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| Mortal Kombat |
| Rated: | PG-13 |
| Stars: | Christopher Lambert |
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You can tell what kind of movie this is by the opening sequence. Shang
Tsung, evil sorcerer, brutally twists his foot in the back of Liu Kang's
brother, then steals his soul. The movie has lots of violence,
great moves, and a
story a little less complex than that of Waterworld.
Based on the
Liu Kang scinerio of the original Mortal Kombat game (while
containing
characters from the second MK game, Jax, Kitana, and emperor Sho Kahn),
Mortal Kombat features moves more awe-inspiring than those in
Hercules: the Legendary Journies. The three main people are Liu
Kang, who enters the tournament seeking revenge for his brother's death;
Sonja, who is lead into it while pursuing the mercenary Kano; and Johnny
Cage, the martial arts actor, who is tricked into entering the
tournament my his manager (actually Shang Tsung in disguise).
A lot of the
special
effects in this movie are computer-generated, which is getting a little
tiring. At least they were smart enough to build some of these sets on
the computer than to actually construct them. (Hint hint, Kevin Coster!)
Even with all the violence, the bone cracking, and the pounding, there
is only one shot of blood in the whole movie, and that is toward the
end. Hardly lives up to its ultra-violent inspiration. Still, if you
like people beating the crap out of each other to some pretty good
techno music, Mortal Kombat may be your movie. If you want more
plot than a typical Saturday morning cartoon, though, this may not be
what you're looking for. One little footnote to
this review: Mortal Kombat grossed more in its first week than
Waterworld. Hmmm...
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