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Kristian Harloff wanted more tournament from Street Fighter

His spoiler-light theater reaction singles out Andrew Schulz while questioning the film's crowded plot and shifting tone.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 113,882 views a day, 6.8 times a normal first day on this channel (16,682).

Street Fighter Out Of The Theater Reaction!

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0:41Harloff recalls playing Street Fighter at a Queens pizza shop and says the tournament scenes revive that nostalgia.
1:15He finds the plot overloaded with side stories and wants more focus on the tournament.
1:47He criticizes the switches between serious drama and campy humor, saying most jokes fail for him.
2:12Cody Rhodes gets some laughs, while Andrew Schulz earns Harloff's strongest performance praise.
3:07His overall verdict is negative, and he recommends waiting for streaming.

Kristian Harloff remembers playing Street Fighter at a pizza shop in Queens. The new movie's tournament scenes brought some of that feeling back. What surrounded them did not.

Recording outside the theater, Harloff says the adaptation spends too much time on side stories instead of concentrating on the tournament. His complaint is not simply that the movie is silly: it is that serious drama and campy humor keep pulling it in different directions, with jokes that do not land for him.

"However, the rest of the movie does not work for me at all," he says after describing the nostalgic appeal.

That immediate verdict drew roughly 114,000 views in its first day, nearly seven times the usual opening for his regular videos. The comment section was similarly busier than usual.

There are exceptions to his criticism. Cody Rhodes gets a few laughs, some fights entertain him, and Andrew Schulz earns his strongest performance praise. Harloff is less impressed by how the movie uses David Dastmalchian. By the end, he recommends waiting for streaming.

The comments turn toward what a Street Fighter adaptation should actually deliver. One viewer wants a live-action version of the animated movie; others argue for seeing this film and making up their own minds. Another recalls childhood sessions with X-Men vs Street Fighter, a reminder that Harloff's pizza-shop memories are not the only arcade history accompanying this release.

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What viewers say

I loved playing street fighter arcade games as a kid my top favorite was X-Men vs Street Fighter lots of good memories playing that game
@charm09ishSee it on YouTube
Why can’t they just make a live action version of the Animated Movie. That’s it. That’s all I want
@craigrn16See it on YouTube
I loved Masters of the Universe when you didn't enjoy it that much so I gotta feeling I will probably like this one then too
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Also please see the movie for yourself people. Stop going over 1 persons decision. It’s a street fighter movie. I’m not expecting absolute cinema
@jaywolf00See it on YouTube
I'll check it out on half price Tuesday.
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