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Mortal Kombat movie turns 25 today!

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Released on August 18th, 1995, it's been 25 years since one of the best videogame-to-movie adaptations hit the cinemas!

I still remember the excitement, the long line at the theater, the crowd cheering at the end... It was great. I love everything about it; the cast, the fights, the lines, the main theme...

What are your thoughts on this historical event?
 

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Saw this opening night in theaters, I was 14. As soon as the dude screamed "MORTAL KOMBAT" at the very beginning, the theater fucking erupted. I know people like to talk about Endgame, etc. as far as audiences cheering and clapping and whatnot, but to this day the MK opening was the loudest I've ever heard a fucking theater. It was insane.
 
Danlord

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Absolutely loved this movie, especially growing up I'd watch it every Christmas Eve because I knew the movie so well, time would fly and I could fall asleep quicker thereby waking up to Christmas Day itself ;)

I remember having the VHS version, a black and white version, then colour VHS, then DVD, and I had to import the Region B Blu-ray from eBay. Recently bought the Chase Edition Sub-Zero I've been hunting for my Pop collection too.
 

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This was probably the first movie in history to top the box office where the 2 major leads were Asian:

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I breathed and lived Mortal Kombat back in 1995, and I rewatched that movie over 50 times guaranteed. Still my most loved video game movie adaption until now.
 

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A paradoxal movie that is bad but somehow also very good. I love it very much and still consider it the absolute best videogame adaptation of all time. It was entertaining but most importantly kept the spirit of the source material in a way that later videogame adaptations failed to do.
 
Kalentan

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Best part about this movie is that it ultimately led to Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa to be Shang Tsung in MK11.
 
SugarWater7521

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I've seen this recently and it's still really enjoyable. It's hammy in a really great way and I feel basically all of the leads are super charismatic and work very well. Linden Ashby and Tagawa in particular.
 
manzoman96

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This movie is dope. I had a tape of the mask animated series and in the beginning was trailers for Mortal Kombat and Dumb and Dumber. Watched those trailers a million times lol.
 
MrPink

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Anytime I see the New Line Cinema logo, I'm always thinking Techno Syndrome.

It could be Lord of the Rings playing and I'm still gonna hear "MORTAL KOMBAT"
 
WascallyWabbit

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This is probably the first major movie I watched that had House/Electronic music so prominently, Paul WS Anderson was a visionary
 
RecRoulette

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Wow, didn't realize it was so long ago. That means I would've been 8 when I first saw it in the theater. Thanks mom!

I fucking loved that movie, everyone was on point, and I'm glad it's still influencing the games 25 years later.
 
balohna

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I have a memory of renting this movie when I was like 8 and had a friend over. We watched it like 3 times in a row that day. Then he rented it the next weekend and we watched it at his house too.

We weren't even big fans of the game, it was just a cool movie that captured our imagination.
 
Graven

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Halcyon On and On was such a perfect music at the end of the movie.

The movie was elevated by the characters and the loyalty to the source material, not the violence. I hope the new movie understands that.
 
Cam

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Saw it in a theater, immediate hype as soon as the theme hit. But also, REPTILE! When the statute started changing and he came to life, I marked out so hard, but then I didn't think we'd see the bicycle kick either.

That movie delivered in spades.
 
DarkSora

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Also, a bit of topic but this movie brought us one of the best pics, lol.
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stn

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As a kid, I remember getting sooooooooooo hype at the intro. I remember even my dad said "ohhhhhh shit" lol.
 
Mobius 1

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Great film, time is only making people realize how good and visionary it was considering the subject matter. Asian leads, entertaining characters, techno/house soundtrack that made perfect sense, legendary one-liners.

And that Reptile fight.
 

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Mortal Kombat is simultaneously great, bad and perfect.

I still bump Traci Lords' "Control" (aka Reptile's Theme) on a regular basis.

 
Airi

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This explains why I had a craving last night to listen to this movie's soundtrack again.

I have so many good memories attached to this movie. It was the first time I went to a film without a parent escorting us, it was just me and my best friend. We had so much fun watching it and the audience there was hyped too. I bought the soundtrack twice over after the first disc got cracked in a drop. I recorded the 'Making of' specials that ran on TV as well. It was definitely the best gaming movie that really captured the spirit of the games.
 
Suede

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I used to rent the VHS at my local petrol station with my cousin all the time.

I was thinking of doing a rewatch.
 
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