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--> '''Raiden''': I don't think so! (''Cue the heroes striking fighting poses as the credits roll and the theme song plays. The battle for Earth is on again!'')
!! Meta
* The simple fact that this was a video game movie that '''''[[VideoGameMoviesSuck didn't suck]]''''' was awesome in and of itself.
** One thing worth considering was how this movie compared to other video game movie adaptations at the time of its release, which were ''very'' loose with the source material and often deviated heavily from it. The trailer showing off the cast with "Techno Syndrome" playing really built the hype. But not only did this actually ''feel'' like a ''Mortal Kombat'' movie that didn't deviate too far from its source material, it built upon it in such a way that [[RetCanon/MortalKombatTheMovie some of the changes actually carried over to the actual games themselves]]. While the movie shows its age and might not fare as well when measured against today's standards, upon its release it stood out for being one of the first films to prove that video game adaptations could be done right. How much? It spent three weeks as the number one film at the U.S. box office and the soundtrack album went Platinum in less than two weeks, which holds the Guinness World Record as the most successful video game spin-off soundtrack album.
* The actors wound up pretty battered and bruised as part of the filming, but soldiered on anyways. Robin Shou, Liu Kang's actor, fractured two ribs in the fight against Reptile when he was thrown into a pillar, but decided to keep filming anyways (with a polite request to Keith Cooke, who played Reptile, not to kick him on that side).
* Quick! Off the top of your head, which are the most memorable fight scenes? Either Johnny Cage vs. Scorpion, or Liu Kang vs. Reptile, right? Both of those scenes were ''reshoots''. Studio execs liked the dailies Paul W.S. Anderson and his crew were sending, but felt the film could use a little more action. So they cobbled together minimal sets and filmed what are probably the best scenes in the movie.
* Another example that doubles as a Heartwarming moment: Reportedly, the movie's budget was so tight that the crew couldn't afford to fly Christopher Lambert all the way to Thailand and provide room and board, which would limit Raiden's appearance to the beginning of the movie, with his scene being filmed after principal photography. Lambert offered to pay for his own trip if it meant the producers could add more scenes with him as they intended. Not only that, but because the budget was so maxed out at the end that the producers couldn't afford a wrap party, Lambert paid for an extravagant one for the cast and crew out of his own pocket.
* For years, Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa was widely considered by fans to be the best Shang Tsung, so much that he was brought back to reprise his role within the actual game series in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', and even received an extended role as the main antagonist in the game's ''Aftermath'' expansion. Following the game's release, Creator/ChristopherLambert, Creator/LindenAshby and Bridgett Wilson also came back to their parts 25 years later. Not only the characters got skins based on the film, but the four actors returned to voice the characters. And on top of that, the trailer for the game made use of the Movie's theme, which despite the fandom's broad acceptance of THE theme for the franchise, never showed up outside of the film due to licensing issues.
* This movie opened the exact same weekend as The Baby-Sitters Club, a film that was the EXACT opposite as this film and had the exact opposite audience (11 year old boys versus 11 year old girls), a box office battle of the sexes. The result? BSC opened in 9th place with 3 million and ultimately made 9 million off a budget of 6 million. This film, however, opened at the top of the box office with 23.2 million and ultimately went on to gross 124.7 million off a budget of 22 million. FATALITY!
!! Meta
* The simple fact that this was a video game movie that '''''[[VideoGameMoviesSuck didn't suck]]''''' was awesome in and of itself.
** One thing worth considering was how this movie compared to other video game movie adaptations at the time of its release, which were ''very'' loose with the source material and often deviated heavily from it. The trailer showing off the cast with "Techno Syndrome" playing really built the hype. But not only did this actually ''feel'' like a ''Mortal Kombat'' movie that didn't deviate too far from its source material, it built upon it in such a way that [[RetCanon/MortalKombatTheMovie some of the changes actually carried over to the actual games themselves]]. While the movie shows its age and might not fare as well when measured against today's standards, upon its release it stood out for being one of the first films to prove that video game adaptations could be done right. How much? It spent three weeks as the number one film at the U.S. box office and the soundtrack album went Platinum in less than two weeks, which holds the Guinness World Record as the most successful video game spin-off soundtrack album.
* The actors wound up pretty battered and bruised as part of the filming, but soldiered on anyways. Robin Shou, Liu Kang's actor, fractured two ribs in the fight against Reptile when he was thrown into a pillar, but decided to keep filming anyways (with a polite request to Keith Cooke, who played Reptile, not to kick him on that side).
* Quick! Off the top of your head, which are the most memorable fight scenes? Either Johnny Cage vs. Scorpion, or Liu Kang vs. Reptile, right? Both of those scenes were ''reshoots''. Studio execs liked the dailies Paul W.S. Anderson and his crew were sending, but felt the film could use a little more action. So they cobbled together minimal sets and filmed what are probably the best scenes in the movie.
* Another example that doubles as a Heartwarming moment: Reportedly, the movie's budget was so tight that the crew couldn't afford to fly Christopher Lambert all the way to Thailand and provide room and board, which would limit Raiden's appearance to the beginning of the movie, with his scene being filmed after principal photography. Lambert offered to pay for his own trip if it meant the producers could add more scenes with him as they intended. Not only that, but because the budget was so maxed out at the end that the producers couldn't afford a wrap party, Lambert paid for an extravagant one for the cast and crew out of his own pocket.
* For years, Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa was widely considered by fans to be the best Shang Tsung, so much that he was brought back to reprise his role within the actual game series in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', and even received an extended role as the main antagonist in the game's ''Aftermath'' expansion. Following the game's release, Creator/ChristopherLambert, Creator/LindenAshby and Bridgett Wilson also came back to their parts 25 years later. Not only the characters got skins based on the film, but the four actors returned to voice the characters. And on top of that, the trailer for the game made use of the Movie's theme, which despite the fandom's broad acceptance of THE theme for the franchise, never showed up outside of the film due to licensing issues.
* This movie opened the exact same weekend as The Baby-Sitters Club, a film that was the EXACT opposite as this film and had the exact opposite audience (11 year old boys versus 11 year old girls), a box office battle of the sexes. The result? BSC opened in 9th place with 3 million and ultimately made 9 million off a budget of 6 million. This film, however, opened at the top of the box office with 23.2 million and ultimately went on to gross 124.7 million off a budget of 22 million. FATALITY!
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--> '''Raiden''': I don't think so! (''Cue the heroes striking fighting poses as the credits roll and the theme song plays. The battle for Earth is on again!'')
!! Meta
* The simple fact that this was a video game movie that '''''[[VideoGameMoviesSuck didn't suck]]''''' was awesome in and of itself.
** One thing worth considering was how this movie compared to other video game movie adaptations at the time of its release, which were ''very'' loose with the source material and often deviated heavily from it. The trailer showing off the cast with "Techno Syndrome" playing really built the hype. But not only did this actually ''feel'' like a ''Mortal Kombat'' movie that didn't deviate too far from its source material, it built upon it in such a way that [[RetCanon/MortalKombatTheMovie some of the changes actually carried over to the actual games themselves]]. While the movie shows its age and might not fare as well when measured against today's standards, upon its release it stood out for being one of the first films to prove that video game adaptations could be done right. How much? It spent three weeks as the number one film at the U.S. box office and the soundtrack album went Platinum in less than two weeks, which holds the Guinness World Record as the most successful video game spin-off soundtrack album.
* The actors wound up pretty battered and bruised as part of the filming, but soldiered on anyways. Robin Shou, Liu Kang's actor, fractured two ribs in the fight against Reptile when he was thrown into a pillar, but decided to keep filming anyways (with a polite request to Keith Cooke, who played Reptile, not to kick him on that side).
* Quick! Off the top of your head, which are the most memorable fight scenes? Either Johnny Cage vs. Scorpion, or Liu Kang vs. Reptile, right? Both of those scenes were ''reshoots''. Studio execs liked the dailies Paul W.S. Anderson and his crew were sending, but felt the film could use a little more action. So they cobbled together minimal sets and filmed what are probably the best scenes in the movie.
* Another example that doubles as a Heartwarming moment: Reportedly, the movie's budget was so tight that the crew couldn't afford to fly Christopher Lambert all the way to Thailand and provide room and board, which would limit Raiden's appearance to the beginning of the movie, with his scene being filmed after principal photography. Lambert offered to pay for his own trip if it meant the producers could add more scenes with him as they intended. Not only that, but because the budget was so maxed out at the end that the producers couldn't afford a wrap party, Lambert paid for an extravagant one for the cast and crew out of his own pocket.
* For years, Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa was widely considered by fans to be the best Shang Tsung, so much that he was brought back to reprise his role within the actual game series in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', and even received an extended role as the main antagonist in the game's ''Aftermath'' expansion. Following the game's release, Creator/ChristopherLambert, Creator/LindenAshby and Bridgett Wilson also came back to their parts 25 years later. Not only the characters got skins based on the film, but the four actors returned to voice the characters. And on top of that, the trailer for the game made use of the Movie's theme, which despite the fandom's broad acceptance of THE theme for the franchise, never showed up outside of the film due to licensing issues.
* This movie opened the exact same weekend as The Baby-Sitters Club, a film that was the EXACT opposite as this film and had the exact opposite audience (11 year old boys versus 11 year old girls), a box office battle of the sexes. The result? BSC opened in 9th place with 3 million and ultimately made 9 million off a budget of 6 million. This film, however, opened at the top of the box office with 23.2 million and ultimately went on to gross 124.7 million off a budget of 22 million. FATALITY!again!'')
!! Meta
* The simple fact that this was a video game movie that '''''[[VideoGameMoviesSuck didn't suck]]''''' was awesome in and of itself.
** One thing worth considering was how this movie compared to other video game movie adaptations at the time of its release, which were ''very'' loose with the source material and often deviated heavily from it. The trailer showing off the cast with "Techno Syndrome" playing really built the hype. But not only did this actually ''feel'' like a ''Mortal Kombat'' movie that didn't deviate too far from its source material, it built upon it in such a way that [[RetCanon/MortalKombatTheMovie some of the changes actually carried over to the actual games themselves]]. While the movie shows its age and might not fare as well when measured against today's standards, upon its release it stood out for being one of the first films to prove that video game adaptations could be done right. How much? It spent three weeks as the number one film at the U.S. box office and the soundtrack album went Platinum in less than two weeks, which holds the Guinness World Record as the most successful video game spin-off soundtrack album.
* The actors wound up pretty battered and bruised as part of the filming, but soldiered on anyways. Robin Shou, Liu Kang's actor, fractured two ribs in the fight against Reptile when he was thrown into a pillar, but decided to keep filming anyways (with a polite request to Keith Cooke, who played Reptile, not to kick him on that side).
* Quick! Off the top of your head, which are the most memorable fight scenes? Either Johnny Cage vs. Scorpion, or Liu Kang vs. Reptile, right? Both of those scenes were ''reshoots''. Studio execs liked the dailies Paul W.S. Anderson and his crew were sending, but felt the film could use a little more action. So they cobbled together minimal sets and filmed what are probably the best scenes in the movie.
* Another example that doubles as a Heartwarming moment: Reportedly, the movie's budget was so tight that the crew couldn't afford to fly Christopher Lambert all the way to Thailand and provide room and board, which would limit Raiden's appearance to the beginning of the movie, with his scene being filmed after principal photography. Lambert offered to pay for his own trip if it meant the producers could add more scenes with him as they intended. Not only that, but because the budget was so maxed out at the end that the producers couldn't afford a wrap party, Lambert paid for an extravagant one for the cast and crew out of his own pocket.
* For years, Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa was widely considered by fans to be the best Shang Tsung, so much that he was brought back to reprise his role within the actual game series in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', and even received an extended role as the main antagonist in the game's ''Aftermath'' expansion. Following the game's release, Creator/ChristopherLambert, Creator/LindenAshby and Bridgett Wilson also came back to their parts 25 years later. Not only the characters got skins based on the film, but the four actors returned to voice the characters. And on top of that, the trailer for the game made use of the Movie's theme, which despite the fandom's broad acceptance of THE theme for the franchise, never showed up outside of the film due to licensing issues.
* This movie opened the exact same weekend as The Baby-Sitters Club, a film that was the EXACT opposite as this film and had the exact opposite audience (11 year old boys versus 11 year old girls), a box office battle of the sexes. The result? BSC opened in 9th place with 3 million and ultimately made 9 million off a budget of 6 million. This film, however, opened at the top of the box office with 23.2 million and ultimately went on to gross 124.7 million off a budget of 22 million. FATALITY!
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* Right at the very end when the Emperor shows up... but the heroes aren't fazed for even. One. Second.
--> '''Shao Kahn''': You weak, pathetic fools! I've come for your souls!
--> '''Raiden''': I don't think so! (''Cue the heroes striking fighting poses as the credits roll and the theme song plays. The battle for Earth is on again!'')
--> '''Shao Kahn''': You weak, pathetic fools! I've come for your souls!
--> '''Raiden''': I don't think so! (''Cue the heroes striking fighting poses as the credits roll and the theme song plays. The battle for Earth is on again!'')
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* Right at the very end when the Emperor shows up... but the heroes aren't fazed for even one second.
--> '''Shao Kahn''': You weak, pathetic fools! I've come for your souls!
--> '''Raiden''': I don't think so! (''Cue the heroes striking fighting poses as the credits roll and the theme song plays. The battle for Earth is on again!'')
--> '''Shao Kahn''': You weak, pathetic fools! I've come for your souls!
--> '''Raiden''': I don't think so! (''Cue the heroes striking fighting poses as the credits roll and the theme song plays. The battle for Earth is on again!'')
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* For years, Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa was widely considered by fans to be the best Shang Tsung, so much that he was brought back to reprise his role within the actual game series in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', and even received an extended role as the main antagonist in the game's ''Aftermath'' expansion. Following the game's release, Creator/ChristopherLambert, Creator/LindenAshby and Bridgett Wilson also came back to their parts 25 years later. Not only the characters got skins based on the film, but the four actors returned to voice the characters. And on top of that, the trailer for the game made use of the Movie's theme, which despite the fandom's broad acceptance of THE theme for the franchise, never showed up outside of the film due to licensing issues.
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* For years, Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa was widely considered by fans to be the best Shang Tsung, so much that he was brought back to reprise his role within the actual game series in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', and even received an extended role as the main antagonist in the game's ''Aftermath'' expansion. Following the game's release, Creator/ChristopherLambert, Creator/LindenAshby and Bridgett Wilson also came back to their parts 25 years later. Not only the characters got skins based on the film, but the four actors returned to voice the characters. And on top of that, the trailer for the game made use of the Movie's theme, which despite the fandom's broad acceptance of THE theme for the franchise, never showed up outside of the film due to licensing issues.issues.
* This movie opened the exact same weekend as The Baby-Sitters Club, a film that was the EXACT opposite as this film and had the exact opposite audience (11 year old boys versus 11 year old girls), a box office battle of the sexes. The result? BSC opened in 9th place with 3 million and ultimately made 9 million off a budget of 6 million. This film, however, opened at the top of the box office with 23.2 million and ultimately went on to gross 124.7 million off a budget of 22 million. FATALITY!
* This movie opened the exact same weekend as The Baby-Sitters Club, a film that was the EXACT opposite as this film and had the exact opposite audience (11 year old boys versus 11 year old girls), a box office battle of the sexes. The result? BSC opened in 9th place with 3 million and ultimately made 9 million off a budget of 6 million. This film, however, opened at the top of the box office with 23.2 million and ultimately went on to gross 124.7 million off a budget of 22 million. FATALITY!
