Mortal Kombat

Name: Mortal Kombat
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Fantasy
Released: August 18, 1995
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 60
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou

1995

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New Line Cinema | Release Date: August 18, 1995 | PG-13

Starring: Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou

Summary: Summoned to a mysterious island, three martial arts warriors engage in the ultimate battle of good vs. evil. (New Line Cinema)

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Fantasy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 101 min

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Kevin Thomas

A martial arts action-adventure with wondrous special effects and witty production design, it effectively combines supernatural terror, a mythical slay-the-dragon, save-the-princess odyssey and even a spiritual quest for self-knowledge. [21 Aug 1995 Pg. F3]

Peter Rainer

It is one continuous fight sequence from opening scene to final credits, but lacks the blood, profanity, and gore that would have merited a more adult rating. Read full review

Stephen Holden

The movie's extensive martial arts sequences, in which combatants bounce off each other doing triple handsprings, suggest a slightly more earthbound version of the aerial ballets in Hong Kong action-adventure films. Read full review

Empire Kim Newman

The filmmakers try to solve the problem of turning an experience which merely consists of a series of fights into a story by... ignoring it, presenting a film which merely consists of a series of fights. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

And although director Paul Anderson treats the story with appropriate deadpan respect, there are enough sparks of humor (particularly generated by Linden Ashby as a shallow martial-arts actor who worries that he's a fake, with good reason) to amuse the adults accompanying the 10-year-old boys in the audience. Read full review

Marc Savlov

It is, in essence, the video game transferred part and parcel to the screen, and very well at that. Read full review

Alan Ng

The bright spot of Paul W.S. Anderson’s film is the villains. Read full review

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Danieru

May 13, 2008

Pure fun. And also the best film based on game. I think it really deserves its 10.

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Kunray

Apr 9, 2021

Amazing overall aesthetic, interesting story & characters not a whole lot to hate on to be honest. Me, for my part enjoyed it.

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gm101

Mar 2, 2011

Best video game movie ever! I feel this is the only movie where the filmmakers actually respected the video game source material. I've watched this movie many times as a kid, and I always shout "MORTAL KOMBAT!" whenever I feel like it.

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KelvinSelimor

Mar 2, 2020

Mortal Kombat. Get over here! Generally speaking, Mortal Kombat is a good transfer of the game to large screens. The battle scenes look great even though Liu Kang constantly screams at them. Loved Rayden by Christopher Lambert.

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Calcalous

Aug 8, 2015

Disastrously cheesy but eerily intriguing/nostalgic like futa porn overall.
Acting was hammy but Lambert and Ashby's performance did stand out. I feel it was more the fault of the script rather than the cast (for the most part), like the special effects, it had '90 s' written all over it.Disastrously cheesy but eerily intriguing/nostalgic like futa porn overall.
Acting was hammy but Lambert and Ashby's performance did stand out. I feel it was more the fault of the script rather than the cast (for the most part), like the special effects, it had '90 s' written all over it. Tagawa, the actor everyone know though few can name managed to pull off the serious side to an otherwise comedic role if handed to another. What I did like were two of the fight scenes which the original MK soundtrack complimented so perfectly and charged our anticipation, alas it didn't last long. In the end it's not a bad movie but just a sign of the time's limits as well as extensive boundaries in film. You can just tell straight off if a certain production have a cultist following, and this does for good reason. It does have little nods to the game but nothing overly satisfying. Fans; don't expect it to be anything like the game. (PS. dank soundtrack)… Expand

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FredBob

Oct 18, 2006

This movie has it's good spots, but the acting could be a little better. It does a great job capturing the intensity and creativity of the Mortal Kombat world.

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Necromus

Dec 6, 2012

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolutely the worst movie I've ever seen. I was unfortunately dragged to see this instead of some other cool movie at the time that was R-rated because my best friend was asked to take his younger siblings along with him to the movie theater and they were not old enough to see an R-rated movie. So, like a trooper I stuck with to endure this movie while our more scumbag friends ran off to see a better movie. Going in, I didn't have any expectations really. I had played countless hours of Mortal Kombat the video game in the arcade while in high school, and that was a cool game, so I thought, hey, this might not be so bad. Man, was I wrong. Now why would you take a video game filled with extreme graphic violence and then try to turn it into a movie for a General audience aimed at young children? Because you're an idiot without any common sense, that's why! The only "fatality" is when one of the fighters stupidly slips and falls off the side of the mountain, there is no blood, no gore, nothing. This was one of the most boring movies I have ever seen. And this is supposed to be an action movie? I'd rather watch somebody play the video game than watch this movie, seriously, watching somebody play the video game is way more entertaining! What a waste of money and time. Don't ever see this movie. Don't rent it. If it comes on TV change the channel! because if you see it, you're gonna have a bad time!… Expand

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