"Bad"
Mortal Kombat Review
By Christopher Null
This one's a howler that's so bad it's almost good -- almost. In this infamous adaptation of the popular arcade game series, weird otherworldly semi-immortals bring in three humans by boat to a sort of interplanetary fighting match, the idea being that if the humans lose, the space dudes can conquer earth... or something like that. It's very absurd and all just an excuse to get people fighting again and again and in endless combinations. Alas, none of this is ever able to explain why the space goons can't spell "combat."
Facts and Figures
Year: 1995
Run time: 101 mins
In Theaters: Friday 18th August 1995
Box Office Worldwide: $122M
Budget: $18M
Distributed by: New Line Home Entertainment
Production compaines: New Line Cinema, Threshold Entertainment
Reviews
Contactmusic.com: 1.5 / 5
Rotten Tomatoes: 33%
Fresh: 10 Rotten: 20
IMDB: 5.8 / 10
Cast & Crew
Director: Lauri Apelian, Lawrence Kasanoff
Screenwriter: Kevin Droney
Starring: Christopher Lambert as Lord Rayden, Robin Shou as Liu Kang, Linden Ashby as Johnny Cage, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shang Tsung, Bridgette Wilson as Sonya Blade, Talisa Soto as Princess Kitana, Trevor Goddard as Kano, Chris Casamassa as Scorpion, François Petit as Sub-Zero, Keith Cooke as Reptile
Also starring: Kevin Droney
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