Review of Mortal Kombat (1995) by Alex A — 09 Apr 2015

Being a huge fan of the video game franchise since childhood, I'm pretty predisposed to enjoy this onscreen adaption to some degree. While it certainly has corny dialogue, characters and performances, it's unapologetic, cheesy fun with a memorable soundtrack and serviceable action sequences.

If you're expecting high caliber Kung Fu cinema look elsewhere, but as it is, Mortal Kombat is one of the better outings of its genre, which isn't hard to achieve. It isn't great, but compared to other live-action game adaptions, you could do much, much worse.