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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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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leviathanarg

Apr 8, 2021

One of the greatest action movies ever.
I recall those special effects back in the day.
Actirs and characters so cool. My favorite actors were the ones playing Sonya and Shang Tsung. Also memorable are C. Lambert, Robin Shou and the guy that played Johnny Cage.
Great 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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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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TSDG

Apr 12, 2015

DECENT, Compared to the sequel, considering I found this movie at Walmart few days ago that had both the first and second MK movie on a single disc, I also saw both reviews by Nostalgia Critic!

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AlexK2000

Mar 20, 2021

Mortal Kombat основан на легендарном файтинге "Mortal Kombat", который известен своим высоким уровнем насилия, и был снят по мотивам первой игры.
Сейчас это выглядит слишком наивно, но нормально и смотрибельно.
Актеры: Робин Шу, Линден Эшби, Бриджит Уилсон, Кристофер Ламберт, Кэри, ХироюкиMortal Kombat основан на легендарном файтинге "Mortal Kombat", который известен своим высоким уровнем насилия, и был снят по мотивам первой игры.
Сейчас это выглядит слишком наивно, но нормально и смотрибельно.
Актеры: Робин Шу, Линден Эшби, Бриджит Уилсон, Кристофер Ламберт, Кэри, Хироюки Тагава, Талиса Сото и Тревор Годдард, сумели идеально воплотить образы своих персонажей и, пожалуй, это главное, что есть в этом фильме.
Мне понравились персонажи, спецэффекты, декорации и драки, которые смотрелись очень даже неплохо для того времени, ну и разумеется сюжет, за которым было интересно наблюдать.
Главный минус - это детский рейтинг фильма. Ни крови, ни расчлененки, что к сожалению расстраивает.
Как фанат, могу сказать, что получился очень даже хороший фильм, снятый по игре, хотя сейчас он выглядит немного нелепо, но все равно интересно.… Expand

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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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