The Street Fighter Movie Debuts To Some Dismal Critic Scores

Street Fighter Fans Still Hyped For The Movie Despite Critic Backlash Published Oct 15, 2026, 2:17 PM EDT Steven is a seasoned writer specializing in the video game and technological fields, with years of experience creating reviews, features, and industry analysis. Passionate about the gaming world and its evolving culture, Steven has always wanted to combine his enjoyment of writing and love for gaming in a way that can provide insightful coverage for players and enthusiasts alike. Sign in to your TheGamer account We've seen a surprising surge in video game adaptations on the big screen in recent years, with the upcoming release of Paramount's Street Fighter being one of the biggest upcoming projects to look forward to. While September's Resident Evil had paved the way with its explosive box office success, Street Fighter's early critic reviews seem to be struggling to live up to the hype. Although the franchise isn't exactly a stranger to poor review scores, with the original 1994 Street Fighter sitting at a 20 percent score in both critic and user reviews from Rotten Tomatoes, the newest film is already off to a rocky start. Street Fighter's Reviews Aren't Looking Too Hot As shared by DiscussingFilm on X, the early reviews for the newest Street Fighter movie adaptation launched to a measly 28% according to critics, with early reviews citing that despite delivering on the visual style and action, the character development and convoluted narrative take away from the experience as a whole. Although early previews still aren't looking too hot, it is worth noting that since the post made by DiscussingFilm went live, Street Fighter's review score has rocketed from 28 percent all the way up to 43 percent. While it's still not an ideal score by any means, the growing numbers seem to indicate the situation is a bit more nuanced than some reviewers are making the film out to be. Even with the improved review score, it's still a little ironic that Street Fighter is debuting to far lower review scores than this year's Mortal Kombat 2, which the cast openly cracked jokes about at the Game Awards last year for "only caring about the money." Fans Aren't Buying The Criticism Yet Even when the reviews for the Street Fighter film were at their lowest, fans were having a hard time believing critics in the first place, with countless fans chiming in that, compared to the scores of the previous films in the series, even the 2 percent means this will be the "greatest live action Street Fighter movie ever made." Given that a wide discrepancy between critic and user review scores for action films has become an all-too-common sight nowadays, it also wouldn't be surprising for the Street Fighter film to receive significantly higher user scores in comparison, putting it somewhere closer to the 60 percent mark or even above depending on fan reaction to the portrayal of its returning characters. Release Date October 16, 2026 Runtime 119 Minutes Director Kitao Sakurai Cast Noah Centineo Ken Masters Writers Kitao Sakurai, T.J. Fixman, Dalan Musson, Gary Dauberman Producers Cale Boyter, Jason Momoa, Mary Parent, Stefan Makhoul, Takayuki Nakayama Franchise(s) Street Fighter