Tag: Mortal Kombat
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The Island review – Michael Jai White punches up in stunt-filled Caribbean action flick
The Mortal Kombat star plays an LA cop returning home to avenge his brother’s murder in this charming piece of grindhouse schlockOn an unnamed island in the Caribbean, a cartel boss named Manuel (Edoardo Costa) kills bartender Akeem (Tristan Duncan) merely because he spills a drink on Nora (Cami Storm), a young singer Manuel was…
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‘Mortal Kombat 2’: What to Expect
If you’re having trouble figuring out what that guy from the rooftops is screaming, he’s more than likely shouting the immortal words “Mortal Kombat!” That’s because things are finally starting to get moving on Mortal Kombat 2, the sequel to the smash hit video game adaptation from 2021. Until recently, video game adaptations were some…
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‘Mortal Kombat 2’ Has Begun Filming, According to Producer
Over the years, there have been a number of great video games worthy of on-screen adaptations. However, for the most part, the adaptation of video games has been avoided as they’ve historically ended up as box office disappointments. That is until recently when HBO’s The Last of Us and The Super Mario Bros. Movie helped…
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Tom Hanks’s First Lead Role Was In A Movie About How Dungeons & Dragons Will Destroy Your Children
Stirring parents up into a paranoid mob is an American tradition, and it’s one of our lousiest. The poorly-researched anti-comic book tome “Seduction of the Innocent” led to a public comic book burning in the 1950s and decades of oppressive self-censorship within the publishing world. Violent video games like “Mortal Kombat” were accused of corrupting…
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Lewis Tan Hints That Shatterstar Might Return (Somehow) In Deadpool 3
Lewis Tan, the actor who played Cole Young in the live-action “Mortal Kombat” adaptation and the mutant superhero Shatterstar in “Deadpool 2” has been tweeting little emoji teasers for the last few months regarding “Deadpool 3,” sparking rumors that Shatterstar will appear in the upcoming film due out in 2024. An actor confirming or teasing an…
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‘Gran Turismo’: David Harbour To Star In Neill Blomkamp’s Video Game Film
The curse of the video game movie seems to be officially over. Well, maybe not in terms of quality control, but at least these video game movies like “Sonic the Hedgehog,” “Uncharted,” and “Mortal Kombat” seem to be nabbing audiences. So, now the folks at Sony are moving full speed ahead on a film based…
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Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind: Everything We Know So Far
If you are a devotée of “Mortal Kombat,” you’ll be happy to know there is an upcoming sequel to the animated films “Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge,” and “Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms.” The new film is called “Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind,” which is another mouthful of a title. IGN has revealed…
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‘Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie’ Review: A Less-Than-Radical Entry in the Cowabunga Canon
Though their popularity peaked long before most of today’s actual teenagers were born, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles never really went away. We’re only six years removed from the most recent live-action film based on the pizza-loving reptiles, and it was just two months ago that a new Tmnt video game was released. Ant Ward…
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Mortal Kombat’s Creators Couldn’t Believe Anyone Would Want To Make It A Movie
“Mortal Kombat” is one of the best fighting games out there. It’s silly, and ridiculous, and bloody, and it’s so much fun! As someone who’s been playing the title since it first came out, I love every goofy thing about it, from fatalities, to the weird ways the characters attack each other, to the look…
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Streets Of Rage Movie In The Works From John Wick And Nobody Writer
Movies based on video games are nothing new. Though they may be much maligned by some, many fondly remember movies of the 1990s like “Street Fighter,” “Mortal Kombat,” and “Super Mario Bros.” Sure, that last one is more of a “so bad it’s good” situation, but it’s still fun to watch those kinds of movies.…