Mortal Kombat (1995)
24 %
Reviews Counted: 21 Fresh: 5 Rotten:16 Average Rating: 3.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Synopsis: This film adaptation of the wildly popular video game comes complete with dazzling special effects and plenty of martial arts action. The plot revolves around a tournament that pits evil against good. The sinister team, led by the vile sorcerer Shang Tsung, includes the ice-wielding... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Talisa Soto, Lyndon Ashby, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Bridgette Wilson
Director: Paul Anderson
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06/24/06
Like watching a lot of sweaty fist fights while trapped in the world's loudest night club.
04/03/05
If the movie Mortal Kombat were a character in a Mortal Kombat video game, its special maneuver would be to climb on its opponent's shoulders and defecate on his head.
11/29/03
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05/20/03
Top Critic
Offers a visceral jolt of pleasure for those who formerly believed the martial arts movie genre belongs exclusively to Hong Kong's John Woo.
01/01/00
What it's missing, ironically, is the edge that's made Mortal Kombat the video game such a powerful icon in American pop culture.
01/01/00
If the forces of darkness win ten mortal kombats in a row, the world will be subjugated to a tyrrany of evil and bad spelling
01/01/00
The characters are cardboard, the humor is lame and the heroes are all so unlikable most of the way that the audience won't be able — or want — to identify with them.
01/01/00
Far too predictable to recommend to anyone not predisposed to this type of propulsive but vacant entertainment.
01/01/00
The movie has everything a teenage boy could want... Everything, that is, but an interesting plot, decent dialogue and compelling acting.
01/01/00
Top Critic
It should be worth noting that you can play the game much cheaper than seeing the movie, and the end result is much the same.
01/01/00
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