Why is Mortal Kombat still considered one of the best video

it was never good

>>87768421
>>87768483
It's not one of the best it factually is the best and only good vidya movie. Street Fighter was cool though.

Because Mortal Kombat is just Enter the Dragon with added mysticism, so it from a movie to a game to a movie again. Also helps that it pays attention to plot points in the game (explaining even why Subzero and Scorpion are not fighting each other) as well as slight improvements, can't tell me Scorpion's living harpoon wasn't cool as fuck.
Also, amazing soundtrack

>>87768483
t. kano

>>87768421
in a world of shit the best turd is king.

>>87768421
Because there really isn't a stiff competition in that area.

>>87768421
No competition

>>87768421

It has a near perfect blend of comedy, seriousness and violence that predates a lot of current movies in how it handled the balance.

It did everything well enough that when put together it was greater than sum of its parts. Considering how weak acting cast is over-all it's even more impressive that they that much out of them.

It also captures characters perfectly instead of putting big names in character slots.

It was helmed by a decent director. People making fight scenes went extra mile with everything from set design to fight styles and made everything distinctive.

Just watch first movie versus second movie.

Juxtaposed against what I would say is a large cache of shitty video game movies that do not understand source material and do not understand how to translate it.

If you look at this movie versus's say Assassin's creed, creed should win but because of how they developed, structured the movie, a decent actor like assbender couldn't save it.

Versus lambert whose ham/seriousness fit tone of movie perfectly.

The only other video game movie that comes close is Resident Evil.

See if you can find any connections between them.

>>87768483

I feel sorry for people who missed it in theaters. The whole theater went crazy towards the end of the Cage and Scorpion fight.

Who do you main? I usually switch between Night Wolf and Ermac.

>>87768644

Not only were people rocking out in my theater as a kid but entire group of friends afterwards and soundtrack = good times.

We busted a lot of shit after this movie.

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This was better

>>87768656
Older ones or newest ones?
I used to play Kabal a lot when I was a kid for some edgy retarded reasons. Also Sub-Zero.
I like to main Kung Lao in the new one and also played him a lot as a kid as well.

>>87768421
Because there aren't many video game movies.
I like it, but prefer Street Fighter.

>>87768421
it was true to its source material and didn't needlessly change shit for the worse like the SF movie did

>>87768771
shit taste

>>87768421
Because your soul is mine is a good meme

Memes can make or break a movie

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>>87768421
that scene was hot

>>87769699
hahahahaha 69

>sonya will never put me in a leg lock

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>>87769766
>>87769699

>>87768421
>that degenerate smiling chink
How is this gif not used as a meme more often

>>87769879
Because gifs are outdated and forcing memes is retarded

>>87768638
Lambert doing Mel Brooks the whole movie was GOAT

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>>87768421
>Picking the worst fight out of the entire movie.

It was pretty good when it came out at least.

>>87768638
>Resident Evil.
The first 2 yes. A

The CGI hasnt aged well though.

>>87768638
The actors for Johnny and Kano were perfect though I gotta say.

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The Reptile fight was the best. He was doing great until he wasn't.

>>87770125

What is Reptile thinking about here?

>>87770125

Well the movie did one thing video games failed to do. Make Liu Kang into a leading man/likable.

He is about least likable character in games in comparison. Kung lao is much better in terms of how they handled it.

>>87770014

Eh, that will always be a problem with cgi, just look at spawn.

>>87770098

it's too bad actor killed himself and johnny's actor was just bright enough to make it into role and then disappear back into muck of shitty roles

>>87768421
Ello bby, did ya mess meh?

>>87769699
Kanos head should have been between her thighs

>>87768421
Characters actually matched their video game counterparts.

Kano.

Fight scenes were great and matched the brutality of the game.

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>>87770275
>Kung lao is much better in terms of how they handled it.

Kung Lao was riding that TV show hype.

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>>87770493
Scorpion got a pretty nice girl in that show. Shame she got killed by Sub-Zero.

>>87770275
>Eh, that will always be a problem with cgi, just look at spawn.
Spawn looked terrible on release.

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>>87770479
>matched the brutality of the game.
Not 1 (one) spine was torn out.

>>87768771
RE movies are utter trash and shit all over the source material

>>87768512
>factually is the best and only good vidya movie
No. Saw it when it came out and it was awful.

>>87769699
Give it up, baby. I've studied all your moves.

>>87768421
The games are abou two people fighting, the movie exists to setup scenes in which two characters fight

The best game movie is the Sonic japanese one

>>87768421
It doesn't matter that it isn't a very good movie. The fact is that it is closer in spirit, look, and execution to the original material. It's faithful, and given some of the absolute crap that's hit the screen calling itself a video game adaption, that's important.

>>87768656
Scorpion when I was younger
Jax and Kenshi in MK X

>>87768421
>at the skating rink
>mortal kombat theme song comes on
>gottagofast.jpg
babyfigs don't even know

by default

>>87768421
Because all the others are worse.

>>87770771
>webm

>>87768656
Scorpion has remained my favorite over the years, but I've grown fond of some other characters as well - Night Wolf, Johnny Cage, Kano, Quan Chi, Sonya..

>>87768421

dat fuckin soundtrack tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpRb6lAsRt0

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>>87773770
>gif?

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>>87774140
>gif

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I prefer DOOMkino. The first person scene was damn great.

>>87768771
>that pic
everything that's wrong with the resident evil movies

>>87774316
The Rock shouldn't shit on the movie considering it was great for a video game adaptation

>>87774316
Doom is pretty underrated. It's knows exactly what it is and does it perfectly.

>>87774316
nah, what would of made it great is if he had any gun from the game or was shooting demons that were from the game. Without that its just stupid shit.

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>>87769612

Reptile

>>87770275
Fuck you. Liu Kang is fucking dope and I will bicycle kick your ass

>>87768421
people don't ask for much in their vidya adaptions and honestly this one did it well enough

>>87768421
Because it was entertaining and solid if only because it borrowed the plot from Enter the Dragon, and because it nailed the aesthetic and was influential enough to have the games retcon elements to match it.

Also that bitchin soundtrack.

>>87768421
It's filled with everything that makes a movie bad, but they've turned it into a fun quotable movie that everyone loved when they were kids.

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>I am Lui Kang, descendant of Kung Lao, I challenge you to Mortal Kombat, do you accept, or yield?

>>87770239
The actor looks dope sick.

>>87768656
Kabal, Ermac and Sub-Zero

>>87768421
Did this kill Bridgette Wilson's career? She was thicc.

>>87775992
Scorpion, Mileena, Cyrax. Team ninja.

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>>87769699

Because video game movies are universally trash.

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>While Goddard's official biography listed his place of birth as Perth, Australia, and the year as either 1966 or 1965, his parents, Eric and Clara Goddard, of Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, in July of 2003 came forward to state that Trevor was in fact born in Sussex, England, his date of birth was in 1962, and that Trevor's claims to being a reformed criminal from Australia were in a fact a fabrication. He was able to fool many into believing his London accent was an Australian one, and edged out many authentic Australian actors for roles.

>>87768656
I've always swapped between Mileena and Sub-Zero, then Baraka for Deception. I favored Subby though all the way up until MK9 before I poured the remainder of my time in to Mileena. I just loved her mobility and her u2(?) bounce was just as good as a freeze for me to capitalize on.

I still main Mileena in MKX although for me it's significantly less fun than 9. I feel like the Injustice games are influencing it in the worst possible ways.

>>87768421
It's faithful and it's dumb, comfy fun. Also the competition isn't really trying.

Watch the fullscreen version for the full experience.

>>87768421
nigga you've never heard the soundtrack?

benis

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>>87772835

Angry Birds is better

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>>87768421
it's kino

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>>87768644

>be me 13 years old
>beg grandma to take me to movies to watch mortal kombat because mom won't
>get there and theater is full of crazy teens being loud and throwing food
>find a few open seats near front
>movie starts
>mortal kombat theme song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxsNnUAyfd4) comes on blasting at full volume
>holy shit this is lit AF
>almost forgot about my 80 year old grandma with pace maker sitting next to me
>oh_shit.jpg
>glance over at her
>she has giant smile on her face and is tapping her knee to the music
>wahahaha grandma is diggin this gangster shit
>mfw

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>>87775947
>"My name is Danny Rand, I'm the immortal Iron Fist, protector of Kun'lun and sworn enemy of the hand"

>>87778417
hehe

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>>87778631
Oh it is the second maybe not so much

>>87768421

I have literally watched this twice in a row.

Lads are you forgetting about the Silent Hill movie?
That wasn't bad at all

btw
1) Silent Hill
2) RE2
3) MK
4) RE1
5) Street Fighter

>>87768520
>can't tell me Scorpion's living harpoon wasn't cool as fuck.
The only reason I wanted to see it as a kid was the trailer showing that shit over and over again.

>GET OVER HERE!

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Just wait for the Tetris-kino in the next few years to be released.
>In the future, year 30XX, mankind has finally reached the ability to travel at light speed using block-like spaceships called Tetroids. Deep in the universe lies the question to human existence-- could the Tetroids be the answer?

Remember the TV show where they all die at the end?

>>87774316
hahahaha i forgot dwayne was in that turd
>i'll still vote for him

>>87768771
don't worry anon these underage fags probably havent even seen it

>>87778851
>THIS SUMMER
>suburban family playing in the garden, it's a sunny day
>TERROR
>inception horn
>suddenly a shadow is cast upon them
>COMES FROM THE SKY
>family is squashed by something
>fast-paced orchestral music, mostly strings and some timpani
>we see a giant tetroid is what destroyed them
>news and reporters are all around it
>"this is the third time one of these mysterious objects falls in San Diego"
>TETRIS: TOTAL ANNIHILATION

>>87768771
GREAT movie, Milla is possibly the best action actress around

>>87778715
1.MK
2.Silent Hill
3.RE1
4.Dead or Alive
5.Street Fighter
this is the only answer

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Comfy casting

>>87779084
>dead or alive
honestly never seen that, is it decent?

>>87778609
The fuck is CumLung?

>>87779172
The place where you can spy on the head Monk's daughter taking a shower.

The guy playing Shang Tsung was goat

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>>87768421
Have you seen Mortal Kombat Conquest?

>>87768638
>The only other video game movie that comes close is Resident Evil.
bait

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>>87779281
Lesbian lizard.

>>87779281
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpQokcyUJ7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U4pBTCem3E

>>87778465
where is she now? :P

>>87768638
It's funny, the most serious character in the game was the most hammy, and it was brilliant

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>laughs in Furian

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>>87779408
>it is GLORIOUS!!!

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>>87778715
Imo

>Silent Hill
>Resi 1
>MK
>Postal
>Street Fighter

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>>87778996
Man, that shit was boss.
Especially when you realize that the actor playing Raiden was also playing Shao Khan.

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>>87779281
Yeah, too bad it only lasted 1 season despite good ratings. Shao Kahn and Raiden were awesome!

Best line:
Shao Khan to Mileena:
"This is how you'll stay! With beauty to remind you of what you're trying to be! (Points to her disfigured mouth) And that to remind you of what you really ARE!"

Absolutely savage.

>>87779335
good fight choreographing, horrid cgi

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>>87768483

The shittiest part about the MK movie is that the fight scene with Goro and the one jobber good guy character didn't end in a bloodbath. I know the movie was geared toward teenagers so they had to get the PG-13 rating but they could've at least implied that Goro tore that guy in half. That little kick was anticlimactic as fuck and we already saw Shang Tsung steal a soul earlier in the movie so it was stupid to see it again.

>>87780095
Even weirder when MK has fatalities and stuff but I guess they thought PG-13 was the best option. Seems they learned from it though with Resident Evil

>>87768421
Because it's Lovecraftian

>>87780189
I see you

>>87780095
Dude that shit would look awful with 1995 cgi. Be grateful they actually used practical effects and did an ok job(can really give them shit with moderate budget)

As an aside, Jean Claude Van Dam was the original choice to play Johnny Cage but he choose Street Fighter. Also, Steven Spielberg was suppose to cameo as Johnny's director but couldn't last minute due to scheduling conflicts

>>87781309
It's not hard nigga, just film a 15 puppet silhouette of goro ripping someone in half then have the crowd cheer and have the heros look away or look all surprised and pissed off. Also I like that Cage is a Van Damme ripoff in the games and in the movie. That actually made me like it more considering thats the point of Johnny Cage

>>87781442
*15 or so second puppet silhouette scene

>>87779481
>anon doesn't know pitch black came out before any of the vidya
how does it feel being retarded?

>>87781926
pretty good actually

>>87768421
Kano died too early

>>87768421
this was unironically the first movie scene I fapped too.
It's been a while since I jerked it to the thought of her crushing me between those sexy legs, thanks anon

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>>87780095
His name was Art Lean, he wasn't a jobber. Up to that point he was the Earthrealm warrior with the most wins.

>>87782206
>wasn't a jobber
>had the most wins
>dies to demonstrate what a threat Goro is

Do you even know what the fuck a jobber is?

>>87782294
Yea, there was a literal montage of people jobbing to Goro before Art faced him. The fact they did a full scene of him fighting and dying shows he was upper midcard

>>87777777

Anyone here watched Mortal Kombat: Conquest Battle, where the bad guys literally won in the end and reigned forever more as rulers of Earth?

>>87782644
That shit was a cliffhanger, the dumbass network didn't renew it so it was never resolved on tv

>>87768656
Before MK4 when I gave up the series entirely I mained sub zero, baraka, raiden and ermac

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>>87769766

>>87768421
>be me as a kid
>this scene happens
>already wish I was in kano's place

>>87782711
Which was shitty but that's tnt for you. I used to have to stay up till two in morning to see it

>>87774316
I also like the twist of the rock being the bad guy.

Mortal Kombat is still the best though.

>>87768520
>Because Mortal Kombat is just Enter the Dragon with added mysticism

Fuck, Enter the Dragon is good. You're right. That's probably the main reason why I have a soft spot for this movie despite it being utter shit. That basic template is just so much fun. Diverse cast of characters go to a strange island for a martial arts tournament. The whole thing is comfy af.

Speaking of which, anyone know of any other movies with that basic template?

>>87782983
Jcvd did a movie about a fight tournament.

Where he was in French foreign legion, even had ancient tournament scroll. Iron legion. It was during 90s

>>87779666
titwhore

>>87768421

Street fighter was better

Chun Li - "20 years ago, you came and burnes down our village. You killed my father. Do you not feel remorse?"

BISON: For you it was the most important day of your life, the day you came across M. BISON. For me it was a Tuesday"

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>>87783097
Don't be mean to Sonya.

>>87777777

>>87770125
Reptile is a lot like Conor Mcgregor

>>87779377
I raped her to death.

It has all the right nods to the arcade game and it goes further...Here are the specific points that tip it for me:

1) They made Johnny Cage actually look good by having him defeat Goro.

2) They included an entire sequence dedicated to a secret character, Reptile.

3) Liu Kang does a firekick and the movie climaxes with him performing a fireball that drops Shang Tsung into the pit.

To me, this is a perfect application of source material without becoming too fan servicey.

>>87768421
Super Mario Bros. is the GOAT.

>>87786962
the lead actors were drunk during all of there scenes.

>>87773824
>shitty EDM rock

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>>87778417
this is better

>>87782983
Bloodsport.

Mortal Kombat Movie = MCU
Street Fighter Movie = DCEU

>>87768421
Thanks because of you assholes i just fired mortal combat up on Netflix. Was gonna go to bed.

>>87787168
ahh but you see I also mentioned DOA earlier but thank you for adding to my kino folder

>>87779330
>Ankha_&_Kiri
Omg, I thought that one looked familiar, look it up, sure enough it's Sung Hi Lee my first asianwaifu.

>>87788105
Wow, yes so true really.

>>87770771
This might not have occurred to you, but the arcade and home conversion games were played by underaged (no sarcasm) and the movie would've flopped if it was rated R.

>>87768638
He's not a huge actor but Shang Tsung (however the fuck you spell it) carried the film. If you're going to reach with themes and concepts, you need to have a villain that can sell and he did that in spades.

God the set pieces were incredible too. I go back and watch it again just to take in all the details.

>>87768656
I mained the shit out of Reptile in II, and have been switching mains after each game afterwards. I have the fondest memories of Reptile though.

>>87770771
Goro
Tsung
The token nig
The red shirt the Sub Zero demoed his powers on
Sub Zero
Scorpion
Kano

All had deaths that were consistent with the video game's violence. Keep in mind that the first game was pretty tame as well in terms of violence.

>>87771794
That shitty opinion is definitely a small minority. There is not a single movie based on a game that has been adapted so perfectly while still being an extremely watchable movie.

>>87774316
Shitty movie. Karl Urban really poorly written. Loved the Rock twist though, saved the film.

>>87768421
Because of its quintessentially lovecraftian elements

>>87777284
They loved the way he acted so much in the movie they literally retconned Kano in the games to be more like him.

>>87788105
mixed obviously

>>87777525
Mileena's divekick is a goat move. Feels so nice to catch jumping/flying shitters midair.

>>87768656
Scorpion has remained my favorite because his playstyle has always been to just overwhelm the opponent, which is how I like to play fighters personally.

>>87777284
>He was able to fool many into believing his London accent was an Australian one, and edged out many authentic Australian actors for roles.

GALLIPOLIED

Because the writers made an actual Mortal Kombat movie. They didn't try to reinvent things like a lot of other video game movies. They followed the video games. For fans, they got exactly what they wanted. For non-fans, they got a movie that was easy to follow and fun.

>>87782983
The Quest

oh shit there is another, low budget, but I'd call it kino American Samurai.

Octagon with Chuck Norris I think would qualify.

>>87782983
>>87790158
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gih8xxZfFc

clip from American Samurai

Acting is shit, the rest is fun.

>>87768656
Scorpion, Kung Lao, and Lui Kang. On another note, Shaolin Monks is 2nd only to MKX.

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>>87782920
>I also like the twist of the rock being the bad guy.

oh just fuck you anon