Mortal Kombat Movie Reaction | 1995 Film 

I don’t care what anyone says! This movie was a BLAST 😂

Ah yes, the movie that a lot of people thought would fail… And yet years later everyone looks forward to “YOUR SOUL IS MINE” and “IT HAS BEGUN!!!”

You get the skin for Sonya, Johnny Cage, and Raiden from this movie in MK 11, which is voiced by the actors from this movie

As all things MK, Kung Lao is a little complicated... there are two of them, one is the Legendary Kung Lao from one of the first mortal kombat tourneys who is the ancestor to Lui Kang AND the "current" Kung Lao who is headstrong and brash chasing the influence granted by his namesake. edit: also as a point of clarity, Sonya being tied up and being the damsel is an homage to the video games, one of the levels/stages in mortal kombat 2 has her in the background chained up between two small pillars as a prisoner of the Emperor.

Reptile fight is the best and the song with it and the announcer... just perfect to me.

MK1 Liu Kang: "There's nowhere to run,Shang Tsung!" Movie Shang Tsung: "I DON'T NEED TO RUN!"

So, the reason the Sonya/Kano fight is so telegraphed is because the actress who played Sonya isn't actually a fighter, unlike the others. They originally cast a different actress to play her for the movie but she got hurt before filming started so they had to recast and work with what they had. She does a great job for most of the movie but she can't quite sell a one on one fight scene, which is also likely the reason Sonya has the least to actually do in the movie. The games' creator actually liked this version of Kano so much they changed him in the games to match, this was the first time he was depicted as Australian. The movie is also the source of a lot of things that made it into the games: the idea that one Realm had to win ten consecutive tournaments to merge realms, the romance between Kitana and Liu Kang, Johnny being the funny one-liner dropping character, and Raiden's role as a mentor character who couldn't directly interfere.

So regarding Liu Kang saying "Flawless Victory" @ 37:14, it still kinda works in a way if you play out the fight like the video games. Round 1: Liu Kang wins the initial brawl by knocking Shang down. Round 2: Shang wins by wearing Liu Kang down with minions, then beating him down. Final Round: Liu Kang doesn't take a single blow after he stands back up at that point. Hence, Flawless Victory.

I still think Sub-Zeros and Scorpions entrances is the greatest entrance to characters cinema has done. It is so well done. Even if you don't know who they are the way they come out, the music, the slow mo just tells you they don't fuck around.

It's my understanding that the animatronic for Goro was one of the most expensive parts of the movie, and also one of the last prominent animatronics before they were replaced with CGI. You still see a few animatronics as an artistic choice, but not in prominent roles like this one. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. It's been years since I looked this up, and my info could be mis-remembered or outdated.

33:50 The Great Kung Lao is mentioned many times in the video games and is seen in Liu Kang's MK11 Aftermath ending. Both Liu Kang and Kung Lao are descended from him in the games

Yeah. Reptile took some special stuff to unlock and his AI Aggression was dialed way up for the initial fight. He was incredibly fast and he could do both Sub-Zero's and Scorpion's special moves

This movie changed Kano's race. He was Chinese-American before this.

"Did they make a sequel to this?" They did, but unlike this one, it didn't become a cult classic, it's just kinda bad, unfortunately.

Liu Kang and the modern Kung Lao are both descendants of the original Kung Lao that won the tournament 500 years ago. That's why they're cousins.

Oh wow... Haven't seen this movie in a long time. This brings back memories. Glad to see ya'll react to this

This movie might not be a Masterpiece but it’s a fun movie to watch

It’s funny watching these special effects and fights after playing the games. We have come a long way

I saw this at least 3 times in the theater, it was so fun as a kid. Still is, I prefer it over the new movie.

This movie is the source to a lot of stuff that stuck around in MK cannon. This is the first time that Kano was Australian instead of Japanese (even though the actor was going for a British accent), this is where Johnny X Sonya and Liu Kang vs Kitana were first established, this is where many famous quotes like "it has begun" and "your soul is mine" originated from.

You should also watch the most recent mk movie if you haven't already

The campiness and clunky CGI only add to the charm, especially how Cary Hiroyuki hams it up as Shang Only major qualm I have is Reptile. Man, they butchered him worse than any fatality.

Do you guys plan on reacting to the Mortal Kombat 2021 movie in the future?

Kano wasn't Australian in the video games until this performance by Trevor Goddard

30:33 The Liu Kang actor legit was injured here but it looks so cool that they kept the shot

Shang is honestly the Best Character in this movie by a Wide Margin besides Liu Kang.

⚡️⚡️⚡️🔥🔥🔥🐉🐉🐉🦂🦂🦂🦎🦎🦎 YEEEEESSSSS!!! Been waiting for this!!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️🔥🔥🔥🐉🐉🐉🦂🦂🦂🦎🦎🦎

oh god wait till you see it it's called MK Annihilation for a reason it eliminates everything good about this movie

Fun fact the director for Johnny cage was supposed to be Steven Spielberg but they couldn't get but Mr. Spielberg is a fan of MORTAL KOMBAT

This is my favorite movie right here Johnny cage ,Liu Kang, sub-zero, and scorpion are my favorite characters

The guy that played "Raiden was a big star,from TV. He was the legendary "Highlander.

“It has begun!”

The best Mortal Kombat movie or video game adaptation EVER! Nobody can top it. In fact many tried and many failed. Also, that was the time when MK video games was good, movie was good, then we got good TV show, which is Mortal Kombat Conquest, cool second cartoon. Man, that was amazing time to be alive, especially if you are Mortal Kombat fan. The best fights in this movie is Johnny Cage vs Scorpion, Liu Kang vs Sub-Zero and Liu Kang vs Reptile. Those 3 are the top! And as a metalhead I freaking LOVE the soundtrack that plays during the fight between Johnny Cage and Scorpion. And it is called Zero Signal by band called Fear Factory. I listened to that track so much that I know who lyrics to it and can make it play in my head instantly.

About Shang Tsung: I believe they blended MK1 and MK2 lore together without wasting time on the revitalization story. When Shang Tsung returns to Outworld in MKII, Emperor Shao Kahn rewards him with a second chance and grants him more power by returning his youth. This is why in MK1 Shang Tsung is a flying old white haired sorcerer but in MK2 he had black hair in a fighting gi. The funny thing about Sonya Blade is that her and Kano wasn't playable characters in MKII because they were the least used characters on the Arcade. They had them chained up on platforms in the background of one of the arenas in MKII.

Its funny that due to this movie, that Kano becomes Australian in the games moving forward.

Id has begun..Dun..dun..dun..MORTAL KOMBAT!

The actors who played the villains Shang stung and Kano pulled it off....too bad Kano's actor died in suicide after few years from the film.....he will be remembered for this role atleast

I love that bit between them when Liu Kang said it's not her mind that Johnny is admiring, and he said it's true.

Fun fact: The actors who played Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade, and Raiden reprised their roles in the MK 11 game as special DLC skins. The actor who played Shang Tsung played him in the MK 11 game as well.

Liu Kang and Kung Lao (hat boy) are both the descendants of the original Kung Lao.

This movie and the '93 Super Mario Bros is top tier video game movies. Love 'em both.

@44:50 I dunno, considering how well One Piece is doing they may start sticking to the IP/fan endorsed interpretations more... Also, Christopher Lambert was The Highlander. He gets a bit of a pass. 🤣

Y'all should totally check out the animated trilogy that starts with Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpions Revenge!!!

Oh gosh they want to watch the sequel they said. The sequel is such a notoriously bad movie, haha. This first movie was fun and great though but get ready for some real dumb stuff if you watch the next.

At the end there when she says, "you know we gotta watch that one too." The look on his face says it all 🤣

In addition to Johnny's latest introduction, 11 references "Where do you get these guys?" With "Who hired this guy!?" (The triple uppercut fatality). Kitana's presence during the events of the first game, while logical, also harkens back to Kitsune. She was a dropped prototype of Kitana who would have been Shang's daughter and liu Kang's love interest.

That one ship, fun fact its Cgi, and when i heard that i dint believe it, when looking at the behind the scenes it was more awesome, this is why a lot of people who was in the original MK franchise loved this film.

Done by the same studio that gave us the one Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live action movies (worth mentioning) with some of the best actors for the roles (some even brought back in videogames to reprise those roles) and the greatest soundtrack to any and all video game movies! Hell yeah! There's only two words for this movie; FLAWLESS VICTORY!

The part where Liu Kang says “Flawless Victory” is actually accurate if you think of it like the games. They had Round 1, which went to Liu Kang because he drew first blood and beat the dead warriors. Round 2 goes to Shang Tsung after he changes back from Chan. Finally they start Round 3 when Liu says, “I am the chosen one.” He didn’t get hit once and finished off Shang Tsung. So technically, that is a Flawless Victory for that round.

Robin Shou, the guy who plays Liu Kang, had a bit part in another movie that was adapted from a fighting game. DOA: Dead or Alive. He gets his ass kicked, twice. He was also in the Chris Farley movie Beverly Hills Ninja

Despite the not enough violence in this movie ..it did well....but the sound track(MORTAL KOMAT!!!) is what makes want to see it over and over again kinda....the 2021 version uses similar base of the track

very god

I think i shouldn't say this but.. Sonya defeating Kano gives me joy. 🏳‍🌈 Like serious joy because specially in this movie, he is so disgusting.

i remember searching for christopher lambert movies after watching greystoke and highlander when i found this one, i fell in love with it, soooooo cheese and extravagant and over the top, it's in my dvd collection and i watch it every now and then just for lols, anihilation wasn't quite the same and haven't watched the 2021 but this one i quite enjoyed

If Kitana walked down the hallway than why the hallway was blocked by a lot of spider webs. It was clear that hallway wasn't used.

Im not sure where Christopher Lambert is from but he already has experience playing an immortal, they needed some known actor so he got the part, raider is a lesser god not actually Asian MK lore just takes place in Asia

the lady who played Sonya was also the hot teacher in Billy Madison oh yeah he's right! Reptile in MK1 is an unplayable hidden fight and quite a challenge compared to the other ones encountered before him

Something that I’m not sure was intentional but is neat nonetheless. Johnny Cage got a perfect on Goro and performed a Stage Fatality without blocking. That’s how you unlocked the Reptile fight in the original MK. How funny that the next opponent that was fought after that match was Reptile. Again not sure if that was intentional but it was still a neat detail.

The movie was a bit cheesy, but still classic. Though he's not a VA, I dig Christopher Lambert's (Raiden) voice; imitating it feels quite easy and fun. :D Not really a spoiler if you guys gonna watch the sequel, but some cast were replaced for that one, including him and Bridgette Wilson (Sonya), the latter with Sandra Hess which I only know from the series Pensacola back in the day. Cameron Diaz was supposed to be Sonya in this first film, but that plan went west due to a wrist injury. :( Would also personally say that the special effects in the sequel, Annihilation, looks way cheaper that here, and the script too might suffer to some degree, but both movies are still undying. ^^ We also get to see a good fight scene for Kitana (rejoice, Beth). :)

Bridgette Wilson is the name of the actress who later on married Tennis Player Pete Sampras 🙂 she was in a movie Billy Madison starring Adam Sandler if you have seen that

The baddest Kitana. She was a dime

Yeah, in some entries they claimed Kung Lao and Liu Kang are distant cousins. Lao being a direct descendant of the Great Kung Lao, while Liu Kang is from an offshoot branch of the family through a female ancestor.

Yawwwwwwwn..... These two are more boring then watching a mountain erode

This is hilarious 😂

Sonya Blade actress was in 'The Last Action Hero' with big Arnold.

1995?!? Damnit, I'm old now Guess I gotta complain about my back and my knee's now

Bridget wilson was also veronica Vaughn in billy madison she was the 3rd grade teacher

Best of the cheese. Let that song breakout in Walmart and 20% of the shoppers will be like "this is what we have been waiting for lol". A movie that will always be in my heart

“That was a dick love.” A few seconds later, nope, *this* is a dick move

The Kung Lao from the games is Liu Kang's cousin but is only named after their shared ancestor. The original Kung Lao was the Mortal Kombat champion before Goro. Also: there is no second movie in Ba Sing Se.

Actually it was a flawless victory(r3) vs shang that fight was broken down into 3 rounds 1st Kang won, 2nd shang won, 3rd round was a flawless for Kang.

Yo I’m dead🤣 Ken over here y’all don’t know what the f**k a flawless Victory is, do you🤔😂

The bit where Sub Zero and Scorpion walk through the door will always be the most hype scene of any movie for me, even to this day I still get goosebumps.

The actress playing Sonya blade here is also in Billy Madison.

25:16 Technically it could have been a flawless, because in the games, at least the newer ones it goes by health depleted, not taking an actual hit, in MK1 I had an amulet that regenerated health when activated and got hit a few times but my health regened back to 100 before the round end and I got a flawless lol. So if Art's attacks were too weak to take any of Goro's health, it could have been a flawless lol. Also, I'm pretty sure this movie is subconsciously why I main Reptile every game he's in haha.

Dunno why you're criticizing 90's fight scenes. Has nothing to do with the time period. It's just a B movie. A classic, but still a B movie. Look at the recent star wars movies for instance. The fight scenes are about as goofy as Mortal Kombat's.

The sunglasses part has become a recurring reference/Easter egg in the games as well

That was Liu Kang's brother, Chen

18:22 to the comment about cyrax, it would have been cool if he was cyrax because in the show called WMAC masters aired a month before the movie released in theaters and the actor hakim alston played a warrior named the machine in that show and MK3 released in arcades. but i know the movie was filmed before hand but would have been a cool nod since the movie and MK3. but yeah also Ho Sung Pak who played liu kang in mk1 and mk2 games was also in the WMAC show as well.

Kano fought Sonya like an abusive husband.

I really hope you guys do the Mortal Kombat Legends films after this

3:18 This movie changed so much of Mortal Kombat it's pretty funny. If I remember right this movie is responsible for changing Kano from American/Japanese to Australian in all future installments, created the Johnny Cage and Sonya romance, created the Kitana and Liu Kang romance, changed Raiden's hair color from black to white in all future installments and I'm pretty sure it's responsible for the Raiden character change/retcon(making him competent and caring rather than arrogant and uncaring for humanity) from MK1 to MK2 and that's all I can remember off the top of my head but I'm pretty sure it's responsible for more.

Cassie Cage is Johnny and Sonya’s daughter.

OMG no one tell them about the sequel, it'll be hilarious!

This movie was the best, the sequel however was garbage

Such a good, fun movie given what it was. The music was great and somewhere in my black hole of a house I still have the cassette soundtrack.

Fun fact: The theme that plays 4000 times is called "Techno Syndrome", by The Immortals. And, if you ask any professional musician, is obnoxiously simple and easy to reproduce. However, dude was paid $10,000 to spend half an hour farting out a cheesy melody that became so permanently engrained in the public zeitgeist that even 25 years later, I can go down to my local skating rink and it'll play during speed skating. Bonus fact: The famous "Mortal Kombat" scream is actually a pitch-shifted scream of a 12 year old boy from the original commercial for the game.

Raiden’s punch on the guy next to him followed by “oh, sorry” is my favourite bit in the movie. (Well, everything with this version of Raiden)

Ah the only good MK movie that good and not a remake.

Regarding Liu Kang and Kung Lao's relation to each other and the Great Kung Lao, it tends to flip flop. Typically, Liu and Lao are just friends and Lao is descended from The GKL. However sometimes LK and KL are cousins, sometimes LK is the descendant. It just depends on the writers. MK is nothing if not HORRIBLY inconsistant with its lore.

Oh it was huge in the 90's. I own both of the movies. I love the fun and action in these movies. It wasn't Oscar like but they made a shit ton of money as any huge movie. 👍

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One of my favorite movies 🍿

The animatronics and practical effects on goro were great. They put so much work and effort into it. But yeah there’s no sequel…. I promise you guys there isn’t….. 😢

Ooooooh I just remembered some interesting note....the orginal actress Cameron Diaz was supposed to play Sonia blade but was badly injured during the trial or prep and was replaced fast...even Robin shou(Lui Kang) nearly had a injured spine...ouch.....close to real life brutality

This will always be the best Mortal Kombat movie.

Mortal Kombat!! 😃 . I love this movie. I love this this time period in life when the word cheesy didn't exist. Great movies and TV. I enjoyed the margarita moment,that was great. Fantastic MK movie 🎉

I think the director's choices for the fights are really cool Sonya x Kano heavy guitar to give more attitude to the fight Johnny x Scorpion tense music in the forest and even more tense music in Scorpion's lair, due to non-stop attacks Liu x Kitana something softer in general something more intriguing in music Liu x Sub-zero It's almost like a dance, strong beats, melody and tension in the song In Goro's parts, it's heavy guitar and drums, all intense to show fear and brutality due to the character's strength and size liu x reptile Reptile is a secret character who in the first game is faster and more aggressive than in other games clearly shown in the film always running, never stopping attacking, very aggressive and the intense and tireless music, showing Reptile's resistance and initial attitude Liu x Shang Tsung It's the Climax, the final of the tournament! first the theme song showing hope then tension against several warriors then suspense and doubt when Shang transforms into Chan, then orchestra and drums for the turn of the fight and conclusion of the fight After the final victory comes happy music with calm melodies for a happy ending Man, it's still incredible today should have been nominated for an Oscar for soundtrack it's fantastic! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Even though it was bulky and made it hard to do any action scenes with it, I'm *so* glad they did practical effects with designing Goro's costume instead of going for CGI there. He's much more intimidating this way. Despite what people say, I really enjoy this movie! And I really love the "Those were $500 sunglasses, asshole!" line so much. I was a Johnny Cage main in the early days of Mortal Kombat so seeing him being such a spoiled brat just made me like him so much more in this movie

So, the guy you thought was Cyrax at first used to be on a martial arts television show called WMAC Masters, that ran from 1995-1997. His name is Hakim Alston, and he played The Machine on the series. Hakim is a kickboxing champion with 30 years of experience in martial arts.