Getting another shot at a live-action Street Fighter movie was always going to come with some baggage. The fighting franchise has characters fans can recognize from a silhouette, signature moves practically built for a theater screen, and a previous adaptation whose reputation has followed it for decades. There was plenty of room for a new movie to come out swinging, especially with Andrew Koji and Noah Centineo stepping into the ring as Ryu and Ken.

Director Kitao Sakurai takes the action back to 1993, when the estranged fighters find themselves recruited by Callina Liang’s Chun-Li for the World Warrior Tournament. Naturally, an invitation to fight some of the most dangerous people on the planet comes with a catch. A conspiracy behind the competition forces Ryu and Ken to confront their shared history while dealing with a situation that extends well beyond winning their next match.

Unfortunately, Street Fighter has opened to a Rotten 38% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes from 32 reviews, as of this writing. That number can change as more reviews arrive, but it puts the adaptation on the defensive ahead of its October 16 theatrical release. There is one consolation: it is currently ahead of the 1994 Street Fighter, which holds a 20% critics’ score from 90 reviews. Clearing that particular hurdle, however, still leaves the new movie some distance from a Fresh rating.