Exploring Mortal Kombat - From the Arcade to the Big Screen the Story behind the Hit Movie
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- Good Bad Flicks takes a look at the history of Mortal Kombat and how it went from video game to hit movie.
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Ikr?
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I had no idea Christopher Lambert was such an awesome dude
Watch "Highlander" for more... possibly his best character and movie.
he always comes off as a nice guy no matter what he plays, or the nice side seems to come through in some way.....
IDK I just always liked a lot of his stiff even if the movcie sucked I liked him....like Highlander Endgame sucked but I like Lambert
Mortal Kombat, Highlander, Highlander 3, Beowulf from 1999 The Fortress and The hunted are probably his best.....
beowulf was cool, it's basically what happens when you mix MK with the beowulf story, you get a late 90's techno industrial soundtrack fueled monster killer movie starring one of the most charismatic actors at the time....
it puts the 2000's remake to shame really it's far away from the source in many ways yet does the story justice LMAO I recommend it highly
the hunted is about a bodyguard trying to defend a Japanese man in Japan I think against assassins and not knowing the culture at all, I've on;y seen it once so I might have things a bit wrong, I remember it being really good....if you see it give it a chance
@J Ygb Thank you, that was amazing.
Sad what happened with the sequel the first was great despite some dated cgi.The sequel was just so bad with such common mistakes that any director shouldn't have made the cgi looks worse in the sequel then the original movie lol an the new cast is mostly bad I could have forgiven a new Sonya blade if they at least kept the same johnny cage an he wasn't killed in two seconds lol.
@@boomstickcritique902 the sequel should have been two movies, then they could have all the characters without ruining the plot, following the game they could have Shao khan capture Sonia at the end of the second movie, and bring Nightwolf in the third to introduce Animality, that could even give them more time for the cgi fight in the end
42 minutes?! Your passion levels for this kind of stuff are absolutely insane in the best ways ever and I love it.
Thats a fatailty!
try luetin09 and inept general for 1~3 hours warhammer lore video.
"Forget about that! I'm coming to thailand." 😂😂😂
If you live forever and can teleport....why not.
Good guy Christopher Lambert is a team player
@@lakrids-pibe the fate of billions were counting on him. :-)
Hehehehe...sorry
A true professional that cared about the project.
When Lui Kang did the bicycle kick, it felt like the ENTIRE theatre went crazy! I saw it opening day, and everyone loved it. I was 16 at the time
Many reports say that when voice said "Reptile" on his transformation, people went crazy. The moment still works and it's pure cinema magic: illogical, cheesy, but totally works somehow.
@@PictureProductStudio the whole theatre went ape shit from just one word.that followed by the best fight in the whole movie it was a rollercoaster that lead to the bicycle kick where we all busted a collective nut and shared a cigarette.not to mention scorpion saying get over here or the Johnny cage nut punch on goro.or just goro period...or the fact that i was high as rick james on his birthday.the experience was America at it's best.me a 14 year-old black kid sitting next to a mid 20s white dude i didn't know elbowing the shit out of each other because we got "it".a bunch of people from different backgrounds all in on the joke that you can't get this feeling from a pretentious art house movie.plus we all did fake kung fu in the parking lot after the movie
I was 10. My cousin took me
@Mitchell Roy the guy was wearing body armor and was fine. Mom overreacted. :)
Thomas Schneider Instead of being embarrassed by the source material they just double downed on it and it paid off. Who knew if you showed love for what others feel passion over, they'll honor you.
I will never forget being 13 years old and hearing the opening words MORTAL KOMBAT ring out through the theater. It was so loud, the theater shook. I was in awe. Crazy to think the MK was at its peak then. MK 2 for SNES and the live action movie. Couldn’t have been happier as a kid!
The fate of *billions* will depend on you!
HAHAHA
Sorry
Christopher Lambert, best actor ever.
Adding to what j s said, if you like Lambert, Mean Guns is a must. Director Albert Pyun is one of those hit and miss masters whose misses are at least entertaining on certain level, but whose hits become cult films. Mean Guns is astonishing: it's a comprehensible, philosophical, stylish and cool action film with gun battles in which actors play like it's their last, despite both top-billed actors filmed their roles in like two days. You can only tell after watching a few times, because editing and photography are both top notch.
Best laugh ever
HIGHLANDER
Lambert is a total G. Growing up I always watched any film he was in because he always brought that special Lambert star power. Him and JCVD should do a movie together where they play brothers. That would be the best film of all time!
He's one of those gem of an actor that needs to be in a Tarantino movie xD
A movie based on the most violent game of it's time. Everyone was beaten and bruised. And yet...Everyone involved had fun and believed in what they were doing, making the story behind the film one of the most strangely wholesome tales I've ever heard. I've always loved this movie, and it makes me feel good hearing how there were no problems or arguments behind the scenes.
Practical effects really stand the test of time. That Goro suit was so lifelike, the face is spot on!
The face was CGI-enhanced, though. Anyhow, overall effect holds up surprisingly well.
@@PictureProductStudio Still kind of proves the point that CGI is best used as a tool to enhance reality and not supplant it. Compare Goro's CG enhanced face to the entirely CGI Reptile - most people think all of Goro is practical and don't realize there's any enhancement whereas Reptile sticks out like a sore thumb with how fake his CGI looks.
@@Dargonhuman I definitely agree with that! I still think that the best visual effect of any kind is the one you can't notice. :)
@@PictureProductStudio Oh absolutely, many of the best special effects artists in the field have said the same thing; it's kind of an irony of being the best in that field as the better you are, the less people will notice your work.
The practical effects look fake. They always did. Rubber and foam will always look like rubber and foam and not skin. The CGI back then was horrible. Akin to animation/live crossovers like Who Framed Roger Rabbit. In this film, the practical and hybrid effects were superior. Today? Practical still looks fake. Good CGI is only noticed when it's filming the impossible like a helicarrier over New York or standing on an alien sentient planet. If it seems natural, like Xavier's School for Gifted Bioweapons... well I bet you thought the house and grounds were real, didn't you? And not 100% CGI.
I see so much hate for CGI, and then so much fawning praise for practical effects... but practical effects always look fake. They can be good, but still fake. I feel sad for the CGI artist who is shit on for the 10% of their work the audience hates on, while the rest goes by unnoticed.
That Goro costume still amazes me to this day. While a lot of the VFX of the movie have aged badly, Goro still holds up! Goes to show you that practical is usually the way to go. No matter how good the VFX they will definitely age due to the medium constantly evolving. Practical effects are basically always done exactly the same.
The best CG is where you don't realize it's CG, like when Goro's lips sync up with his dialog. I never knew his lips were digitally enhanced. Also, Tom Woodruff Jr. was/is a real trooper.
I'm not saying you're wrong for the most part... but 2 decades later, Fifth Element, still holds up better than most current stuff.
Good CG is good. Look at Starship Troopers, which came out the same time as MK2. Those bugs still look great.
@@Galeanthropist Probably because it was the last sci fi with a large mixture of practical and CG. Pure CG is crap :/
Honestly I feel like CG should be used for stuff that's extremely difficult and dangerous to accomplish practically, as well as to enhance rather than replace practical stuff.
So basically... MK pitches be like...
"How about a ninja fighting game?!"
"No. Do movie tie-in game!"
"How about a ninja fighting game?!"
"No. Do a sci-fi game."
"How about a ninja fighting game?!"
"Ok fine."
An important and valuable lesson: DO consider inserting ninjas in everything you do.
@@PictureProductStudio All movies have tons of ninjas in them. If you don't see any, that movie portrayed them properly.
Brandon Lee as Lui Kang
Cameron Diaz as Sonya Blade
Jean Claude Van-Damme as Johnny Cage
What a different movie that would’ve looked.
And yet it's one of those things where I'd rather have the cast we got.
It was actually going to be Brandon Lee as Johnny Cage, not Liu Kang. Or so I've always heard.
That's an alternate reality I'd want to visit out of curiosity but probably not live in.
@@MM2Dylan Thats what I thought too. Although who surreal would it have been in movie that was basically an exaggerated homage to your father's biggest hit film? Sad that we'll never know either way...
The Johnny Cage we got would've been so much better than JCVD. Johnny Cage, like Guile just screams American.
The MK movie was so influential that they brought back a lot of the lines and references forward to MK X and MK 11. Heck, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa gets to be Shang Tsung again, complete with "Your soul is mine."
That was epic!!! Things like this show how great the movie actually was. It was so awesome that it influenced the franchise's game. (like Linden Ashby's Johnny Cage being the ever personality of Johnny Cage.)
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa making Easter eggs of the first movie was great. Like when invoking his right as a former champion to choose Sonya as his opponent, much like the movie. Or mentioning that to Johnny Cage that Master Boyd send his regards. LOL!
As if I needed another reason to love Christopher Lambert. He's awesome.
Man is a national treasure alright !
If this video was the reason why you haven't released a video in about 2 weeks, this was absolutely worth it. This by far, is probably the Best video you have ever done with one of the Best video games movies ever. All the research and details you had to look up for this video was done Perfect. I know you prolly had to work your as off for this Exploring Review and it has all paid off. This is Definitely #1 on the Best GoodBad Flicks Videos and I'll be watching this video over and over again. This definitely gets a thumbs up from me, make that 2.
Now if you can do the same with The Wiz, Darkman and Robocop 2. 😏
Thanks! It was a lot of work but worth it :)
@@GoodBadFlicks Very Worth it. 👍👍👍👍👍
The Wiz! Every time I hear that movie brought up I can't help but think of Questlove's giggly comment in a documentary that touched on the movie, "We didn't know it was a flop, man, we thought it was up there with Gone With The Wind." 😁
I’m really glad you talked about the music too. When the Liu Kang v Reptile fight got started, that music had me so pumped.
IKR? The whole soundtrack is outstanding. Kinda sad how the best part of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation was its soundtrack.
The Mortal Kombat soundtrack introduced me to an entire genre as we got the likes of KMFDM, Sister Machine Gun, Type O Negative, Gravity Kills, Fear Factory Napalm Death, Bile, etc. It was one of the first CDs I owned and very formative of my tastes to this day.
Just a shame they couldn't get Nine Inch Nails, lol
The reptile song is called control
😂😂😂😂 Agreed. I get chills you this day
Loved the longer video, really allowed you to go more in depth; 9/10 would bang
Thanks!
You can see that a lot of people actually cared about this film when they made it.
Ive always said Mortal Kombat the first movie is the best movie adaptation of a video-game.
I was always surprised that people complained about the lack of blood. Back in the day that was the last thing I cared about when going to see it. Anderson proved that he can make a movie with good atmosphere and that made a lot for me.
@@TBrianOnline well, it's because the game was so violent. But, games and movies are different media's and they went with what worked. That movie was geared more towards children.
@@TBrianOnline I mean, they literally invented the ESRB because of Mortal Kombat the games.
@@antifableach I see your point but the thing is that the games actually weren't that violent, only if you performed fatalities which many players didn't know about because the game didn't tell them straight out. In its core, it was a martial arts competition and that's different from violence. That's why, knowing this, I got exactly what I expected from the film.
I love the goro suit. Such an awesome practical effect you don’t see done anymore.
Probably because it was not easy to keep the suit going since they ketped having to fix it. But it does goes to show hard work like that pays off.
The Goro suit works so well. I wish people relied more on practical effects and make-up nowadays.
Check out “the void” it’s a horror movie very similar to the thing in the use of practical effects for the monsters. Its pretty new
@@gamerman360 it's a pretty good film. I really enjoyed it.
Go watch Guillermo del toro movies
The Mask and Mortal Kombat having all this connection is something I would never think about
Cameron would've been a AWESOME Sonya!
New Line Cinema was the best studio in the '90s.
The Mask as DLC for MK11 confirmed!!!
@@erikwilliams1562 danm
@@browsertab And in the 80s. We can't forget that New Line is the house that Freddy Kruger built...
42 minutes of well researched and entertaining content!!! WOW!!!
Conrad San Jose agreed. Easily one of the best channels on TH-cam, so how come it never shows up in my recommendations? Did this guy really piss off TH-cam or something? Should have a lot more views.
Goro's effects still hold up TODAY. That's proof practical effects > full cgi.
Eh... hmmm ... yeah.... for a lot of older CGI yeah. But, upcoming CGI is getting so good now, they even get teh scale right these days whcih old CGI doens't get right.
kudosbudo they can make it super real but it just feels off like it shouldn’t belong, goro looked good in every scene
@@kudosbudo It still dosent look as good as the best practicals because it still looks to unreal an when there's to much cgi like avatar even if it's good it still looks like a video game.
@@boomstickcritique902 That's partly confirmation bias. You only notice the bad CGI since CGI nowadays got to a point where the real good stuff is almost indistinguishable from reality. The best effects are still achieved by a combination of the two though (Mad Max Fury Road is a perfect example of a great blend). And the movie Logan has some straight up insane CGI that you can't tell is there (watch?v=-13Y2Pe7kFs&ab_channel=TheCGBros).
@@geerarddesmit5963 No even the best cgi I can still tell is cgi because there all ways something artificial about it no matter how well its done the only cgi that isnt able to be spotted is extremly minor cgi used for small touch ups an even then it has to be very very minor
In MK 11 Shang Tsung is modeled from and voiced by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and I think that is amazing!
Everyone does, the MK Fan base still loves the original Movie
@@kingcoheed1208 I love Mortal Kombat Annihilation.
@@kingcoheed1208 it was my favorite movie as a kid and still rates high in my book
Kid Coheed One among the fence!
@@metaloverload7374 It has its moments, but I think it's inferior to the first movie.
Christopher Lambert is amazing. I never thought I could love him more but the fact that he basically said: "This looks like fun, I don't care about money."... Wow. Thank you for making me aware of this and your hard work.
Great video. Very interesting. I remember buying that soundtrack on cassette. Haha
That orbital track on he ost is fireeee
I liked the second movies soundtrack even though the film sucks.. FIIIIIIIRRRRRRREE
Me too, the tape broke from me listening to it so much that I still have it and got it on CD instead.
Great sound track same for part two !!
That soundtrack would go on to shape my musical tastes to this day
A 42min video on Mortal Kombat? I MUST CONSULT WITH THE ELDER GODS.
This must be the work of Shinnok
After watching the new Mortal Kombat 2021 and then watching this video...I have a whole new appreciation for the original Mortal Kombat! The Facf they were able to come up with what they did at PG13 and for only 18 million...they actually over achieved!
MORTAL KOMBAAAT! Now I got that song stuck in my head.
Check out Lords Of Acid, they were behind this track.
@@B1SCOOP actually it was lords of acid side project called the immortals but pragha Kahn was involved
@@Synthprayer yep, it was him alongside other band co-founder Olivier Adams.
@@B1SCOOP you should check out their other side projects. I think they have appeared in movies like Silver and Cool World if I'm not mistaken
I forced my father to see that movie and he fell asleep
*WOW! This makes me appreciate the film even more! Awesome job!*
Thanks!
I loved every single second of this
OUTSTANDING vid as always. Kudos! I was a member of the MK2 comic book team. As an artist on the book I got the opportunity to join many of the MK1 and 2 game staff including several of the character actors in the MK booth at a Chicago Comic Con. I recall becoming quick buddies with Richard (aka Kano). There’s more to the story but I’ll just leave it at that. It was definitely one of the highlights of my early comic book career. Ah, the good ol’ days.
Honestly even as an Aussie I also thought Kano’s accent was supposed to be Australian lol I adored Mortal Kombat so much and so happy you did an explore series on it
Thank you
I remember seeing scorpion the day it came out...mind was blown. Lol also when he told Johnny "get down here!" I couldn't believe I heard him say ANYTHING other than get over here...best videogame movie ever.
12:46, RIP, Brandon Lee.😔😔
He will always, be with us. As long as he's remembered, he is immortal!!!
It would have been cool to see him play Liu Kang, Shou is great as Liu, but it would be a trip to see Brandon Lee play a character based on his own dad.
I think there were better options over shou or lee. I would have liked to have seen Lee though.
I think Lee would've probably been a better Johnny Cage than Liu Kang. Linden Ashby was however one of my favorite parts of the flick.
@@LB74 yeah, I can see that especially since he proved he could play a smartass in that cop flick he did with Dolph Lundgren.
Jean Claude shot himself in the foot with that SF role
Septien Patterson
the whole movie felt like a shot to the nuts
@@rockdesu nope
@@rockdesu Sure, but the problem is that Guile isn't the main character of the franchise, like the movie portrayed him. Ryu is the main character, followed by Ken. Guile is more of a supporting character. Now ofcourse, as they said in this video, Jean-Claude Van Damme was a huge star in the 90's, so delegating him to a supporting role would have been stupid. You don't land a major action movie star for your flick and then say: 'Go stand over there at the sideline while this unknown actor steals your spotlight.'
Van Damme made for a good Guile, but Guile should not have been the focus of the movie.
@@Xylarxcode Well to be fair Guile could technically be the main for Street Fighter 2 as his ending (or Chun Li's) are usually considered the proper ending for the game. Chun-Li to avenge father death, Guile avenge friend.
He would have tanked the movie. The entire thing would have been about him, and not Lui’s journey.
Sometimes, everything just falls into place
This is the reason I 'm a patreon. This was just amazing and your best work in my opinion yet.
Toasted!
@@insertcolorfulmetaphor8520 toasty!
@@bigkmoviesandgames
Both ways are acceptable.
@@insertcolorfulmetaphor8520 I'm just quoting what he says in the game
@@bigkmoviesandgames
Well, if you asked Dan Forden, he would tell you how it evolved from "You're about to get toasted" all the way to "toasty"
I personally like using "toasted" when razzing my mates while we play.
End of lesson.
Watching this made me truly appreciate all the effort put in by the entire production to have the movie be taken seriously. Also that Goro suit/animatronic shits all over any CGI special effect anyday.
"New Line Cinnamon". That should be a flavor for something...
I agree! Lol 😆😆😆😆😆
Ben & Jerry's should work on it
That's what happens when your dealer cuts their cocaine with cinnamon sugar.
I don’t think it gets mentioned enough but I believe the best casting in this film was Shang Tsung. He just owned it.
Agreed
"The Adam Sandler vehicle, 'Billy Madison'".
Lol
While today "vehicle" is mostly used with a negative connotation, it is actually used in relation to acclaimed movies.
@@PictureProductStudio saying that Billie Madison was an Adam Sandler vehicle means that the movie was made to feature and break Adam Sandler into the business, and launching his career!
@@PictureProductStudio - I'm aware. His delivery of the line made me guffaw.
Those Adam Sandler movies, smh.... where would that guy's movie career be without the 11-15 year old demographic? :P
@@StarryStarryNocturne Ikr? Lol
Damn, the amount of research that you must have put into this video is astonishing! Great job!
This video made me appreciate the Mortal Kombat movie even more!
Thanks!
My brother and I bonded so hard over this series and the movie was just pure magic when we saw it in the theater together. When we weren’t playing, we were inventing our own characters and finding our way onto 14kbps internet at school to wow each other with our newly discovered moves. We filled the manuals whole notes section with every fatality and code and devoted hours to experimentation in the DownUpLeftLeftARightDown debug modes flag switches to seek out further secrets. We’d encounter glitches and think we had discovered new characters. We glitched scorpion to turn pure black in MK1, which I say counts as Noob Saibot being in the game. We managed to play as Noob in MK2 by plugging in a second controller right as we finished the huge process of earning a fight against him, but could never duplicate it. I got my brother an Ultimate MK3 machine for his 40th birthday and delivered it to his house myself. We hadn’t been together in years and stayed up all night playing, just like when we were kids... oh goddammit. I’m tearing up thinking about it. I love this series and I love my brother.
Kano looks like a James Bond villian with the face plate
R.I.P Trevor Goddard
Scorpion and Johnny Cage fight is AMAZING!
People These Days: "Man, People These Days Are Too Sensitive"
People Those Days: "Let's Hold A Congressional Hearing Over Mortal Kombat 1 Being Too Violent, And Night Trap Being Too Sexy!!!!"
Bruh! 😂😂💀💀
I also have a little chuckle about people saying how things were so much better in the 80s when they talk about horror movies and censorship. Not many people remember there was a hell of a lot of "Won't someone think of the children" happening back then too.
Now unfortunately the creators became the moral figures they were trying to fight against in the 90's.
The attacks in those times always came from OUTSIDE of the industry. They were mocked by the games media and the audience, and in the end only made those games more popular and the community tighter. The attacks today come from inside: the games media, the publishers, the developers (going after other, less "enlightened" devs) and even part of the audience, who is more fractured than ever. Things were definitely much, much better back then.
@@gurriato I agree with this
OMG!!!! The game ad from the 90s with my battle cry as a kid
This was the first time you had music associated with a video game being played in clubs. "Mortal Kombat!" yelled the song and the club roared back! It was cool, as until then video games were generally thought of as geeky.
Paul Anderson knew what he was doing: he was from a background of young British directors such as Tim Pope, Stephen Norrington, Richard Stanley, Danny Cannon, Vadim Jean, Edgar Wright, and Danny Boyle, who were into into clubbing, comic books, music videos, and video games.
watching your videos for a year now and I finally subscribed a few days ago.
now, you upload a 42 minute long video about mortal kombat!???
wow!! thank you, man! =)
man Christopher Lambert sounds like such an amazing guy to work with. Like he just really loves being a part of movies and wants them to be at their best and doesnt seem to care much about what his agents think and how much they wanna get paid out of it. hollywood needs more people like him.
This is now my most favorite "Exploring" video. GREAT JOB!
Mine too! 😁
Thanks!
The extra fight scenes are actually some of the best in the movie. So glad that they planned every bit of the movie's production so carefully and with passion. No wonder it's one of the best video game movies ever. Makes me wonder what the hell happened between this and the second movie.
Thank you for doing this. You deserve so many more subs!
Thanks!
A giant respect for such an awesome documentary. Knowing the story behind the production literally makes you to love the movie even more! From Russia with love, as it's often said)
I was like 3/4 of the way thru before I realised this was a42 minute video!! Keep'em coming, great quality content as usual
Thanks!
MK 2 was and still is the DEFINITIVE Mortal Kombat stand up! It blew everyone away and there was a mob like 3 or 4 rows deep at every unit of the game at the arcade for months after it's release. Man I still remember all the nights we had at the arcade, shit talking, and drinking 64 ounce Old English 800 out in the parking lot...some of the BEST nights I have ever had as a teenager! Now, at 43 years old, whenever I see my friends from back then, stories from those nights at the arcade always come up!
Love this length of video, gives you more time to go in depth and give a better story. I would gladly wait two weeks for each video for this level of content.
Thanks!
It’s so clear they had a lot of fun filming and they really cared about the final product. That’s why I always come back to the MK film whenever they put it on streaming services. Thank you for making this in depth video. I think it’s one of your best eps!
Thank you! A lot went into this one so I'm glad its appreciated :)
This video convinced me to watch all your back catalogue. Keep up the amazing work! This channel will be huge!
Thanks! Hope you enjoy them :)
As always, thoroughly researched and well produced. Keep it up!
Thank you!
Interesting bit of trivia Director Lexi Alexander plays Kitana in the Mortal Kombat the live Tour. 37:48
Her movies and episodes nearly always have solid action because her own background is uncanny.
Dude, I saw this movie 3 times in the theaters when it first came out. Couldn't get enough.
True story: My girlfriend of that time styled the hair of the woman that played Kitana on that live stage show.
I wrote this twice. This is the right one. The other I mixed up with something else.
@KtotheD85 Dude! It was 25 years ago, of course he might have been wrong about something.
I keep hearing and seeing that the cast had such a great time making this film. I think its success definitely hinged on it being such a passion project for everyone involved.
That was surprisingly interesting! I was always on the Street Fighter camp more than MK and the movie was a short-lived novelty to me when it came out... but this video had me seated without moving for 42 minutes! Brilliant work!
Thanks!
I just want to take a minute to say how much i love your channel. Just the sheer amount of research you do blows my mind. I'm sure it take a lot of time to produce one of these videos. And even though some days you probably dont feel like it every minute of it is worth it to me. Your content just oozes quality.
Thank you so much! Its exhausting and sometimes frustrating but comments like this make it worth it because I know its being appreciated. :)
I still get chills every time I see/hear the opening theme of this film, so much so that I bought the soundtrack back when it came out, only to discover that the entire album was filled with badass industrial/metal/electronic music that was right up my alley. To this day I still jam/headbang to that album. It's right up there with the Last Action Hero soundtrack and The Crow soundtrack in being one of my favorite movie soundtracks of all time. The film definitely has some cheesy elements, but overall it still holds up pretty well and the effort of the crew and actors really shines through, as does the seriousness with which they treated the material. It could have easily veered off in a silly/campy direction (refer to the original Street Fighter film to see what that looks like), but instead they created a true martial arts film with a decent (though admittedly somewhat fantastic) story and characters that had some level of believably and depth and while it irks me slightly that they didn't show off their 'special moves' too much, they did a great job of keeping things grounded enough for the choreography of the fights and their actual martial arts skills to carry the action and the film which I think ultimately paid off where tons of bad CG effects would have made for a much less compelling action film. Obviously things could be different with modern CG effects being so close to photo-realism, but back then it probably would have really dragged down the film's quality and realism. They made some great choices in their casting too. Robin Shou was great, and you can't beat Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and his portrayal of Shang Tsung was perfect. Christopher Lambert was brilliant as Raiden, and he definitely hit the right beat with his 'god humor', bringing a new element to the character that we hadn't seen before (or since, based on his very serious portrayal in all the games I've played). I really hope they do a good job with the upcoming reboot.
3:06
Showing Dan Forden as his "Toasty" pop-out is the greatest Easter Egg ever
I love the MK games and adore the first film. Although really bad in places, it's still one of my favourite films and incredibly enjoyable.
I love it so much that I have the logo tattooed on my right arm.
Incredible video by the way. The length really gave you a chance to go in-depth with the history of the film. You're one of my favourite TH-cam channels. Keep up the great work.
Easily my top 3 videos I've ever watched on TH-cam..I loved Mortal Kombat..the story behind the game is amazing..I was around to actually run to the Arcade and play the game when it came out..you did a amazing job delivering the story...I subscribed as soon I was done with the video
Thanks for the sub!
Always loved this movie as a kid. I may have been 6 or 7 when it came out and it was perfect for my mind. I didn't see anything bad about it at the time, it just seemed like adult power rangers! Still maintain the first one is great and the second one is a definite acquired taste
Wow, this is so comprehensive. I really appreciate the work you put in.
I miss when Hollywood actually took risks on movies. Everything is so sanitized and CGId now.
Probably because a safer choice means a safer box office return. Usually it's fine by me if the movies are entertaining enough but I don't like how a lot of movies try to be "woke". Not saying that they should never do that but most of the movies trying to be that failed.
That and they want to please the Chinese government for their market
Lee Jones Bingo. Everything is made for international market.
I hope you joking. Back to the Future can't be MORE sanitazed, for mention one. And CGI is used, awfully, in MK.
I think it more safer and easier
I've just discovered your channel yesterday through your Empire Records video and I can't stop watching your vids!
Empire in my opinion is CRIMINALLY underrated and it upsets me that there isn't that many videos on discussing this and was happy that you pointed that out!
Mortal Kombat came out when I was 3 and therefore one of the first movies I ever remember watching along with The Mask therefore has defined my childhood soo completely.
I ADORE this movie and now as an adult and hearing all the passion, blood, sweat and tears that came outta it from the cast and crew I have a whole new level of admiration for the movie.
The fact that the actors worked this hard and performed all their fight scenes and had the battle scars to show for it!?!? Respect man and not something that you hear from action movies nowadays.
I did hear as well that Bridgette Wilson dislocated her shoulder and when it was put back in place she preformed the scene no problem. I also love that the fact that she brought her mom and the two sight saw Thailand was just too damn wholesome ❤
I LOVED Christopher Lambert as Raiden and was blown away to hear how much faith he had in the movie and how much he did for the cast and crew of this project.
I think they should worked with Christopher Lambert when he didn't like the script and rewrote his part in honor of how much he gave for the original movie to show their thanks.
The movie would have been a bit better if he was in it at least.
Sucks that Annihilation bomed soo hard, even I didn't like it when I first watched it when I was 5 years old lol.
Your deep dives are awesome and thank you for all the research you did on my if not my favorite childhood film 🙌🏻
Thanks for the kind words and for the sub! :)
Great video. Great insight into this legendary, iconic, franchise.
Thanks!
Putting together all the bits and pieces I saw on cable back in the day, I’ve probably seen the whole movie by now. But I didn’t remember Goro looking quite that good on screen. They absolutely nailed it with the look and the animatronics. Thanks for the video, and all the fun details of how they worked around the limitations placed on them.
Thank you so much for this. Mortal Kombat is one of my favorite movies. I would love to see an in depth video like this for the sequel. Even though that movie isn't as good it still holds a special place in my heart.
Thanks for watching!
This was an incredibly well put together. Thanks so much for taking the time to make such high effort content. This is easily the best video on MK I've seen.
Thank you!
It is still the best video game movie ever made and it's nearly 25 years old!
That's saying something ✊
Detective Pikachu is easily better
I can never agree enough of how great this movie is as the prototype of video game - film adaptation. Keep the plot and the character origins and you won't go wrong (it's how they keep f*cking up Tomb Raider)
I was 15 when the movie came out and now, I'm 40. God, I feel old!
Detective pikachu sonic tomb raider 1 an the reboot are all good video game adaptations
@@whiskycortomaltes Didn't care much for silent hill hated that the male character was turned female it had a good atmosphere though.The sequel was bad. It wasn't horrible but I don't think it was better then mortal kombat
Your videos really highlight how underappreciated the crew doing the work behind movies are. Actors are praised while the people who actually build and make the whole thing possible are rarely given much thought. Your videos do a good job of rectifying that.
Thank you! I think its very important to acknowledge the work that goes into these productions :)
Robin Shou shouldve been Goku in a 90s dragonball film. Thats a tragedy. He wouldve killed it
It wouldn't have matter that movie was so far from the source material it was nearly unrecognizable
Funny to read this comment knowing that there are rumors about the actor who will be LK in the movie next year possibly getting Goku's role...
I love how this, Event Horizon and Dog Soldiers are interwoven
Wow that 42 minutes really flew by. I personally consider Mortal Kombat to be the second best video game movie after Silent Hill.
Them are definitely the 2 best
@j s Not a Silent Hill fan I take it? If so, that's fine, and you're number 1 can still be Mortal Kombat, but.... please tell me the "Other" Video to game movie you think was done better? And if you say "Resident Evil", I know you're lying.
This is why I love this channel. Exploration videos are just the best!
Great piece of work! I missed your videos man. Thank you again!
Thanks!
This is genuinely one of my favourite movies ever. You guys did an amazing job putting that video together. Thanks guys! Bravo.
Christopher Lambert, a great professional and the reason I was excited to see this movie in the theater.
Another great video! I love how you explored basically every aspect of the movie from preproduction to the tv shows. This is why i love your channel. You should do Cool World next.
Thanks!
Mortal Kombat?
42 minutes?!
*rolls joint*
Let's do this.
@@metaloverload7374 who pissed in your cheerios boy
Puff puff pass, we'll start levitating with Kung Lao in the Earthrealm temple.
Havn't watched you videos in awhile but came back to this one. Still your best work imo. Makes me smile to hear the story and see the behind the scenes to a movie that meant a lot to me as a 90s kid.
They got mad because dude went to Thailand to do something he wanted? Business is trash..
Because it cost them a lot of money.
@@ThreadBomb it probably didn't cost them shit. If he was so stoked he probably spent his own money to fly there. They were probably pissed because they thought they could get more money from the studio
It's because they didn't get their 10%... 10% of 0$ isn't much for those managers who live on other people hard works.
the soundtrack turned me on to KMFDM when i was 10 and i still listen to them to this day
Likewise :D
I listened to the intro about five times. Really cool, nice and short and sweet. Leaving a little bit to the imagination with the whispery word, Flix. I like what you guys are doing.
Sweet 👍 Good bad flick's finally mortal Kombat history
Dude I so missed you last week. This retrospective on MK was well worth the wait.
:)
Mortal Kombat is Enter the Dragon meets Jason and the Argonauts.
If Jason and the Argonauts fought the gods.....in 🗣MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!
Fantastic job mate! I will be sharing this to our movie group! Keep up the fantastic work man!
@J Ygb Got a problem with community intrest groups? Be it books or film or are you the more non social type? I'm guessing the latter.
You can tell what made this movie great, and it's repeated multiple times. Everyone who worked on it was a fan, and they enjoyed working with the others. The drive and passion made it what it is today, and it shows that those two qualities where not there for the second movie. If it was, we would be talking about the trilogy/movie franchise in the same breath as the game franchise.
I have a much greater appreciation for this now, and loved the in depth view and background of it all.
A 42min video about Mortal Kombat? Count me in.
Superb job as always! I would say that the "Juke joint Jezebel" video was the main cause of the hype for the movie around here.