' that the silver mask he wears because he's embarrassed about said unattractiveness), black hair, bulky black jumpsuit.

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