Mortal Kombat (DVD)

Great product!

Good action movie

Great movie, childhood favorite and so fun to show it to my nephews. They loved the cheesiness of it.Video played well and the picture and sound are so good. I have the dvd but I’m glad I could get this on digital and watch it whenever I want.

One of the best movies I've ever watched ,I would recommend that everybody should watch it

This classic fun adventure is so great all these years later! Great character interaction, fantastic fight scenes, good comedy, awesome music, and a very understandable journey. Unlike 2021 (and many modern games) it doesn’t rely on the fact the series has crazy gore to get your attention. All it needed was that I mentioned before to grab us

As much as this looks now as a highschool movie project ‘due to the CGi being outdated in looks’It’s still a amazingly written movie for sure, holds a place in even the mortal kombats devs since mk11 had the same villain voice and scanned Shang from mk series

90s nostalgia I HAD to share with my son! I had to show him this “gem” from my day. It’s a bit dated, some would say. I think it’s a classic, if you just enjoy it for what it is. Besides the latest MK movie, this is the only other one in existence in my opinion!

Love him or hate him, we video game fans need to tip our caps to director Paul Anderson. Regardless of whether you enjoyed 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 adaptation of a video game, period. Indeed, "Kombat" came as a breath of fresh air after the stiflingly insipid attempts that were Super Mario Bros. and Double Dragon, for not only did it follow the game's storyline to a degree that is unmatched even today, but it disproved the unfounded belief that a faithful adaptation of a game would be boring and unsuccessful. A recent 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 ought to be standard viewing for any director about to tackle a game-related project.The story: when otherworldly forces led by an evil sorcerer (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, The Last Emperor) threaten Earthrealm, mortal warriors are called upon by the god Rayden (Christopher Lambert, Highlander) to take part in the ancient tournament of Mortal Kombat to decide the fate of our world. At the heart of the resistance are Liu Kang (Robin Shou, Beverly Hills Ninja), Johnny Cage (Linden Ashby, "The Young and the Restless"), and Sonya Blade (Bridgette Wilson, The Wedding Singer) - a young monk running from his destiny, a movie star looking to prove his legitimacy, and a special forces agent hunting a murderer: three strangers, connected only by destiny, who must band together if they are to save not only the Earth but their very souls."Okay, the storyline stays true to the game, but is the rest of the movie any good?"An action/fantasy, "Mortal Kombat" relies more on spectacle than acting to win over audiences, and in this, it succeeds. Though outdated by modern standards, the film showcases CGI animation that was top-of-the-line for its time. And action? - the movie has little time to waste between its fast-paced martial arts encounters. Gems include Johnny battling Scorpion (Chris Casamassa, "WMAC Masters) and Liu fighting Reptile (Keith Cooke, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation), with about half-a-dozen other fights stuck in between, ranging between pretty good and...well, pretty darn bad (e.g. Sonya vs. Kano, played by Trevor Goddard of "J.A.G." fame). In addition, the film suffers from a style of pop direction defined by minimal character development, lots of pose-striking during fights, and a storyline that ends up getting a bit lazy; a trademark of director Anderson that nevertheless disallows the film to appear like anything else than teen entertainment. What the movie does have on its side, though, is good casting: while nobody won any awards for their performances, you'll be hard-pressed to find anybody who disagrees that Robin Shou was made for the role of Liu Kang or that few besides Lambert make a good Rayden. Even the ninjas and the fellow who did Goro's voice are well-suited to their roles - at least more so than previous incarnations like Bob Hoskins as Mario or Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile.While the film has its flaws and might not be the best action movie around, you'll find few gaming marks who have many bad things to say about it, including me. Forget my negative comments for a moment and know that I'm very happy that this movie exists. No doubt it would've been a different film had it been made more recently, with more enduring graphics and a bit more action-cinema history to back it up, but the fact that it was made when it was and still managed to gain the acclaim that it did from both parties of viewers (action freaks and gaming geeks) says a lot. Video game fans, if you haven't yet seen it, then shame on you. Action fans, please proceed to your closest video rental shop...