Master Of Cinema Uwe Boll Feels Vindicated By Bad Street Fighter Reviews
The new Street Fighter live-action film has received largely negative critical reception, with critics calling it an “incoherent, irredeemable mess.” The movie currently holds a 45% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 44 score on Metacritic, with its two-hour runtime criticized for dragging and ending anticlimactically. While action sequences are noted as technically solid, reviewers say they fail to properly utilize the characters’ superhuman abilities.
The film’s release comes in a year that has seen two major fighting game franchises adapted for cinema. Mortal Kombat 2, which released on May 6, 2026, has emerged as the critical and commercial winner, earning approximately $129.6 million worldwide against a $38.5 million budget—significantly outperforming Street Fighter both in box office and critical reception.
One bright spot in the Street Fighter reviews has been David Dastmalchian’s performance as the villain M. Bison, which critics described as “deliciously campy” despite the film’s overall shortcomings. The negative reception prompted Uwe Boll, the infamous German filmmaker behind notoriously poorly-reviewed video game adaptations including “Alone in the Dark” (1% on Rotten Tomatoes), to defend his past work on social media, sarcastically telling critics “Don’t ever bash my movies again.”
For interested viewers, the 1994 “Street Fighter” film is now available to stream for free on Tubi and Pluto TV.