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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
23rd
Awful in a hilariously entertaining way. Extra points for the amazing theme song (which still has a proud place in my exercise playlist).
Rated 05 Nov 2008
40
1st
Can be fun if you like the video games, but essentially pointless.
Rated 14 Sep 2012
60
38th
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 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 30 Apr 2007
14
2nd
nice layback action but crappy story and bad bad acting
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 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 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 03 Sep 2007
88
52nd
I don't care what anyone says. This is one video game movie they did pretty well.
Rated 31 Oct 2008
100
71st
I LOVE THIS FILM FROM MY CHILDHOOD
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 17 Sep 2009
15
9th
If you like shitty acting and weak plots, you'll love this!
Rated 11 Feb 2010
2
19th
Yes it is terrible in pretty much every way. Still a load of fun to watch. MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 15 Mar 2017
20
3rd
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 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 18 Mar 2007
3
38th
YOUR SOUL IS MINE. So bad it's kinda good.
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 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 05 Aug 2007
65
38th
My favorite terrible movie. Even the theme song, which will never really go away, is wonderfully stupid.
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 Oct 2007
3
9th
porn
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 22 Jul 2008
34
19th
At least it's not as bad as DOA!
Rated 28 Apr 2009
83
25th
I'm not sure this is actually *good* by any measure, but it's surprisingly entertaining.
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 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 15 Apr 2010
68
14th
i am still not convinced that this isn't a highlander sequel in disguise.
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 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 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 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 18 Jul 2014
54
20th
Happy to see the AV Club at my high school got their summer production of Mortal Kombat distributed.
Rated 28 Mar 2015
60
36th
Johnny Cage punching Goro in the balls was the greatest moment of my childhood.
Rated 14 Jun 2015
40
7th
Well that was...yeah.
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 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 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 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 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 18 Apr 2020
10
2nd
The acting is bad, the story is awful, the CGI is terrible, and Christopher Lambert is horrific.
Rated 22 Dec 2020
39
18th
More like Kortal Mombat...
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 27 Nov 2006
80
87th
It's Mortal Kombat, what's not to like? Also, unlike some other video-game adaptations this one was just as awesome as the game.
Rated 04 Dec 2006
60
7th
MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rated 14 Dec 2006
70
23rd
One of the best video game-based films. Sadly, that's not very hard.
Rated 10 Jan 2007
65
41st
Scorpion is awesome in this. Everyone and everything else, not so awesome. I can't really deny that I enjoyed it, though...
Rated 11 Jan 2007
60
33rd
Pena terem feito o 2.
Rated 19 Jan 2007
70
28th
It's the classical sauce baby. And quite delectable at that.
Rated 26 Jan 2007
9
1st
Yuck. I'll stick with the games.
Rated 04 Mar 2007
60
23rd
It gets points for nostalgia
Rated 08 Mar 2007
70
24th
No good acting, no good plot... fun to watch. The fights are very Mortal Komabtesque and it's entertaining.
Rated 25 Mar 2007
46
11th
Having watched the new Mortal Kombat recently, this movie needs to be re-evaluated. It's still shit. It's still not violent enough for the video game franchise. It does have a killer theme song. The acting is shit though. Yeah, very few things about this movie is good now that I'm no longer 12.
Rated 18 May 2007
60
6th
Fighting with hilarious acting. So bad it's good is a nice way to descibre the film.
Rated 26 May 2007
35
12th
Had to see it, horrible movie though.
Rated 02 Jun 2007
0
8th
Hideous. The veg-o-matic editing and loud obnoxious rock score made me feel like I was getting continuously punched in the face
Rated 14 Jun 2007
85
73rd
One of the better, more fun video game adaptations
Rated 30 Jun 2007
55
15th
Nicely choreographed, if nastily edited fight sequences make it worth watching, along with some good music and a faithful reproduction of the game's dark universe. Just don't expect much else.
Rated 12 Jul 2007
84
34th
Silly. It sort of works. Much better than some other videogame translations (Mario Bros. and Street Fighter being the most egregious examples).
Rated 18 Jul 2007
10
3rd
Horrid. Typical for a video game movie.
Rated 25 Jul 2007
35
6th
Even as a kid, I thought it was a LAME movie. When kids think your movie is lame, you're SCREWED. Who lets Paul W.S. Anderson keep making movies?
Rated 25 Jul 2007
75
31st
One of the better video game movies, which isn't saying much.
Rated 07 Aug 2007
45
11th
It's amazing this didn't go straight-to-video. There's maybe a few good bits, a lot of dodgy CGI, and a lot of hamfisted action. That theme song/anthem will be stuck in your head for days though.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
25
3rd
Horrific, painful to watch, disaster, waste of money...yet entertaining because it is just SO bad!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
11th
Christopher Lambert as Raiden might be one of the worst casting choices ever made. Pretty horrible use of the MK license.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
77
49th
This movie is very entertaining, but it sure is crap. The production value is not that great, but the fights, for the most part, are. It's cool to see so many things from the videogame become integrated into the movie, but the real treat is Christopher Lambert's accent.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
81
89th
It's great, cheesy fun. Acceptable fight scenes, good amount of comedy and Hiroyuki Tagawa as an awesome Shang Tsung. It's everything it needs to be, and somehow PG-13.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
51
30th
A decent action movie with a pretty weak plot. Sure nothing's great but nothing is really all that bad, as far as action movies go, either.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
74
47th
Unless you've played (and worshipped) the game, don't watch. If you have, however, it is part of the syllabus.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
10
2nd
really bad
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
27th
it was cool at the time but its still fun to watch now. raiden is dreamy~
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
10th
Really not eve close to the badass level this movie needed to be in order to be good. Ok fight scenes but really not up to the standards of the time. I'm disapointed to say this movie sucked.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
94th
Absolutely hilarious. The kind of bad movie that is meant to be watched over and over. I've seen it dozens of times and it just gets funnier.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
25th
Liked the song. MORAL WOMBAT!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
33rd
Cheesy, but fun. Much better than any of the sequels.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
36th
Classic. So bad that it rules.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
31
20th
It had the dubious distinction of being the first movie by Paul "Incompetent" Anderson, and for a long time, the best video game movie yet made. Which, if you consider all the others, is not really high praise. Christopher Lambert was French for this movie, too.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
83
69th
Scoring this is hard for me, because every time I watch it, I find something new that I like along with something new that is stupid. For the most part, it's got a lot of cool action scenes, and the actors are all suitable for their roles, especially the most excellent Robin Shou. Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod as Rayden is also plenty reason to watch the film. Really good!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
7th
Take the story outline of Enter the Dragon and insert everything you can from a beat 'em up game. What could go wrong?
Rated 14 Aug 2007
24
10th
Sort of ok, sort of makes me want to murder people. In a non-cartoon violence kind of way.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
9th
Poor
Rated 14 Aug 2007
10
13th
What a shitty adaptation of great game!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
48
52nd
Yes, I have a soft spot in my heart for this steaming piece of goo...though most of that is set aside for the phat techno intro. FIGHT!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
48
38th
Mostly so so videogame adaptation that embraces it's own cheese factor.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
45
16th
Good because it's bad.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
3
45th
As entertaining as it is silly (that is, very).
Rated 18 Aug 2007
57
18th
Stupid fun, video game based martial arts movie. Good for a Saturday afternoon when you can't find anything else to watch.
Rated 19 Aug 2007
40
11th
too much shitty cgi
Rated 20 Aug 2007
32
28th
There is little reason to see this film
Rated 21 Aug 2007
0
2nd
crap
Rated 13 Sep 2007
49
18th
I loved the video game, but I also like Christopher Lambert from the Highlander stuff, so I guess I liked this movie more than I should have from the quality of the movie. Anyway, if you go in with an open mind, the effects are actually pretty cool.
Rated 16 Sep 2007
50
22nd
Silly, and poorly acted, but kinetic and at least better that Street Fighter.
Rated 08 Oct 2007
10
6th
I did not like the movie, it is very boring and is very bad. It is not necessary to turn such a good game into a bad movie.
Rated 31 Dec 2007
60
17th
It's so bad that it's entertaining.
Rated 24 Jan 2008
60
18th
A take on the popular videogame and Enter the Dragon from near hack, Paul WS Anderson (not to be confused with Paul Thomas Anderson, ever). This movie is fun and terribly corny. If you can unclench your ass every now and then, and enjoy the silliness it is a good time.
Rated 05 Feb 2008
78
56th
This beer=happy
Rated 11 Feb 2008
34
5th
A blatant rip off of 'Enter the Dragon.' Good for a laugh though.
Rated 14 Feb 2008
72
32nd
Not bad, could watch it again

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