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Powerful stuff!
No, this is not that Van Damme garbage, but brutal, action-packed, 1970s Japanese martial arts at its best. Sonny Chiba never had the charisma or fighting skills of Bruce Lee, but then he never pretended he did. He delivered something totally different - gritty, dirty violence; no posturing; bucketfulls of blood. As usual with Eastern movies, particularly of this time period, there's little by way of plot, so what gives this an edge is that Chiba's character is VERY unlikeable. So why root for him? Because he dispatches even more unlikeable characters in some very gruesome ways. He's your typical anti-hero. <
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>So, if you like low plot, high violence movies (and you're curious why Tarantino was so desperate to get Chiba in Kill Bill), take a look at this flick - it really is cool! <
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My karate is better than yours!
The Streetfighter is one of the most diffrerent movies you will ever see. Sonny Chiba plays one bad dude who is hired to break someone out of prison. When he doesn't get his money you find out that Chiba is not one to screw around. He is one of the most unique characters in movie history. It all comes down to the final fight but the best part of the movie is obviously the showdown with the fat karate guy. When Chiba is getting whooped on the fat man lets up and starts to ask him if his dad was this great karate master that he used to know, but Chiba thinks back to his father telling him "to be a #1 man, never be beat by anybody"! So right when the fat guy was going to try and help Chiba, Chiba instead gets up and smashes him. It is a scene that puzzles me every time I see it and is one of the most fascinating moments in cinema that I have ever seen for some strange reason. <
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>So the finale is super gory and very fun, just like the entire movie. <
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>There is an utra cheap DVD set out called Martial Arts Masters with Street Fighter, Revenge of the Street Fighter, and Sister Street Fighter uncut on it with a VERY nice perfectly letterboxed remastered picture. There are really no flaws on it. It is distributed by St. Clair Vision and I got it for 2.99 at the used store! More than worth the buy and it has Bruce Lee's first movie on it and Shogun's Ninja. Though only the Streetfighter movies are remastered.