FLAWLESS VICTORY *Mortal Kombat* (1995) MOVIE REACTION - BEST OG SONG...WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO FIGHT?!
Mortal Kombat (1995)
"The essence of Mortal Kombat is not about death, but life."
Join Angel as she watches the movie Mortal Kombat (1995) for the first time and experiences an unforgettable, out of this world, martial arts tournament, starring the epic Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as the villainous, soul stealing Shang Tsung, the one-and-only, amazing Christopher Lambert as the all powerful, best laughing, Lord Raiden, as well as the insanely awesome talents of the good looking Robin Shou, Linden Ashby, and Bridgette Wilson, all kicking butt and making the movie what it is...MORTAL KOMBAT!!!
Based off the best selling video game of the same name ( which i need to play, now). Written by Ed Boon (game) , John Tobias (game), Kevin Droney & directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, with the (hands down) best OG song & best end credits EVER...my face hurts from smiling, I'm hyped & ready to fight!!
Have you ever played the video game...& should I play? If you could be any character from the game/movie, who would you want to be? Also, let me know if you'd like me to watch any of the other Mortal Kombat movies, and which ones are out there! Thanks, guys! :)
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INTRO - 00:00 - 2:04
REACTION - 2:04 - 42:05
END CREDITS REACTION - 42:05 - 45:13
DISCUSSION - 45:13 - 53:20
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I watched Mortal Kombat (1995) on HBO Max
Have you ever played the Mortal Kombat video game? If you could be any character from the game/movie, who would you want to be? Also, let me know if you'd like me to watch any of the other Mortal Kombat movies, and which ones are out there! Thanks, guys! :)
I own some of the modern ones and played the old school ones back in the day. But it's a 1 vs 1 fighting game like Street Fighter or Tekken and I've just never been very good at those, 😛. The cool thing about the modern games is different games feature special characters from other universes/movies, for example Fred Krueger, Jason, Leatherface, the Alien from the Alien 1979 movie, Predator, the Arnold Terminator, and one of your favorites, Robocop! have appeared in recent games. If I could be any character I think it would be Sub Zero, for his cool ice powers, or Rayden, so I could shoot lightning bolts and turn the power back on during blackouts, so useful!
I love Scorpion. Please do watch new one. Scorpion is amazing on it (Well its Tadanobu Asano, so I should not be amazed but the opening of the newest Mortal Kombat made me flabbergasted). This film is so cheesy in good way, having really good effects (outside Reptile) for the time and budget and banging soundtrack! Christopher Lambert has some really good, underrated films like: The Fortress but if you going to watch any of his film, please do watch Highlander... since there can be only one!
I pop in the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo versions of the original game on occasion. And, I'm still just as terrible at it today as I was in the '90s.
I've played every single game in the series. It's my absolute favorite fighting game series of all time! And my favorite character has always been a tie between Lyu Kang and Sub-Zero. But if I have to choose which one I'd want to be, it would definitely be Lyu Kang! And I'm also a HUGE fan of Christopher Lambert! I love him and pretty much every movie I've seen him in, like this movie! If you're interested in seeing more movies with him I would personally recommend Highlander where he stared alongside Clancy Brown and Sean Connery! I would also recommend the live action Beowulf movie he stared in from the late 90s and that movie is actually a guilty pleasure of mine.
Played all of them. lol. Id say watch Annihilation because it is, sadly, a sequel with half the cast replaced and you need to turn off the good old brain and just watch the fights. And the reboot is more serious with actual in game fatalities. But, it has an unneeded new character and messes with the games timeline. Which the next is supposed to kinda fix.
If you have a thing for Christopher Lambert from Tarzan, then you need to see him in Highlander.
Also Fortress, make sure you get the one he's in, there are multiple with that title. The Lambert one is about a futuristic prison.
Yep, just the first Highlander. I mean there can be only one, right?
He's pretty good in Luc Besson's Subway as an eccentric safe-cracker who hides from the mob and cops, seduces a mobster's wife, hangs with eccentric characters, and tries to bring a rock band together. Fun, off-beat film.
Yep. Highlander. 100%
Yes Highlander, where a French plays a Scot, a Scot plays a Spaniard (who is actually an Egyptian) and Clancy Brown plays...some sort of vaguely described eeeeeevil barbarian guy.
Almost 30 years later and Mortal Kombat theme still slaps.
I wasn't prepared for it.
30 years later and it's still going to be the best Mortal Kombat movie and one of the top video game-to-movie adaptations of all time.
This movie had one of the best soundtracks ever. Introduced me to a whole new genre of music to boot. Nothing like that played on the radio where I lived. Here's the whole album if anyone was interested: kzhead.info/sun/eq5xaJmvmmJraJ8/bejne.html
@@neil2444 EXACTLY. I didn't realize how much I loved this genre until this movie. I listened to the entire soundtrack a couple days after watching and was even more blown away. The entire thing is AMAZING. Thanks for the link! 🧡
@@neil2444 like the KMFDM Juke Point Jezebel song on the album...where has this song been my entire life?!? On the Mortal Kombat soundtrack just waiting for me to listen.
I love all the actors in this film. Even the minor ones. They were so good that all the future games were forever influenced by them. That is talent.
Oh my gosh. Me too!! I think they did so, so great. That's so cool they influenced the future games. Thank you for sharing! :)
Yeah, Kano was originally Asian American in the games but everyone loved movie Kano so much he became Australian in the games, too. Sad they did so well in this one, then botched Annihilation so badly.
Oh my God... she so casually tells she had a lunch and worked with the legend :D
Never in my life have I seen someone get so enthusiastic about end credits. Flawless victory.
I was not prepared for them. They blew me away! My soul was hyped and happy. Haha
@@AngelGroves The soundtrack was a HUGE hit in 1995 to the point where they released a second CD full of other tracks because the first one sold so well. The music just worked for the movie even though there's no music like that in the games until that point
I remember always watching the ending credits as a kid listening to all of the songs in it.
I saw this movie as a kid in the theater. It was sold out and during the opening credits when the music hit and it said Mortal Kombat! Everyone cheered and you saw popcorn thrown up in the air, I'll never forget that. Was awesome.
You don't know how happy this made me. Love it! That's so cool!!! ❤️🖤
Even to this day, every time I the _New Line Cinema_ logo come up, the theme is immediately roaring in my head.
I was in the theater when it was shown too. There was such an energy about it. The CGI is a bit outdated, but at the time, it was state of the art. The music was like nothing else I had heard before too.
@@neil2444 oh yeah at the time it was amazing. I remember all my friends talking about how good it was. Goro was awesome thou because he was animatronic. I believe it took a few people to operate him too.
And then came the sequel, "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation". It's official tagline was "Destroy all expectations". Never in history has a movie's tagline been more accurate.
lol yeah it was done by entirely different people nobody came back except Robin and Soto. I remember seeing an interview with Lambert he said that it was done by different people and read the script and said "this sucks" lol As a huge MK fan, Annihilation is easily the worst MK project...not as bad as SF and Mario Bros lol but still bad
Oh, gosh. Hahaha. Thank you for the heads up! I didn't realize there was as actual sequel before the one that just came out. Well, I'll watch it, but go in knowing exactly what you guys said about it (and what Lambert thought about it). It will be solely to just to have seen it.
@@AngelGroves It's got fighting but they kind of shoehorned a bunch of other MK characters from the games, you may be like" who the hell is this? lol" But if you want to watch, they had James Remar to replace Lambert for Raiden. But The MK 2021 film and Highlander I recommend!
That was no tagline. That was a warning!
Haha true
Kano in the video game was originally English, but Trevor Goddard's version became so iconic that they changed his nationality in the future games to Australian. Everyone in this movie nailed their roles.
That's seriously perfect. Right?!? They really, really do. It's one of the best things about the movie. 🧡
That photo of Johnny after the fight with Scorpion (the yellow and black ninja) was a reference to the games. When you win a fight, you can do a number of "finishers", some being very gruesome and over the top killings ("fatalities"), but there are also so called "friendship moves", where it is something really cute and innoncent. Johnny Cage's "friendship" move is to give out a signed photo of himself, since he is a moviestar.
WHAAAT?? That's so COOL! Love this! Oh my gosh. Seriously. That is so neat. I'm grinning so big like a dork haha. I love little info like this. Thanks for sharing! 😁🧡
Oh! For the latest game, Mortal Kombat 11, they actually brought back Cary Tagawa as Shang Tsung! And as an addon, they also managed to get Christopher Lambert, Bridget Wilson, and Linden Ashby back to be optional voices and costumes for Raiden, Sonya, and Johnny respectively
That's so great...out of any of the games, I'm probably most excited for that one, solely because they brought them back! Thanks for sharing (and I'm sorry I'm just now seeing your comment)! ❤️🧡
One of those movies that doesn't take itself seriously, is full of nineties cheese and just has a blast with its source material. Also, that damned song, it's impossible to not wanna immediately go back to my childhood and playfight with my friends on the school field.
Dude....EXACTLY! Well, said!
And a very underwhelming Sonya vs Kano fight that only got fixed in the recent reboot. Too bad they didn't have a fight scene in the reboot like the Cage vs Scorpion fight. The original actor from this movie who played Scorpion gave a pretty awesome fighting performance as a Spirit of Vengeance in the fight scene, but then he should - he was a respected martial artist at the time.
This movie has one of the best Soundtrack albums ever. Pure 90s techno delight. Also, Christopher Lambert playing Raiden totally over-the-top was perfect.
Chris Lambert is in a few classic movies. Highlander, Fortress, Mean Guns, I think all of them are good movie fun. Goro was as animatronic. I saw in an interview that it gave them a lot of trouble so that's why he is CG in some scenes. Great video game adaptation. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa plays a great villain. He is the villain in Showdown In Little Tokyo. It was released in 91 but is very much an 80s action movie. I group it together with Big Trouble In Little China but it is a bit more serious in tone.
Love , love, love this movie. So good to see your reaction. The soundtrack is amazing. I saw this back in 95 at the theatre quickly became my favourite movie.
Yesss! It's such a great, fun movie. And thst soundtrack...I listen to it daily, now. Incredible.That's so awesome you saw this in the theaters! I see why it became your favorite. I hope they re-release it in theaters again sometime. I'd love to go.🧡Thanks for your comment!
The soundtrack for this movie is pure fire. Watching you bobbing to the music got me smiling, because I know how good it is. Another awesome film I watched with my siblings as a kid. Even my two sisters love this movie. One of the films that got me really into martial arts and I've been training since a very young age. Not traditionally, but on my own. This movie is so good. They even included things directly from the games even though they're goofy to a casual viewer. Goro was a practical puppet and was an absolute pain for the people behind the camera. Special effects technician Tom Woodruff Jr. wore a Goro torso over his shoulders, such that Tom's head remained concealed inside Goro's chest and Tom's arms served as Goro's lower arms. It took multiple people to operate, but I think it came out great. So underrated. It's sad that the second film is such a disappointment. Oh, and Christopher Lambert is awesome in The Highlander. "There can be only one" This was a really fun one that had me smiling the whole time. 😊 I have played a lot of the Mortal Kombat games over the years. Mortal Kombat 9 & 10 are my favorites. I would probably want to be Kung Lao. The newest Mortal Kombat movie wasn't too bad. I liked things about it, but disliked some things about it as well. Still worthy of a watch. It's Mortal Kombat: Annihilation that is pretty awful, but I have to admit that I still watch it from time to time just as a filthy guilty pleasure.
The two biggest influences on the first game were Bloodsport (JCVD > Johnny Cage) and Big Trouble in Little China (the Three Storms > Raiden), so props to you for seeing the connection. This movie did a really great job at capturing the tone of the game, with its whiplash between taking itself seriously (the martial artistry, the character motivations) and not at all (the plot, the lore). The music really elevated things, too. The score is great at setting the tone, and the soundtrack was phenomenal. It really started a 90s trend of movies with fantastic soundtrack albums, along with Hackers, and really brought techno / "EDM" to the mainstream for a hot minute. The Orbital track near the end, when Liu is briefly reunited with his brother's spirit, led to a life-long obsession on my part with that band. The main theme, which plays at the start of the credits, was created by "The Immortals", which is a side project by Lords of Acid (a fact that's obvious if you hear their other music), and it was actually created a year or two *before* the movie for "Mortal Kombat: The Album" (which the Mortal Kombat 2 arcade game advertised for sale via mail order). All of the credits songs are on the movie soundtrack album, BTW! Oh, when you were listing hot people at the end, you (very reasonably) omitted Kano / Trevor Goddard, but, uh, a lot of gay men are both disgusted and turned on by him, to the extent that there's a lot of ... art... of Kano from Mortal Kombat 11 (who is modeled after Goddard's Kano). While MK: Annihilation is... not the world's best sequel... the soundtrack for it was the best part. There was also another soundtrack album between them, Mortal Kombat: More Kombat, which I loved deeply.
Too funny that you credit this movie's inclusion of Orbital's "Halcyon & On & On" as a strong personal musical influence while mentioning Hackers in the previous sentence. ...I'd wager you already know, but to anyone else reading: the same track plays over the opening credits of Hackers, as well. ;) But totally agree. It wasn't until a couple years later when The Prodigy's "Firestarter" video first hit MTV in the states that I really started to take notice of the genre, a watershed moment that gave birth to my eventual love & obsession with electronic music that's as strong as ever to this day. And hey!, The Prodigy had a couple tracks on the Hackers OST, too. Apparently those mid-90s EDM-forward movies had a grand influence on me, as well, even if I didn't know it at the time.
@@TheReadMenace Yup! Hackers had not one, but three soundtrack albums, just because the first one sold like hotcakes and introduced folks to The Prodigy, Underworld, and Leftfield, who were all very notable bands in their electronic music subgenres. I got into all of those bands, plus Juno Reactor from Mortal Kombat and from Virtuosity (mediocre movie, great soundtrack), all from 90s movie soundtracks.
Oh my gosh. Thank you for this comment! Love this info. No wonder I was picking up vibes from those movies, and no wonder I loved this movie so much if the first game was based off of those...Big Trouble in Little China is one of my favorite movies, and I LOVE Van Damme. Also, I think you did a PERFECT job at stating what the movie did great job of capturing. Seriously said so well. I couldn't agree more; it is why I love it so much. Literally everything you listed. Also, when I was naming hot people at the end, believe me, if I'd thought of him I would have named him as well...and other people! This movie was just filled with eye candy tbh, which again is just them capturing the game again, I'm sure. But Trevor Goddard ( who I've learned so much about from reading comments on hear) is definitely a hottie in it as well, especially with his accent (which apparently they loved so much too and changed the character!) His character's personality was horrid, of course, but he did it terrifically. I think it's awesome there's a huge fan base...and art...haha, for him! Love it!!!! Lastly, but definitely not least...YES. THE MUSIC. It's everything. I listened to the entire soundtrack 2 days after watching the movie and I was even more blown away. I couldn't believe the amount of awesome songs on there, and the amazing energy from each one. Different energy too. I know the exact song you're talking about, and I know the part in the movie as well! It's one of my top 3 favorites on the album. I'll have to check out more of theirs, for sure I appreciate your comment so much; thank you! See you for the next movie!
It's time to test your might, Angel.. Here's a few secrets to help you navigate Outworld and help get your flawless victory. All the exterior shots were done in remote coastal areas of Thailand that can only be accessible by boat. In order to help accommodate the cast and crew, they had to build an outhouse in a secluded area to avoid constant trips to and from the mainland. The film has heavy influence from the 1973 Bruce Lee classic, Enter The Dragon. Robin Shou worked as a stuntman in Hong Kong, often playing henchman roles before landing the role of Liu Kang. He was given free reign by the fight choreographers to help come up with his routines and worked with director Paul WS Anderson (who at the time had no experience on action films) structure the fight scenes so they would better appear on camera. He also listed as the stunt coordinator for the film. Johnny Cage is based on Jean-Claude Van Damme and Van Damme was originally offered the role of Johnny but he turned it down to do Street Fighter instead. Some other big names that were being considered for the role of Johnny Cage include Gary Daniels, Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp, with the role eventually going to Linden Ashby, who had prior martial arts experience but exclusively trained in Tae Kwon Do and Karate for the role. The journey to cast Sonya Blade is an interesting one, as originally one of the first names to be cast in the role was 1988 Miss Teen USA Kathleen McClellan, however, she was injured on set and had to bow out of the role, then there was a list of actresses to replace her including Sharon Stone, Dina Meyer, Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate and Bridgette Wilson. But due to the extensive casting process, Wilson left to go film Billy Madison and Cameron Diaz got the part due to producers being impressed by her dailies in The Mask. Unfortunately, Diaz broke her wrist during training right before filming began and had to bow out as well and Wilson, who had just wrapped up Billy Madison, was available but had to immediately report to Thailand, which left her no choice but to do all of her fight training either the day of shooting and in between takes. In the original Mortal Kombat game, the character of Kano was originally Japanese. However creators Ed Boon and John Tobias were so impressed with actor Trevor Goddard's performance, that they retconned the game character to permanently make him Australian. Irony of ironies is that Trevor Goddard was actually English with a thick Cockney accent but the retcon still stands to this day especially as a tribute to Goddard, who passed away in 2003. The character of Raiden, while traditionally Asian, was offered to both Danny Glover and Sean Connery before going to French actor, Christopher Lambert. Director Paul W S Anderson credits Lambert for helping helping him with his first major Hollywood film as Lambert's laid back attitude helped set the tone behind the scenes, putting many of the cast and crew at ease for such a big production. Because he was also the most expensive actor on set, production could only afford him for a few weeks of close-ups in LA and planned to use stand ins for the wide shots in Thailand but Lambert believed the movie would do better with him all the time, that he came to Thailand at no extra charge and even paid for the wrap party afterwards. Lambert is also considered to be quite an avid gamer which made him participating in this even more fascinating. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa was the director's first choice to play Shang Tsung. Tagawa came to the audition in costume and read his lines while standing on a chair, captivating the casting agents with his gravitas. Tagawa's performance was so highly regarded that he was brought back to portray the character in the limited web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy. Paul WS Anderson was immediately offered to helm the sequel but opted to do something different, which gave us one of my favorite horror films, Event Horizon instead. Unfortunately, he regretted not being involved in the making of the sequel, which was considered subpar on multiple levels. This is one of the primary reasons that when he made the first Resident Evil film, he stayed involved to either Direct or help production for the remainder of the series. Because of the legacy of this film, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has been brought back to portray Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat 11 as a downloadable character while Linden Ashby, Bridgette Wilson and Christopher Lambert reprise their roles as exclusive DLC skins with the actors also providing voice overs. So in the two-part Johnny Cage the Scorpion fight, the second half, which is supposed to take place in Scorpion's lair, was an empty airport Hangar that was built from the top down with bamboo and various other platforms and structures for the actors to work in. In the original setup for the Liu Kang versus Sub-Zero fight, both men were supposed to do acrobatics down the ramp but Robin Shou couldn't figure out the acrobatics and ended up as a joke doing a running Superman punch, which ended up being used in the film. Talisa Soto (Kitana) and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa co-starred in the 1989 James Bond film, License to Kill. The director looking like Steven Spielberg isn't a coincidence. Spielberg was actually in talks to make an appearance in the film as the director of the Johnny Cage film but due to scheduling conflicts was unavailable so they intentionally hired a look alike for the scene. The fight between Reptile and Liu Kang wasn't in the first draft and was added on after test audiences enjoyed the film but complained that there weren't enough 1v1 fights. The studio and producers were going back and forth on how they wanted the soundtrack to be as the studio wanted more traditional Rock and rap while producers envisioned more of an EDM Style score. The Producers ended up winning that argument which is why the soundtrack ended up charting very well and unofficially became one of the most popular soundtracks of all time. I was 11 when this came out and I remember going to the theater with both my mom and my uncle who I didn't know how they were going to react to seeing Mortal Kombat but they ended up loving the film and my uncle and I ended up going to the arcade in the lobby and play a couple rounds in the machine there. It's a great time and I know the theme these days is to try and make them as explicit as possible but even for all it's flaws, and there are quite a few, I'm a grinning idiot whenever I think of this film.
Fatality, Flawless victory and Get over here are the iconic phrases from the game.
Oh, cool! I was curious. Thank you!
@@AngelGroves Yeah, Flawless Victory is announced whenever you win a round without taking damage. Fatalities are the kill moves you can do after winning both rounds, and the thing that made MK such a sensation at release, with "Fatality" being announced after the kill. And Scorpion says "Get Over Here" whenever he lands his spear attack special which lets him yank his opponents into melee range.
@@xyex 😲😲😲 That's AWESOME!!!!
@@xyex They really did butcher scorpions ropedart In this movie xD
@@AngelGroves Amusing note; in the game the "Get over here!" was recorded by the series co-creator Ed Boon ('cos the first game was rather low budget) and, despite Scorpion getting professional voice actors for the rest of his dialogue since then, that line is always him as a series tradition. And they used his recording in this movie too!
The band that wrote the soundtrack is actually Lords of Acid. They couldn't use their normal moniker, and formed the side project The Immortals just to do this soundtrack, and have not released anything else under the name since because they were already a real musical act and release music under Lords of Acid. It's House/EDM/Industrial mash-up of sound, and very energetic.
Oh, awesome. Love this kind of info. Thanks! They're incredible.
Am I wrong or does lords of acid have a female singer? Then again I am just going off one song "the crablous". You probably called that before I said it lol.
One of my all time favorite movies. Special FX might not have aged well, but the heart and effort put into this movie has. Masterpiece for what it is.
I think the special FX have held up just fine. Better than half the special FX used today
The voice of Goro is the legendary Frank Welker: voice of Megatron in the animated Transformers show, Dr. Claw in Inspector Gadget
Great reaction! Thank you
You're a legend! The first and only who gave a special appreciation to the epic, timeless classic of a soundtrack this movie had :) The main theme especially has become a pop icon. But the rest of the music in this film is world shuttering, even more so because you don't expect it to be. And yes, it's one of the only films I watched 5 times at the cinema, with all my friends on each time.
Awww. Thank you! And really?!? This soundtrack is literally one of the best parts of the movie and BLEW ME AWAY. Like you said the theme is amazing and then the rest is also just "world shuttering". I wasn't prepared, but I'm happy it's in my life now. Hahaha. I'm glad I could show it the love it deserves and that you appreciate it too. You watched it 5 times in the cinema? I'm trying not to be jealous. 😭 I'll just be really happy for you. That's awesome! Thank you for sharing/for the comment!
@@AngelGroves Thank you, Angel! And bless you :) An angel indeed (!). And in any, we all get to share much thanks to you. Your vids bring back both nostalgia, and freshen the good things that waited long to burst in a new melody. Oh and I haven't mentioned it, but your medallion looks epic, I love it :)
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa plays villain's so well especially as Shang Tsung in this movie
Great reaction. I feel like very few people, especially these days, watch this movie if they're not already fans of the game, and even fewer enjoy it the way you did. Is it cheesy and 90s? Yes, absolutely. But that's what makes it true to the games, and also what makes it so much fun.
Such a genuine reaction, loved watching this, now I might binge watch all your reactions. Also this is one of my favorite game movies since childhood and seen it a million times, thanks for staying for the whole end credits, I don't think I have ever heard the whole credits. :D
This was an event in my hometown when it released. Our movie theater had mounted speakers set up around the whole interior to immerse the audience in the experience, and the manager hired two local teachers from martial arts training schools to dress up as Scorpion and Sub-Zero for the opening weekend. It was great! So many cheers, so much energy in the crowd, so many young fans who had been lined up at the arcades and local 7-Eleven feeding quarters into Mortal Kombat 1 and 2. It seriously was like being at a rock concert. And then at the end, once everyone was leaving, I'll never forget some shlubby-looking kid giving me a weird look and telling me, "Hey man the movie's over," on his way out. Ahh if only he knew. I've always stayed for credits in theaters, but this had to be one of the most kick-ass adrenaline-pumping end title sequences I had yet to see. They set the benchmark for what a film's credits ought to be. "Mortal Kombat" 1995 is an absolute win. Maybe not a flawless victory, but one heck of a cinematic win nonetheless. There's a reason it's still fun to watch. I also agree wholeheartedly with you about the cast. They truly are what helped make it all work so well. Cary Tagawa is such a great villain! So good in fact that he reprised the role in the 2009 web series "Mortal Kombat Legacy" and returned to officially voice the character in the latest video game (MK 11). As for the latest cinematic reboot from 2021... well it certainly has one good fight in it, that the studio then milked and finagled an entire movie around. - _ - Yeah, the less said about that one the better. If nothing else, it's a strong lesson in why you need to have fun with the material that you adapt, like this one did.
Hey, I'm so sorry I'm just now seeing your comment. I LOVE it SO much. It seriously makes me so happy to hear about that kind of event held for this movie. The fact you got to experience it is honestly awesome. Thank you for describing it in detail! I'm just in awe over everything I just read. I wish I could have been there to feel that energy..I can only imagine! My own energy was exploding and I was alone...with my cat. 😂 The fact the local teachers dressed up, the lines there were at the arcades and 7-Eleven, the speakers, everything is just incredible. I'm so happy you stayed for the credits. If I had a time machine, one of the things I would do would be go see Mortal Kombat in theaters and stay for the end credits. 🧡 Yes, it really is a big win, overall, in a lot of ways, and I love you appreciate the acting too! No matter how ridiculous the character or lines, they delivered it perfectly. Haha. Cary as a villain. Too great. I'll definitely be checking out the other movies, but I can safely assume they won't beat this one. :) Thanks again for your comment!
You are very welcome. Thank you for sharing your reaction with all of us, and happy holidays from my family to you and yours. ^ _ ^ One very fun fact about the music that slipped my mind was that the soundtrack album actually went platinum. Accounts might vary on the validity of the claim but TVT, the label behind the soundtrack, proudly touted this as the first EDM to achieve that status at the time. Mortal Kombat was very much a smash hit in every sense of the word.
I remember when my brother and me saw the trailer for this and ran around screaming with excitement lmao
A movie that knew what it was and embraced it. Cheesey acting, lots of flips and fan service. Love it. And, yes pretty much every silly one off line you hear is something iconic from the games.
27:11 I love how you pointed out Lui Kang's little run and jump kick 🤭because when I watched this film back when i was 14? I'm now 37 😮I always found humour in it (when I probably shouldn't have 😆) as Sub Zero did a cool backflip and a tactical roll and this is like Lui Kang's little retort to it and he's so proud 😆
If you've only ever seen Christopher Lambert in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, then I have a couple of movie recommendations. First, Fortress. It's super cheesy early 90s action schlok. You'd love it. Second, & more importantly, Highlander. Which has a soundtrack by the band, Queen & one of cinema's greatest villains of all time played by the guy who voiced Mr Krabbs on Spongebob.
Yessss....thank you so much! Yours is now the third comment in a row I've read to watch Highlander. I know nothing about it, which I like...except now I know there's Queen music, which I'll forgive you for telling me because whaaaaat?!? That's just freaking awesome. They're closely tied to Led Zeppelin, for me..which is saying a lot. I'm watching it, right after a few Christmas movies. Also, yes to Fortress as well. I'm so happy he's in other things, and that he's apparently appreciated by a lot of people. I love it! Thanks for the info. 😇
"Your soul, IS MINE!"
This is SO much better when you know what the movie is about.
I had to sub. I love your timing and references to other movies. On point with how I would joke.
in the fight against Reptile, the Actor who plays Liu Kang, broke 2 Ribs and he still continued to play his Role. That's dedication^^
Christopher Lambert is also briefly in the weird movie Southland Tales.
Greatest Video Game ever played & Best Mortal Kombat Reaction ever lol
I love the end credits to this movie . I watched this movie as a kid , i loved the end credits so much I asked my parents to buy me the Mortal Kombat Soundtrack on Cassette . Got alot of plays
same here. Such as a excellent Soundtrack
Director Paul Anderson said he had literally no idea what he was doing when he was making this as it was his first movie of this kind and he absolutely killed it I can rewatch this movie over and over.
That's so cool Yes; he absolutely killed it! Me too! I've already watched it again, since the reaction. Love it. ❤️
I love this soundtrack! I listened to it so much back in the 90s.
It is now one of my favorite soundtracks, which is saying a lot. I thought the bits of what I heard in the movie were epic, and then I listened to the entire soundtrack. Blown away!
first edm album to go platinum
This movie is "Enter the Dragon", "Bloodsport", and "Big Trouble in Little China" all crammed into one package.
For a game that known to be extremely violent, this movie was almost bloodless.
I saw this in the theater while I was stationed in Orlando for nuke E.M. school. Loved the end credits music so much that I went and bought the soundtrack right after the movie was over. I have that cd in my truck cd player right now.
Hard to find some of these songs today. This is why I'm glad I never threw out my CD's
I loved my CDs and wish I kept more of mine....I'm happy I still have some but the few thst stuck around ended up being such random ones...From Ace of Base, to the Anastasia soundtrack, to Led Zepellin, to Weezer, to Muse, to a mix CD that has Disney songs, Spacehog, NIN, and Rob Zombie songs. 😆 You were smart to keep yours. Man, I want this soundtrack...on CD!
@@AngelGroves Unfortunately, I can't condone pirating here, or I'd burn you a CD and mail it to you lol.
Fun fact: Sonya Blade was originally going to be played by Cameron Diaz. She injured herself during training for the movie and got replaced with Bridget Wilson
One of the best reaction videos I've seen. Great job... MK games and this movie is an all time favorite, I was 12 when this first came out and it was epic start to finish; loved all the cast
I got to be honest. Love your reaction 🥳🥳
Omg, in the end credits, that evil laugh and “flawless victory” was from Shao Kahn in the video game! I never knew that was in there lol
I remember seeing this in theaters. And when it was released on Pay per View (if anyone knows/remembers what that was) my mom let me record it. I was obsessed with this movie growing up. I was 9 when this movie came out, and it’s still my favorite Mortal Kombat movie. The new movie has its moments. It just doesn’t get me with the new character and story.
A bit late to the party, but glad to see you enjoying the tracks and end credits hahaha. For a lot of people, the soundtrack to this film was their introduction to the "Industrial" and "EBM" subgenres of music, and the entore soundtrack is often up there with "The Crow" and "The Lost Boys" for members of the goth scene
Hi there, Christopher Lambert was also played the lead alongside Sean Connery in the Highlander where he gave an awesome performance
Great reaction, this made me want to re-add the soundtrack back on my phone 😆👍
What's funny is how they make the Emperor look so epic at the end of this and he's a total letdown on the second movie.
27:12: Interesting that you noticed that. I read that Robin Shou was originally going to do some flips similar to Sub-Zero in this scene, but he was able to pull it off. I guess that was the best take they could use afterwards.
I haven't read all the comments so I don't know if anybody mentioned this but the reason the fighting looked so good and real is because it was. They actually hit each other. The soundtrack to this movie is absolute fire and the score is pretty amazing. The score was composed by George S. Clinton, if you know, you know. Also, the soundtrack did so well that they created another off-shoot soundtrack called Mortal Kombat: More Kombat, I would give that a listen too. The Mortal Kombat Annihilation (the sequel movie) soundtrack was really good too (even if the movie did mostly suck).
"Christopher Lambert, how'd I remember that?" "Cause...(smirk)...there can only be one... I'll see myself out now"
I did get to see this one theaters, plus I had the CD after as well, such a great soundtrack...
Oh, man. That's seriously awesome...for both things. I want this CD.
I know it's probably been said, but Christopher Lambert is most known for the cult classic Highlander movies (although the less said about Highlander 2 the better). Edit: There is a sequel to this, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. It's an absolute train wreck of a movie, not least because they recast Rayden (James Remar took the role, good actor but no Christopher Lambert). And yes the entire soundtrack for this movie is just one banger after another.
Your movie quotes and reaction to this is so awesome.
Too kind! I'm happy you like it. 😇 It was so much fun to watch, and I love a good quote. Now, I've been quoting Mortal Kombat everyday. 😂
@@AngelGroves now I will say that quoting Mortal Kombat is a “Flawless Victory” in my book.
This is the best reaction to this movie on KZhead.
Highlander is such a great movie with Christopher Lambert as well
Just chiming in with everyone else... Highlander is a great movie. Christopher Lambert was in bunch of other b movies that all were meh to ok (fortress 1, 2, Mean guns), but he was always the best part about even crappy films
Dude. Thank you so much! I'm excited to check them out. 😇
This film has the best soundtrack ever.
I was fifteen when this came out and the soundtrack has stuck by me the entire time as a throwback option but also it turned me on to so many bands I'd never heard of. This soundtrack is a superstar list of underground techno, metal, and industrial music.
Fifteen would have been one of the best ages to have first seen this. 🖤🧡🤍❤️ That's awesome. ❤️ I can see how it turned you onto new bands as well; already has for me! This soundtrack is like no other. It blew me away even more than the movie. My ears and soul have been missing out! Thanks for sharing, as always. 🙂🤍
Hey there Angel Groves, loved your reaction[s] to the MK movie. You are a very lovely lady to watch & hope to see more of your work. P.S. Iam glad you enjoyed the movie.
Christopher Lambert in Highlander films. I liked him in Mean Guns, which is free on Tubi.
I was 10 watch this epic movie and stil l mortal combat movie ever
In 1995 this movie was the Bomb still is 30 years later, and Cary has repriced his role of Tshang Sung in the newer video games he did the voice. And he played Tshang Sung again in Mortal Kombat legacy season 2 the you tube series.
Christopher Lambert is probably best known for the Highlander movies.
Just found this channel and your enjoyment of this movie was awesome... and I was totally hit with a curveball when you reacted so strongly to seeing Christopher Lambert, but it NOT being from seeing him in Highlander (yet, based off your replies to other comments), lol. Yeah, like others have said, that's probably THE movie everyone (at least in the USA) know him from. NOt sure if you reacted to it yet, but I'll keep an eye out for that video for sure! Also: I love how at 9:45, Kano's eye almost matches the placement of the dragon emblem's eye on the movie poster, lol.
Bought soundtracks of both movies on audiocassetes in 1998. There's just something about them! They opened the path for me and my friends to learn more about metal and 90s electronic music! When I was playing MK games in the late 90s I usually turned on the soundtracks from MK movies on my boombox! 😄 MK was a huge part of my childhood since the first movie came out when I was 6-7! Ah, memories!
so good to see you enjoying this film and having fun! :) MORTAL KOMBAT! 😆
YESSSS! I've been yelling MORTAL KOMBAAAT, for a couple days, along with any other lines I think of from the movie. Lol
Not enough people react to this gem. Thank you. Also, end credit music reaction was amazing. Maybe you should add some music reactions to your channel, love the vibes.
Hey, I'm so sorry I'm just now seeing your comment. Thank you so much, and you are right about this being a gem. 🧡When I listened to the soundtrack a couple days later after watching, I was even more blown away! Also, that's actually a great idea, especially since I have been living under a rock and there is a lot of music I haven't heard in the last few years. Thanks for the suggestion, and happy holidays!😇💚❤️🧡
I'm impressed with your reaction. You're pretty funny too haha. Subscribed. Can't wait to see more from you! Edit: I'm curious if you'd watch the Mortal Kombat (2021) version and see the differences. Sadly no techno music lol. The fights are more brutal is all I'll say about that. And no not same people, mostly just a reboot. Just got to that part of the video while typing haha. Love Beverly Hills Ninja!
Aw, thank you! And haha, I appreciate it. You're too kind! I'll absolutely be watching the 2021 version. I'll be missing that music and the actors, though, of course. 😭 Me too! I need to re-watch Beverly Hills Ninja soon. Too good. ❤️ Thanks for your comment! Welcome to the beginning of the channel! 😇
love this movie as a kid still today favorite movie even the video games
Whole movie is pure awesomeness! When that first released, I walked across the town 3 different times to rewatch it😁
Duuuuude. That is so awesome...and I'm jealous! Haha. I really want them to re-release it in theaters. Thanks for sharing! 🧡🧡🧡
I'm surprised that no one noted the soundtrack was done by KFMDM. I loved this in the time. It's a bit hoaky now, but it's still holds up. The soundtrack did go platinum in less than two weeks. Yup, saw it in theaters and owned the soundtrack. This move if it wasn't the first film to feature techno, was certainly the biggest until "Blade" (1998). Yea, owned that soundtrack, too. It's kinda required when you are from the birthplace of Techno (hint: no, it isn't Germany). Also, the same year had a lesser soundtrack in the movie of "Hackers". The movie is totally kitchy by today's standards, but still had some AWESOME Techno. "Cowgirl" by Underworld is still on my playlist to this day.
The soundtrack is awesome! I remember the KMFDM music video on the beginning of the vhs and as a kid I watched that over and over, Lol. Such a good song. The cd also introduced me to Orbital. The main theme "Techno Syndrome" is by Praga Kahn, under the alias The Immortals. Praga is a rave music star here in Europe. He formed the band Lords of Acid who had a lot of their songs featured in movies around this time. Your reaction was so much fun!
Legend of Graystoke. Also in Highlander...and I think the title was Knight Moves...a murder mystery focused around a chess competition for Grand Master.
The video games came first (some of then, seeing as there is now about a million of them already). I remember the day when me and my friend rode out bikes to the city center to purchase a VHS copy of this film. We were fans of the games and really excited. Unfortunately it was spring time in Finland and the roads were slippery. On our way back home, I slipped with my bike and I landed face first on the pavement. That turned into a little trip to the hospital for patching my face, but delayed me from watching the film.
Christopher Lambert also played in Highlander
What i love in this Movie is that Real Martial artist were Invlolved..The ninjas especially ranged From World Karate Champions to Real ninjutsu SENSEI and Wunshu Practitioners
Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa. He is very intimidating.
Still an awesome movie for its time Glad you enjoyed the movie Glad you enjoyed the idea of it Glad you didn't make fun of it too much but the fight scenes are pretty phenomenal in this movie for what it was at the time
One of the best mid 90s soundtracks
That's so cool you met the girl from the hills have eyes! I love that movie
The Mortal Kombat theme song and end credits remix were the very first things I ever downloaded on Napster.
It did take inspiration from Big Trouble. John Tobias and Ed Boon said they based Shang off Lo Pan (in the game) and the 3 Storms end up being Raiden and eventually Fujin. Also, you can, check out the 93/94 Mortal Kombat: The Album by The Immortals. There's Playlist on KZhead still. Has songs based on the characters and is VERY cheesy but good.
Raiden was the main one, Fujin not as much as he's the Wind God and came much, much later. They were also inspired by the Japanese mythology in regards to their origins brothers, Thunder & Lightning and Wind God. They just changed the spelling as Japanese spell it Raijin and Fujin with a ~ over one of the letters. But the design wise, Raiden was inspired by BTLC Storms.
Oh, sweet, they actually baed him off of him?!? Well, no wonder. 😊 I love it. Big Trouble is one of my all time favorites. And thank you so much for the music info! So, so good.
@@AngelGroves theres also a newer album from MK9 i think. But, if you do listen to the 93 album, I do hope you get some enjoyment from the music. Even if it's just a small amount. If not, I apologize. lol.
@@AngelGroves Yep oh if and if you like the music there's the MK one soundtrack, the MK Annihilation soundtrack which is also good(in fact most feel the soundtrack is better than the movie) and MK 9 soundtrack which were dubstep style MK songs. You'd like I'm sure! There was even an MK rap album I own all of them but it's lesser known.
@@MKF30 the only album that really doesn't have much to do with MK is Mortal Kombat: More Kombat. Think it has 2 songs that have to do with MK. lol.
Hahaha, I was waiting to see if you recognise Christopher Lambert from Highlander, but had zero idea he ever played Tarzan! XD Highlander is a fun 80s film too, especially if you like Queen! :) Your credits reaction was amazing! I had the album of this when it first came out and it really is amazing! Sonya being chained up during the final battle is a nice reference - Her and Kano in the arcade version of Mortal Kombat were the least played characters, so in MKII, they aren't playable, but chained up just like this on the final stage against Shao Kahn (the emperor dude at the end). Gladly, they returned as playable in MKIII I am 'guessing' you have seen this already, but as you mentioned Kickboxer, I would highly recommend Blood Sport! :) Great reaction!
Mortal Kombat Annihilation is the next film after this one with the latest Mortal Kombat movie being a reboot I believe(not seen it myself), no Christopher Lambert as Raiden this time though, glad you enjoyed watching one of my favourite films as a kid and we all loved the soundtrack to it back then, it's just so good
If there was ever a movie deserving of the "guilty pleasure" title for me it's this one. I know it's stupid and cheesy, but I don't care one bit. If you want more Christopher Lambert, his most legendary role is Highlander. If you want impressive fight scenes, watch The Raid 1 and 2.
I think you'd be surprised how much of this movie was original and ended up influencing the games themselves more than the other way around. Mortal Kombat the video game started development as a tie-in fighting game featuring Hollywood martial arts movie star Jean Claude Van Dam. When that deal fell through, the developers decided to simply 'base' an original character off Jean Claude Van Dam and instead give him a different name: Johnny Cage. With that precedent set, they proceeded to fill out the rest of the heroes roster by creating other characters based on Hollywood martial arts movie stars - Liu Kang (based on Bruce Lee), and Sonya Blade (based on female martial artist Cynthia Rothrock). The movie's main theme, the very 90s dance theme with someone screaming "Mortal Kombat!" throughout it, was specifically created for this movie. Interestingly, it was by far the most well-received thing about the film, as pretty much everyone agreed it was an absolute banger. It's so well remembered that a variation of it is featured in the Tournament stage in the latest game, Mortal Kombat 11. There's no point in time during any of the games that anyone ever actually screams "Mortal Kombaaaat!!!" While lines like "Finish Him!", "Flawless Victory", and "Fatality!" were all spoken in the first game by an announcer, the original game didn't really have much spoken dialogue outside of him. About the only character who did have a spoken line in the game was Scorpion's "Get Over Here!", which as you know shows up in the movie. Thusly classic movie lines such as Shang Tsung's "Your soul is mine!" originated in this film and have nonetheless become mainstays of the video game series itself. In the original arcade game, Shang Tsung is depicted as an old, long white haired sorcerer. 1993's Mortal Kombat II game reimagined him as a younger version of himself, rejuvenated with the magic of souls by Outworld's Sorcerer-Emperor Shao Kahn. When the movie came out in 1995, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa was cast to play this young version of Shang Tsung even in the first film due to his martial arts experience and the fact that he's just really, really good at playing villains. In spite of various voice actors coming in to play the role of Shang Tsung in later games (using the power of CG modeling to age and de-age Shang Tsung as needed), its been pretty much agreed that no video game adaptation of Shang Tsung has ever lived up to Tagawa's interpretation. Tagawa reprised the role of an older, aged Shang Tsung in the short lived Mortal Kombat web series. Most recently in 2019, Tagawa returned to play both young and old versions of Shang Tsung for the first time ever in the video game series itself, playing the key role, and dare I say starring role, in the DLC story mode for Mortal Kombat 11. While there is a second, follow-up film to this one, it was made on a shoe-string budget and had most of the film's stars recast (Christopher Lambert does not return as Raiden, for instance), and while I liked the second film as a kid, I definitely can't say its quite as well done as the first movie. If you want to react to the Mortal Kombat story on the channel (which I actually think you totally should), then you'd best be served by playing 3 of the games' story modes and watching the cutscenes to them (or just reacting to youtube videos of these cutscenes alone, as they definitely exist). Those three games are Mortal Kombat 9 (officially known as "Mortal Kombat", a reboot from 2011), Mortal Kombat X (the X in this case being for roman numeral 10), and Mortal Kombat 11, which are all cinematic experiences with fights scattered inbetween the cutscenes. Mortal Kombat 9 in particular is a very LONG game, as its a complete retelling of the lore and stories behind Mortal Kombat 1, 2, and 3 all shoved into one game. In fact, you'll be surprised how much of it lines up with this very same movie.
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LOVE THIS MOVIE! The R Rated reboot is awesome! Brandon Lee was almost cast as Johnny Cage in the Mortal Kombat movie but sadly passed away in 1993 from a gunshot wound on the set of The Crow. Cameron Diaz was cast as Sonya Blade, but broke her wrist during filming and Brigette Wilson was cast. Jean Claude van Damme was considered to play Johnny Cage, but dropped out over a payment dispute
Eh, I thought Jean Claude Van Damme didn't have anything to do with this movie. He'd just starred in Street Fighter the year before which didn't do him or the game any favours so I can't imagine he'd want to jump into another video game movie (especially one that was the direct rival to the one he'd just been in). The first Mortal Kombat game was apparently designed based on him from movies like Kickboxer and Bloodsport and they wanted him to be in the game but he had some deal with some other game and so they created Johnny Cage (JC like him) based on him without it actually being him. He has spoken about wanting to play Johnny Cage if they make a sequel to the 2021 movie.
The reboot was awful
Yesss! This movie is so great! Aw, I love The Crow (I have a great poster of Brandon Lee in character, sitting on a cool chair on one of the sets). I can see how he would have been an awesome Liu. Robin Shou was terrific, though! I'm really happy with all of the final casting for the movie, even though I do love those other choices. Thanks for the info/comment!! 😇
I'm supremely glad Diaz had to leave. I like her in a lot of things but she would have been absolutely horrible as Sonya. Wilson was perfect. And I'm pretty sure Van Damme wasn't involved in the movie at all, at any stage. It was game Johnny he was originally going to play. When Midway was making MK they thought a celebrity tie in like that would help publicity and Johnny's entire concept was based on Van Damme with plans for him to do the digital capture for the character and Johnny to be the main character. Those plans fell through and the celebrity tie in aspect was dropped and they made Lou the main character going into the second game.
I disagree about the newest MK movie being any good.
This movie was supposed to be rated R but the filmmakers hands were tied behind their backs and had to cut it down to pg13. The fact that this film still holds up today and told a better cohesive story than the reboot that came out earlier this year says something
Back when this came out on vhs I recorded the credits music by holding up a cassette player up to the tv lol.
MK was inspired by the Kung Fu movies of the 70's but the two biggest influences were Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon and The Flying guillotine. I think everyone played this game when it came out. It was like nothing anyone had ever seen before and the special move and combos were brutal but it was the fatalities that kept people coming back for more. With every version of the game that came out they amped it up. As for the storyline in the movie that to came right from the game as well. MK was so popular that they even had two show related to it. WMAC Masters and Mortal Kombat Conquest along with the other movies. The new MK that came out last year was a prequel for this movie and it was pretty good so you should check that out some day. Great reaction. By the way I didn't like Christopher Lanber for this film as first but mid way through the movie I was in. Fun fact, in the last MK game they used a multiverse theme and included facial captures of these actor and as well as voicing them again. It was awesome.
I really, really want to watch Enter the Dragon soon, and apparently The Flying Guillotine. I NEED to play the game...any of them! lol That's neat they did that with every version of the game, AND that they got his voice again! Ahhh. love it! Aw. I'm happy you liked the reaction. This movie is so incredible. I just made it my cover photo on my FB wall yesterday, because I was thinking about it again and how much I love it. lol I listen to the music ALL of the time. :) Thanks for your comment!
Director Paul Anderson would later make the Resident Evil movies and Monster Hunter in 2020.
One of the great things - they finally returned song to the last game (MK11) realese trailer, wich was mega epic.
I have the soundtrack to this movie, love it. Christopher Lambert Highlander movies Fortress (1992) Fortress reentery He's been in a lot of movies, these are my favorite