Claim: Jean-Claude Van Damme has starred in award-winning films.

Street Fighter is a 1994 Japanese-American action film written and directed by Steven E. de Souza . It is based loosely on the video game Street Fighter II , produced by Capcom , and stars Jean-Claude Van Damme , and Raúl Juliá , along with supporting performances by Byron Mann , Damian Chapa , Kylie Minogue , Ming-Na Wen and Wes Studi . The film altered the plot of the original game and motives of the Street Fighter characters . It also significantly lightened the tone of the adaptation , inserting several comical interludes -LRB- for instance , one particular fight scene between E. Honda and Zangief pays homage to the old Godzilla films -RRB- .   The film was a commercial success , making approximately three times its production costs , but was panned by critics and by fans of the games . However , Raúl Juliá 's performance as General M. Bison was widely praised and garnered him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Saturn Awards . Julia , who at the time was suffering from stomach cancer -LRB- as evidenced by his pale and gaunt facial complexion throughout the movie -RRB- , took the role at the request of his two children . This was Julia 's final posthumous theatrical performance , and he died two months before the film 's release . The film is dedicated to his memory . Two video game tie-ins based on the film were released which used digitized footage of the actors performing fight moves , similar to the presentations in the Mortal Kombat series of games .