Interesting fact: Raul Julia did this film while dying of stomach cancer. He did the role for his kids because they loved the franchise and he wanted to star in a film that they would enjoy.

"OF COURSE". The beginning of a classic...

But this line kick ass: "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday".

I'm nostalgic for old Nostalgia Critic.

In original Street Fighter II for SNES Bison is the ass hole that spams the Psycho Crusher(superman-lunge) over and over again. The movie is very accurate about this in the final battle.

For us it was one of the best reviews, for Doug it was Tuesday.

"Of course!" That joke never gets old

1:53 a staple NC reference makes its first appearance

"You can go home" sketch is brilliant. Very good performance from Critic

Street Fighter - one of the greatest comedies of all time Mortal Kombat - one of the few acceptable video game movies

I must admit that this one is my guilty pleasure movie. Maybe because, for years, it was always on tv around here.

6:25 If I remember the movie correctly, there is like a 1 second scene where some chemicals fall on him, and we are supposed to understand that those chemicals had that effect on him.

"Quick! Change the channel!" LOOOOL

Fun Fact, Jean-Claude Van Damme, the actor for Guile in the Street Fighter movie, was actually the inspiration for Johnny Cage in the Mortal Kombat games. When making the 1995 MK movie, Ed Boon wanted Jean to be Johnny, but scheduling conflict prevented that from happening. Nearly 30 years after both movies, they finally got Jean in the upcoming Mortal Kombat 1 game as a DLC skin for Johnny.

HOLD IT!!!!!!! is that agent may from S.H.I.E.L.D. playing chun-li?

“In a cast full of young newcomers and civilised character actors, Jean-Claude Van Damme stood out as the archetypal movie star, with an ego to match. As he later admitted, he also came into Street Fighter with a major cocaine habit. At one stage in the 1990s, he was hoovering 10g a day; and $10,000 a week.” Steven de Souza - Director.

M.Bison: Of Course!!!

Did you know that Raul Julia actually did his own stunts while he was SUFFERING THROUGH A BRAIN HEMMORHAGE!!!!!! That is badass if anything were to ever be.

The day NC graced us with this review was the most important day of our lives. But for him it was Tuesday.

The way this version of the NC talks makes me feel as if I don't know whether he's being confident in what he's saying or he's talking like that in order to give off the impression that he knows what he's saying.

The only two things that i love about the street fighter movie is Raul Julia as the Mighty Bison and the soundtrack, and it kicks ass, Ice Cube, Craig Mack, Nas, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, MC Hammer featuring Deion Sanders, The B.U.M.S, Anotha Level and the rest of the artists freaking nailed it on the Billboard top 200.

I still prefer this to the Chun Li one.

JCVD is the only other human I know of who sounds like Tommy Wiseau.

4:28 yes zangief changing the channel will surely stop the moving truck with explosive materials on it

I kind of like this older style of reviews.

7:03 So M. Bison becomes Magneto?

I love how they make Van Damme 100% american in his movies despite having that french accent.

3:45-4:14 is my favorite part of this video. I just cannot stop laughing at the character list, especially the way it speeds up and mentions characters outside of the Street Fighter franchise!

6:00 Blanka isn't Guile's friend. He's supposed to be a wild man from the Brazilian jungle.

2:44 "Call it a wake up cold." "Cause I'm not dub-stride in 15 minutes." "And strut his defenses." "If Sagat runs against Bison." "Some moron scan me." Not bad. But still not as good as misheard lyrics to "O Fortuna".

You can't make fun of the movie for the U.N peacekeepers having blue uniforms.

You were half right here, NC... Street Fighter WAS awful (but hilarious fun) BUT... Mortal Kombat was just plain entertaining. Plus, KICK ASS soundtrack...period. Plus, audiences were NOT 'disappointed' with MK overall, it did VERY well...

4:29 That line fits Channel Awesome perfectly right now. LOL.

my problem with this movie is. ..................WHERE IS RYU you know the MAIN CHARACTER OF THE GAMES

Good heavens! That's Agent May from Agents of SHIELD! And a lot of other stuff of course.

So...they covered Cammy's win pose with the movie's logo huh? Of course...

oh man i remember watching this review when it first came out in 08 lol with that being said MK and SF are 2 of my guilty pleasure movies. mostly because its my childhood, i saw them in VHS when they came out and well im a big fan of the games from back in the day as well. i feel like they're still better movies than anything being shit out these days in hollywood. except for the fact that they got jean claude to play an america and he sounds nothing like an american with his accent LOL. i also loved raul as bison, he did this role for his kids and i love that and i dunno i just feel he did well as bison with what he was given. he really was taken too soon from us. and why is honda hawaiian and not japanese? thats one thing that confused me as a kid. oh i forgot: "QUICK CHANGE THE CHANNEL." best line in a movie ever

3:55 The leaked new fighters for Super Smash Bros Ultimate

And so, the "Of Course!" joke was born, still being watched for 15 years. Happy 15th anniversary to this running joke.

I can't believe Doug missed a joke about peace-keepers... In the wrong role.

7:05 I get what you're getting at here but in the game, Bison does spam the Psycho crusher in the old SFII like a few other characters-ahem (Ken, Vega, Balrog, Blanka, Ryu, Sagat, etc) . It was dumb how "Guile" beats him by just kicking him again. Lol but according to the game, you cannot overpower a super power with a basic attack lol Whoa, I forgot "Blanka" and "Dhalsim" stayed to die. Not to quote Cypher from The Matrix but how can Dhalsim look after Blanka if they're DEAD?

3:50 Fei Long: Well what about meeeee 😔😔😔😔

Big time guilty pleasure movie. The jokes still make me laugh, especially all the little background gags that only get a few frames. And Kylie Minogue.

In France, Jean Claude VanDamme is so cheesy ! Just see him on screen made cinephiles's day, is so passioned by acting, we don't really care if it's good or not it's good to see him ^^

Guilty pleasure review for a guilty pleasure movie. Props to Doug for his perseverance Props to Raul for his perfectly hammy denouement.

I know this is a old video, but why does it look like it was ripped from a VHS tape?

I forgot just how adorable Zangief was in this movie :smirk:

the outtakes from Expendables 2 also show how confused and creeped out by JCVD his costars are.

I found your channel during the first lockdown. Been watching multiple episodes every day since. Your show consistently make me laugh out loud and has truly brightened up my life during these hard times. Years from now when I think about summer 2020 I'll think about all these silly reviews of all these silly movies. Thank you doug.

I every time I watch the Addams Family now and I see Raul Julia, I right away think of this part 1:53

You can go and strike down bison But we can all go home

The grand source of the "of course!" meme. Truly it was a historical moment for the whole planet Earth.

"Grab the nail gun. I hear there's a sale at Home Depot." Oh Van Damme-it! Oh that's where "Of course" is from. OF COURSE!!! I love the other villains's STFU look at "Change the channel!" "Who wants to go home?"✋

1:53 And thus, a meme was born. ....one that aged REALLY badly!

I mean, I know JCVD isn't a good actor, and maybe it's just because of nostalgia... but man I love watching him on screen XD

Fact: JCVD was on coke literally the entire movie. Look it up.

Some years ago I was reading an interview with the directors and producers and writers for this movie because they were involved in another project and somebody actually asked them why should we trust you after Street Fighter. It was a great interview I wish I could find it they pointed out that they had a really tight script and they were only using core characters that fit in with the basic story but Capcom kept coming in behind them and demanding that they had to use all the characters because kids wanted to see their favorite fighter then half way through filming the movie turbo came out and Capcom force them to add all the turbo characters in to a film that was already written and half filmed. Not saying the film was a masterpiece VanDam isn't that bad Raul Julia is great and some of the other casting was pretty spot on it's not too hard to notice the welded on seams and if you remove them it's a pretty generic kid-friendly action film

Is Doug immortal?

BUT BALROG'S ONE OF BISON'S GUYS!!

Julia's scenery-devouring at the climax was amazing, though

*pauses at **6:41* What the hell is with M. Bison's eyes?

This movie had way too much hype, but the execution....*sigh*...at least Kylie Minogue is in it. And Bio-Dome. I love Kylie Minogue. 🖤🖤🖤

"Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to burn down an orphanage and puppy farm, ahuhuhuhuhuh!"

I like the ken and ryu vs sagat and vega fight

He still does a better british accent than Kylie Minogue

What makes Bison just flying and hitting Guile straight on even worse was that he had already shown he could use that power to shoot electricity from his hands. A much quicker and from the look how the electricity is visible through, much more lethal attack, if he had focused his powers on electrocuting Guile, it would have been a really easy win. Instead, he went with the much slower and more predictable excuse for a psycho crusher.

Oh god, they dragged Ming Na into this didn't they?

Fun Fact: DJ and Balrog were on opposite sides in this movie and Fei Long was the only character left out for some reason.

Actually, I like Jean Claude Van Damme

Huh Weired last time I checked Street Fighters Main Hero was a Wondering Warrior,Wore a Red Headband,Was an incredibly skilled Martial Artist,Capable of Taking out sky scrappers,Has a Demonic Evil within him,Survived being impaled and Has been in every Street Fighter game and Capcom crossover games and I believed his Name was Ryu. But here we got Guile as the Main Chracter and I've got nothing against guile but He has'nt really done anything main character material

Binge watching all the episodes from all seasons again. Keep up the great work Doug and company

the pacing in this is much more quick than NC videos nowadays.

4:28 This channel in a nutshell.

4:29 *man, that aged badly*

I actually have this on VHS(and a personal back up DVD copy), and I like to go back every few years, and rewatch it, because it's so bad it's good.

You've guessed it take over the world? Bison: OF COURSE!!! lol

"Bad Actor" Well, 2008 Van Damme was called "The best Actor this year" (New York Times) and got similarities with the young De Niro, because Van Damme acted in Until Death and JCVD so incredible good that almost everyone wondered why he didn't get a highly recommend Actors Prize. So his "Bad Acting" was just there because the Scripts were always shitty, you can even put Pacino in his Prime in a Movie with a horrible Script and everyone would think he is a shitty Actor.

THE CLASSIC! One of my favorite reviews.

For us, it is the highlight of our week when the Nostalgia Critic posts a new review, but for him it was Tuesday...

Was “But for me it was Tuesday” not well known when this review came out?

The story and fun facts behind this movie are freaking gold. You should definitely look into it

I loved the way Dee-Jay looks at Zangief every time he says something stupid!

Kind of wish he'd make another review of this.

For you, the day Street Fighter movie graced your theater was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.

OF COURSE!

Nostalgia critic:let's review the first movie that came out street fighter Me:OF COURSE

6:16 he was on his way back to the Temple of Doom

Doug in a black baseball cap is like goku in his blue gi

4:57 George W was an eloquent speaker compared to Donald Trump.

1:52 The birth of the iconic running gag in Nostalgia Critic episodes.

4:51 "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to burn down an orphanage and puppy farm. Ahahahhrnhn mmn." 😌🍵

3:31 As much as I appreciate it, I think that's something you have to take up with the United Nations, not the video game/movie.

Raul julia's bison was fucking glorious may he rest in peace

For Raul Julia His legacy won’t be forgotten 1:53

They didn't have ALL the character from the Super Street Fighter game. There's no appearance by or mention of Fei Long. Even T. Hawk, the most underdeveloped SSF character. gets a brief scene. But no Fei Long.

Blue helmets and hats are used by the UN Forces. I was looking madly to the source review of the Of Course! Meme. Hilarious!

there's a really good material out there describing how this trainwreck of a movie got made. www.polygon.com/features/2014/3/10/5451014/street-fighter-the-movie-what-went-wrong In short, JCVD was coked out of his mind and banging Kylie, Raul was dying so they had special preparations for every scene he was in, and Capcom kept requesting more characters to be included, despite the original script only including 6 or so. Director did what he could but he was way in over his head

It's really rough watching this review after having a blast with this movie. It really is a fun one you have to see it. Also the death of Guile is not entirely pointless, it's used as a means to have Ken and Ryu become friends with Sagat and Vega. Edit: Dhalsim changing colors is actually explained in the movie, during the fight to free Blanka he gets chemicals all over his body and there is a long camera shot of those chemicals to let you know how important they are. As they say: "Show don't tell" :D

0:39 How are you able to drink from a skull like that? Wouldn't the liquid fall out the eye sockets before it reached the jaw? Explain, Critic! Explain!

Saw this in theaters at the age of 14 and it was glorious. Always has been a guilty pleasure of mine