MORTAL KOMBAT
"Kicks are for Kids"
A film review by Bill
@1995 and Bill don't need no stinkin copyright.
Rating: 2.5/4 (Not nearly as bad as STREETFIGHTER.)
Preview: Saw the one hour making of/preview on cable, turns out they shot on location in Thailand. The guy who plays Liu Kang is in/famous for many movies in Hong Kong, and he also helped choreograph a bunch of the fighting.
The guy who plays badass Shang Tsung is REALLY REALLY famous, you'll recognize him easily.
The documentary was interesting, and the walkthroughs of the sets were nice--they put a *lot* of detail into 'em, and then you see'm for 30 seconds of the movie.
The Movie
Christopher Lambert (McCloud from Highlander) plays RAIDEN.
The special moves for sub-zero were really cool! (no pun intended.)
Scorpion's fatality was good!
They got Johnny Cage's speed/blur kick just right!
Sonya was okay (what do you expect for a chick?)
Goro was entirely computer generated as every four armed badass should be, but he wasn't utilized to his full potential.
The plot kinda dragged, they went out of their way to explain WHY there is this tournament, and WHY everyone has to kick/punch the shit out of each other, but who cares right? Get on with the fighting already!
And when it comes time to fight, some of these guys get wasted too quick....
I'd seen STREETFIGHTER the movie (rental) and was so thoroughly dissapointed, but after seeing the previews, I knew this one couldn't suck *that* bad....
I guess it helped to be surrounded by a hundred kids yelling "DAMN!", "Kick his ass! Yeah!" and "FINISH HIM!"
To its credit, it kept a fairly quick pace, and the *music* really punched it along! Check out the soundtrack!
Go see it *soon*, while the theatre will be full of screaming kids and they'll have the soundtrack turned up to max and you should enjoy it.
later,
Bill
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