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Nothing Will Ever Be The Same morePlot:
A group of martial arts warriors have only six days to save the Earth from an extra-dimensional invasion. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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(5 articles)
Another Resurrection Unlikely (From Studio Briefing. 2 December 1997)
Fox Tears Up The Turkey Coop (From Studio Briefing. 1 December 1997)
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Raiden gets a haircut! moreCast
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Rated PG-13 for non-stop martial arts violence.Parents Guide:
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91 min | Canada:95 min (Ontario)Country:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:14 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | UK:15 (cut) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:18 | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 | Hong Kong:IIB | Sweden:15MOVIEmeter: 
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): As Jade holds Liu Kang under her spear, as she says "When I alone am too much for you," Liu Kang is seen mouthing her lines. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Rayden: [narrating] Mortal Kombat is not about death, but rather the preservation of life. Liu Kang and a few chosen fighters from the Earth realm defeated Outworld sorcerer Shang Tsung. According to the rules of Mortal Kombat, their victory preserved the safety of the Earth for one more generation. Our chosen ones were returned to Liu Kang's home on Earth, only to enjoy a brief period of peace... for someone from Outworld has a different point of view.
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I saw this film at the cinema the same day as I saw Lost in Space (the new one, with Gary Oldman). By comparison, Lost in Space was high art full of deep metaphysical dilemmas. MK:A is terrible.
I loved the Mortal Kombat games, and was pleased to see that MK The Movie was better than Street Fighter II The Movie. Sure, it was a light-on film, but it had some moments and I spent most of my time laughing at the unintentionally bad bits. MK:A makes MK The Movie look sophisticated.
The first five minutes basically drops a piano on the head of the first movie - new bad guy, Johnny Cage dies, new heroes appear, minimal explanation. From then on you have a sub-standard martial arts film packed full of cheap costumes on cheap actors following a cliched script. I know there's not a lot of narrative you can squeeze out of a fighting computer game, but surely the writers could have tried a little harder to make something work. Having gone to the movie with a guy who didn't play the games, I had to explain what the hell was going on for the first half (like why is that guy fighting him?) and gave up after that.
That said, this movie contains the most unintentionally hilarious moment I have ever seen on film. Towards the end of the movie, Raiden moves from having flowing straight white hair to a peroxided flat-top. There's a brief mention of Raiden getting a haircut, and that's it. It makes absolutely no sense, and thinking about it still makes me laugh.