Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 9780790729992 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Live, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0790729997 Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 26, 1997 Running Time: 101 minutes Sales Rank: 7309 Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: August 18, 1995
Description: based on the best-selling home video game, this action adventuretells of a group of expert fighters who compete in a dangerous tournament for the fate of mankind on a mysterious island.
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Rating: - No way this movie will ever get old
Gripped by the same wave excitement that hit me when I first heard the theme music playing as the MK logo came up on screen. The film is pure action entertainment, closer to Whasango (Volcano High) than Fist of Legend in terms of fight value. One of those movies where you can't take it just for the action, nor just for the cheesy story line, nor the nerd-thrilling presentation. Gotta take it as a whole package while you're chilling with your buddies coz it can do nothing but ROCK YOUR WORLD!
Rating: - Shallow and predictable
When you take a video game where the whole game is simply one-on-one fighting, there is not much story to go with. Apparently the makers of this movie simply accepted that fact and said "so what?"
The action scenes are at times enjoyable, at times laughable, and at times boring. But more importantly, there are other ways they could have worked the use of fight scenes into this movie. That's one of the (few) things that they did better in the second film. Simply saying "we're here for a Mortal Kombat tournament" is easy but uninteresting.
That said, it is interesting the ways they worked in some of the elements of the games. Those would only really matter to fans of the plotless video game series.
Rating: - Still is the Best Video Game Movie of All time - ^^
Hello folks.
I persoanlly think this is the best video game movie ever made. not that many video game movies even come close with the exception of final fantasy VII advent children.
I saw this movie in theaters back in 1995 , when I was only 9 years old. this was also during the year of Mortal Kombat 3.
the thing that made me happy was that my all time favorite kombatant , Rayden , was played very well by Christopher Lambert. rumor has it that he might return in the upcoming 2010 Mortal Kombat Movie. which would rock if that happends because Christopher Lambert is perfect for the role.
Robin Shou as Liu Kang was in deed convincing. although in the next movie it wasnt.
it was infact that this movie was inspired by notjust the 1st mortal kombat game , but the second as well. remember near the end when they go to outworld , that was in Mortal Kombat ... Read More
Rating: - Stills Puts Up A Good Fight
Love him or hate him, we video game fans need to tip our caps to director Paul Anderson: regardless of whether you enjoyed his adaptation of "Resident Evil", he gave us our first decent game-to-movie outing when he pioneered "Mortal Kombat" - still considered by some to be the best movie-ization of a video game, period. Indeed, "Kombat" came as a breath of fresh air after the stiflingly insipid attempts that were "Super Mario Bros.", "Double Dragon", and "Street Fighter: The Movie", for not only did it follow the in-game storyline to a degree that is unmatched even today, but it disproved the unfounded belief that a "beat-by-beat" adaptation of a game would be boring and unsuccessful.
A recent re-viewing of the film allowed me to cast a slightly more humbled view upon it, but it still remains one of my favorite entries of the genre, and should be standard viewing for any director about to tackle a game-related ... Read More
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- Shallow and predictable
- Still is the Best Video Game Movie of All time - ^^
- Stills Puts Up A Good Fight
