I assume your tongue is fairly firmly in your cheek, but I can’t think of a better example for “mediocre movie” than Mortal Kombat. Lots of stuff to like about it (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Robin Shou’s hair, Goro, several of the sets, etc), mixed in with mostly underwhelming martial arts and cinematography, with characters whose depth reflects their origins. Don’t get me wrong, I like it, but I’m not crusading to convince people of Paul W.S. Anderson’s misunderstood genius lol
I thought for a sec you were talking about the game and not the movie. I’m not into fighting games or gore for the sake of gore but the game is a cultural landmark.
Jeez. I must be getting old. Mortal Kombat from 1995.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5S7GSgBgqcQzcDaNokY7rvibI_N6hDmQ
No no no, they said mediocre.
I assume your tongue is fairly firmly in your cheek, but I can’t think of a better example for “mediocre movie” than Mortal Kombat. Lots of stuff to like about it (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Robin Shou’s hair, Goro, several of the sets, etc), mixed in with mostly underwhelming martial arts and cinematography, with characters whose depth reflects their origins. Don’t get me wrong, I like it, but I’m not crusading to convince people of Paul W.S. Anderson’s misunderstood genius lol
Recently got reminded of this (sadly) due to Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa passing.
The first “MORTAL KOOOOMBAT” yell from the song still owns some space in my head.
I thought for a sec you were talking about the game and not the movie. I’m not into fighting games or gore for the sake of gore but the game is a cultural landmark.