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While I agree that as source material for a movie fighting games should probably be the last thing on your list, I still think you can make a good movie out of one. Fighting games in general have no strong central narrative. Just a reason (usually a tournament) for all these people to meet and fight. The character development is all in the backstory. Your movie should be the same.



I.E. to make a Street Fighter movie, set up a tournament bracket and film your movie around elaborate fight sequences with flashback sequences for each character telling us something about them, be it their history or their motivation for being there. It does not have to, nor should it, tell us everything about that character. Just enough to give them a little depth. But the fights should be the main focus of the movie. Your "main" characters will obviously be winning their fights so they could get multiple flashbacks that go a bit deeper into who they are. But again, the fights themselves remain the primary focus throughout. No linear story. Perhaps not even a 100% comprehensive explanation of the tournament. Just a lot of well-executed action sequences and effects with a good amount of drama and character depth sprinkled throughout in the form of flashbacks.



That's how I'd do it at any rate. And that's exactly how Hollywood would never do it. Ah well.