A hard-as-nails exploitation classic, blending the nihilism of Film Noir with the explosive violence of Peckinpah, especially The Wild Bunch.

This fatalistic story of an emotionally stunted Vietnam vet hunting the men who wronged him stands head and shoulders above your usual exploitation fare, and you can thank writer Paul fuckin’ Schrader for that.

"You learn to love the rope. That's how you beat 'em. That's how you beat people who torture you. You learn to love 'em. Then they…

While this doesn't quite hit the operatic heights of Woo's next project (the classic "A Better Tomorrow"), this still has the juice, practically overflowing with the kind of hyper-kinetic ultra-violence that would soon define his work.

The bare-bones plot takes a backseat to near-constant carnage as a small squad of Chinese soldiers treks through the Vietnamese jungle to deliver a warlord in exchange for American green cards. Hot on their trail is a heavily armed militia led by an especially…

Lets not fool ourselves here - Street Fighter is a piece of shit.
But I'll be damned if time isn't being kind to this car crash. Watching it as a straight comedy last night in a packed cinema, it was a hoot.

Things that are bad about Street Fighter = Everything.

Things that are amazing in Street Fighter =

- Raul Julia's straight delivery of a proposterous script.
- Van Damme's inspirational call to arms.
- Van Damme calling Bison…