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"Street Fighter: Legacy" is a 3-minute live action short film that features Ryu and Ken, two of the most known characters from the Street Fighter video game franchise. Writer and director is actor Tony Ansah and this is not his only project on Street Fighter. Christian Howard, the actor who plays Ken, returned for "Assassin's Fist", but Jon Foo (Ryu) was replaced by another actor in that project. But back to this one here. The first 60 seconds are a bit of an introduction while everything afterward is fight sequences and they feature some of the trademark moves of the characters, like Ryu's blue ball made out of energy or Ken's flame fist attack. It's a solid watch for Street Fighter fans, but it's nothing that will get you interested in the franchise/games if you did not care before already. I still give it a thumbs-up. At this runtime, you probably won't be disappointed. It's really decent for a film under 200 seconds, even if it obviously lacks in the story department and character development.