There are few certainties in life: death, taxes, and the fact that live action movies based on video games are terrible. Aside from Detective Pikachu, the Sonic movie, and the original Mortal Kombat movie, that is. Paul W.S. Anderson’s biggest masterpiece, based on the highly successful fighting game, might not be the best of the lot, but since its release in 1995, it has set the bar pretty high for adaptations that embrace and build upon its source material due to how silly and self-aware it was, like the game. Continue reading “Review: ‘Mortal Kombat’ is Ultimately a Win for the Audience”
