True to the video game, with plenty of action but not much story
You don’t have time for long-winded movie reviews, so Jason Evans has made it his mission to give you all you need to know about the movies in exactly 100 words. Here is his 100-word review of Mortal Kombat.
The Premise: Cole Young (Lewis Tan) is a struggling MMA
fighter. He has heart, but never seems to win the big matches. After one of his
fights, he is pursued by Sub-Zero, a martial arts master who also has the power
to create ice swords and literally freeze his opponents. Cole barely escapes
and soon learns that he is a descendant of Hanso Hasashi (legendary Japanese actor
Hiroyuki Sanada). Fate has determined that Cole will be a part of the latest
round of Mortal Combat, a fight between Earthrealm and Outerworld. Cole begins to
train in the hope of finding his special power in time to defend Earth from the
Outerworld invaders.
The 100 Words: This film based on a video game is
more arcade action than a cohesive story. It is basically ten minutes of bloody
action followed by five minutes of exposition and then ten more minutes of
bloody action… just rinse and repeat for the 2 hour run time. I doubt anyone
comes into this flick expecting a clever story or meaningful character development
so the shortcomings in those areas can be forgiven. The fight scenes are
well-choreographed, the effects look good, and if you want to watch a vapid,
bloody, video game come to life, you could do a lot worse.
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