Movie Defense Force: Mortal Kombat

[O maestre]

i thought it was only the second movie, annihilation was hated... well i certainly enjoyed the first one and loathed the second movie

 

[kburns10]

Shocked he had to defend the original movie! I love and still own that one, whereas Annihilation is not allowed in my house in any form. Someone mentioned him doing Street Fighter next. Yeah, good luck defending that POS!

 

[BlueJoneleth]

I love this movie.
Sequel is garbage but it's so bad it's good. XD

Though recently there was the Professor Layton & Phoenix Wright movie which were pretty good in my opinion.

 

[XMark]

Yeah, I liked the first Mortal Kombat movie - it's just fun to watch.

However, for pretty much the same reasons, I would have to say that DOA is the best video game movie ever made. That was a movie which knew exactly what it needed to be.

 

[Jfswift]

Christopher Lambert. He makes that movie fun, he just plays himself regardless of what film he's in, kind of like Jeff Bridges.

I dunno. I liked Mortal Kombat 2 more. The end fight was excruciatingly boring and mispaced for me which is all I remember from the whole thing. That said, it's infinitely better than that atrocious concept trailer of gritty Mortal Kombat which I hope died in production hell.

I nominate Prince of Persia as the best videogame based movie. I know a lot of people have problems with it but I can't figure out what those problems are.

The end fight scene was too short if anything in MK1 although I always thought it was cool how Shang Tsung summons the dead warriors from the portals around the room. That was a nice touch anyway.

I do have to agree on MK2. It was so ridiculous and over the top that it was entertaining (I thought the jade fight scene actually looked pretty cool, the opening sequence/transition of it anyway).

 

[southparkdudez]

What about the second MK movie?

 

[wildpeaks]

Sterling forgot one of the greatest things about the MK movie!

Ahh I had that one on audio tape at the time, now I feel old x.x

 

[Strazdas]

so i take it you didnt like silent hill movie? thats too bad, time for a movie defence battle? or is that too MK for you?

 

[Insideout Ink Demon]

Mortal Kombat

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Damn it Jim, where am i gonna find a copy of this to relive the magic

 

[Itchi_da_killa]

Thank you Jim!
Watching this movie at the theaters for the first time is forever in my memories as the start to one of the coolest nights I had with some good friends.

 

[Subject7]

Why are we defending this movie? It was awesome!

 

[Undeadpool]

I absolutely LOVE Mortal Kombat the Movie for...PRETTY much all the reasons Jim said here: it's a videogame movie that isn't ashamed of its roots. And at its core: it's a competent supernatural kung-fu movie. What the hell ELSE would it need to be?

 

[Sir Christopher McFarlane]

I agree completely. Mortal Kombat was the best video game based movie ever. After all, what other video game based movie was more faithful to it's source material? I can't think of one. Although I will disagree with you Jim on Raiden, I thought Christopher Lambert's Raiden was pretty awesome, I only wish he had a larger part to play.

He certainly would have made Annihilation more bearable, but I think Jim had more of a problem with Raiden not being the Raiden from the game.

I think he has a problem with the actor himself. He said "Christopher Lambert is utter garbage as Raiden because he is Christopher Lambert". Or some such. Not a Highlander fan, it's safe to assume. Lambert is a good actor in my opinion. His performance for White Material in 2009 was praised for example and in that movie he was playing a completely different character from what Highlander, Beowulf and Mortal Kombat gave us.

I find it strange that Jim Sterling doesn't comment on the one aspect in which the movie differs from the game and everyone gives it shit for: the lack of gore. Good riddance in my eyes. But what about you, Jim?

 

[mbarker]

The movie was great just because of the Mortal Combat song. That sonG got me so jazzed when I listened to it.

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

This movie was fucking glorious. Easily the best video game movie ever. I actually like the 2nd movie as well, though my recollection of that movie is considerably less clear.