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Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat

1995
Fantasy, Action
1h 41m
Three unknowing martial artists are summoned to a mysterious island to compete in a tournament whose outcome will decide the fate of the world (imdb)

Mortal Kombat

1995
Fantasy, Action
1h 41m
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Rated 07 Nov 2015
60
38th
I thought this was the shit as a 13-year old. This is the benchmark for knowing how bad my taste used to be. Half-watching it as we speak. It's so goddamn dumb and cheesy and, well, hm, the sets are kinda fun, and the music's actually pretty cool at times and hey I realise this movie kickstarted my interest in Fear Factory & Orbital and helped me shape my taste in music an-AHAHA Johnny Cage did a Friendship I totally forgot and oh god I realise I still kinda like this glorious, glorious shite.
Rated 14 Oct 2016
72
22nd
Awful in a hilariously entertaining way. Extra points for the amazing theme song (which still has a proud place in my exercise playlist).
Rated 16 May 2015
70
53rd
Johnny Cage slapstick and oneliners then Christopher Lambert shoots his lunatic mouth off. About 25 minutes in there's this shot of Lambert standing behind a temple door as it slowly closes and it's so awkward and slow and I'm still hooting thinking about it
Rated 14 Sep 2012
60
39th
It doesn't take a genius. Cast people that look like the characters, make most of the movie fighting, and hire someone that's already pretty cheesy to begin with to play the cheesiest role. Street Fighter failed on all three of those levels.
Rated 05 Nov 2008
40
1st
Can be fun if you like the video games, but essentially pointless.
Rated 09 Apr 2017
51
14th
I think the scene where Cage has to tell the stunt actor to fall down is actually a clever joke about the fatality window - and that's about all I managed to appreciate more as an adult. It is real shitty. There aren't any memorable fights, the plot has no drive, Kano is somehow the only likable character. Still, there is an undeniable nostalgia I have for this ridiculous trainwreck. Hollywood, time to hit the reboot button!
Rated 03 Apr 2011
79
18th
So truthful to its source material, even this film's cheesy B-movie-ness seems sincerely intentional. The actors play their archetypes well, and the Bruce Lee-inspired tournament plot works wonders in fleshing out the video game's concept. While the special effects have certainly not aged well, beautiful intricate sets are extremely impressive.
Rated 11 Feb 2010
2
18th
Yes it is terrible in pretty much every way. Still a load of fun to watch. MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rated 29 Aug 2009
93
16th
Mortal Kombat is one of my favorite movies of all time. I grew up watching this, and I still can't get enough of it. It is kind of cheesy, but it's a great movie to watch with friends on a Friday night.
Rated 02 Mar 2008
1
12th
"I'm in a hostile environment. I'm totally unprepared. And I'm surrounded by a bunch of guys who probably want to kick my ass... it's like being back in high school." WHAT?!?!? I realize this is a video game movie but being faithful to the game would have been enough. You don't need to appeal to the nerds that are going to go see this.
Rated 03 Sep 2007
88
52nd
I don't care what anyone says. This is one video game movie they did pretty well.
Rated 30 Apr 2007
14
2nd
nice layback action but crappy story and bad bad acting
Rated 25 Apr 2021
43
17th
Man that theme song is everything right and wrong about '90's pop culture and I'm here for every nonsensical grunt played to its bitchin' beat. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa plays Shang Tsung with absolutely no shame and as a result probably elevates this cheese-fiesta. On that note every character is awful YET YOU LIKE THEM SOMEHOW and more terrible films can learn from that.
Rated 15 Mar 2017
20
4th
Mortal Kombat initially garnered a large fanbase and lasting notoriety on account of its ultra-violent content, and thus a bloodless big screen adaptation designed to accommodate younger audiences was always bound for failure. The acting and dialogue are as atrocious as would be expected, but there isn't a single decent fight scene either.
Rated 17 Sep 2009
15
9th
If you like shitty acting and weak plots, you'll love this!
Rated 31 Oct 2008
100
71st
I LOVE THIS FILM FROM MY CHILDHOOD
Rated 15 Jul 2007
52
50th
The only film I have seen which really is so bad that it is good. Through the cheesy dialogue, poor upbeat 90's soundtrack, overly basic special effects and shallow plotline you somehow can't help but feel the mad spirit of the film shine through. All it does is entertain, be it in a rather unintentionally humourous way.
Rated 04 Sep 2021
66
49th
I loved this when I was eleven. Looking at it with adult eyes... It gets into the action immediately, in a brilliant manner, but bogs down a bit in the middle. Some fights are really built up but turn out anticlimactic, including the fight with Goro; others are impressive even now, using the amazing sets and drawing on the sheer weirdness of the games. The cinematography is great, and the CGI is terrible-great. Sonya gets damsel'd, the movie's lowest point, but it sure isn't ever boring.
Rated 22 Dec 2020
39
18th
More like Kortal Mombat...
Rated 18 Apr 2020
20
7th
The acting is bad, the story is awful, the CGI is terrible, and Christopher Lambert is horrific.
Rated 01 Sep 2018
44
6th
A mindless, violent action film based on the bloody, visceral video game series doesn't need much of a brain to deliver thrills, does it? After seeing Mortal Kombat, I think it might. The characters in the movie do way too much talking, and very little of it makes sense. When the fighting scenes finally arrived, I found them lackluster and a little too PG. While this movie is far from the worst video game film adaptation, I still can't recommend it.
Rated 10 Jan 2018
48
19th
Surely one of the most 90's films ever made, M.K is a pure product of its time, and like most video game films it only works on a scene-to-scene basis. The cast is its greatest virtue: the actors generally look like the characters they are playing, and while nobody acts particularly well, at least they aren't taking it seriously. The fight scenes between Cage and Scorpion and Kang and Tsung are the obvious highlights, as is Clinton's propulsive techno score.
Rated 24 Jul 2016
67
19th
It's ok, doesn't take itself too seriously, but seriously enough that it's not too cheesy and the fights carry enough weight to keep the simple narrative going. It's a much better looking film than I expected, but the acting and writing are just barely acceptable quality.
Rated 07 Apr 2016
70
53rd
Journey Begins 67. Kang okay sometimes bad. Cage okay. Sonya okay and babe. Raiden usually don't like. Tsung really good. Goro good. Some cool stuff in the meh fights. Song always fire. I love the story of mortal kombat. 10 wins take over realm. Lao beat Tsung so he got Goro. Love scorpion coming back for zero which they didn't really use. Love secret island and ship. Kitana babe. Kano pretty good. Lame zero water win. Tone too cheesy at times. Raiden pretty much always helped ruin tone
Rated 03 Jan 2016
42
8th
Oh, god is this BAD ... but it's so damn FUN! This little guilty pleasure isn't even the best video game film, but it just might be the most fun. I really love coming back to this shitfest!
Rated 14 Jun 2015
40
7th
Well that was...yeah.
Rated 28 Mar 2015
60
36th
Johnny Cage punching Goro in the balls was the greatest moment of my childhood.
Rated 18 Jul 2014
54
20th
Happy to see the AV Club at my high school got their summer production of Mortal Kombat distributed.
Rated 24 Nov 2012
49
26th
Objectively, this is just like any other Paul W.S. Anderson film; awkward, sort of pointless and with stupid acting. But Mortal Kombat has just the right amount of silly and outrageous hilarity that you just can't help but love it. It has cheesy one-liners, it has over-dramatized scenes, it is filled with rough and burly men (and women) and everything is just so overly intense that I can't help but be entertained by the stupidity of it all. Plus, it has Christopher Lambert. And he is awesome.
Rated 26 Feb 2012
45
5th
A reasonably faithful adaptation of the video game because there are a ton of fights (I'd say this film is really a series of fights strung together by a loose narrative). The fights aren't particular exciting though, but the environments are well-utilised. However, there's no gore like what the game had, but not that it'd be able to save the hokey acting and plodding storyline. Ehhh, but there's some cheese here to be enjoyed and the music kicks butt! Makes for better animated gifs than a film.
Rated 21 Apr 2011
54
46th
This is a horrible movie on every aspect. Some of the acting must be contender for worst acting of the decade (forgive me, Lord Rayden)! But damn it was so fun! Best bad movie I saw in a long while.
Rated 16 Dec 2010
38
8th
Quite fun in an overly cheesy "so bad it's good" kind of way. But, let's face it: it fits the video game series pretty well.
Rated 15 Apr 2010
68
14th
i am still not convinced that this isn't a highlander sequel in disguise.
Rated 23 Feb 2010
50
12th
The video game was pretty campy so it's not surprising the movie follows suit. It does have some ridiculous charm to it. When it comes to video game movies there are three notable things to look at 1) kickass theme song? Mortal Kombat had it. 2) Strange CGI and villains? yes indeed. 3) 2nd and 3rd string actors hamming it up? Yep. The action choreography was at the geriatrics level but it was entertaining enough for what it was.
Rated 05 Dec 2009
60
49th
The acting is equal parts bland and funny -- Lambert laughing after explaining what MK is, then censoring himself, Cage's movie star self-awareness -- but PWSA delivers stunts, coreographed fights and a sharp look at what the games do best -- trap the characters in curious scenarios, like a pinewood forest (Cage vs Scorpion) fading to a hellish arena. A narrative concerned about its levels and inner mechanics of a true game of life and death taking place in both human and supernatural territory.
Rated 28 Apr 2009
83
25th
I'm not sure this is actually *good* by any measure, but it's surprisingly entertaining.
Rated 22 Jul 2008
34
19th
At least it's not as bad as DOA!
Rated 25 Jun 2008
88
57th
At the theater, the film caught on fire about half way through, so my best buddy and I chose to view that movie about a baby panda. However, curiosity got the best of us and the following week we paid, yet again, to see this movie. It must have been totally rad, otherwise we wouldn't have done that, hence the high score. Otherwise, I can't remember anything about it other than Sub Zero is my hero.
Rated 05 Oct 2007
3
9th
porn
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
13th
I thought this was a bad idea, and I was right. Who would have thought?
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
30th
In my opinion, this is still the best videogame adaptation to date. Decidedly silly non-stop action that delivers just what you expect. And the martial arts choreography is actually pretty good!
Rated 05 Aug 2007
65
38th
My favorite terrible movie. Even the theme song, which will never really go away, is wonderfully stupid.
Rated 20 Mar 2007
52
12th
Films based on video games generally don't turn out very well, and this is no exception. The plot for Mortal Kombat is no different than any of the other countless "Enter the Dragon" ripoffs, and the characters are equally flat and lifeless. It's also pretty gimmicky, desperately seeking favor by having all the characters perform their signature moves. The games were kind of fun because you could make your friend die in a gruesome way, but even that prurient thrill is absent from the film.
Rated 19 Mar 2007
69
39th
Probably the best video game movie. Not that it really means anything. This is a legitmately entertaining martial arts action flick.
Rated 18 Mar 2007
3
38th
YOUR SOUL IS MINE. So bad it's kinda good.
Rated 26 Aug 2024
69
61st
Hahahaha Yessss…so terrible, mm. ❤️‍🔥 if you’re a masochist for classically bad flicks, this is a treat.
Rated 29 Jul 2024
74
5th
The opening is the best part.
Rated 19 Jul 2024
40
6th
Junk.
Rated 25 May 2024
40
13th
As much as I like the video games and the theme song - "Mortal Kombat!" - this is a dull affair. Although the creature design for Goro is very cool, and Bridgette Wilson can pull one of the all-time great 'resting bitch faces' (evident also in 'Billy Madison' which was also released in 1995).
Rated 08 Oct 2023
57
18th
So glad they adapted my favorite fatality: "Goro hits a guy on the head."
Rated 14 May 2023
60
48th
Je suis extrêmement mitigé. Tout est terriblement mauvais mais d'une manière si obsédante, que le film en devient un très bon cocktail des années 90. L'acteur qui joue Liu Kang est à fond dans son rôle. Pareil pour Sonya, Kitana, Kano (très sexy), et surtout Shang Tsung. Les combats ont tous été rehaussés grâce à la musique. Et quelle putain de musique ! Côté défauts, Cage est moche, Lambert n'a rien à foutre là et les effets-spéciaux méritent une Fatality en règle.
Rated 23 Aug 2022
25
2nd
The best kind of bad. The kind you can laugh at. It's interesting though that a game known for its excessive violence & gory KOs should inspire such a bloodless product. Chris Lambert is hilarious. Such quietly overconfident charisma, wielding the most bizarre accent & a laugh that's somewhere between a witch cackling & a Pringle™ crunch. Points for practical puppetry, subtracted again for the shocking '90s CGI. More points shaved for a soundtrack that presumes you're in a nightclub.
Rated 16 Sep 2021
24
2nd
Limp and tiring fantasy film lays out dull, convoluted (and incoherent) exposition that may play for fans of the game, but was baffling for this newbie - when they finally come, the fight scenes are decently choreographed but edited in a way designed to lessen or undermine their impact - an unholy and disorienting mix of long and short cuts. Score is almost entirely for the quite awesome 90s infused music score, a propulsive mini-masterpiece; a shame it matches nothing on-screen!
Rated 26 May 2021
71
61st
Released during an age where Video Game movies were always dogshit (we still haven't fully emerged from this age) Mortal Kombat 95 stood out as a cheesy low budget OTT action romp which pretty much fits perfectly with the source material and arguably does a better job than the recent big budget reboot, as at least it tells a complete story and not just the first act. It's a niche movie and it's fans will defend it to the death
Rated 07 May 2021
70
36th
I bumped this movie a full score just because I love video games and Mortal Kombat was one of the first instances of a video game movie being both true to the source and generally pretty cool. I will watch anything Christopher Lambert is in but most of it is pretty crappy. He does seem out of place here as Raiden but I will always associate him with this film so he left an impression. The producers left in just enough lore for this film to be interesting.
Rated 27 Apr 2021
46
7th
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Rated 26 Mar 2021
80
51st
The best movie based on a video game.
Rated 22 Mar 2021
90
43rd
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Rated 05 Mar 2021
70
39th
This film is both bad and awesome. It looks like actors had great time filming it, especially Christopher Lambert, I always laugh when I see him in this. Music is awesome. What else can you want from video game flick really?
Rated 12 Oct 2020
65
29th
The acting is absolutely horrible, it's full of cheesy moments and it sure doesn't succeed either in the difficult task of making a coherent plot out of a videogame. Still it was great fun. The fight choreography was better than I expected.
Rated 19 Aug 2020
2
6th
D
Rated 17 Aug 2020
32
28th
Quite bad, but a lot of fun anyway. It would be good for a bad movie night.
Rated 28 Mar 2020
95
25th
This is one of the best video game adaptations with the best theme song ever.
Rated 12 Feb 2020
20
17th
This movie is trash. The CGI for Goro in this was terrible. I just liked the 10 min song in the beginning of this. Even then the story of this movie was trash.
Rated 21 Apr 2019
55
31st
It's aight in a cheap and corny sort of way. Certainly wouldn't call it good though.
Rated 08 Oct 2018
1
3rd
:(
Rated 11 Apr 2018
70
41st
Probably stands as the best Video Game adaptation we've gotten so far. The visuals are choppy but interesting. Paul W.S. Anderson keeps the cuts to a minimum during the fights scenes. Although there is a bit of over reliance on slow-mo. No matter your opinion on the film thought, it gave us that amazingly KICK ASS these song! So it is a win no matter how you slice it.
Rated 03 Apr 2018
78
52nd
Way better than it had any right to be. A top contender in the "so bad it's good" category.
Rated 17 Aug 2017
10
3rd
The worst CGI put the big screen, with acting and writing to match,
Rated 01 Aug 2017
46
19th
Mortal Kombat suffers from cliche after cliche, predictable moment after predictable moment, and Paul W. S. Anderson's general lack of creativity.
Rated 11 Dec 2016
9
91st
this movie is fucking amazing
Rated 20 Jun 2016
80
61st
So bad its good.
Rated 04 Dec 2015
22
11th
D
Rated 20 Aug 2015
0
6th
This movie is a nonsensical gem.
Rated 09 Jun 2015
40
5th
theres no real plot
Rated 29 Mar 2015
45
12th
2.23/5
Rated 07 Feb 2015
50
9th
Absolutely terrible and hilarious. My favorite Paul Thomas Anderson film.
Rated 27 Dec 2014
75
24th
The action is only competent, the CGI is awful, and it's probably the most 90s thing ever made, but the writing really carries this movie. It's surprisingly really, really funny for what it is, almost like The Last Dragon with less 80s and more 90s.
Rated 06 Nov 2014
70
26th
So bad it's fun
Rated 15 May 2014
38
5th
Insanely ridiculous but somehow still entertaining a bit
Rated 03 May 2014
70
42nd
Not kompletely faithful to the Mortal Kombat videogame franchise, but still enjoyable.
Rated 05 Jan 2014
85
33rd
Not the greatest film by any means but probably one of the best video game films out there. cheesy fight scenes and dialogue but it works and makes sense. worth checking out for fans of the game,nostalgia or to just to make fun of with friends.
Rated 29 Aug 2013
80
49th
Christopher Lambert!
Rated 23 Feb 2013
10
11th
I've never understood the Mortal Kombat craze. Even as a kid, I thought the games were incredibly bad (and not "so bad, it's good", either), and this film is even worse than the games.
Rated 19 Jan 2013
21
2nd
Dumb too.
Rated 25 Dec 2012
35
36th
Arguably Paul W.S. Andersons best (the real Paul Anderson)
Rated 20 Dec 2012
80
48th
I'm probably cutting this movie a lot of slack because I loved it as a kid, but it's a very entertaining movie and one of the best translations from game to film I've ever seen.
Rated 26 Oct 2012
54
25th
* Casting, Acting : 6 * Script : 4 * Directing, Aura : 6 * Ease of Viewing : 6 * Naked Eye : 5
Rated 07 Oct 2012
72
43rd
the best movie made by paul w.s. anderson.
Rated 12 Jul 2012
44
20th
Despite an effective otherworldly atmosphere and appropriately cheesy visuals, Mortal Kombat suffers from its poorly constructed plot, laughable dialogue, and subpar acting.
Rated 04 Jul 2012
80
93rd
Cheesy as hell with lame fights and dumb jokes but you know what I still enjoy watching this and it's not only because of nostalgia. This movie is big, loud stupid fun both intentionally and unintentionally, so relax have a few beers or glasses of wine and watch this with friends and family and have a blast.
Rated 20 Jun 2012
65
22nd
While in no way, shape or form a good movie, the original Mortal Kombat movie was entertaining, although why they haven't made an NC-17 Mortal Kombat film given the richness of the lore, and the wide variety of characters to choose from, is beyond me.
Rated 16 Jun 2012
82
51st
Holds up pretty well
Rated 18 Apr 2012
75
9th
Classic Video Game but the movie failed when it could have been awesome
Rated 14 Mar 2012
60
43rd
The closet to a good live action video game film you will find. Cheesy but in a good way, with some atmosphere, great fight choreography, and does a decent job of adaptation. I mean guys, It's Mortal Kombat the movie, isn't this what EVERYONE should expect?
Rated 06 Feb 2012
43
9th
43.250
Rated 29 Dec 2011
53
29th
The effects in this one suck, but the actual fighting is much better than anything found in 2021. This is easily my preferred film (not just saying that as an Anderson fanboy). I like the fighting more, I like that it really leans into the campy aspects: skulls everywhere, sets designed like hell with cobwebs... This really feels like a dark, crazy place, not just a red cave. Plus, we're thrown straight into the death match tournament, and I'm a sucker for tournament movies.
Rated 07 Dec 2011
64
44th
GODDAMMIT NOSTALGIA, LET ME HATE THIS MOVIE!!!
Rated 05 Dec 2011
70
58th
This movie is so campy and ridiculous that I have to give it a ridiculously high rating. It is definitely best viewed on one of those lazy Sundays when you're hungover and waxing nostalgic.
Rated 01 Dec 2011
20
1st
Watching a movie this bad can really damage a mans soul.

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