Yes, 1UP went back to the traumatic Van Damme Street Fighter film and dug out moments that...honestly, are either ridiculously hysterical or weren't 'that' bad.

Street Fighter: The Movie is something special, and I only mostly mean that in the short bus sense. Even among its videogame movie peers, it's a film that stands out as a monument to sheer, unbridled lunacy. It takes some serious testicular fortitude to take a franchise at the height of its hype and treat it with all the reverence of a '60s Batman episode. Martial artists Ryu and Ken are transformed into gun runners. Chun Li is a television journalist. Indian stretchy-guy Dhalsim is a doctor forced to perform super-soldier experiments on Blanka... The result might possibly be one of the most enjoyably painful movie experiences of all time, though it's something best enjoyed in the company of friends and liquor. Great care should be taken not to watch the thing alone, and never with sharp objects or firearms in easy reach.

To celebrate the baffling release of Street Fighter on Blu-Ray this week I've decided to subject myself to the film again for the first time in 15 years and share a few of its most memorably batshit crazy moments.
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    kokushishin Feb 10, 09
    Best bit was Zangief's "You got... ...paid?"
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    Seproth Feb 10, 09
    The best was when they were watching a truck smashing down a hill towards them on the news, and when they looked up they could see it. They proceed to look at the TV and then the truck to confirm it's really happening. Then Zangief screams "Quick! Change the channel!!"

    That was actually really funny.

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