It looks as if Ryu and Ken aren’t on the perfect phrases
The upcoming Road Fighter film will get extra ridiculous and promising with each trailer. Paramount Photos and Legendary simply launched a brand new take a look at the movie, highlighting what appears to be its central emotional hook: Ryu and Ken’s strained friendship.
We study that Ryu (Andrew Koji) hesitantly enters the World Warriors Match after Chun-Li (Callina Liang) informs him that his outdated pal Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) has entered the harmful competitors. Ken resents his coaching accomplice and appears useless set on escaping his shadow. There are many homages to the video games, like E. Honda doing his notorious headbutt slam, Ryu whipping out a Tatsumaki spin-kick, and Chun-Li doing Lightning Legs. Ken and Ryu do their fist bump from Road Fighter 3, and David Dastmalchian hams it up as M. Bison; truthfully, the movie seems to be like a surprisingly enjoyable time. The most effective line within the trailer comes when Guile (Cody Rhodes) yells at Dan after struggling a nasty slash to the face.
Legendary additionally posted a playable model of the trailer the place the participant/viewer performs fast time occasion prompts on an arcade cupboard. Lots of the inputs are even correct to the video games, comparable to having the participant carry out 1 / 4 circle ahead movement in time with Ryu launching a Hadouken.
Has there ever been a Road Fighter film earlier than?
There have been a number of Road Fighter movies previously. Common Photos launched the notorious live-action Road Fighter film starring Jean-Claude Van Dammein 1994. Whereas it was panned on the time, the one shiny spot was Raul Julia’s glorious efficiency as M. Bison. After Chun-Li recounts the day Bison killed her father, he responds that he doesn’t keep in mind and delivers the enduring line, “For you, the day Bison graced your village was a very powerful day of your life. However for me, it was Tuesday.” Past the live-action movie, Road Fighter II: The Animated Film was additionally launched in 1994, and it obtained a extra constructive reception.
It will likely be attention-grabbing to see whether or not the upcoming Road Fighter can accomplishthe tough job of bringing the ridiculous world of preventing video games to the display; most earlier makes an attempt have fallen flat, with the Mortal Kombat movies being the newest instance. We’ll discover out whether or not the film can pull off a reversal when it hits theaters on Oct. 16, 2026.