{"id":575643,"date":"2026-07-30T15:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/575643\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:18:10","slug":"street-fighter-movie-shows-off-ryu-vs-blanka-fight-with-m-bison-looking-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/575643\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Fighter Movie Shows Off Ryu vs Blanka Fight, With M. Bison Looking On"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have a new look at the upcoming Street Fighter movie<\/a>, this time showing off a decent chunk of a fight between Ryu and Blanka.<\/p>\n

Ryu, played by Andrew Koji, finds himself in a cage and forced to fight by evil dictator, M. Bison. A chained Blanka, played by Jason Momoa, is dragged into the arena by hapless goons. And it doesn\u2019t go very well for those goons \u2014 one is hit by Blanka\u2019s electrocution power, and we see the x-ray skeleton visual effect that fans of the Street Fighter video games will know all too well.<\/p>\n

The references to the fighting game franchise continue, as Blanka enters the fight with an immediate cannonball, as so many Blanka players start a match with. Blanka then tries a roundhouse kick followed by his iconic drop kick, which sends Ryu flying. Ryu pleads with Blanka, saying he doesn\u2019t want to fight him. But Blanka isn\u2019t having any of it, responding: \u201cthen, you die.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ryu then charges up a fireball, which explodes into the arena wall. It looks like it creates an opening through which I assume Ryu will make his escape.<\/p>\n

This is our best look yet at Blanka in Street Fighter, and the VFX-drenched Momoa sounds while talking. Here, he\u2019s got a sort of chirpy tone \u2014 he doesn\u2019t appear to be a mindless beast, anyway. It will be interesting to see if Blanka gets much more screen time than this fight with Ryu, and, if so, his role in the overall story.<\/p>\n

In the Street Fighter movie, Ken, played by Noah Centineo, and Ryu reconnect years after a falling out. Ryu has dropped off the radar in the ensuing years, growing long hair and a beard. Chun-Li, played by Callina Liang, is rounding up fighters for the world warrior tournament. She tells Ken, who had his own MTV show, that he’s become a sideshow. In a lot of ways, Ken\u2019s arc seems similar to Johnny Cage\u2019s in the recently released Mortal Kombat 2 movie.<\/p>\n

Street Fighter movie cast:Noah Centineo as \u201cKen Masters\u201dAndrew Koji as \u201cRyu\u201dCallina Liang as \u201cChun-Li\u201dJoe \u201cRoman Reigns\u201d Anoai as \u201cAkuma\u201dDavid Dastmalchian as \u201cM. Bison\u201dCody Rhodes as \u201cGuile\u201dAndrew Schulz as \u201cDan Hibiki\u201dVidyut Jammwal as \u201cDhalsim\u201dEric Andr\u00e9 as \u201cDon Sauvage\u201dCurtis \u201850 Cent\u2019 Jackson as \u201cBalrog\u201dJason Momoa as \u201cBlanka\u201dOrville Peck as \u201cVega\u201dOlivier Richters as \u201cZangief\u201dHirooki Goto as \u201cE. Honda\u201dRayna Vallandingham as \u201cJuli\u201dAlexander Volkanovski as \u201cJoe\u201dKyle Mooney as \u201cMarvin\u201dMel Jarnson as \u201cCammy\u201dStreet Fighter Movie Character Posters\"\"<\/p>\n

And here’s the official synopsis:<\/p>\n

Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) 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\u2019t, it\u2019s GAME OVER!<\/p>\n

Street Fighter is set to hit theaters on October 16, 2026.<\/p>\n

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We have a new look at the upcoming Street Fighter movie, this time showing off a decent chunk…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-575643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}