Director Paul W. S. Anderson 1995 adaptation of MORTAL KOMBAT with Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Linden Ashby as Johnny Cage, and Bridgette Wilson as Sonya Blade will be hitting Nextflix next month. Will you be tuning in? Let us know below!
The film sports a 47% approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: Despite an effective otherwordly atmosphere and appropriately cheesy visuals, Mortal Kombat suffers from its poorly constructed plot, laughable dialogue, and subpar acting.
For those of you that might not know, MORTAL KOMBAT begins when:
Lord Rayden (Christopher Lambert) handpicks three martial artists — federal agent Sonya Blade (Bridgette Wilson), Shaolin monk Lui Kang (Robin Shou) and action movie sensation Johnny Cage (Linden Ashby) — and mentors them. After intense training, Rayden transports the trio to Outworld, the site of an inter-dimensional fighting tournament. There, the three humans must defeat the demonic warriors of the evil Shang Sung (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) — or allow Sung to take over the Earth.
It stars Christopher Lambert as Rayden, Robin Shou as Liu Kang, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shang Tsung, Linden Ashby as Johnny Cage, Bridgette Wilson as Sonya Blade, Talisa Soto as Princess Kitana, Liu Kang, Trevor Goddard as Kano, François Petit as Sub-Zero, Keith Cooke as Reptile, Tom Woodruff, Jr. and Frank Welker as Goro, Kenneth Edwards as Art Lean, Steven Ho as Chan Kang, Gregory McKinney as Jax.
MORTAL KOMBAT was directed by Paul W. S. Anderson (EVENT HORIZON, RESIDENT EVIL) and produced by Lawrence Kasanoff from a screenplay written by Kevin Droney based on Mortal Kombat by Midway Games. New Line Cinema unleashed it into theaters back on August 18, 1995.
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