| The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1976) Cast:Sonny Chiba,Goichi Yamada,Yoko Ichiji This time the world's favorite mean spirited and unpleasant Street Fighter is more like a secret agent who still does the occasional dirty work but for the most part has softened his approach and is less mean than he usually is, this of course is a big disappointment for the fan of the first two movies plus the story about Chiba having a tape in posession that some high ranking officals don't want anyone to have lacks the freshness and this time the lack of fights make things quite the disappointment. Sure, Sonny Chiba has charisma but the fights lack the grit, Chiba seems to have lightened up and worst of all the movie is more akin to James Bond than Street Fighter type of stuff. I also thought the mask thing was overdone, the fight sequences were good but infrequent and for most of the running time you wait for the movie to cut to the chase, to which the film never does. Another observation is the lack of real villain threat in this entry and that makes this indistinguishable from other chopsocky flicks of it's time. Also for all the connection it has with the other two, it could very well could've been a stand alone film. A very disappointig sequel to say the least though Chiba and chop socky fans will find some enjoyment in the mediocrity..D.Teruo Ishii** |