Much has been made of the fact that 2021’s “Mortal Kombat,” the second feature-film adaptation of the popular video game, has an R rating — but strip away the exaggerated gore and the rough language, and you’re left with a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie with epic delusions. ...
Almost 30 years after “Mortal Kombat” changed the fighting game landscape forever, a reboot to the film franchise based on these brutally violent games arrives in theaters and on HBO Max for 30 days. Here’s the important thing for fans to know: it’s as R-rated as the games themselves...
The structural simplicity of your averageMortal Kombatvideo game should benefit any film based on the long-running franchise. Like the games, Simon McQuoid’s reboot revolves around an extra-dimensional martial arts tournament in which warriors from Earthrealm (or Earth) square off against combatant...
In 1992, “Mortal Kombat” featured some of the most “realistic” computer graphics around — with actors performing the signature martial arts moves — which made the violence all the more striking. Still, the uncanny valley between the 16-bit game and this 2021 live-action movie gapes ...
Visually,Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realmshas a very similar look and feel like last year's Scorpion's Revenge. The 2160p resolution offers great details, precise lines, and incredible colors (even in the moments that blood splatters everywhere as a being is killed). The violent gr...
Mortal Kombat(2021) Director: Simon McQuoid Rated: R Release Date: April 23, 2021 (Theatrical and HBO Max) Believe it or not, there is a plot to theMortal Kombatgames and over the years it has become quite complex, involved, and — dare I say it — interesting.Mortal Kombattakes most...
It helps thatMortal Kombat2021 starts off by putting its best foot forward. McQuoid smartly opens the movie in the 17th century to establish why Hanzo Hasashi, aka Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada), is out for revenge against Bi-Han, aka Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim). Full of beauty as well as fury...
Posted at 04/25/2021 12:50 PM EDT by Mick-Lucifer Throughout promotion Mortal Kombat has been forthcoming about its departures from the source material, even as efforts were made to sell it as a mostly faithful adaptation. A new lead protagonist made it difficult to hide fundamental ...
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The Mortal Kombat movie excels when it lets the fighting do the talking. The rest of the time, it simply falls flat