It is too violent for children and too silly for anyone else.

| Mar 17, 2021

Novices may find the ground rules difficult to follow, though if you cut away the baroque detail you are left with a blunt, noisy, violent fight between good and evil.

| Mar 17, 2021

The only decent video game turned into a movie. Why? Obviously because the filmmakers have really tried to offer some eye-popping visuals that can provide the same stimuli as the video game itself.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 14, 2020

A martial arts action-adventure with wondrous special effects and witty production design, it effectively combines supernatural terror, a mythical slay-the-dragon, save-the-princess odyssey and even a spiritual quest for self-knowledge.

| Apr 18, 2019

The guys in the recording studio who made the ooofff! augghhhh! sounds are the ones who really had all the fun.

| Original Score: C+ | Sep 7, 2011

Anderson does a good job of edging humour into dumbness - Lambert gets a few witty looks - and the art direction and effects are okay.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 7, 2010

Where others have sunk in the mire of imitation, director Paul Anderson and writer Kevin Droney effect a viable balance between exquisitely choreographed action and ironic visual and verbal counterpoint.

| Sep 22, 2008

British director Anderson does a fair job with what he was given: four good-looking leads, some very impressive sfx, Babylonian sets, a bone-crunching soundtrack, and a battery of well-choreographed fights.

| Jun 24, 2006

The most intriguing is a glassy-eyed follower whose right hand shoots out a hissing reptile that can extend itself for miles. Exotic creatures like these make watching Mortal Kombat feel like being in a high-tech fun house.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 20, 2003

The movie that most nearly approximates a video game: lots of action, no plot, eye-catching computer effects and a dollop of violence.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Just looks and plays a lot like Johnny Mnemonic, Double Dragon and other video-game-inspired, mayhem-filled messes.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

The movie has everything a teenage boy could want... Everything, that is, but an interesting plot, decent dialogue and compelling acting.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Likely to satisfy only the core audience already hooked on video and arcade games, and even that's not a sure thing.

| Jan 1, 2000

It's silly, of course, but more importantly, it's a hell of a lot of fun, with plenty of above-average gags.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000