1995 Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
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.
Christopher Lambert Robin Shou Linden Ashby Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Bridgette Wilson-Sampras Talisa Soto Trevor Goddard Chris Casamassa François Petit Keith Cooke Ed Boon Frank Welker Gregory McKinney Kenneth Edwards Peter Jason Lloyd Kino Steven Ho Sandy Helberg Daniel Haggard John Fujioka T.J. Storm Gerald Okamura Jeff Wolfe Hakim Alston Kevin Michael Richardson Tom Woodruff Jr. Leo Lee
Mark Caso Robin Shou Al Leong John Koyama Dominique Vandenberg Pat E. Johnson Gerald Okamura Thomas DeWier Tatsuro Koike Dana Hee J.J. Perry Sidney S. Liufau Brad Martin Jeff Imada Kurt Bryant Leo Lee Andre McCoy Fumio Demura Earnest Hart Jr. Steve Boyles Dennis Keiffer Danny Lopez Donnie Hair Mike Smith David Rowden Al Goto Michael Sims William Morts Steven Ito Carl Milinac Paul Beahm Gary Clayton Barbara Bernhardt Rodney Mitchell Brad Halstead Allen Woodman
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Would have been a 5 star film if Paul W.S. Anderson was brave enough to show Goro's dick.
53/100
A cinematic gift. Johnny Cage and Scorpion fight in a forest of mirrors, reflecting their moves until the fiery machismo shifts the entire stage into a strange, Hellish treehouse arena. It's one of the countless sequences of glorified, enraged cheese, and the soundtrack (which can't possibly be from this earth because it's so good) brings all the insanity together.
"Flawlessssss Victory!"
*cue Techno*
Love when the characters in Mortal Kombat compete in Mortal Kombat while other characters talk about how they’ve been chosen to compete in Mortal Kombat. In conclusion, Mortal Kombat.
Not a flawless victory, but still plenty of charm. The early CGI effects are laughable but the practical ones are pretty good, and the production design is actually kind of lovely in a crazy baroque way. And there's some solid humor amongst the unintentional cheese; Christopher Lambert is charmingly odd as the Lightning God Raiden and Linden Ashby is perfect as cocky movie star Johnny Cage. The first half is ENTER THE DRAGON; the second half abandons any pretense of having a story for a nonstop barrage of fights, some of which are surprisingly decent. Paul W.S. Anderson shows some flashes, to be sure.
A cheesy nostalgic ride that's not great ... but it still hits the spot!
"I made a choice. This is OUR tournament, remember? Mortal Kombat. WE fight it!"
I was at that perfect age when the Mortal Kombat video game came out. And I remember how my friends and I thought we were really getting away with something cool, with all the carnage we could unleash in the game. And looking back on it, Paul W.S. Anderson did a great job of adapting this beloved game into a movie that 90s kids could really enjoy.
"Flawless Victory ... Fatality!"
What is great about Mortal Kombat:
- OMG, the techno music in this movie is fantastic and I still gets me…
It's completely illogical, but I love 90s CGI infinitely more than the special effects they put out today. It feels exponentially more homegrown and organic, though this is in actuality not the case—it obviously as artificially constructed and binary-based back then as it is now.
The same proclivity exists towards awkwardly aged blockbusters. Despite being as utterly fatuous and plastic as the most bloated franchise films today, the nostalgic attributes and clumsy details of bygone cultural affinities imbue them with an elevated air of qurik and earnestness.
I wonder if this trend will reiterate itself with contemporary blockbusters, twenty-five or so years later; but I also wonder if there was something particularly endearing about the pronounced sloppiness of computerized graphics and tentpole blockbusters during their embryonic phase?
Whatever the case, the patent flaws of the '95 Mortal Kombat are ironically what propel it to its somewhat unearned viewing victories.
I was a big fan of the Mortal Kombat video games as a child. I saw this movie on original release and wasn't massively impressed. I'd actually forgotten all about it until watching the trailer for Showgirls recently, which features the Reptile theme from this film. Upon rewatch; I have to say this is a ballsy adaptation of the video game. It's cheesy as hell, has a real disjointed plot and so much of it doesn't make sense....but it's all so much fun. The way that the film weaves together the main characters with imagery and quotes from the game is a real nostalgia trip, and the theme tune is a major showstopper! The whole aesthetic is wonderful - it…
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