Cheesy poo...
Watching with my sis last night, and felt obligated to do so...
It's a video-game movie, and whilst it's one of the best out there, it's still not that great by any stretch of the imagination, and on any cinematic level.
The choice of 'actors' was near-perfect in my view as far as the aesthetic was concerned - Christopher Lambert in particular lends a sense of gravitas to the production. The premise is faithful to the video game (which is encouraging as a teenage fan back in the day). And with the exception of a few set-pieces, the martial arts sequences left much to be desired, as the fight choreography was smack-in-the-face obvious (compared to the modern-era Bourne and Chris Nolan Batman movies).
I have mixed feelings about the dialogue, which is simplistic and laced with artifice throughout. But it's not meant to be deep, and a lot of it is cheesy entertaining. The Johnny Cage character's lines in particular are a particular delight in their delivery, and you can't help but smile at some of the awkwardness and cringe-worthiness!
So yeah, a relatively 'enjoyable' actioner. But would have wanted there to be more depth, more esoteric martial arts action, and generally have more care and attention to detail for the more clumsy and jarring scenes pervading the movie. A welcome effort overall to the genre of video-game adaptation, and canon of the Mortal Kombat franchise (video game, not movie). Numb skulls will love it.
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