Mortal Kombat (2021)

When I was in college, my roommate introduced me and our mutual friends to both the Mortal Kombat game and the 1995 film. Those two items pair quite well together. I don’t know about later MK games, but this film doesn’t gel with the parts I’m familiar with. There’s too much time spent on a hackneyed story involving superfluous family characters. The music and fight choreography do nothing to adrenalize the viewer. Most of the actors feel rather miscast. There isn’t even a tournament. It does at least include quotes and graphic violence reminiscent of the original game.