Mortal Kombat

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2005 Filmcritic.com

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."

Rating

1.5 out of 5 Stars

  • Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
  • Producer: Lauri Apelian, Lawrence Kasanoff
  • Screenwriter: Kevin Droney
  • Stars: Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou, Linden Ashby, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Bridgette Wilson, Talisa Soto, Trevor Goddard
  • MPAA Rating: PG-13

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