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  Review by David Sims ★★½ 71

  none of these movies have ever explained why they spell combat with a k

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  Review by Mohammed 🕸 ★★★ 116

  The entire movie was a trailer for the sequel

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  Review by Karst ★½

  gotta know which of the three writers that wrote Mortal Kombat (2021) threw in the line “all the great artists are a little twisted, man”

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  Review by davidehrlich ★½ 60

  It’s hard to imagine a more succinct illustration of how Hollywood’s relationship to “nerd shit” (for lack of a better umbrella term to describe comic book and video game-based intellectual property) has evolved over the last 25 years than a comparison between the opening scene of 1995’s “Mortal Kombat” and that of Warner Bros.’ inevitable new re-imagining of the gory arcade brawler.

  The original starts with the sound of a man yelling “MORTAL KOMMBBATTTT!!!” at the top of his lungs as a glitchy rave-core anthem called “Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat)” freaks over a flaming credit sequence. From there, the title screen cools into a goofy prologue full of canted angles in which evil warlock Shang Tsung (played by human cut-scene…

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  Review by AmandaTheJedi ★★★ 8

  I simply do not know what people were expecting.

  Is it perfect? No. Is it rushed at times? Yes. Are some of those performances rocky? Absolutely.

  Was it a fun time?? HELL YEAH IT WAS - LET'S FRICKEN GO BABY

  FRICK EM UP! Say the cheesy one liners!

  It's a story about a fighting tournament for the fate of the world, could it get super deep and flip our perception? Sure. Does it have to? No.

  I would have loved this to be a full on brutal revenge flick but I genuinely had a good time with a lot of the characters.

  Cole is rough though... sadly

  I want nothing more than to rent out a theatre and watch this with a group of friends, or just have a basement party with this on the tv.

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  Review by SilentDawn ★ 40

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  Stay far away from whatever this shit is. Say what you will about the 1995 PWSA Mortal Kombat as an adaptation, but it has a delightful sense of style and a crazed techno energy. It's great with a couple beers and the volume cranked. This one is Mortal Kombat for the Content era, which means it's poorly lit, full of quips that honestly could be replaced with a fart sound with little to no change, and directed with too many unnatural close-ups and medium shots for the action. Not to mention it's cut to shreds in the editing, and designed entirely for a sequel and a larger 'universe'. Maybe they should focus on making a decent movie first before…

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  Review by Shogud ★★★★ 10

  Cheesy lines? Check
  Blood? Check
  Fatalities? Check
  Bad Raiden? Check
  Bad story? Check

  
  
  

  I love it

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  Review by Adam Friedland 8

  First time back at the cinema in a year. Brought a backpack full of claws and got twisted. Remembered the movie Beverly Hills ninja halfway through the screening. Gonna watch BHN when I get home.

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  Review by 24framesofnick ★★½ 9

  What are we doing, some kinda kombat? A mortal kombat?

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  Review by ♦️•Lily•💋 ★★ 4

  The only video game movie I will accept is an animal crossing film in the style of uncut gems where someone is trying to pay off their debt to tom nook

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  Review by Matt Singer ★★★

  I am not sure I fully understand the rules of Mortal Kombat. How do you know when someone’s won? Are there, like, rounds? You can just kill your opponent before the fight starts and that’s fine?

  Other than that, I kinda enjoyed this! Full review at ScreenCrush.

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  Review by matt lynch ★½

  It's bizarre to me that anyone's so invested in this material that any of this crap even registers as something like fan service let alone remotely exciting; it's not even appreciably loopy. But whatever I guess it's for adult children. And there isn't even a tournament! Why is there so much plot when all it would take is these weird magic dudes having a bunch of fights with each other?