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Mortal Kombat (1995) Welcome to The Guys Review, where we review media, products and experiences. **READ APPLE REVIEWS** mention listener in Cour D'Alene, ID Mortal Kombat Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson Starring Robin Shou, Bridgette Wilson, Christopher Lambert, Linden Ashby and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Released August 18, 1995 Budget: $18M ($31.1M in 2021) Box Office: $73M Domestic ($126M 2021), $52M ($90M 2021) international, total of $125M ($216M 2021) Gross: #1 movie for 3 weeks, and the 7th highest grossing video game movie (double dragon is not on the list) **The film's soundtrack went platinum in less than two weeks. Ratings: IMDb 5.8/10 Rotten Tomates 46% Metacritic 58% Google Users 89% Plot: We open to two men fighting at some temples. The younger boy is defeated, and we see it's Liu Kangs dream. Next we're on a raid of some sort, with Sonya and Jax looking for Kano. Kano is working with Shang Sung to get Sonya on a boat. Next, we flash to LA and a Johnny Cage facing 4 guys in, what we learn, is a movie. His mentor convinces him to participate in a tournament, and is then shown to be Shang Sung in disguise. Liu Kang returns to the temple of light. He argues with his grandfather, and wants to represent the temple in the tournament. Enter Raiden. The fighters are shown waiting on the dock when a mystical boat appears. Sonya sees Kano board the boat and follows him. The main characters are introduced to each other. Sonya, searching for Kano finds Shang Sung, and are introduced to Scorpion and Subzero. Raiden stops them from fighting. Raiden then explains to them what Mortal Kombat is, and that if Shang Sung wins, the Outworld warriors will invade Earth. Shang Sung declares the tournament has begun. S: -I love that the movie just starts with the techno theme. Super 90's. -The dialoge is a bit... Eh -Eye electricity -Boat CGI isn't that bad. -Why 10 victories to be able to invade? The fighters arrive to the island, where they're shown climbing impossibly tall stair
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