Prepare to
Fight! again, and join us for a screening of
"Mortal Kombat" (1995), along
with
"Super Mario Bros."(1993) this Friday at Blue Starlite.
"Super Mario Bros."(1993) this Friday at Blue Starlite.
For fanboys, a film adaptation of a video game can be more
strenuous to power through than a
difficult level of the game itself. This includes myself and my initial, snobbish
thought that "they are going to ruin it."
It's easy for such a film to jump short right off the digital cliff and into the never-ending realm of fandom ridicule.
Why no, "Double Dragon" movie, I
totally don't mean mean you.
A based-on -the-video-game is pretty much a loosely-based-on film because there is a
narrow amount of material to go off of. Even
with the inclusions of the digital hero's unique outfit, signature noises of action and distinct battle locations, a based-on-the-video-game movie can be made with too much creative license that it
leads to an unforgivable contrived storyline.
Yet, "Mortal Kombat " the
movie didn't ask us to play ignorant to the beloved game; it
amplified it.
The story was as simple as that of the game, keeping the battle of good vs. evil entertaining
and spirited. The movie made plenty of
room to pay homage to its source
material. It came with surrealistically translated sets, shot with
video-game POV finesse. It had a
pulsing 90s techno-elite
soundtrack, including that infectious re-working of the theme song.
The casting came with a go-for-cheeky bunch: Christopher Lambert. who served up Raiden with a hefty helping of hammy and cheesy panache; Kano, who was serious and Japanese-American in the game, but wonderfully sleazy and Australian in the film; Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, with her tough and sassy Sonya; the overconfident, animatronics -wonder Goro.
The casting came with a go-for-cheeky bunch: Christopher Lambert. who served up Raiden with a hefty helping of hammy and cheesy panache; Kano, who was serious and Japanese-American in the game, but wonderfully sleazy and Australian in the film; Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, with her tough and sassy Sonya; the overconfident, animatronics -wonder Goro.
The movie may have lacked excessively
bloody violence in which the game was infamous
for and ultimately slapped with a Mature
rating during the early days of the Entertainment Software Rating Board.
Fatality?! Not so much.
"Mortal Kombat" the movie is self aware that it came from a video game about an over-the-top blood-fest brawl , and it's self aware of being pure camp.
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