About this episode
The hosts revisit the 1995 film Mortal Kombat to explore its unexpected charm and action style.
Send us some fan mail! Mortal Kombat (1995) shouldn’t work as well as it does, and that’s exactly why we had to revisit it. The CGI gets clowned, the dialogue gets cheesy, and yet the movie still feels like it has a pulse. We sit down to rewatch this classic video game adaptation and figure out what gives it that hard-to-fake 90s charm. We get into Paul W.S. Anderson’s early action style, why wide shots matter, and which fight scenes actually hold up when you’re paying attention. From Johnny...
People in this episode
Hosts: Jesse, Jason
Topics covered
- movie review
- 90s cinema
- video game adaptation
- CGI effects
- action scenes
Keywords
- Mortal Kombat
- 1995
- Paul W.S. Anderson
- CGI
- action scenes
- 90s charm
- video game movie
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Mortal Kombat (1995)
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