MATADOR (Evo 2014 Vega Short Film) 

It took 20 years for a live-action film to get Vega's character right, but someone finally did it.

Im sorry. But this short movie is 10 times better then anything Hollywood can come up with SF...

This, "Assasin's Fist", and "Balrog:Behind The Glory" are what Street Fighter needs. Live-Actions that do the characters justice and have beautiful creativity.

6 years later and this is still a masterpiece

It took me ages to discover this fanfilm. But holy crap... this fanfilm alone is better than any of the SF movies we got! Vega’s character was on point! I’d love to see a full length film on him he’s always been my favourite character 🌹

If you look closely, the purple line on his mask on the left side is the exact cut on his mothers. Just a bit of specialty there.

The character of Vega has fascinated me for years. As a great fan of "the Spanish Ninja" as well as being myself Spaniard too, I can say this is the best piece of fiction related with Vega ever made. Great job, guys. And the fact they speak in Catalan...Thank you for a gorgeous short film.

I just noticed Vega's mom was reading The Lords of the Rings to Vega xD She's reading the part when Gandalf is fighting the Balrog!

I can't believe they speak Spanish. They is staying true to the Vega character.. thump up

this....was beautiful! *throws a rose*

why tha fuck can't Hollywood deliver this sort of production.

That rendition of his theme at the end was fantastic.

Was never a fan of Vega/Balrog/Claw, and have hated him ever since the days of SFII. Character was never my style and the flashy flamboyant nature they gave to the psychopathic killer just grained on me as the series continued. However, in less then 15 minutes you made me care for him, feel sad for him, and then despise him again. Bravo, this is fucking fantastic work.

the ending was incredible, it subtly showed that Vega only uses his trauma as an excuse for his crimes and evil. The priest talks about what Vega's mother would think of all this and Vega gets angry and kills him, as he couldn't accept the truth, the true reason for his actions, with Bison appearing at the end and him throwing the rose, it would be him accepting his true reason for being what he is. It's incredible how these small Street Fighter productions can be so much better than a Hollywood film

7 years later, came back to watch it again and make sure my "like" is still here! Fantastic!

This is super cool. They should do a movie about him or at the very least give him more screen time. He's my favorite character.

Balrog/Vega is the coolest character and has the best backstory in all the Street Fighter franchise. This short film was great and being in Spanish made it even more epic. This character deserves a real movie though. Congratulations on a great work! You did him justice!

His smile at the end is perfect.

Wow... Almost speechless. Really did a great job of catching Vega's dark nature.

Damn, if this was a full length movie I would have gladly paid 11 dollars for it. 5 out 5 stars on this :)

Now this short film is a masterpiece, and that ending was priceless

I love Vega. He's a psychotic masterpiece! His character has so much depth needs to be explored and translated to a movie

Vega killed the priest because he said his mother wound't see him as a beautiful little boy, however, that is wrong, since Vega is the most handsome man in the history of the universe.

This shit is inspired, and the attention to detail is fantastic. This and the Boxer one are pretty much the best video game fan films I've ever seen hands down, and honestly some of the best short films I've ever seen considering the source material is so scant when it comes to story. Amazing work.

Daaaamn they even gave a backstory to the symbol on Vega’s mask. Why am I just now seeing this?!?

Shouts out to whoever played the step dad. This nigga had me reflecting on past traumas that never happened.

This actor is waaaay better than the actor who played Vega in the 1994 movie Street Fighter.

This is like an episode of Batman: The Animated Series... Man a good Street Fighter cartoon like Batman would be sick. Imagine Cody's episode!

Dude, Call the guys who is doing Assassin's Fist and collaborate with them. You guys are so dedicated like they are. I can't believe how good and accurate this was. Please make more. Join Joey Ansah.

The best maded emotional moments was the scene when he as kid cries by his death mother and when he with rage screams before killing the priest

5:04 The scar on his Mother's face resembles the symbol on his eventual mask, no?

“My hands still have your blood on them!” I think Vega might be referring to his “father” in street fighter 2.

A nice detail is that the adult Vega speaks in Catalan, and the mother sometimes speaks it briefly too, This is probably her primary lenguage and Vega kept it as his as well, I don't know if it was the film makers idea or maybe the cast, but in my opinion this simple thing added a lot to the story and shows a real commitment from the people behind the film. I really hope there's more to come, and that it hopefully won't take another two+ years until they can do it.

This is so fucking beautiful. They started talking in Spanish and then ending talking in Catalan, right? You should join the team that did Assassin's Fist and do a series or something. Loved this.

Fantastic, congratulations!

Very easily without a doubt the BEST short film I have seen to this day and of all time. I have literally watched this at least like ten times or so all up and no matter how many times I see this, This is still just as poetic and deep as it was the very first time I saw this because watching this has literally made me realize just how much more there is to the character because you think that Vega is just so narcissistic and self-loving just because he's full of himself when in reality, He still just that lost little boy from all those years ago and in many ways can be seen as a form of PTSD on why he see's beauty as 'Heroism and Strength' and 'Ugliness' as not only repulsive but as a 'threat'. When they created this, They created more than a story, They created a life that we all lived and witnessed with our own two eyes. So in closing, I got to say that this short film is completely and totally.. A thing of beauty.

When I was young, my SF favorites were Guile, Nash, Ryu, Ken, both storyline and skills-wise. But growing older and binge watching these SF canon based short films and flicks, I already went beyond Sonic Booms, Fireballs, military missions, revenge and proving greatness. Through the years I have grown to appreciate Vega and Feilong for their swift, natural fighting skills and deep storylines: Vega's tragic backstory as depicted here, and Feilong's character, background, skills and philosophy which were patterned after the late Bruce Lee.

I'm so happy that one of the best characters in fighting has a strong enough following that would make something as good as this short film. Kudos for this *beautiful* video.

Amazing Claw theme in the credits

Godlike!!! Thank you for doing justice to my favorite fighting game character.

Wow, amé enormemente este film, de los mejores Vega que he visto. Al fin alguien que se tomó el tiempo de hacer una producción de la historia de este personaje y le quedó genial. Mis felicitaciones a los que hicieron este trabajo.

man... I just found this again. Wish there was more than this and balrog.

So Vega was a young boy, who witnessed the murder of his mother by his step-father, who both fell out the window. He takes his set of claws and kills him, avenging her death. But then eventually along the line, he gets too deep in with the killings and all, and felt that for exposing him and his mother to the step-father, he feels that the priest has to pay the price for it, thus killing him. And that's all what led him to that life of crime. But for him to go through such a agonizing moment for his mother to be savagely beaten, strangled, and then killed by his step-father, I feel really bad for him.

I apologize for not seeing this sooner, as he's my favorite character to use in Street Fighter. Sirs, it is redundant to be told this, but this film is incredible to watch. It captured Vega's essence, his elegant ferocity, and the authenticity of his origin. I want to say that this needs to be expanded beyond this short film. Superb work, sirs. Muchas gracias por esta obra de arte.

This is beautiful. I adore Vega and I am honoured to find someone who likes him enough to devote their time and energy to create this masterpiece. Thank you.

As a spaniard i have to appreciate the value added by spanish characters speaking actual spanish castellano and catalan, and not some sort of unreal mix between all possible spanish accents and vocabularys, like big american productions do most of the time... I guess it is because most of the time the target audience is not spanish speaking and doesnt care at all, but for spanish speakers it is like engurish or worse My only grudge is that little Vega has a latino accent... Oh well, maybe he got it from his stepfather :P

“He’s wrong you know, you are an instrument of divine justice” “You are beautiful” those lines were delivered so masterfully and it subtly captures how Bisons psycho power peered into Vegas narcissistic spirit, showing how to manipulate him into being one of the kings of shadaloo.

I loved both this and the one about Balrog (Mike Bison). You guys should do a video like this about Sagat, he is an amazing character with a VERY dark and colourful background. Having fought (and lost to) Ryu & Ken's master - Gouken, even killed Dan's father (Go Hibiki - Gouken's friend too) to whom he lost his right eye to, also that scar on his chest from Ryu's rising dragon punch.

the part with his mom actually made me tear up a little

AMAZING OMG I was applauding the moment the credits hit!!! Great acting, great cinematography!! And Vega's actor is so gorgeous! Wonderful work!

Need that ending theme. Take my money.

This, Assassin's Fist, and Balrog: Behind the Glory go to show that live-action adaptations of Street Fighter CAN work, and work well. I think the whole problem with the last two Hollywood adaptations is that the directors really just wanted to make completely different movies, and just slapped loose adaptations of the video game characters into their scripts with little regard for the source material. But live-action Street Fighter CAN be amazing! And it's such a blessing to have not one, not two, but three examples to show us how it can and should be done.

years later, this is still a "Beautiful film"

Just watched the premier on EVO, and then watched your video on Balrog (Boxer) and loved them both. Keep doin what you're doin.

That Vega theme at the end is just

Excellent insight into the past of "The Scarlet Terror" Vega. Beautiful!

In rewatching this... ...nice touch with the marking on Vega's mask resembling the scar his mother received on her face. And I still say you guys are goddamn amazing with these short films. Both of them still hold up!

Man, this is so good! I wish Hollywood could make a good video game movie like this.

This made me cry man. I have always had mad love for vega. Cause he is a spaniard. I am also spaniard my self. I love how they spoke in catalan. That's the language my great grandfather spoke. Watching this made me think so much of my great grandfather. He immigrated from Barcelona. And was a bullfighter. So ya. This was Beautiful and very well done. 🇪🇸🌹

this should've got a full length feature. why are these things better than the movies with higher budgets?

This short film is very good. Vega has always been one of my favorite street fighter charecters.

I can't believe you guys still pulled this off I've been waiting for this since day 1 and I'm not disappointed!

Whu doesn't this film have more views?! Its a great adaption of the video game character.

M.Bison: You are beautiful. Me: Yes he is, yes he is. this was amazing I was wondering why he was like this tho but this was a masterpiece. bravo!

I was worried that ChubbyBoy Films was not going to do another video but I am very pleased that you all did. Hopefully a big studio will pick you up and/or give you substantial funding to do more of these projects. Good luck and keep up the great work!

My english is not good enough to translate all praise I have to the creators of this beautiful work. This should be made into a full lenght movie. Fantastico, Maravilloso!

8:25 so thats how he came up with "The Flying Barcelona"

One of the best short films i've ever seen

This awesome short film deserves more visits!!!

Amazing!! This is such a treat for a Vega fan like myself. Thank you so much! Simply beautiful.

It's a sin I can't like this more than once. This was great.

M.Bison: Hes Wrong You Know You are an instrument of defining Justice You Are Beautiful.

Next is Sagat. soon.

This was amazing, this is how you do video games justice in film!

Best film I've seen in a long time. I wish they would make a full live-action Vega film like this.

Madre en español, padre en catalán, y les sale un hijo latino xDD. WHAT?

This was absolutely beautiful to watch. I've been waiting a very long time for someone to expand the story of one of the best fighting game characters out there - this is far better than I expected

Yes. I've wanted to see this movie made since seeing that Balrog film. This was great. It really puts Vega's tragic past in a more public light. Very nice job. Although it's clear they used some creative liberty about his biological father and that priest stuff, it had a nice presentation to it. The origin of the flourish on Vega's mask stemming from his mother's scar isn't canon, but it's still a nice detail they created. The death of his mother, however, seemed more accidental in this case. Not like the story goes. I'll have to read up on Vega's bio in some Street Fighter encyclopedia, as his background in the Street Fighter Wiki isn't as well sourced as I'd like to keep it. Tenouttaten.

Awesome work and a great picture on my favorite character from Street Fighter 2! Nicely done!

This is really fantastic. I would absolutely trust the rest of the Street Fighter characters in your hands.

Maravilloso!! Vega es sublime como este video!! 🌹

So Ken is a celebrated world champion fighter, who has money, has a wife (while he flirts with other women), a son, and is loved by his country Meanwhile Vega is a misunderstood orphan (who we can assume was homeless and poor at this point )who is feared in his own homeland, seen his mother's death; avenged his mother by killing a man AS A CHILD, and uses a weapon handed down from his father's legacy. Who's the Villain here?

I’m shocked it took me this long to see this video for the first time even though I saw the Balrog/Boxer one years ago. Groovy stuff, Brett!

Amazing. I think Vega would make such an interesting movie character all on his own.

Acting 9/10 Directing 9/10 Cinematography 8/10 Costumes 7/10

Very, very awesome, all the way through. It felt as though they were in Mexico, not Spain, but honestly? That's a minor complaint when you stack it up to how well acted, scripted, and edited the entire thing was. Fantastic.

I give this the "Dónde está el baño" seal of approval!

I wish that they would make a full length movie about Vega. This short film is definitely one of the best renditions ever been done. I am really impressed with the style and the characters plus the music was purely magnificent.

This was awesome! I never thought of Vega as a very compelling character before this! I loved it!

This is amazing! Very well done. Was a joy to watch.

Simply incredible! Another amazing short film.

9 years and still being a masterpiece

They need to hire these dudes to make the new live acton movie

Beautiful Stuff, makes Vega a a sympathetic figure of sorts. Reminds me a little of O-ren's origin in Kill Bill.

That was simply amazing^^ I loved every bit of it from the way they spoke spanish to the very last scene.

so good, thank for this, I never realised the detail on his mask was to honour his mother.

Yes! They made the headcanon backstory for Vega secondary canon! I loved that backstory,, and her calling him ugly confirmed it! Yes! Even without that this is an amazing standalone story!

M.Bison : "You are beautiful..." 🌹

WOW this short film of Vega was awesome. They really put a lot of work in Vegas story. I hope they do others like this as they did with Street Fighter the Assassin first story and later on put the stories together which lead to the Street fighter world tournament hosted by M.Bison. If there ever be a future Street fighter movie it better meet up to all the storyline, martial arts and characters personality when they are played in the film. Thanks for the upload ChubbyBoyFilms. I really enjoyed this short film. I can not wait to see more of your awesome videos. Keep up the good work.

This is amazing. I've always kinda liked Vega, however the way you guys have explained his absolute obsession with beauty and how his broken phyce came to be is better than anything Capcom would have put to film. It was short, subtle and yet so effective and the fact that the whole thing was in Spanish (except for Bison of course) was just the icing on the cake. A broken and sad child stuck in the body of an insane killer. So devilishly good. This is a MUST SEE for Street Fighter fans