Keep Your Day Job

There are three movies that are getting lots of attention this weekend. The first is "The Jonas Brothers 3D Concert" movie thing. The second is the new Tyler Perry film "Madea Goes To Jail." The third is "Slumdog Millionaire" because...well, because it just won eight Oscars, so suddenly people care about it. There is an extra movie that has come out though that isn't being talked about as much, and that is "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li." It's supposed to be a prequel of sorts to the critically hated "Street Fighter" movie that came out in 1994 with Ming-Na of "ER" fame starring as everyone's favorite female fighter. Since the first movie was such a bomb I was wondering why any sane studio head would want to make this film. Was the idea of a "reboot" too much to pass up? Either way the movie got made and it stars Kristin Kreuk of "Smallville" fame as the title character.

I haven't seen this movie. Apparently neither did a lot of the public. On opening day it grossed arount $1.7 million. That's $0.2 million less then what "He's Just Not That Into You" made in it's third or forth week in theaters. When we get the weekend numbers I expect it to be even lower on the list. The studios themselves didn't even seem to have any faith in the film as they declined to preview it for film critics. Not that it really mattered as several of them went to see it on opening day. The result: One of the rare 0% ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.com. Chances are we're looking at another bomb, more inspiration for the Nostalgia Critic, and I can safely say we won't be talking about this movie come Oscar time.