Mortal Kombat (2011)

This movie still rocks. The Reptile effects are kind of dated, but everything else... hell yes! Next to Resident Evil (One, not Two), the best video game adaptation ever. No, it ain't a life affirming oscar worthy masterpiece, but its' a damn good time, with rockin' music, excellent fight scenes and gorgeous scenery. It stays pretty close to the game (minus the extreme gore). If you dug Enter The Dragon, you'll dig this.

When this movie came out, I was twelve years old and horribly afraid of being caught out as not old enough to see a PG-13 movie without an adult. In spite of that fear however, I saw this movie no less than seven times in the theatre alone. Now at almost 23 years old, I can say that this movie still makes me giddy with enjoyment. I love Liu Kang, Raiden and especially Reptile. Annihilation didn't come close to matching this movie. They couldn't keep the actors from the first film, Johnny Cage died in the first five seconds and the actor who had replaced Christopher Lambert as Raiden was terrible. But this movie, this movie captured my imagination over and over again and will likely continue to do so.

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Video game films are either awful or just entertaining...nothing more. Mortal Kombat is the only film based on a video game that was very good. Kevin Droney, who wrote this film really did job writing it close to the game. Even the characters from the game were done well. The only problem is that some of the dialogue sucks and the fatalities were watered-down.

Paul W.S. Anderson showed his talent in directing for the first time in the USA. He is a good director, too bad his directing isn't as strong now as it was before he did Resident Evil. And I'm glad he didn't write this because he's one of the worst writers in Holloywood today.

Johnny Cage {Ashby} was the best character in this movie and he the best fight scene, the battle between him and Scorpion {Casamassa}. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has played many villians in his career, but Shang Tsung is his best performance. Liu Kang {Shou} Sonya Blade {Wilson} Kano {Goddard} and Rayden {Lambert} were all good characters too.

Nothing has beat Mortal Kombat as the best film based on a video game because films based on video games are never done right. A lot of them are just films using the game's title to make money.

Hopefully one day, a real director/writer will make one super cool...and not written by Paul W.S. Anderson or anything by Uwe Suck.

But for now, Mortal Kombat will still hold on to that title as the best film based on a video game.

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This is a very cool movie. I like it a lot. Both the acting and the plot were stupendous, and I loved the fight scenes. Also, there were quite a few memorable quotes, many of my favorite characters were in it, and the way it was made, designed, and molded was just terrific. Here's how I would rank the fighters and the best parts:

Characters:

1. Scorpion-My favorite Mortal Kombat character of all time. Had cool powers, a cool outfit, and is the best ninja I've ever seen.

I loved his fighting skills and scary skull face as well. Yow!!!

2. Sub-Zero-Only Scorpion tops him. I loved his skills and blue and black uniform, and his freeze comes very close to Scorpion's spear and hellfire. And both ninjas look a lot like each other.

3. Reptile-He is a green ninja who could kick the toughest butt! I thought he was the most able and agile of all fighters except for the two above. I just wish he used his acid like in the game.

4. Kitana-Beautiful, acrobatic, and trained, she was the female in the movie I liked most. I loved her moves as well as her solid bravery and determination. Could've used some fans, but so what?

5. Sonya-The next best female. She was nearly as beautiful than Kitana, she was as defiant and tough as a girl should be, and she's a butt kicker. Cool guns, too. I also liked her angry tone.

6. Shang Tsung-A perfect villain. He was both vile and powerful, and he had no heart whatsoever. Also, the way he sucked souls out of bodies and ran the tournament was amazing as hell. He rocks.

7. Liu Kang-The Bruce Lee of Mortal Kombat and protagonist of the movie. I liked this guy A LOT. He was amazingly good in terms of fighting and lasting, had a funny accent, and he's just so cool.

8. Raiden-The god of thunder and Earth. Though he didn't do much fighting, he still had a heart of gold and I loved the one part where he did fight, using his extraordinary powers of lightning.

9. Kano-This guy didn't get many chances to fight(in fact he only got one)but he was still able to do some damage. He was also cool looking and I loved his Australian accent and poor table manners.

10. Johnny Cage-This guy is both funny and a good fighter. I like the way he never lost his cool and was able to help out a lot in terms of defeating villains. He was good at movie acting, too.

11. Jax-He was cool looking, but never got a chance to show his true fighting ability. Hopefully he does in the second MK movie.

12. Goro-This guy stinks. He is the only character that I hate.

Okay, here are the reasons I recommend this movie to you. Now-

1. It is well put together and the fighting and action are both intense and suspenseful.

2. It has great heart and courage in it, as well as funny parts.

3. There are many good scenes, like Sonya fighting Kano, Johnny Cage fighting Scorpion, and more heroes fighting more villains.

4. The majority of viewers will think that it has a very sweet and happy ending.

5. And finally, it is possibly the only good Mortal Kombat movie so far(I'll see the second one and find out for myself, but MK 2 or Annihilation got very bad reviews, I am very sorry to say)

Anyway, I would tell you the best scenes, but that would be the deed of spoiling the movie for you. Rather, I will let you see it yourself and see if you like it. Hope this was a good enough tale for you to rent or buy the movie.

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This is yet another film based on a video game. Howevr, there is a difference. "Mortal Kombat" ends up being better than, say, "Super Mario Bros." or "Street Fighter". The plot follows three martial-arts experts to an island, where they must fight to the death to defend Earth from supernatural creatures. They must face enemies such as Sub-Zero, who can (for those of you who don't know already) freeze his foes and smash them to pieces. Also, there is Goro, a four-armed monster, who has never, ever been defeated. That might change. All of these enemies are the soldiers of Shang Tsung, an evil wizard from another dimension, who captures the souls of a vanquished enemy and enslaves them. Though the acting is mediocre, the script is okay. However, forget the dialogue and pay more attention to some of the mind-boggling action sequences and excellent special effects. I can't really explain how this is better than the other films based on video games. Perhaps, the reason is that it's more like the game than the other ones were. Of course, lots of martial-arts action and special effects never hurt. There are some enjoyable moments for older kids and adults. Mainly from the character Johnny Cage, a vain movie star, who wants to prove that his moves aren't fake. He gets some of the best lines.

Mortal Kombat isn't "Enter The Dragon", but there are plenty of moves and action that would have made Bruce Lee proud.

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