Mortal Kombat: A Nostalgic Dive Into An Iconic Video Game Movie

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14 күн бұрын

Look, the history of video game movies, both at the beginning of its run and currently, is spotty at best. You had bad then and you have bad now and while you can get some more indie games being made into movies or at least studios taking more chances with what ips they decide to use now, back in the early 90s it was only the best of the best and the most popular that would be turned into movies. Mortal Kombat came along and changed everything, at least momentarily! And boy, is it hard not to scream that at the top of my lungs whenever I say it.
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Written By: Andrew Hatfield
Narrated By: Andrew Hatfield
Edited By: Mike Conway
Produced By: Tyler Nichols and John Fallon
Executive Produced By: Berge Garabedian
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@thealcohologist8624 12 күн бұрын

People today will never understand what it was like when this movie came out and how it changed the cinematic world

@nicholasbennett7367 6 күн бұрын

What are you smoking? 😂 I saw this in theaters and it didn’t do anything original except the soundtrack

@thealcohologist8624 6 күн бұрын

@@nicholasbennett7367 It actually did from a CGI perspective. Look up documentaries on it and how its use of CGI was game changing, just like Jurrasic Park

@nikhernandez8435 5 күн бұрын

@@thealcohologist8624 Jurassic Park i understand, but Mortal Kombat? Yeesh

@thealcohologist8624 5 күн бұрын

@@nikhernandez8435 It's true, it helped push CGI capabilities in film.

@Aragorn7884 12 күн бұрын

Those were 500 dollar sunglasses... 😎

@VendreadMike95 12 күн бұрын

Icon. No Jaden.

@faesolada445 12 күн бұрын

Is this where I fall down now? 😁

@Aragorn7884 12 күн бұрын

@@faesolada445 😅

@itzyaboybugz 4 күн бұрын

400’

@thecunninlynguist 12 күн бұрын

That first mk movie was an event! I still love that techno syndrome song.

@rolmodel12. 12 күн бұрын

Fantastic soundtrack. Fear Factory made an appearance, as well.

@ChakadowGabe 12 күн бұрын

Loved the movie as a kid and in its 90s glory it still holds up! And the theme song is still an ear worm

@RichterPhallos 12 күн бұрын

When I was in highschool, our cheerleaders would use the Mortal Kombat theme in their routines. I still think of blue panties whenever I hear that song. GO PANTHERS!

@andrewgardner8972 11 күн бұрын

Mortal kombat was a great movie in 1995 and great video game. The movie was perfectly cast and all.

@Yeaster 11 күн бұрын

I never thought about how iconic this movie is. Haven’t seen it since I was a kid, but it's due for a rewatch ❤

@wstine79 12 күн бұрын

What Mortal Kombat lacked in gore, it made up for in sets, costumes, cast, and fight sequences. Kano was my favorite character.

@astrostar49 5 күн бұрын

Agreed 100%. Even without much to go on, the film got the tone, and everything else right.

@rmarkley79 12 күн бұрын

Well, now I know what I'm going to listen to for the rest of the day, haha!

@jimmyD2484 11 күн бұрын

I saw the Mortal Kombat movie opening day and owned the CD soundtrack. What a time to be alive! Also this video is amazing.

@c.ladimore1237 12 күн бұрын

they had me at "get over here!" & that theme song. i hated the scene where they destroy that amazing looking FEAST! but in the end , it is a video game movie & still just fun to watch.

@geeshep4836 12 күн бұрын

I Remember Seeing Mortal Kombat On TV And To Me It's Kick Ass Awesome.

@Dark90804 12 күн бұрын

Mortal Kombat is a massive guilty pleasure for me and i honestly think it is the best video game movie ever made and yes even better than the new one .

@coomtothebroom778 11 күн бұрын

A legitimately great video game movie. Lots of great action sequences, delightfully cheesy dialogue, and actors having a ball-a perfect guilty pleasure. ☺️🍿📺

@flynaty25 12 күн бұрын

I m starting to think I need to work for you guys for free... I just love the movies 🎥 you do a deep dive in .... I love Jean Claude van damme ....he's the man mortal kombat 95 yessssss 😅keep making these video I m like such a fan

@ianbrewster8934 11 күн бұрын

This movie was EPIC

@monsterman7721 9 күн бұрын

Seeing this as a kid at the theater that opening scene man got you so pumped.

@OofHearted 12 күн бұрын

What would an A-list movie treatment of this be like today? With top writers, fight choreography, stunts, cinematography etc, and with, say, Ryan Gosling as Cage, that kind of casting. It'd be frikkin cool! Look how the Kano actor smashed that role the last MK movie, he was so fresh and funny. And ONLY have the original Techno Syndrome as the intro, to really pump the audience like no other song could! And *_maybe_* also use it for the awesome fight intros like the OG did, sparingly!

@GaryTurbo 12 күн бұрын

It followed the game's story as close as it can by not adding useless BS like arcana or cole young

@flynaty25 12 күн бұрын

One of the best lines those were 500 dollar sunglasses a**hole lmao man I know jcvd wasn’t in it but it was perfect

@itzyaboybugz 4 күн бұрын

One of best sound tracks and theme songs ever

@Vaporvice84 8 күн бұрын

I saw the flick in theaters at 11 years old and it's one of my most favorite theatrical experiences.

@astrostar49 5 күн бұрын

I was 8 when this came out in 1995. Everyone at my summer daycare place kept talking about it that summer. Great times.

@Zed-fq3lj 6 күн бұрын

Cult movie, the best 90s soundtrack by a far! Pure joy!🤩

@stephenumphress5705 12 күн бұрын

I was 8 years old when my grandma (dad’s mom) took me to see this in the theater and when it came out on video my dad let me rent it. We watched it and he didn’t like it because he thought it was too violent for a kid my age lol

@alexandergonzie1200 12 күн бұрын

I liked it, though there weren't any gory finisher moves like in the games.

@JediJunkie247 12 күн бұрын

Still one of the best, if not the best, video game-to-movie adaptations.

@simonwoodthrillerwriter 8 күн бұрын

I saw this at a drive-in. It was a Mortal Kombat/Desperado double bill. Great night out!!

@TunnelVisionAthletic 12 күн бұрын

still the best video game moive ever!

@joshruiz809 9 күн бұрын

As an 11 yr old when I went to see it was so awesome. Thank you to my cousins taking me

@andrewgardner8972 11 күн бұрын

Christopher lambert was a great Raiden. If it wasn’t for Highlander, he might’ve not been cast in the movie. It’s ironic because big trouble in little china was made the same year as Highlander, and inspired mortal kombat especially with some of the characters spawned raiden. Also Kurt Russell was considered for the lead role in Highlander but turned it down and did big trouble in little china instead and Christopher lambert got the part. And also Paul Anderson who directed mortal kombat 1995 directed an action sci fi movie with Kurt Russell 3 years later from Warner bros called soldier.

@Sleepy_Spaghetti 9 күн бұрын

The one shot of Liu Kang meditating against the sunset.

@johnguerrero4546 5 күн бұрын

Shang Tsung’s skeleton face melt at the beginning TERRIFIED me as a kid

@perfectorganism2504 8 күн бұрын

I swear if they copyright this video just because he used the Mortal Kombat theme for like a split second I am going to scream at the top of my lungs at KZfaq

@dustinhogle3844 12 күн бұрын

I was 12 years old. It was summer time. I went to the Dover Mall in Dover, Delaware. When it actually WAS something. My mother got me the ticket, they believed I was 13, and I watched it by myself.

@itzyaboybugz 4 күн бұрын

I cried at end when brother ghost returns. No cap 🧢

@mortalkombatarcadelover4479 3 күн бұрын

Fun fact: Linden Ashby became Chris Casamassa’s (Scorpion) martial arts student after they filmed the movie.

@Clownboy15 12 күн бұрын

I am not an MK fan (despite having the arcade1Up multicade). But I did enjoy the movie. The CGI though was terrible even back then! Saw the second one and hated it. Though I was disappointed Lambert didn’t come back I liked James Remar in the role. It was nice seeing him play a good guy for once.

@Ramirez1301 12 күн бұрын

Praga Khan from Lords of Acid did the them song. When he played Atlanta a few weeks ago, performing his own music, then with LOA, he performed Mortal . It was highly amusing how a room full of goths and fetistas were all chanting “Mortal Kombat”

@barrellracer 9 күн бұрын

I loved that Teen Wolf had Linden Ashby (Sheriff Stilinski (Johnny Cage) channel Johnny Cage rescuing Hell Hound

@jonathangenao6796 12 күн бұрын

Damn the film roll burned when you saw it back then wow

@matthewboren708 6 күн бұрын

This was my first movie theater experience with my brother and sister/ all i remember being youhg was screaming out "holy-shit" its scorpion.!!!

@paulc1553 7 күн бұрын

Still my favourite videogame movie.

@jolfer1334 12 күн бұрын

Who else is a bit concerned they might mess up the next one?

@stoneygamer2094 8 күн бұрын

I know they will I mean did you see mk 2021 it fucking sucked so bad that was not mortal kombat smfh this is mortal kombat

@michaelrussell3890 3 күн бұрын

It is, basically, a remake of Enter The Dragon

@stephenumphress5705 12 күн бұрын

Would be cool if someone could edit the shitty CGI scenes and make them look modern.

@murphyboy11 9 күн бұрын

Linden will always be Stiles' Dad to me lol

@carn5haun343 12 күн бұрын

Sonia was so hot in this 😍

@ScarysReviews 11 күн бұрын

mid 90s not known for cgi.... TOY STORY, MK, MK ANNIHILATION, can have the mask in there. The lost world: Jurassic park, M.I.B, MARS ATTACKS. ALL KNOWN FOR CGI and many other things

@blacksuede 12 күн бұрын

The CGI reptile was bad in '95

@laurenced2916 12 күн бұрын

Reptile......

@jonThe1975 11 күн бұрын

You guys should take off where it says, horror movie retrospective cuz some of the reviews aren't really horror films

@peterludwig4599 12 күн бұрын

The soundtrack made this movie. This movie is a cheesy b movie flick. But the music takes you at your neck and hammers you through the movie head first through the wall. It’s damn entertaining.

@Bogdaman2 12 күн бұрын

It's somewhat of a common thing in the internet, to try to call this MK a "b movie flick". I don't really get where does it come from. The movie is certainly professionally made, shot, cast, it has a pretty impressive production value, even if it's not a blockbuster with overblown budget, it ain't cheap either. A good, healthy midrange budget, which contemporary movies need to start learning to follow again. Beautiful location shots and decorations, visual effects, that are carefully balanced between practical and CG ones, were excellent back then, but mostly do look pretty good even now. Not to mention that it had its wide theatrical release, and has made a notoriously good box office. Why so many people tries to detriment from movie's qualities by trying to label it a "b movie"? Where does this come from?

@rolmodel12. 12 күн бұрын

Couldn't agree more: soundtrack was THE best part of this movie. Driving techno mixed with some industrial metal. Not quite as iconic as The Crow's soundtrack. Or as good as Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight's soundtrack. But, DEFINITELY a 90's classic. Good stuff (still have the CD, in fact).

@peterludwig4599 12 күн бұрын

@@Bogdaman2 In my country mostly because of Paul Anderson. All of his movies are regarded as b movie tier here. But what is a B movie and what Mainstream? The line is very thin. Roger Coreman did a lot of movies that reach the quality of MK and are also b movie tier. This is not something negative.

@chadbingheim3652 12 күн бұрын

Seeing this in the theater when I was a kid made my life at the time. Now it’s great for nostalgia purposes but let’s be real it’s a horrible movie. lol but will always have a big place in my heart . 😂

@paulc1553 7 күн бұрын

Your soul is mine!

@Fettman89 9 күн бұрын

Still the best MK adaptation.

@bluekinopio9390 8 күн бұрын

Ahhh back when sets were practical - they did an amazing job !!! These days we get all cgi crap looking sets. This was much better.

@user-ln9kz4xp9t 10 күн бұрын

Batman returns. Bloody disgusting even did an article about it years ago about how it’s more of a horror film than a Batman movie.

@mg_in_minutes 12 күн бұрын

"Oscar Consideration" means nothing these days.

@KillerKondom 8 күн бұрын

Mortal Kombat had a better cgi than Power Rangers and they were both released the same year..damn im old

@topdawg2003 12 күн бұрын

My only issue is that the kunai scorpion uses has never been alive or come out of his hand. That's ridiculously dumb and on the level of the entire next movie. And the really bad new one. Stupid arcana and tattoos. You have to be so brain dead to like that idea and I hate all that do with everything I have inside.

@fyrman757 12 күн бұрын

ABACABB If you know you know🤘

@Legion-of-James 10 күн бұрын

I enjoyed annihilation more than the first!!! 😂

@etangbose4755 8 күн бұрын

Literally how

@KillerKondom 8 күн бұрын

Lmao what...why

@sec9pete 8 күн бұрын

I loved the live action tv show the ending sucked though

@birdmanhero 9 күн бұрын

Trevor Goodard as Kano is supposedly one of the weak points yet every portrayal of Kano since then has been based on his portrayal. K then.

@personatodo 10 күн бұрын

There's no whitewashing with Raiden. He looks Caucasian in the games up to MK11. Get your facts straight Joblo. It's the latest MK movie and game that "Asianwash" him. I'm Asian by the way and seriously hate race swap like this for DEI purpose. Kano's portrayal is so memorable in the first MK movie the games actually use the character's accent from the movie. Christopher Lambert's Raiden is also a DLC character in MK11.

@Outlier777 12 күн бұрын

Half of the films on this channel are not even horror.

@Axolotl_Mischief 12 күн бұрын

Never saw this. It looked really bad then and I can't imagine it has aged well.

@jwnj9716 12 күн бұрын

Give it a chance. You might find it entertaining.

@jeffgreiner4007 12 күн бұрын

i hold this film as a guilty pleasure: i usually throw it in on those nights of "One Too Many BONG HITS!"... and then there's the total shit-show that was Annihilation! Mortal Kombat (2021) is worth the watch(!), but, awesome as it is, it isn't nearly as fun as the original!