41: Mortal Kombat (1995)

Our first couple of video game adaptations this month were pretty dire, but business picks up this week as we check out Paul W.S. Anderson's first foray into games as cinema in Mortal Kombat! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:18) - Intro. (00:00:52) - Our movie this week: MORTAL KOMBAT (caps to imply yelling). Plus our histories with the MK franchise. (00:12:35) - Getting into the history of the games and the development of the film. (00:19:18) - Good ol' Goro. (00:22:41) - The injury list and fight choreography talk. (00:24:24) - Our illustrious cast. (00:37:37) - Getting into the film's ruthlessly efficient set-up. (00:42:35) - The theme song and soundtrack. (00:45:06) - Accepting the ridiculousness of it all and BIG SPOOKY BOAT. (00:52:05) - Break! (00:52:25) - Welcome to Shang Tsung's island. (00:58:25) - It's banquet time, and Reptile's here. (01:01:01) - My dinner with Goro. (01:06:02) - Kicking off the tournament and a shout out to Hakim Alston. (01:10:10) - Fight after fight after fight! (01:20:32) - Fear is the mindkiller, or so we've heard. (01:28:40) - Off to Outworld we go. If you understand the set-up for this Reptile fight, please explain it to us. (01:33:28) - Time for Liu Kang to meet his destiny. (01:40:51) - We did it! The world is saved! Nothing bad can happen now! (01:45:05) - Final thoughts. (01:47:46) - Outro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.