Reptileenbu
Did you people see the same film I saw?
Konterr
Brilliant and touching
Stoutor
It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.
andymcgraw-95291
Based on the hit video game for the Sega Genesis, Mortal Kombat involves three great fighters, Lui Kang, a monk, Sonya Blade, a gun-wielding cop, and Johnny Cage, an actor, that are guided by fate to a tournament. At the beginning of the movie, on a Chinese junk ship, they meet Lord Raiden, the God of Lightning and Thunder and the Protector of the realm of earth. They cast off to an island where the tournament is to be held. The souls controlled by Shang Tsung, a wizard from Outworld, fly around. The winner will ensure that the men and women of earth do not share a similar fate. And each fighter has his or her own self-interest in winning. Watch the movie to see who wins!
Kirpianuscus
...and, for few motifs, little more. first - for the reasonable way "to translate" a game on screen, giving more than a good choreography but a nice story about virtues and about heroes as ordinary people, about relation with the past and self definition not in the most easy manner. the tension, the characters, the crumbs from Bruce Lee films are basic good points of a modern fairy tale about courage, friendship and fight against inner demons.
BA_Harrison
The world's best martial artists convene at a tournament, the outcome of which will determine the fate of the entire planet.Seven years before turning popular video game Resident Evil into a movie (and a long-running franchise), director Paul W.S. Anderson did the same thing for beat-em-up Mortal Kombat, a game renowned for its fast and furious fight action and some some wonderfully inventive finishing moves (plus a secret 'blood mode' for those who like their video game violence extra juicy). Anderson quickly introduces the game's many characters, providing a modicum of back story for each to give them the incentive to compete, before getting down to the nitty gritty: the tournament itself, which delivers numerous well choreographed smackdowns all accompanied by a pulse-pounding techno soundtrack.Granted, it's not the most cerebral of movies, but it makes for a fun way to spend an hour and a half, especially for those who have given themselves arthritis of the fingers trying to perfect the game's finishing moves; seeing the characters brought to life on the big screen is a blast, even if the CGI used to do so is a little creaky by today's standards (on the other hand, the practical effects used for the four-armed monster Goro are extremely impressive).
austinkunkle
Even though the movie will never reach up to the movie,I still thought Mortal combat was a good movie with lots of good fights and tournaments. The characters look really good developed,the effects are a little cheesy though,but it's still not a bad movie. It's not the best movie,but it's certainly better than the second one. With the sequel,they definitely took it a little too far with it's effects and the fights. The fights were really long and really and somewhat exhausting. Other than it's unoriginal sequel,this film was pretty good.Even though in the second one they were finished with mortal combat,I don't think they would've made another sequel anyway.
