Of Lasers and Sombreros Protesters descend on a political meeting in the opening scene of The Street Fighter’s Last Revenge. Each shouts a prescient plea to protect the environment, …
Amoral Justice There’s no law in The Street Fighter. The few police set up a public hanging in the opening scene. How unpleasant. Soon, corruption takes over and anti-hero …
Drug-induced Showdown After a post-WWII industrial boom, Japan’s economy through the ’70s started flattening. Illicit drugs became the norm, with rising addiction rates. The solution, at least according to …
Morals in Question Moving fast enough to at times appear like an 80-minute fight montage, Sister Street Fighter’s first sequel use as much delirium as its predecessor. Diamond thieves …
Hell Punch The culmination of two previous Sister Street Fighter grindhouse kung-fu epics liberally borrows from its predecessors. Return of the Sister Street Fighter digs into all aspects of …
Fifth Level Pass It’s not until a minute past the hour mark that Sister Street Fighter star Etsuko Shiomi throws her first kick. Fifth Level Fist is not the …