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[[File:mortal-kombat-heroes_3859.jpg|frame|Let Mortal Kombat begin!]]
{{quote|''"I have looked into their souls... and yours. One of you three will decide the outcome of the tournament. The fate of billions will depend upon you! [[Dissonant Serenity|Heh heh heh heh]]... sorry." ''
|'''Raiden'''}}
▲{{quote|''"I have looked into their souls... and yours. One of you three will decide the outcome of the tournament. The fate of billions will depend upon you! [[Dissonant Serenity|Heh heh heh heh]]... sorry." ''|'''Raiden'''}}
|'''Shang Tsung'''}}
▲{{quote|''"It has begun!''"|'''Shang Tsung'''}}
'''''Mortal Kombat''''' is a 1995 film based on the long running ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' fighting game franchise; it incorporates elements from the series' first two games (with a decided emphasis on the first game).
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The three protagonists each have a personal reason for competing: Liu Kang seeks to avenge his brother's death, Sonya seeks to bring a violent killer to justice, and Johnny seeks validation of his skills as a martial artist. Raiden (Christopher Lambert), the [[Physical God|God of Lightning and Thunder]], serves as their mentor and guide throughout the tournament -- and the trio also finds a sympathetic voice from Outworld in Princess Kitana (Talisa Soto). Outworld's forces are not ill-prepared for a challenge, however: [[Big Bad|Shang Tsung]] (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), his [[The Dragon|dragon Goro]] ([[Kevin Michael Richardson]]), elite soldiers Sub-Zero (Francois Petit) and Scorpion (Chris Casamassa), Sonya's nemesis Kano (Trevor Goddard), and even Reptile (Keith Cooke) all seek to win the tournament and kickstart Outworld's invasion of Earth.
Although critics generally disliked the film (aside from Siskel and Ebert, who surprisingly admitted to enjoying it), it's considered a success. It does a fairly faithful job in recreating the game's atmosphere with its casting, costumes, special effects, and environments. Its story is straightforward, the dialogue is fun, the action sequences are exciting, and some reasonable [[Character Development]] occurs. The only frequent complaint by fans is the "PG-13" rating, since a proper translation of the games would likely have gotten a hard "R" rating. Despite its flaws, ''Mortal Kombat'' was popular enough to earn a sequel (''[[Mortal Kombat:
As a side note: the director of this film, [[Paul W. S. Anderson]], went on to direct other two [[Love It or Hate It]] films based on popular franchises (''[[Resident Evil (film)|Resident Evil]]'' and ''[[Alien vs. Predator]]'') -- and, like this film, another director went on to make a universally-disliked sequel with an [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|odd title]] (John R. Leonetti, ''[[Mortal Kombat:
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* [[All Asians Wear Conical Straw Hats]]: Raiden wore one at the beginning of the film, even though he was played by a white actor. However, despite his physical appearance, his name and role in the film implies he is the Japanese and/or Chinese god of thunder.
* [[As You Know]]: Used believably in the form of a taunt:
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