Street Fighter (2026)

What earned the score

• Gay-Coded Male Intimacy

  A man holds another man close and sings “It’s Raining Men” into his ear, using gay-coded innuendo as a throwaway gag.

• Homoerotic Teasing Between Ken and Dan

  The film frames Dan’s unrequited crush on Ken through homoerotic teasing: Ken says he loves Dan but clarifies that he means platonically, while Dan spoons him as they sleep beside each other, one in only trunks. Their relationship turns same-sex intimacy into recurring innuendo rather than presenting them as an explicit couple.

• Female Attraction Played as Inn uendo

  A female rival ogles Chun-Li’s thighs and leers flirtatiously while putting gum in her hand; the scene leaves open whether she is genuinely attracted to Chun-Li or merely taunting her. That ambiguity supplies the film with same-sex flirtation for comic innuendo.

• Male-Directed Attraction as Gag

  M. Bison calls a male fighter a “pretty, handsome boy” and grows agitated while describing his attractiveness. The exchange leans on homoerotic innuendo as part of the film’s joke-driven sexual politics.

• Women as Martial-Arts Fighters

  Women take active combat roles, including kicking multiple men and throwing a dagger. The film presents women as physical fighters in its martial-arts action.

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  Woman as Fighter and Infiltrator

  Chun-Li is a combatant who secretly works for Interpol and infiltrates M. Bison’s inner circle. The film puts a woman in the fighter-and-operative role, a gender-role inversion presented as routine.

Details

In 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don't, it's GAME OVER!

Starring

Andrew KojiNoah CentineoCallina LiangDavid DastmalchianAndrew Schulz

Director

Kitao Sakurai

Writer

Dalan MussonGary DaubermanT.J. FixmanKitao Sakurai

Genre

ActionFantasy

Release Date

Oct 13, 2026

Parents Guide

• Sex Mild

  Chun Li disrobes and enters a sauna , her bare back and the very tip top of her buttocks is visible for less than a second. E. Hondas butt is seen in close up for a few seconds when his towel is ripped off during a fight.

  Verbal crude sexual references to sucking each other off.

  It is implied a man gets an erection after seeing a woman fight.

  The female lead is often shown wearing revealing outfits. For example in one scene she's in her underwear with most of her buttocks shown, in another she's in a revealing red dress, etc. Prominent display of her thighs and butt.

  One man often expresses obvious attraction towards one of the villains.

  Cammy wears a leotard with her lower buttocks showing.

• Violence Moderate

  Frequent bloody violence (some in animated form).

  The entire movie has a comedic tone, so almost all the violence is used in such way. However by the end of the movie, the main characters are pretty roughed up with burns, bruises, mired in blood, etc.

  Various fights (which aren't very long) with lots of CGI effects resembling fireballs.

  The male lead character is tied up to a machine and tortured for a few seconds.

  Some torture scenes with characters tied onto a machine.

  Some tournament fights with mild-moderate violence.

  The lead female character's hand is burned to the point she cries and shrieks in pain. The wound is seen.

  Punches and kicks used to incapacitate others.

  In the opening of the movie, the male lead takes a beating from another fighter. It's pretty bloody but it is shown in animated form.

  A man has a large claw scratch across his face due to an off screen encounter.

• Profanity Moderate

  Use of f**k, b*tch, d**k, s**t, ass/arse, t*tty, b**tard, d**n and hell.

  Lots of crude humor (including gay jokes)

  1 obscene hand gesture.

• Drugs Mild

  Characters seen drinking alcohol and smoking.

• Frightening Scenes Moderate

  Various fights, but they aren't very frightening because how comedic the film is.

  The female lead's hand is burned by the main villain. She whimpers and cries in pain and fear until the scene is over. The wound is repeatedly shown throughout the movie.

Reviews

• ★★★★★ 5 stars All Clear

  Loved it 👍🏻