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, …
Eye-popping – Literally When Sonny Chiba is thrown from a third story window, lands on a car, and casually walks away, it’s certain Return of the Street Fighter isn’t …
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 …