Street Fighter: Beginning’s End is a fan film with amazing fight choreography, some tight special effects, better than normal Ken hair, and a terrifically bad sense of timing, releasing the same week as the Capcom-sanctioned Street Fighter Legacy.
Street Fighter: Beginning’s End is the work of Los Angeles filmmaker Chris Cowan, whose Thousand Pounds Fight Team shot the entire short on a skimpy $400 budget, shooting it on a Canon EOS 7D and utilizing Final Cut Pro and Adobe After Effects for editing and special effects.
The premise is simple: Ryu is heading off to join the World Warrior tournament, and Ken asks for one last battle before they part ways. It’s almost sweet, in a brotherly sort of way, even if Ken’s wig nearly ruins everything.
It’s really not a bad piece of filmmaking, especially when you take the budget into account. Hopefully it won’t get lost in the hubbub surrounding Joey Ansah’s Street Fighter Legacy
