Hunted by the fearsome warrior Sub-Zero, MMA
fighter Cole Young finds sanctuary at the
Director: Simon McQuoid
Cast: Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh
Lawson, Tadanobu Asano,
Release Date:
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rated R for strong bloody violence and
language throughout, and some crude references
Runtime: 1 h 50 min
Review:
Mortal Kombat is a ridiculous movie on
multiple levels which somehow works as goofy mindless entertainment. The film’s opening sequence feels like a bit
of misdirection as it plays like a straight laced old school samurai film. It’s a slick, impressive opening however once
Simon McQuoid’s film starts in earnest it pivots heavily into absurdism. The plot is razor thin with just a string of
a idea holding the whole thing together.
None of it makes much sense and neither the director or cast seem to
care so there’s a bevy of things that happen simply because they have to. Once it embraces it overall goofiness, the
movie starts delivering over the top action filled with the kind of gory
bloodshed fans have come to expect from the video game franchise. The cast is made with fresh faces and some more
established character actors who slumming it for a paycheck. Everybody makes it out mostly unscathed with
Josh Lawson’s
B-
