The writer challenges movie audiences and critics to reconsider their opinions on the 1995 fantasy film and give it the respect it deserves. They argue that the film should be viewed in the context of its time and the accomplishments of its director and martial arts cast.
The slander and negativity directed towards 1995's Mortal Kombat have gone on far too long. The millennial video game fantasy flick currently holds a 44% critic score alongside a 58% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The disrespect towards a film featuring this level of martial arts talent is astounding, and the late Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is rolling over in his grave. One of the main gripes from the peanut gallery is that the CGI doesn't necessarily hold up 30 years later. Apologies for the visual effects used in a movie based on a SEGA Genesis video game series that don't live up to today’s superhero movie CGI.
In 1995, it was a mere 22 years after Westworld became the first feature film to use computer-generated imagery. Not to mention, 1995 saw Toy Story, the first-ever fully CGI film, come to fruition. Perhaps audiences and critics alike would do well to give Mortal Kombat a bit of grace and leeway. Technology isn't developed overnight, and looking back, CGI was in its infancy in 1995.
Can cinephiles take a second to appreciate what Paul W.S. Anderson accomplished? The director created the first live-action iteration of characters who had only ever been available in a two-dimensional world. The point being, Mortal Kombat is much better than movie buffs and keyboard warriors give it credit for
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