Synopsis:  

Two brothers, Gouki and Gouken, once trained under the Ansatsukan master, Goutetsu. When Goutetsu began to believe that Gouki was walking down a dark path, he challenged his student to a fight. In the fight, Gouki murdered his master and left behind everything he knew in order to hone his skills.

Many years pass. Gouken has also been murdered by his bloodthirsty brother. Ryu, a student of Gouken, goes to visit his grave. Here, he encounters a powerful old man whom tests his skills and the old man's adopted granddaughter. Ryu lives amongst them for a while, reflecting on his master's death which he witnessed at a young age, and convincing himself that he has to battle Gouki. Unfortunately, he may get this chance sooner than he anticipates.

 

Review:

If you've read my II V review, then you know that I'm quite the Street Fighter fan. However, not even as a Street Fighter fan can I say that this movie is decent. I'm already regretting the fact that I took money out of my wallet to PAY for that. They might as well stick all the DVDs in a big bin in front of the door that says "FREE". That price might still be a little steep for this "movie", though.

 

To start off, the character designs were... just plain ugly. The animation itself was done pretty well, but those were some damn ugly characters (Especially Gouki, who looked like an inbred infant on crack). Watching the two or three fights that go on in this movie, they seem less like Street Fighter battles and more like screaming babies smacking each other around.

Yeah, and the fights: I thought this movie was called "Street Fighter", not "Shrine Talker". There was a huge lack of good fight scenes, which would be acceptable if the dialogue was well-written. However, it tries to be much deeper than it actually is. They attempt to convey huge plot points without actually giving them away, and they fail miserably at it. "My master was killed in a battle with a powerful man." "My grandfather was also killed in a battle with a powerful man!" "Wow, what a coincidence! There sure are a lot of powerful men out there, aren't there?" W-E-A-K. That's how we spell "Weak".

 

The music was forgettable. All I remember is that the BGM in some of the "intense" scenes felt like surfing music. Now, I'm not saying that Ryu and Ken would have a hard time hanging 10, it just doesn't quite fit in with the movie, dude. Gnarly.

 

One of my biggest issues is with the characters chosen. They could take the time to make up a really bland generic female love interest, yet they couldn't put frickin' Chun-Li in there. Yeah, I know that she doesn't quite fit into that particular storyline, but interestingly enough, I also don't really care. She needed to maybe suddenly jump into the fight between Ryu and Gouki and god-mod that sucker. Of course, Ken at least got some screen time, but he didn't do jack-crap. We all know that's bull, since Ken owns Ryu any day of the week. However, that's all editorial on a different matter, so I'll digress.

 

Overall, this movie was a big disappointment to me, as both a Street Fighter fan and an anime fan. If it weren't currently sitting in my room, I wouldn't touch this steaming turd of a production with a 10-foot pole. However, since I have to be fair, and since I don't think I can give a show negative points. Game over, Alpha Generations. You lose.

 

What I Learned From Watching Street Fighter Alpha Generations:

-Surf's up, dudes and dudettes.
-Gouki's CGI Gouhadouken is, like, totally radical.
-Street fighters don't really do a lot of fighting in streets. They pretty much just sit there talking, looking deformed.
-Gouki once sported the dreadful mullet. If he regrets one thing he's ever done in his life, it's this.
-Martial arts masters are like Santa: If you kill one, you become one.
-Always follow your first impressions from a trailer. Otherwise, you end up blowing $18-23 on a gamble.
-Ghosts that pop up out of nowhere for no reason can tell a better story than living and breathing people.
-The punks at Manga Entertainment need to be educated LQ-style.

 

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(This Review/Pictures were made by LordQuadros)