The mask hides more than a face—it hides a childhood that never stood a chance.
A gritty drama focusing on Street Fighter's sociopathic and self-adoring Spanish ninja, Vega. Matador, details Claw's traumatic upbringing and the pivotal sequence of events that made him into the assassin he is today.
Cinematography
Shadows doing emotional heavy lifting the dialogue won't.
Acting
Young Claw's silence hits harder than any fight scene.
Director
Vahe Gabuchian
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fan films this polished rarely interrogate their source material; Matador weaponizes Vega's vanity against itself.
Director Vahe Gabuchian shot this as his USC thesis—Capcom's lawyers reportedly loved it enough to not send a cease-and-desist.
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