At best, the film is an uneven one, and the same is true of the video presentation on the Blu-ray. The vast majority of the film looks stunning, with spectacularly beautiful location shots and well-designed interiors. The picture tends to be sharp and bold, with good detail. However, there is the occasional night sequence where digital noise is overly present, making one wonder why that portion of the transfer is so pure. The audio is far better, with pounding bass, good use of surrounds, and a nice, if a little too loud sometimes in action sequences, mix.
As for extras, 20th Century FOX appears to have gone for the standard "kitchen sink" mentality. The Blu-ray comes with the theatrical cut, an unrated cut, commentary by two producers as well as McDonough and Klein, a pop-up trivia track, deleted scenes, behind the scenes featurettes, a look at an upcoming game, and three different still galleries. A second disc contains a digital copy of the movie, while a third has Street Fighter Round One: Fight!, a full-length animated piece which can be viewed both with comic-esque bubbles and without. The inclusion of this last disc seems very much an attempt to appeal to fans of the franchise, though it may actually be more fun than the live-action feature.
For all its issues, for all its problems, for all its foolishness, it must be remembered that the first live-action Street Fighter movie was also incredibly poor (and sadly starred Raul Julia as M. Bison in his last big screen role). This film, which seems to operate in an entirely different universe than that one, tells a wholly separate, but equally foolish tale. Hopefully, if a third live-action film is made, a new tack is taken yet again.
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