Mortal Kombat

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Mortal Kombat

PG-13,

1995,

1h 41m,

Action/

Adventure/

Fantasy

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Lord Raiden (Christopher Lambert) handpicks three martial artists — federal agent Sonya Blade (Bridgette Wilson), Shaolin monk Liu Kang (Robin Shou) and action movie sensation Johnny Cage (Linden Ashby) — and mentors them. After intense training, Raiden transports the trio to Outworld, the site of an interdimensional fighting tournament. There, the three humans must defeat the demonic warriors of the evil Shang Tsung (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) — or allow Tsung to take over the Earth.

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Critics Consensus

Despite an effective otherwordly atmosphere and appropriately cheesy visuals, Mortal Kombat suffers from its poorly constructed plot, laughable dialogue, and subpar acting.

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Rob Salem

Toronto Star

Aug 20, 2025

4/5

Let's just say that Mortal Kombat is "way cool" (something I am rarely inclined to do) and leave it at that.

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Betsy Sherman

Boston Globe

Aug 20, 2025

The result has a pleasing, unpretentious B-movie verve, putting a new sheen on the old-time Saturday-matinee serial.

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Manohla Dargis

L.A. Weekly

Aug 20, 2025

Mortal Kombat isn't the worst movie of the year, but it's easily the most forgettable.

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Mitchell Saltzman

IGN

May 6, 2026

6/10

It’s two hours of impressive martial arts, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa’s exceptional performance as Shang Tsung, and the head-bumping riff of Techno Syndrome.

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

Feb 22, 2026

This picture is based on a best-selling video game, though I could believe that it was inspired by Jayne Austin's novel "Sententiousness and Insensitivity."

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Stephen Hunter

Baltimore Sun

Aug 20, 2025

2.5/4

Mortal Kombat is probably the best film ever derived from a video game, but that's a pretty small pea patch of which to be the prince.

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Hermione R

Apr 28, 2019

To be fair, it offers some guilty pleasure fighting sequences an a solid soundtrack to match its atmosphere. But we have a movie with a terribly laughable plot, uninspiring effects, poor characterization, and some of the worst acting and dialogue imaginable. Its based on a video game, what do you expect. At least its not the worst we've ever seen.

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Hagrid R

Feb 12, 2019

Honestly it's pretty bad, even by video game or martial arts movie standards. But it is fun to watch at times.

Draco W

Jan 30, 2019

Best movie based video game.

Leia W

Jan 27, 2019

Mortal kombat carece de respeto a si misma, su mal manejo en todos los aspectos hacen que esta cinta no logra ni un cuarto de la efectividad que deberia lograr con su simple nombre,es una adaptacion desastrosa para una idea inteligente.

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Ron S

Jan 16, 2019

1.9.19 owned @home w/Sh & J

Theodore R

Dec 30, 2018

Sure, the plot doesn't make a lick of sense, the slapstick choreography is a far cry from the fighter's famed ultra-violence, and the dialogue is mostly lazy quips and clips from the actual game, but if the source material is at bottom a button smasher, then this muddle is about as dumb and just as fun.

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Paul W.S. Anderson

Director

Robin Shou

Liu Kang

Linden Ashby

Johnny Cage

Bridgette Wilson-Sampras

Sonya Blade

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Shang Tsung

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Synopsis

Lord Raiden (Christopher Lambert) handpicks three martial artists — federal agent Sonya Blade (Bridgette Wilson), Shaolin monk Liu Kang (Robin Shou) and action movie sensation Johnny Cage (Linden Ashby) — and mentors them. After intense training, Raiden transports the trio to Outworld, the site of an interdimensional fighting tournament. There, the three humans must defeat the demonic warriors of the evil Shang Tsung (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) — or allow Tsung to take over the Earth.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Producer: Lawrence Kasanoff
Screenwriter: Kevin Droney
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: New Line Cinema
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 18, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $70.5M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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