Capcom: The Legend of Bad Movies

In a recent interview with GameDaily, Capcom Senior Director of Corporate Communications Chris Kramer had a lot to say about the future of Capcom on the silver screen.

Let's just say that Capcom's current cinematic gems are not making a strong case for such planning (Resident Evil Extintcion anyone?), but let's hear the man out.

When asked about Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (which has been a box office bomb), Kramer said, "Critics were unkind to the first Street Fighter movie as well, but that film has been ridiculously profitable for Capcom over the last decade. The original SF movie still generates millions of dollars in royalties for Capcom every year, thanks to cable, foreign distribution, home video, DVD, and Blu-Ray sales."

This really happened.

Kramer went on to discuss some of Capcom's future big screen ventures. Hoping to follow the Marvel model of studio involvement, Kramer stated, "Capcom is going to be much more heavily involved in our movies - Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is the first film to hit theatres that follows this model, which is why the Capcom logo has such prominent placement at the beginning of the movie. We also have Onimusha, Clock Tower, and Lost Planet movies in production, as well as a few other options floating around Hollywood."

So what does this say for the future of video game to film adaptations? If the Street Fighter formula continues to set the pace, video game movies may never escape the Doom / Mario Bros. trend. As a fan, I am offended that Kramer and his Capcom cronies take the harsh criticism of the Street Fighter films lightly. Is this the level of production I can expect from other Capcom titles I hold dearly?

I can see the posters now... Onimusha: The Final Samurai. Devil May Cry: Dante's Day Off. And then there's Mega Man... poor, poor Mega Man.

Well, I say enough is enough Capcom. Why make such quality games and defecate terrible films? I don't care that SF the Movie is on Blu-Ray and I don't care that Legend of Chun-Li is in theatres.

And if Chris Kramer wants to know why I feel this way, I invite him to sit down for a chat. Heck, we could go to the movies, watch The Legend of Chun-Li, and have a detailed discussion during the film. It's not like anyone else would be there to tell us to keep quiet.