The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (4 Stars)

This is the third and final film in the Street Fighter series. I've heard the main character, Takuma Tsurugi, described as an anti-hero. That's not true. He isn't any sort of hero. He's a villain.

The film begins with Tsurugi accepting a contract for 10 million Yen to rescue a criminal, Go Owada, from a police raid. Tsurugi disguises himself as a policeman and participates in the arrest. He puts the criminal in his car, but instead of returning to the police station with Owada he drives away and delivers him to his brother. Owada is carrying a tape of a company executive boasting about the politicians he's blackmailed. The Owada brothers want to blackmail the company executive for a billion Yen. If they're expecting so much money, they shouldn't be cheap. If they'd paid Tsurugi it would be the end of the story, but they double cross him by giving him a suitcase filled with paper. Tsurugi takes the tape back and says he wants 100 million Yen for it. Still a good deal.

After this the story becomes more complex. It's not just Owada, there are other crooks who want the tape. Tsurugi is repeatedly under attack by enemy gangs, all of which are experienced karate fighters.

I can understand why people call Tsurugi an anti-hero. He spends the film fighting against criminals. What they forget is that he doesn't have noble motives. He only fights them for purely selfish reasons. He wants money, and he wants revenge for being betrayed.

I'm happy to say that Sonny Chiba doesn't imitate Bruce Lee as he did in the second film. It was totally unnecessary and only distracted from the action.