Mortal Kombat (Film)

Mortal Kombat is an action and fantasy film of 1995, based on the eponymous computer game released in 1993. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, who with Resident Evil staged another computer game adaptation later.

Action

Every 100 years there is a tournament called Mortal Kombat in the Outworld fought with the earth. Should a world manage to win the tournament ten times in a row, they would gain control over the other world. The Wizard Shang Tsung, who competes for Outworld, the Mortal Kombat tournament already won nine times, now it should also extend to a tenth win. There it is again time for a Mortal Kombat, the thunder god Raiden gathers Lord ( as the divine representative of the Earth Empire) the best fighters in the world to get to compete against fighters from Outworld.

Criticism

" The unimaginatively staged and supported by stereotyped acting performers martial adaptation of an equally brutal fantasy video game, the violence and killing touted as conflict resolution. "

Background

  • The film grossed worldwide a 122.1 million U.S. dollars.

Trivia

  • The film is the talk that the protagonist Liu Kang is the descendant of Kung Lao. In the game series, there is another monk, also called Kung Lao and a friend and rival of Lui Kang is.
  • Although Raiden in the game has been a playable character, he explains in the film that he can not participate in Mortal Kombat.
  • Some elements come in the game series until the second part of it:
  • Go further in the German translation of some well-known phrases from the game lost:
  • In the original version can be heard Ed Boon's voice when Scorpion " Come here" calls. Ed Boon gives the voice in the game Scorpion.
  • As Reptile turns into his humanoid form you can hear in the background a voice calling " Reptile". In the English version that is the voice of Shao Khan from the second Mortal Kombat game.
  • The "soundtrack" to the movie of the Mortal Kombat Theme Techno Syndrome - with the Sound sample from the advertising of the games - was released about a year ago and was kept in the typical 90's Dance. Each fighter has a song, also one for Goro and just two versions of the song for all the fighters, of which just one was in the film use. The audio CD but was not produced for the film, but as merchandise for the game.

Awards

  • George S. Clinton won in 1996 a BMI film music award.
  • Joanie Diener, responsible for the music editor, was nominated for the Golden Reel Award.

Continuations

Appeared in 1997 Mortal Kombat 2 - Annihilation by John R. Leonetti in theaters. The film could not build on the success of the first part and brought a 51.3 million dollars at the box office.

1995 saw the animated film Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins, also followed the series Mortal Kombat - Defenders of the Realm (1995) and Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998-1999 ).

With Mortal Kombat Rebirth Director Kevin Tancharoen 2010 created a short film about 7 minutes, which is intended as an example for Warner Brothers (which includes the rights to any eventual another Mortal Kombat film wear ) in order to demonstrate his interpretation of the subject matter.

In 2011, the web series Mortal Kombat was: Legacy produced in actors like Michael Jai White and Jeri Ryan are seen.

After the success of the short film series Mortal Kombat: Legacy is now to produce a complete movie in this style director Kevin Tancharoen. Warner Bros. presents a budget for this purpose to between 40 and 50 million U.S. dollars ready.

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