“Street Fighter,” the classic video game franchise, is also well-known for its movies, and some may still remember the mid-1990s animated series. One of the most popular characters is the stunning and deadly Chun-Li. With the release of the new live-action film “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li,” Chun-Li now has her own story to tell, along with a couple of other well known characters.

Before her crime fighting days, Chun-Li (Kristin Kreuk of “Smallville”) was raised in Hong Kong by her father, a wealthy businessman who taught her how to fight, and her lovely mother. Unfortunately, their own little paradise doesn’t last long, as criminal mastermind Bison (Neal McDonough) and his right-hand macho man, Balrog (Michael Clarke Duncan), take Chun-Li’s father away, probably to his death, right before her eyes.

Now, many years haved passed, and Chun-Li has grown into a lovely young woman who still keeps her father close in her thoughts. One night, a mysterious scroll is sent to her. After her mother passes away from an illness, Chun-Li goes to find out what exactly the scroll says. She discovers that she must find master fighter, Gen (Robin Shou of “Death Race”), and learn what she can do to take out Bison. She later finds help from Charlie Nash (Chris Klein) and Detective Maya Sunee (Moon Bloodgood).

Even though they had a few famous characters from the franchise in the movie, including Vega (Taboo), who somehow reminds viewers of another famous character, it just seemed like they lacked a few of the video game’s characters. But characters were not the only thing lacking in the movie.

There seemed to be only two decent fighting scenes in the movie. One was with Chun-Li against the skirt-wearing (and chasing) Cantana (Josie Ho), who thought she might like to have a little cat fight in the ladies room. This was also the only time we see Chun-Li with her classic “Princess Leia”-style hair buns, which may be a bit disappointing to any loyal fans of the game.

The other was Chun-Li against Bison, where she ends her brutal assaults on him with a “special combo move,” classic to those who have spent hours trying to figure out the right combination of arrow, x and o buttons.

There were also a couple of half-decent explosions, but other than that, the movie seriously lacked any other decent fight scenes. Some were just a couple of punches; others were just too short for their own good.

What type of fighting movie has lousy fight scenes? Even with the fact that the word “fighter” is in the movie title, the movie itself left even the women in the audience wanting a few more punches, kicks and just all-out brutal fighting. Then again, this movie’s title wouldn’t be the first misleading one. The creators might as well have called it “Fighting, Actually.”

The ending did reveal a potential door that might lead to a sequel. Hopefully, the creators will fork out some extra cash to do a bit more fighting, at least enough to make it a real “fighting movie.”