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Watch: Mortal Kombat 1995 123movies, Full Movie Online – Based on the popular video game of the same name “Mortal Kombat” tells the story of an ancient tournament where the best of the best of different Realms fight each other. The goal – ten wins to be able to legally invade the losing Realm. Outworld has so far collected nine wins against Earthrealm, so it’s up to Lord Rayden and his fighters to stop Outworld from reaching the final victory….
Plot: For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, their own inner demons, and superhuman foes in this action/adventure movie based on one of the most popular video games of all time.
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Ratings:

	5.8/10 Votes: 118,814
	45% | RottenTomatoes
	60/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 1884 Popularity: 28.753 | TMDB

Reviews:

So, after years of lethal “Mortal Kombat” competition “Outworld” is poised to complete it’s tenth victory over “Earthrealm” entitling it to take it over. It falls to defender “Rayden” (Christopher Lambert) to recruit three warriors who might just be able to thwart the ambitions of his nemesis – the sorcerer “Shang Tsung” (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa). The three he selects would not have been the obvious choice. “Liu Kang” (Robin Shou) and “Sonya Blade” (Bridgette Sampras) are driven by the need for vengeance of their own whilst the outwardly shallow “Johnny Cage” (Linden Ashby) is an actor just out to prove there is more to him than his acting. Can they defeat the champions of “Outworld” and their own demons? It is only 100 minutes long, this – but somehow it seems so much longer. The story takes far too long to get going, the character establishment introduces us to three people that have axes to grind, but they are not particularly interesting or characterful – and neither is their dialogue. The nature of the fight scenes is repetitive and shows a startling lack of imagination as does the really drawn-on look of the special effects. Lambert makes only the briefest of appearances as the guru in the white suit; indeed the star of the show is probably Tagawa who hams up wonderfully as the baddie. The narrative does try to combine action, adventure and mysticism – but neither the writer nor the director have anything like enough flair to make this anything other than a predictable, candle-lit, martial arts flop.

Mortal Kombat was one of the most popular, and controversial video games of the 90s, so naturally, in 1995, New Line Cinema released a live- action film adaptation. When the film was being advertised, several people were either excited for it, or skeptical due to Street Fighter being a total stinker, and since the film was rated PG-13, which meant the violence and gore from the game had to be toned down to appeal to the then-young MK fan base. Thankfully, all expectations were surpassed as Mortal Kombat actually turned out to be, believe it or not, a good video game movie. Upon its release, the film was, surprisingly, a box- office success, making it the first video game adaptation to be successful both financially, and with fans, despite mixed reviews from critics (although Gene Siskel gave the movie a thumbs up). To this day, it is considered one of the better game to film translations. Now, it’s time to find out why that is the case.

The film succeeds by sticking to the plot of the first game while incorporating elements from Mortal Kombat II. The plot itself is very similar to Enter the Dragon (which I consider to be the greatest Martial Arts film ever made), but with a supernatural twist to it, which is rather refreshing, and helps it stand on its own. Unlike Street Fighter where the focus was on Guile instead of Ryu and Ken (the original protagonists of that franchise), this movie centers mostly around the Mortal Kombat game’s original protagonist; Liu Kang.

All of the characters from the first Mortal Kombat game (as well as a few from MKII) are present in the film, and are given appropriate development, and screen time. The casting is also spot-on. This is one of the few adaptations of a video game, comic book, and cartoon show (at least one of the few I could think of) where all of the actors are cast perfectly. Christopher Lambert, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa are especially great as Rayden and Shang Tsung (respectively), they deliver the right amount of charisma without chewing the scenery. Linden Ashby also plays a great Johnny Cage since he brings the character’s cocky personality to life, and delivers some of the best humor in this movie. But my favorite casting choice in the film has to be Robin Shou as Liu Kang. Not only is Liu my favorite character in the games, but Shou looks very much like the character, and makes you feel for him by showing his impulsiveness, and guilt over the death of his brother. It’s a shame he didn’t receive more starring vehicles after this movie, because I feel he is a capable actor, and Martial Artist. He definitely has more of a personality than Steven Seagal.

While the movie is rated PG-13, and doesn’t contain the large amounts of gore from the game, it does make up for this area with the large amounts of Martial Arts action. The fight scenes are very well done, and often emulate more of the Hong Kong style of fight choreography, which was a refreshing change from most American action films prior to this. They also incorporate several of the special moves from the game, such as Liu Kang’s bicycle kick, Scorpion’s spear that comes out of his hand, etc., and they manage to make them look believable, and not embarrassing, unlike Street Fighter.

The person who directed this movie is Paul W.S. Anderson, and if that name sounds familiar, that’s because this is the same man who would later go on to butcher Alien vs. Predator, and the Resident Evil movies. Despite his more recent efforts, he does a solid job directing this film. One of the strong points of his direction (aside from how well he filmed the fight scenes) is how he handled the movie on a technical, and design level. The cinematography, set designs, and lighting are stylish, and keep in touch with the game’s dark, and mystical atmosphere. The special FX in the movie are also pretty cool, granted, they aren’t exactly Terminator 2, or Jurassic Park, but they work fine for a film released in 1995. Though not everything is CGI, the character of Goro is a puppet, which still looks good to this day, and were created by special FX masters Alec Gillis, and Tom Woodruff, Jr.

Overall, Mortal Kombat is still a fun film to watch. It made up greatly for Street Fighter, and in my opinion, it still is one of the best video game movies (right up there with Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist). It may not be Oscar winning material, but it is one of my personal favorite movies, and as a huge fighting game fan, I couldn’t be any more proud of it.

Better than Street Fighter easily
A much bettwr movie with decent fx and choreography. Granted the story is cheesy and this is no Enter the Dragon but, not as bad as has been made out. If you are a fannof the game you should share some appreciation to this.

It was better when I was a kid
As an adult I can’t stand to look at this movie anymore . I still like the famous theme song . It’s the best thing about this movie . The story is thin , but what could you expect from a movie based on a video game ? Especially such a game as Mortal kombat.

It’s funny. The special effects that were amazing when I was a kid , now look incredibly cheap. The acting is bad , with the exception of Christopher Lambert (“Highlander”) who seems to be having fun as Rayden , so in the end he gives the best performance of movie. Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa gives a rather annoying performance as the main villain. The whole movie is a terrible kitsch , because it’s too serious for it’s own good . The lame action scenes can’ save the movie . I also loved the “subtle” clues for Liu Kang how to defeat Sub Zero. Jesus , I know that this movie was aimed at kids , but did the creators thought about retarded kids ?!

Anyway , it’s trash . I have yet to see a good movie based on computer game. I can agree that this isn’t as bad as “Super Mario bros” . After all , they did make a sequel and TV series thanks to the success of this one. It doesn’t change the fact that adults should keep away from this movie. I give it 2/10.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 41 min (101 min)
Budget 18000000
Revenue 122195920
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director Paul W.S. Anderson
Writer Ed Boon, John Tobias, Kevin Droney
Actors Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou, Linden Ashby
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 3 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS (8 channels)
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Moviecam Compact
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints), FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank (CA), USA
Film Length 2,829 m
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm