He’s never made a critically acclaimed movie in his life, (okay, okay I’ll give you 1997’s Event Horizon) but sometimes you just gotta roll with the punches and remember that movies can be gosh darn fun to watch. Anderson movie, you’re aware that things will inevitably blow up, dudes will punch out other dudes, they’ll likely be a CGI monster at some point in the film and they’ll be over-the-tippy-top machismo and action, served in bucketloads. If you’re going into a cinema to watch a Paul W.S. He has never once made any sort of pretension to being an artist, and that’s why he keeps on doing what he’s doing. Anderson doesn’t get enough credit for his extensively eclectic career as a director. Or could it be that they had the perfect director to film it? Though, that’s not terribly surprising since the game itself was already a mishmash of Hollywood and Hong Kong movie tropes. So what makes Mortal Kombat stand out from the pack? Perhaps it’s one of those rare video game adaptations that could be considered one of the better examples of utilizing the source material in a coherent and subjective way. Street Fighter: The Movie (1994) was a charmingly campy and self-consciously silly action flick, offering a fast-cut, colourful and unmistakably early-90s take on video game culture. offering fans a dystopian themed parallel world with animatronic dinosaurs, de-evolutionary laser guns and a scene-chewing Dennis Hopper. The first major triple A video game adaptation, Super Mario Brothers (1993), fell short of expectations with the producers ultimately taking one too many liberties with the source material. Video Game adaptations in the early/mid ’90s had a bit of a rough deal finding their demographic, and this, unfortunately, has been a trait that has carried on throughout the decades. “ Enter the Dragon (1973) by way of Big Trouble in Little China (1986) infused with hammy acting and melodramatic 90’s sound design.” Perhaps the sheer power of his scream created a vortex that sucked him from Earth into Outworld, but yelling Mortal Kombat at the top of his lungs set the scene for one of the better game/film adaptations of the time. Who exactly is the ‘yell guy?’ It’s still one of the internet’s unsolved mysteries, and I for one remain ignorant.
It’s possibly one of the most iconic shrieks in all of video gaming, even if it’s not even technically from the game itself. We’re here to celebrate the 25 th anniversary of Mortal Kombat and the best intro could only be realized with the techno music pulsing in your veins. People may look at you strangely, but it’s okay. Even after reading this article you’ll be humming it to yourself whilst whispering ‘ Fight,’ and ‘ Flawless Victory’ under your breath.
Don’t try to fight it…the more you resist the more it’ll carve its way into your cerebral cortex and bash around in there like a brick flailing around in a washing machine. With two simple words the techno beats of 1995’s Mortal Kombat are now vibrantly thumping within your head.