Mortal Kombat is Hbo Max's latest hit, and in its first weekend it won more viewers than Godzilla vs Kong and Zack Snyder's Justice League But I'm not here to talk about it I'm here to talk about other Mortal Kombat movies From 1995

There seems to be a lot of love for the original Mortal Kombat, and I've seen some "best video game movies" lists that feature it prominently, but Mortal Kombat 1995 sucks, so there's a big problem It's really very scary, and it's time to stop pretending otherwise

Being one of the "best" video game movies is not particularly hard1 Historically video game movies have been so bad, that it means the whole idea is completely tainted Things have improved in recent years, but that stigma still lingers It's a stigma that the new Mortal Kombat also had to fight However, Mortal Kombat in 1995 was still on the list of many "Best video game movies" online Last week we saw many of them replaced by a reboot in 2021, but in some cases it still remains

Variety referred to the film's "cult classic state" when discussing the reboot, thanks to the positive reception the film has received from fans over the years Vulture, on the other hand, positioned it as the "worst" video game movie

Esquire puts it at the top of its own list, but given that it also includes Adam Sandler's pixels, one of the publications' expertise on the issue

Meanwhile, on Twitter, fans were promoting themselves before the release of the reboot on hbo Max People were talking about how much they all loved the original and couldn't wait to see what the new version had to offer In addition, some believe that the original is still better, despite many flaws

Mortal Kombat2021 is by no means a masterpiece, but a much better attempt to show Mortal Kombat on the big screen It not only helps to capture the essence of the game and the array of its characters, but it is also a much better film It has a better script, with better production value and effect, and in general it is a much more enjoyable experience

I can prove this fact because I've seen both movies this weekend

Mortal Kombat has earned a lot of praise for "capturing the essence" of the game and translating it into movies That's fair enough Video game movies often focus on aspects of the movie, rather than what makes video games great But capturing the spirit of a video game is pretty pointless if you can't build a quality story around it

Take Doom (2005), for example, has been tried fairly disjointed in video game films There is very little to distinguish most of the plot from some common space horror B-movies In any case, to the point when the movie goes into first-person mode A 5-minute sequence made to feel like pulled out of a video game

This sequence captures the essence of the Doom game quite perfectly But unfortunately, that game is Doom3, and the whole thing is so laughably bad that it turns the movie into a parody of itself

Before that moment, you had a weak take on the basic plot of the first Doom game, albeit without any of the supernatural elements In the sequence, I wonder if the director was actually messing with the audience

It is not a deal with Mortal Kombat Like so many things from the 90s, it does fall into the trap of trying to take itself too seriously, so one thing you try and do it all

1 that bothered me really about Mortal Kombat was the effect Many of the practical effects looked cheap and CGI was laughable But this is a 1995 film with a budget of11800 million We were not going to get the special effects of the Jurassic Park layer

All that can be forgiven if the rest of the movie is something good The plot is not only quite difficult to follow, even if you know the background of the Mortal Kombat tournament, the acting of the film was really strange Sometimes it was cheesy and on, but in others the actors just looked boring and did not have their minds in it

No more true than Christopher Lambert Aside from the obvious problem of white French playing the Japanese Thunder God, Lambert doesn't seem to be interested in the film at all He gives off all the acting abilities of Tommy Wiseau in the room, but without enthusiasm

The film does a pretty good job in terms of casting, but Lambert was completely wrong about the role He had a low right to play Leiden (or Leiden as the movie spells it out) and played Connor MacLeod in the Highlander

In addition, the characterization of the main characters of the film is roughly explained Sure, the original game did not have much of a plot and just threw you straight there But at the same time, we were able to focus more on who these people really are

Most of the focus is on Liu Kang, which is fair given how prominent he is in the game But even then, we only get a few details about where he came from and what he's doing A sure revenge for the death of his brother is a great motive, but the whole process was in a hurry In addition, not much is said about his anti-climax final fight with Shao Tsung

It's okay to like bad things If someone likes to watch Mortal Kombat, by all means they have the right to see it many times Or fire an angry tweet about why they enjoy it so much

Heck, I sometimes enjoy watching Doom It is mainly for first-person sequences But I can't pretend the movie is actually good It sucks because it's not It was so bad that even the combination of rock, Karl Urban and Rosamund Pike could not save it from itself

If you enjoy watching Mortal Kombat, don't let anyone stop you But let's all agree that it must stop acting like a good movie Because it is as far away as possible from it