Mortal Kombat (1995)
Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, their own inner demons, and superhuman foes.
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The plot seems taken directly from any number of video games, with a healthy dash of Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" thrown in.
The filmmakers offer obvious nods to everything from Ray Harryhausen ("The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad," "Jason and the Argonauts") to Bruce Lee ("Enter the Dragon") to George Lucas ("Star Wars").
The filmmakers offer obvious nods to everything from Ray Harryhausen ("The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad," "Jason and the Argonauts") to Bruce Lee ("Enter the Dragon") to George Lucas ("Star Wars").
Best scene: Scorpion, who attacks with a living, toothy "stinger" that trundles out from his open palm and snaps at adversaries in full computer-generated glory, pursues Johnny Cage through a meticulously cultivated forest that looks like something out of Last Year at Marienbad .
Rayden has chosen a trio of Americans to lead the forces of good: Robin Shou, who tries hard to remind us of Bruce Lee, Linden Ashby, who tries hard to remind us of The Evil Dead's Bruce Campbell, and the oddly under-aerobicized Bridgette Wilson, who tries hard to seem credible as a policewoman and fighting expert.
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Digital guru Alison Savitch, who was visual effects supervisor on The Abyss, heads a crew that delivers a staggering number of computer-animated special effects and backgrounds for the increasingly otherworldly combat tournament, but the movie feels way too much like a cartoon.