Apr 17, 2015
The fact that Mortal Kombat isn't a very good movie is
probably not tremendously surprising. What IS a little crazy is
that it's still one of the better live-action adaptations of a
video game.
Chris was always impressed by the level of respect the filmmakers
clearly had for the source material, Carlos had a few issues with
some of the changes they made, and Donna had never seen it and
thought this was a Jean Claude Van-Damme movie.
Topics include: the origins of the video game franchise and the
controversy it created, which actress almost played Sonya Blade,
which actor the rest of the internet wants you to believe almost
played Johnny Cage (and why Chris thinks it's impossible), Shang
Tsung's questionable motivation for manipulating our heroes to
enter the tournament, why a Japanese deity is being played by
Christopher Lambert, the decision to make Reptile an actual
reptile, the character they created just to kill off, the awesome
soundtrack, the terrible sequel, and so much more!