Highly Overrated But Still Good

Absolutely the worst movie.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

I remember the original Mortal Kombat video game. Back in the early 90's it was immensely violent and supernatural. It was the first video game where the characters had true to life faces (so when a head was being ripped off it felt real and intensified the violence). These two themes (violence and the supernatural) have been a constant in every video game, movie or TV series with the MK title over the last >20 years.< In fact these two themes are what a lot of people identify MK with. Without them Mortal Kombat loses its identity (Van Dam in Street fighter anyone --i know, i know this one doesn't suck b***s).Actually Ed Boon and John Tobias the creators of Mortal Kombat weren't involved in these shorts. But if Kevin Tancharoen is successful in his bid to be the next director of MK they will be apparently, so I hope they ad in all the traditional elements. Good short, Im hoping next they can re-do xmen and instead of bone claws wolverine can have knives stitched to his hands and a bipolar disorder to make it more 'true to life' and 'real' ;)

This short is really quite good. The action is really thrilling, the acting is about what I expected and the casting was great, at least for Jax and Scorpion. For those of you that think this short is nothing short of AMAZING, sorry, if you are looking for a cheap action flick that provides action with a severely lacking plot, then there are hundreds of movies like that from modern American cinema. Mortal Kombat has a rich story for most of its characters and to see their stories wasted on another film that goes for action graphics and tries to be more aesthetically pleasing than intellectually stimulating. Also, for those of you that think this short is the worst thing to happen to American cinema...you are most mistaken, that would probably be the remake of Clash of the Titans. Anyways, the dark tone that the short has and the frantic, overwhelming presence of mass murders in a city is something that has made the batman series a huge success. It does lack the supernatural element, which I think is key to the Mortal Kombat universe. If they found a way to keep the supernatural nature of the majority of the "kombatants" intact within the movie, I think it could be a huge success and pleasing to both fans and non-fans. Also, if you notice right at the end Hanzo Hasashi's eyes are...whited? out and he makes the claim that "Hanza Hasashi is dead." This could be hinting at the fact that he is the ninja spectre that we have all come to love. I also think that if non-fans did some research on the characters of MK, they can come to appreciate the supernatural elements, the interplay between Scorpion and Sub-Zero (both), the conflict of Raiden, and all the other rich elements of the MK universe. All in all I think this short lacks in certain key elements that make Mortal Kombat something different than UFC 121, but the direction that it is heading (meaning the dark tone and desperate feel) is right where a Mortal Kombat movie should be.

So I noticed that there are a lot of people who have never heard of Mortal Kombat before, so I figured I would maybe help you people out. This is awful!!!!!! It has nothing to do, with anything, about MK (Mortal Kombat). Not only that but the acting already looks awful and that's just from what you can see in the 8 minute clip. I can't wait to see Sub-Zero all realistic, he will probably be walking around with a pack on his back throwing dry ice on people, such a bad ass. Is Shang Tsung going to just be Buffalo Bill and instead of taking souls he will just wear there skin? Anyone notice that Liu Kang's name doesn't seem to be anywhere? Not that the biggest character of the entire history of MK is needed, but don't worry Raiden was left out too. For those of you who have actually played the games (everyone who hates this film) imagine if they took out everything unrealistic about it, like the cool fatalities, and every fun ability the different characters have and you would be left with just punch, kick, grapple. No one would play it! So I guess they will be getting rid of the gods that play a huge part in MK, also It can't be held in Outworld anymore, and since it's not a tournament to save earth from Shang Tsung or Shao-Kahn what is the purpose of all this crap? This film makes me mad because I have been looking forward to it for years now since it was rumored on a MK fan site they were starting to look for actors to play the parts. Also in the clip where Baraka fights Cage why doesn't he just use his swords he has attached to his arms? It's like "Oh Crap! I completely forgot I did that to myself, I should just cut his head off." The only thing that this movie did was steal the names from one of the greatest games ever and put it into some low budget film with bad acting and call it Mortal Kombat....

This is a really interesting take on Mortal Kombat, shockingly violent (sort of like the first Game was when it was released) and dark. I'll admit that the person who showed this to me led me to believe that it was a preview for a film... and I am glad that it isn't. The short is built around the idea of a dark sinister 'real' MK world, where some of your favorite characters are twisted mass murderers instead of otherworldly villains. While this idea is certainly less blood curdling than another 'MK Annihilation' catastrophe, it still worries me. Those who have played and followed MK from early on are familiar with the quirky over the top antics of the games. The unrealistic melodrama which is, to me, one of the franchises' best selling points. One never has to worry about anything being taken seriously because, lets face it, the MK series is Loony Tunes with martial arts characters and buckets of gore. This new idea take seems to try and completely discard that (with the exception of Jax saying 'finish him') and replace it with a real spin.... that's fine, except that, I'm supposed to believe all the things I'm being told about these people from a foxy detective named 'Sonya Blade.' I don't think there would be anyway to sell a MK film as a 'real world' thriller and not make stomachs churn without totally revamping everything that makes it Mortal Kombat. Don't get me wrong, the short is well made as a piece of film, and the idea is interesting and new, but, as an MK fan, it wouldn't impress me as a film, and i don't think it would impress objective outsiders as a straight thriller.