My quick rating - 6,3/10. There are some movies that are clearly going to appeal to a certain audience. This is a great example since if you are unfamiliar with the game and its "universe" than this movie will be nothing more than a martial arts fest with some special effects thrown in. Oh, well, that is exactly what it is anyways. So writing unbiased, and not as a fan, this is a story about a MMA fighter who has to team up with some of the greatest fighters to save Earth from the evil outworld attackers. Strangely, this movie does a very good job of the stories that are involved with sub zero and scorpion quite well. This is all still based on a tournament that happens once a generation where fighters have to go one on one to establish the fate of the world. The fighting sequences in this flick are done very well, there is no doubt about that one. Now I won't get carried away since this is still exactly what it is supposed to be, a popcorn flick. Sure for us fans, they did a favor in getting into the story a bit more, and possibly a disservice by adding a character considering there are already a crap ton of them in the first place. Huge fans will be pissed since some are missed. A casual action movie fan will be impressed that a video game movie delivers the goods, especially if they have seen the previous efforts of bringing it to the big screen. I enjoyed the 1995 version slightly less than this one if that helps. (Mortal Kombat: Annihilation was such a bomb, it has left a bad taste in anyones mouth). But as far as comparison, this is for sure the one to check out. More attention to details, far better directing and camerawork. I don't mention acting since, really? Enjoy it for what it is, and don't expect it to be anything more than that.
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