GamerTab
That was an excellent one.
Lachlan Coulson
This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
Cheryl
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Osmosis Iron
I rate this by my appreciation for it when I first saw it, which means I was about 7 years old, now I would probably be a bit less euphoric about it.. But then it ticked all the boxes for me. It's fast paced and action packed, every fight is interesting and looks great! The characters are true to the game, they look and act very much like in the games including many signature movies. The plot is easy to follow, maybe simplistic, but so were the games. If it had more gore it would be exactly like the games! And considering the target audience was kids/teens it is understandable why there isn't much gore! Goro looked amazing for the time and Christopher Lambert's portrayal of Lord Rayden was so awesome! And finally that theme "song"... you gotta love it! All in all like I said, still the best videogame adaptation, whether it says much or not is debatable, but that's another question entirely!
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.
Eric Stevenson
Having just seen that horrendous "Street Fighter" movie, I was eager to see a movie that was nowhere near as bad, but it still wasn't good. As someone who's very familiar with "Mortal Kombat" it was nice to know all of these characters. There are a lot of faults with this movie, especially with Johnny Cage's lame lines. Interestingly enough, Johnny Cage actually does have some really good moments here and there. The scene where he defeats Scorpion is probably the best part of the whole movie. It's weird to actually see him kill Goro and that does seem pretty forced, but at least he's useful.Some of the special effects are good, especially Goro. Unfortunately, they have this really lame CGI with Reptile, especially when he initially appears as this well, reptilian creature. The bits with Scorpion are fine. They do manage to keep the awesome music from the games! Remember how I said that "Street Fighter" would have worked better as a short film? Well, this probably would have worked better as an episode of a TV show. That's much less of an insult, but it's still something. I guess there's some effort, but it's still predictable with the fighting and Raiden talking. **
