Streets of Rage script from the writer of John Wick - cops beat the hell out of hoodlums for 90 minutes

[Dojima's Dragon]

Makes me wonder how a yakuza film would look like

 

[marvlouslie]

If they go for an ultra cheesy depiction with an 80's aesthetic, I reckon it could be a winner. If they try to make it a serious action flick, it'll just blend into the background with the rest of the mediocre, generic, grey and dull action flicks of the past two decades.

If they go full Kung Fury with it, I'll be fucking ecstatic.

 

[frozenrunner]

Mark my words, Blaze will be black and they will go out of their way to make sure she doesn't titillate "muh male gaze".

I couldn't believe they snuck in her panty shot flying kick into SoR4.

Makes me wonder how a yakuza film would look like

I think Takashi Miike made one, actually.

EDIT: He did. And they're making another one!

 

[eternal dog mongler]

I think Takashi Miike made one, actually.

Oh this is the guy that made Imprint.

Don't watch it.

 

[frozenrunner]

Oh this is the guy that made Imprint.

Don't watch it.

He also did 13 Assassins, which is fucking awesome.

 

[Sex Cannon Lupa]

Yeah, but you can imagine how very "80/90s action movie" a film like this could be, and that makes it a little weird they didn't try it back when the original games were big.

BrunoMattei is right, though. This screenwriter doesn't do politically correct stuff, so it's in good hands from that angle. I just don't expect the end product to be all that faithful as an "adaptation," because what is there to adapt? Character names, a basic situation, a tone, and a sound. It can be anything else it wants to be outside of that.

EDIT: Pointless sperging, but lol @ this old Japanese poster for SoR2.

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- Arnie in the background as Mr. X
- Jean Claude van Damme as Axle
- Martin Lawrence as Skate
- Dolph Lundgren as Max
- some random model (?) as Blaze

SoR has always been close to Hollywood! I miss the days when nobody cared and you could just do stuff like that.

Cynthia Gibb from Death Warrant maybe? Though her boobs were nowhere near that big.

Mark my words, Blaze will be black and they will go out of their way to make sure she doesn't titillate "muh male gaze".

I foresee a Hannah John-Kamen type as Blaze, especially after they thiccened her up. I also won't be surprised if Axel gets cut or has a reduced part, you know, for pacing and not because they want to play up the POC vs racist huwhite Trump cops angle.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

There’s already an almost 50 minute video that did Streets of Rage than what a rookie screenwriter in Hollywood could do: