Mortal Kombat

Name: Mortal Kombat
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Fantasy
Released: August 18, 1995
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 58
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

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

Susan Wloszczyna

Just like the popular (and more graphically violent) video game it's spun from, kung-fooy and kartoony Kombat shoves plot and personality aside to focus on action cloaked in mystic mumbo-jumbo and gloomy mock-gothic graphics. [21 Aug 1995 Pg. 03.D]

Marc Savlov

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

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McGee

Jul 12, 2006

One of my top 10 movies of all time. And, the first Movie Based on the Video Game, that captures everything the Game was ment to be.

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weskergamer

Apr 17, 2017

Mortal Kombat is one of the best martial-arts movie of all time. Based of the greatest fighting videogame franchise ever made, the movie has great kombats, lovely characters and the best music ever in any action movie.

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GeorgeK.

Mar 1, 2009

Absolutely amazing. Sure it is an old movie now but still it has lavish production design. Everything is created in full detail, good acting, nice injections shots of humor, fascinating fights, excellent editing and one unfuzzy direction from Anderson. Plus the exotic locations. Maybe the Absolutely amazing. Sure it is an old movie now but still it has lavish production design. Everything is created in full detail, good acting, nice injections shots of humor, fascinating fights, excellent editing and one unfuzzy direction from Anderson. Plus the exotic locations. Maybe the story is not serious-which it isn't-but it is presented in a way that makes the movie serious. Another plus-the exotic-atmospheric score by George S.Clinton, the techno soundtrack and the photography. It 's good to see locations that they have a blue feeling(Stage with SubZero), a hellish one(Scorpion) etc.. Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa is simply fantastic!… Expand

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Rox22

Feb 13, 2013

While this movie is far from good, it is still one of the few video game to movie adaptations that is both good and fairly loyal to the source material. If anything this movie has an iconic soundtrack that pretty much any MK fan knows by heart. For it's time this movie was really good withWhile this movie is far from good, it is still one of the few video game to movie adaptations that is both good and fairly loyal to the source material. If anything this movie has an iconic soundtrack that pretty much any MK fan knows by heart. For it's time this movie was really good with some pretty decent fight scenes. A shame they went the PG route as a bit more blood and gore would have made it a bit more interesting. But, still that aside it still is pretty good. Acting is cheezy at times, but far better than can be expected. Overall: Far from perfect, but still a fun movie to watch.… Expand

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TheJaggedShow

Jul 22, 2015

This is easily one of the better films based off of a video game. Though, it still has numerous flaws, as expected. If memory serves me well, it is the 4th highest grossing film based off of a video game ever. The presentation of the characters were hit or miss. I do like ChristopherThis is easily one of the better films based off of a video game. Though, it still has numerous flaws, as expected. If memory serves me well, it is the 4th highest grossing film based off of a video game ever. The presentation of the characters were hit or miss. I do like Christopher Lambert's interpretation of Raiden, rather being wise and a little cocky than just the usual all-knowing thunder god. The action sequences were just okay, but when it came to any fight scenes with Goro, boy did it look clumsy. I know stop-motion can be unusual to work with, but I've seen more believable stuff from Monty Python. Obviously, this film did no favors for any of the actors' careers. Lambert was already established with the Highlander films, Robin Shou did Beverly Hills Ninja with Chris Farley and had a small role in DOA: Dead or Alive, and Bridgette Wilson was in Billy Madison with Adam Sandler....haven't heard anything from any of them since. A couple of the martial artists, like Chris Casamassa who played Scorpion and Hakim Alston who played Liu Kang's first opponent in the tournament, were on a short-live kids show called WMAC Masters and haven't really done anything since, unless you count what they do in their lives as martial artists. Overall, as any film, it was just okay. As a video game based film, it's definitely one of the much better ones.… 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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