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David McK (3600 KP) rated Mortal Kombat (2021) in Movies

Feb 5, 2023

Mortal Kombat (2021)

2021 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

6.8

(28 Ratings)

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Fatality!

By and large, films based on video games are never that great, with the odd exception.

This isn't one of those exceptions
While I have played a few of the MK games in my life, if you'd asked me to name any of the characters I'd probably have a hard time, beyond the 'big names' of Scorpion, Sub-Zero and (maybe) Jax.

Cole Young?

Never heard of him.

Fighting games also don't - generally - have all that much in the way of plot, which carries across to this: something about a tournament (d'uh!), and the fighters needing to train for it whilst the bad guys ignore the rules ...

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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) shared own list

Nov 15, 2017

From blockbuster horrors, open-world behemoths and a host of indie darlings, we have had a job even keeping up with the slew of quality and invention.

And as it's coming to the end of the year, it seems like a good time to go over some of the best video games of the year:

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The Telegraph: Best Video Games of 2017 (So Far)

Safe to say, it's a good time to be gaming, so without further ado, here are the Telegraph's best video games of 2017 so far, with surely a few more still to come.

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Milezee Movies (2 KP) rated Ready Player One (2018) in Movies

May 21, 2019

The visuals are stunning (0 more)

The plot is thin and predictable (0 more)

Mediocre Spielberg

The movie feels thin, take away the references to video games and pop culture and you have a very poor movie for the talents of Spielberg. I love the visuals and the concept tho with the shining scene being the highlight here.

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Crystal (9 KP) rated The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer in Books

Jul 4, 2018

This was a very descriptive, intriguing read. It kept my interest and I enjoyed it. I find it interesting that at one point Penny Dreadfuls are blamed for young male crimes (suicides, murders, etc) similar to how Video Games are sometimes still blamed today. Before that was Metal music, Horror movies, Rock n' Roll, etc.