Mortal Kombat
1995 Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Synopsis
Nothing In This World Has Prepared You For This.
For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, their own inner demons, and superhuman foes in this action/adventure movie based on one of the most popular video games of all time.
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Mortal Kombat is so damn stupid.
So so so so so stupid.
So incredibly and masterfully stupid that it almost begins to transcend itself.
But I love every minute of it.
Now, this review could possibly end up being me endlessly praising the Mortal Kombat video game, but ill try to keep it brief on that front. I grew up on Mortal Kombat. I remember playing it in the arcades when I could also and sneaking into my brothers room to play MKII on the Sega while they weren't home. They never let me play.... If my parents caught them letting me see spine rippings and spike impalings, we wouldve all be dead.
Growing up with the series, I always…
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"Flawless Victory"
This was the shit when I was 12 and I still dig it 18 years later.
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One of the few videogame adaptations done right. Stays true to it's origin and is really entertaining to watch. Impressive fight choreography, Christopher Lambert as Raiden - you can't get any better than that.
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nice action movie
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Compared to the other big movie about fighting games of it's time, Mortal Kombat is a vastly superior movie - from a technical point of view. The fights are actually well-choreographed and the special effects hold up surprisingly well. But the comparison to Street Fighter: The Movie also needs to acknowledge that Mortal Kombat does not have the charm of Street Fighter. The last third of the movie is not as good as the beginning and middle, and at times the movie ends up being a little boring. Still a fun movie and one of the better martial arts flicks of its time.
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I used to like this movie so much more than I did on a recent rewatching.
This movie was never high art, with some shaky acting and some shaky fight scenes (and for a movie that's based around a bunch of fight scenes, that's a slight problem). That being said, it had energy, it moved along nicely, and it didn't take itself too seriously. It was cheesy fun. Unfortunately, rewatching it today, I fear that the problems began to outweight the cheese and fun. I still enjoy it, but I can't go any higher than that.
On the other hand, it contains one of my favorite lines ever, actually delivered well by Linden Ashby, who plays Johnny Cage: "I'm in a hostile environment, I'm totally unprepared, I'm surrounded by people who probably want to kick my ass...it's like being back in high school!"
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it's an action film
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nice action movie
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Mortal Kombat is so damn stupid.
So so so so so stupid.
So incredibly and masterfully stupid that it almost begins to transcend itself.
But I love every minute of it.
Now, this review could possibly end up being me endlessly praising the Mortal Kombat video game, but ill try to keep it brief on that front. I grew up on Mortal Kombat. I remember playing it in the arcades when I could also and sneaking into my brothers room to play MKII on the Sega while they weren't home. They never let me play.... If my parents caught them letting me see spine rippings and spike impalings, we wouldve all be dead.
Growing up with the series, I always…
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a good decent video game movie.
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The best one! Epic!
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While it is very campy now that I am an adult, my childhood nostalgia was full throttle, and it is still a fun, not to serious film to watch.
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I used to like this movie so much more than I did on a recent rewatching.
This movie was never high art, with some shaky acting and some shaky fight scenes (and for a movie that's based around a bunch of fight scenes, that's a slight problem). That being said, it had energy, it moved along nicely, and it didn't take itself too seriously. It was cheesy fun. Unfortunately, rewatching it today, I fear that the problems began to outweight the cheese and fun. I still enjoy it, but I can't go any higher than that.
On the other hand, it contains one of my favorite lines ever, actually delivered well by Linden Ashby, who plays Johnny Cage: "I'm in a hostile environment, I'm totally unprepared, I'm surrounded by people who probably want to kick my ass...it's like being back in high school!"
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"Flawless Victory"
This was the shit when I was 12 and I still dig it 18 years later.
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Absolutely horrible. Will admit that I wasn't giving the movie my full attention, but still. The mentor character was a failure, his hushed voice seeming try-hard and unfitting, and this is a big complaint as the mentor is usually my favorite character in most films.