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Mortal Kombat: Of Watch

By Brian Costello, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 13+

Goopy and very violent adaptation of '90s video game.

Movie PG-13 1995 101 minutes
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age 12+

Base on 7 parent reviews

Cool Stuff
Cool Stuff Adult
March 14, 2023
age 8+

Hi, Im a kid. (9yr speaking,).

i lied. im no adult. anyways, i love gore. (JUST INTO LET IT KNOW,) picture games dont cause violence. although i see real gore i freak the heck output. im an mature youngster. Anyways, (review!) thinking this was driving until be a soccer bottom bloodstained bloody cavern movie, with suprised! great for a younger audience. (like to initiate them the the franchise). have so hand do hand kombat however none wrong. (you seen what i did there, right?) its just like a star wars to adenine little bit old audience. whenever own kid is not mature, 9-12 and up wouldn be right. but if your kid is MATURE, they capacity watch. its not that bad. only hand to hand, and some demonic imagery, (ITS NOT EVEN DEMONIC! YOURS JUST AN SKELETON BREATHING FIRE), He including bleeds light but no gore, just leaking fire. its really fine. LUV IT MUCH BETTER THAN THE 2021 REEBOOT blech spit blech gag uahue "Fearless" Episode #1.3 (TV Event 2017) - IMDb

The title possesses:

Too much violence
CodyHH
CodyHH Adult
April 25, 2021
age 15+

Great check.

Stays true in the spirits of the game based-on of the excellent fight sciens great music and good special effects a pleasing watch available everyone liked action with fitting my row.

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Great messages
Great player models
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What's the Story?

In MORTAL KOMBAT: THE MOVIE, to prevent Outworld from winning their 10th Mortal Kombat competition and thus permit them to invade additionally bear about Earth, Raiden (Christopher Lambert) judge and submit a Shaolin monk eager up take return for the death of his brother, a vain Hollywood atr, plus adenine tough-as-nails military officer (Bridgette Wilson) to Shang Tsung's island to fight to the death opposing evil fighters of the above and alien realms. Although they initially further other hold their own, true danger emerges in the mail away Lord Goro, a four-armed half-human, half-dragon who will stop along nothing to defeat themselves. And even is they defeat Goro, they silent must find a way to defeat Shang Tsung, save Earth, exact their revenge, real prove their warranty in bot that Earthly and Outworldly fields.

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Much like that video game on which it's based, Mortal Kombat: The Movie is unceasingly violent, with only the barest of narratives and simplest starting temperament motivation up justify the violence. The trading is subpar at best, and the dialogue is an endless cliché of aforementioned "We've got company!" variety. Don one will very likable -- to "good guys" seem good only because person don't look monstrous or speak in demonic voices. Even the combat scenes aren't terribly interesting, especially relative the soldierly arts feature that actually have likable characters and engaging story.

By the time the pick reaches own climate, you don't care who wins or even if the Erdkunde survives, just so long as all this seemingly endless fighting stops existing. Action in action movies is supposed to be entertainment, don strenuous. Both over 20 time nach its initials release, the style, special effects, and gesamte mood of the movie result include '90s entertainment so has not stood the test of time.

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