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IT HAS BEGUN! Solid performances by the main cast, simple but concise story with quippy dialogue and memorable one liners with fantastic fight scenes which pay homage to the games.

just a very average movie, with kinda maybe cringe performances, and a very boring way to bring entertaintment, the effects are good for 1995, that's why a 2

I watched this movie with my cousin over and over again when we were children. First off, we loved the Mortal Kombat games. Seeing Subzero and Scorpion for the first time in a movie was absolutely legendary. Yet still even to this day, though this movie is not perfect, it hate been immortalized in Mortal Kombat lore. The theme song of this film is epic. Kano made a huge impression, and who could ever forgot "Your soul is mine" being said by Shang Tsung.

Up until the 2023 film "The Super Mario Bros.", I thought this was the best video game adaptation. Great and fun movie.

Je l’avais vu il y a un sacré bout de temps… mais je me rappelais pas ou plus à quel point c’était daubé ! sans doute un acte manqué, car la musique choisie du style techno-trance ou electrobidule est toujours aussi… sacrément réussie et très efficace !… comme dans mon souvenir. Hélas, une bonne musique ne suffit pas à trasnformer un navet en carrosse… la preuve, Christophe Lambert est toujours dedans en compagnie d’une bande de guignols plus ou moins tristement cons même si la blonde est plutôt jolie… mais aussi conne que le reste de cette espèce de gigantesque… dîner de cons ! Un gala sans doute. Les effets soi-disant spéciaux ont méchamment vieilli mais sentaient du fion déjà à l’époque… la réalisation reste médiocre, les combats restent trop limités, à la fois débiles et stupides, à l’image d’ailleurs de cette série de jeux vidéo complètement cons et débiles.Navrant navet donc qui ne s’est pas bonifié avec le temps, bien au contraire ! mais je mets 2 pour la très bonne musique, quand même !

Esta película me encanto. Pero siendo objetivo es bastante regular tirando para mediocre... Aun así, si eres fan de esta saga, te la recomiendo. No pierdes nada con verla

Get a grip the Actual game spirit, well sync choreographed scenes, mix with a high pump original score, charming acting and enlarge the one dimensionality that character's and Story suffer from the videogames at that time, no without it's flaws, some cheap lighting and at sometimes bad special effects still make put the movie on thumbs up list

Mortal Kombat still holds the dubious honor of being the least terrible video game adaptation that Hollywood has ever produced. While being far from a "good" movie, it at least understands what it is and has fun with it. Some solid set pieces and martial arts action round out the package, though it is Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa's charismatic performance as the villain and an impressive animatronic creature named Goro that steal the show.

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This movie is awesome. Low budget and great result. "Get over here" of the century.

I did not expect this movie to be as good as it was it gets a positive 7,8 from me I can’t stand Chris lambert as rayden and I am not ok with how they felt my man reptile but the soundtrack mwha and it sets up for a epic sequel even tho from what I heard the sequel will be everything but epic

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Świetny jak na swoje czasy film, sceny walk dalej świetnie się ogląda, jednak efekty specjalne nie przetrwały już próby czasu. Jest szacunek do materiału źródło

Believe me when I say that the only thing missing from this movie is insane amounts of gore.

Despite how cheesy the movie is, I'll say this is a better video game adaptation by far. The soundtrack is action-pumping, the characters seems more dry and cheesy but in a iconic way, and the fight scenes were cool. I just wish this movie was rated R so we can the blood and guts we were craving for like in the video games. The special effects of this movie was pretty bad to look at in this film, probably didn't have enough budget for computer effects. Overall, is a cheesy movie that lived up to Mortal Kombat.

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

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.

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, 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.

One can enjoy this movie only if you played the video game to see the known character in a movie. But other than that it should be a weird movie: Bad characters, simple story and low budget with outdated special effects.

just rewatched it after over 30 years. I liked it then and I liked it now. Ofc it's not without it's obvious flaws/controversy. Whitewashing Raiden was not a good decision, but Lambert does a good job. Fight scenes are quite good, especially Shou's Liu Kang. SF are quite good for the era, especially Goro. His fights look more realistic than Sonya's. Unfortunately Sonya was not only sidetracked but also not played very well. Same goes for the characters of Sub Zero and Scorpion. All in all it's not a masterpiece and plot is very basic, but still it's probably lot better than one might expect a 1995 video game based movie to be.

Ah, I remember seeing it in the theater and those opening credits with the music was shaking the seats. Awesome. So, does it hold up 25 years later? You bet. Cheesy? Yep. Fun? Oh yeah. It's a movie that doesn't pretend to be anything it's not. It's true to the game, it doesn't drag on and the dialog and special effects while silly, is usable. I'm watching it now and have no interest in doing anything else.

This movie was such a huge part of my childhood. I remember my dad taking me and my friends to a matinee the theater went dark and the theme exploded in digital sound. What followed just blew my mind. Revisiting it now it obviously hasn't aged well. Its undoubtedly goofy, the special effects leave something to be desired and the performances are overly campy. That being said Paul W.S. Anderson future director of the Resident Evil franchise and also responsible for the underrated sci-fi epic Event Horizon directs the proceedings with a straightforward confidence celebrating the corny aspects and relishing in the video game world. Ultra stylish with a killer soundtrack and some great action sequences. Mortal Kombat is truly one of the best video game adaptations. Budget: $18M Box Office: $122.1M 8/10

I think it's the perfect cult movie. The cast is spot-on for the characters they portray, The action scenes are enjoyable and it manages to be just the right amount of cheesy where it's comedic but not overly so. Mortal Kombat is such a criminally underrated movie and really one of the better video game based films to ever come out.

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.

The extremely rare case **** video game adaptation. With a bit of improvements and adding of fatalities (Unique feature of the Mortal Kombat games) this would be a cult classic of its genre. It is based on the famous Mortal Kombat fighting video game series. Which had about 18 games at the time of writing and sold more than 25 million copies. There were 2 unique features of the games: 1. They used blue screen to capture real life actors. **** games gave you fatalities that are over the top gory executions of your enemies. It was what made the games popular. It was the hot topic on the school yard and the stuff of legends back then;-). Back to the movie: They capture the essence of the games. There is a fighting tournament that determinate the fate of the earth (realm). It was set up to avoid a war as an evil immortal ruler of another realm wants to takeover earth (The term assimilation / merge is closer if I think about it). The best martial artist of earth fight against their best fighters. When earth realm has lost 10 times in a row all will be lost. This times it is serious as earth has lost the last 9 tournaments. The strength of the movie is the good balance between seriousness and taking itself not serious. If this was intentional then this is magnificent and should be praised. Then there is the good humour. I didn't expect to have this many good laughs in this movie. The cast is well chosen. Robin Shou is an incredible Liu Kang. Practical an uncut diamond that will grow in his role. Linden Ashby nails the role of Johnny Cage. An actor who is also a martial artist that is not taken serious because of his acting role. He is also the stereo type of an American that has the cultural sensibility of a brick (but is a hero underneath). Bridgette Wilson is a fitting Sonja Blade first but a decline for the later parts (Script wise she got demoted / Not the actress fault). The fan favourites Ninjas Scorpion and Sub Zero are underused outside of combat. Christopher Lambert as Raiden should be a mismatch but his acting is so over the top hilarious and entertaining that he became a highlight. The villains are awesome. Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa performance as Shang Tsung puts a smile on your face. He likes to be the bad guy and plotter. Goro (A clay model) is an intimidating opponent that lives to crush his enemies. A martial arts / fighting movie is only good when it has good battles. This movie delivers a lot of good and memorable battles. The best are Johnny Cage vs Scorpion / Goro followed by Liu Kang vs Sub Zero / Reptile and the final battle. The only mismatch is Sonja Blade vs Kano. It would be good but Sonja looks really skinny / inferior in the scenes (Could fix it with better cuts). It must also mention the score. The Mortal Kombat theme is as energizing and awesome today as it was back then. The rest of the score helps to deliver the atmosphere of the movie. Overall this is a good video game adaptation and an enjoyable movie. The main critique from others is pointless. It is not a cultural valuable or intellectual movie. Comparing this to a Shakespearian movie is like rating a fish for his climbing skills.

Dumb Fun Mortal Kombat ain’t smart, But for a fan of action, It’s a dream come true.

There's no need to write a review for this movie in 2019, but I just want to say that for my money it's still the best video game to film adaptation.

This one film gave hope that video games to film adaptations could really work. I waited form 1995 till 2007 for the Hitman movie to drop, damn it. Was this a flawless victory of cinema going? Not quite, but it was fun to watch. With some really cool fight scenes and fight finishers.

Guilty pleasure of mine please excuse.... +Made by a Director/production team who actually understood the 90's MK universe +Fights include character moves from the original game +Well chosen cast execute the impressive martial arts choreography with gusto +Story feels like a 90's saturday morning cartoon +Sets and locations breath life to the story +Memorable soundtrack -sequels are just not the same ratio of fun/quality

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.

This film seemed to be the start **** franchise. Though it was slightly less than it could have been it delivered great action sequences and favourite characters to the big screen.

Its amusing that reviews are as good as they are. Its an awful film, but it is also, due to its ridiculous dialogue, awesome soundtrack, and action sequences, hilariously entertaining. Moreover, stays close to the source material, which is nice.

As a fan of the video game series i enjoyed it, it had the characters down pat along with some really good fight sequences but as a film it is by no means "great" the story is quite hollow and the characters while having their mannerisms done correctly they were pretty underdeveloped.

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)

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 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.

Cheesy martial arts fun. It's got overacting, plenty of goofy one-liners, and over-the-top action galore. The plot falls short thanks to simplicity and a lack of focus so the movie just comes off as one long fight scene. That's not really a bad thing. Even with the crappy CGI and bad special effects the movie is still a treat to look at thanks to the fact that it looks almost exactly like the videogames it's based on. Admittedly if this wasn't based off of the Mortal Kombat games it probably wouldn't have been watchable. Had they have gone with original characters and themes the issues the movie has wouldn't have been so forgivable. It really is the faithfulness to the source material that keeps it afloat. The only thing it is missing are the series signature gory finishers. The action is noticeably tame in comparison to the games. Still, fans of the series should definitely check this out. It might not be the most high-quality film out there, but it's enjoyable and probably the best movie adaption a videogame series like Mortal Kombat could hope for. Even if you are unfamiliar with the games it's based on the action and setting should still keep you entertained provided you like martial arts and don't mind putting up with all of the cheese. I give "Mortal Kombat" an 8.5/10.

Back in the days when I was way younger I enjoyed it very much and back then I would easily gave it 10 out of 10. Unfortunately I saw this again last month and... damn my memories are playing tricks on me. I suppose that every child who enjoys Teletubbies now will enjoy them after they hit 20 as much as I enjoyed MK. This move is just plain horrible. You can easily compare it to sharknado and stuff. And I have to give it fair score now.... Welll the score is in this red circle...

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!

Unlike it's sequel, this movies plot is respectable. The fight scenes are better than its sequel and the special effects are great for its age. If you are a fan of action movies, this is a must have. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

While the special effects and story are not well made,The acting and the fight scenes are better that I **** tournament is well made,but unfortunately it's hard to get into the movie.

Close to no character development and I couldn't of cared less if any of the characters died. The special effects were bad even for the 90's and all of the characters couldn't compare to the game. Killer soundtrack though

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Mortal Kombat is still to this day the greatest video game-to-movie adaptation yet! The story follows the first game pretty well, the locations, actors, special effects and stunts were all amazing for its time. Hard to believe the movies almost 20 years old.

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 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.

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I understand why some people say that this is a mixed bag type of movie. But myself, I honestly thought this was a very cool movie. Sure it's PG-13 and not as gory as the video games, but I still give it credit for some Fatalities, Flawless Victories, really cool fight scenes, and very good choice of casting. My most favorite MK character, Johnny Cage was funny and awesome. The best part was Goro looked great! The animatronics with the face and arms were fantastic that time in 1995. If this movie was made today, it would probably be CG. Sure there are a few problems with the movie, but its still a very good Video Game Based Motion Picture. Out of all of them, this is probably my most favorite out of VG films.

4 years since my first review on this movie, and still the best video game movie ever made, Mortal Kombat is what a fighting game movie should be; faithful to the game with a group of well-choreographed fight scenes and spot-on casting that resembles the characters very well, plus, the overall concept is cool, the plot is well-paced, the actors do a great job (especially Robin Shou and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), the cinematography and set designs are wonderful, and for a film released in 1995, the special fx are actually nice to look at, I easily recommend this film to any hardcore gamer (especially those who are fans of the MK franchise).

Video game movie adaptations haven't always been the greatest idea. The two mediums don't really come close to each other in terms of direction or design. Having said all that, Mortal Kombat is entertainingly bad.

It's a fun movie to watch and to makes jokes of but it will be remembered for being the best live action video game movie it may not be a great movie but its a pretty ok movie with some awesome fight scenes and colorful characters like sub zero and scorpion.

Paul W.S Anderson's "Mortal Kombat" doesn't play out like a game, but like 32 episodes of 'Power Rangers' fused together. Yes, the movie is that much terrible.