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Third time’s the charm: new Street Fighter movie looks delightfully campy

Grant St. Clair
Dec 14, 2025
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They had me at “Orville Peck as Vega,” honestly.

Fighting games are a notoriously difficult beast to adapt — all characters, no plot — but that hasn’t stopped people from trying. This newly announced Street Fighter movie marks the third attempt at bringing the arcade classic to the big screen, and ditching the self-seriousness for sheer silliness is abso…

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