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Title: Mortal Kombat
Year: 1995
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Plot: Three reluctant fighters are drafted for an intergalactic martial-arts tournament that will determine the fate of the human race in this special-effects-driven adventure. Inspired by the popular and notoriously bloody video game, Mortal Kombat provides a semblance of a plot as an excuse for rampant mayhem, with the evil alien forces challenging humanity to a kung fu battle to decide the Earth's fate. Following the failure of several previous human defenders, mankind's last chance lies with egotistical action film star Johnny Cage (Linden Ashby), tough but beautiful special agent Sonya Blade (Bridgette Wilson), and vengeance-minded hero Liu Kang (Robin Shou). Under the guidance of inspirational sorcerer Lord Rayden (Christopher Lambert), this unlikely trio faces off against a series of terrifying alien adversaries. As in the video game, the martial arts battles are the true point, with standard fighting combining with magical touches supplied by computer-generated effects. The dramatic content often resembles a Saturday morning cartoon, but Jonathan Scott Carlson's appropriately dank production design and the visually spectacular battle sequences made the film a hit amongst younger fantasy-action fans, spawning a sequel and a TV show. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 12 May 2009 02:00:58 GMTMortal Kombat1995Paul W.S. AndersonThree reluctant fighters are drafted for an intergalactic martial-arts tournament that will determine the fate of the human race in this special-effects-driven adventure. Inspired by the popular and notoriously bloody video game, Mortal Kombat provides a semblance of a plot as an excuse for rampant mayhem, with the evil alien forces challenging humanity to a kung fu battle to decide the Earth's fate. Following the failure of several previous human defenders, mankind's last chance lies with egotistical action film star Johnny Cage (Linden Ashby), tough but beautiful special agent Sonya Blade (<a href="/players/P____76700/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Bridgette Wilson</a>), and vengeance-minded hero Liu Kang (<a href="/players/P____65453/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Robin Shou</a>). Under the guidance of inspirational sorcerer Lord Rayden (<a href="/players/P____40134/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Christopher Lambert</a>), this unlikely trio faces off against a series of terrifying alien adversaries. As in the video game, the martial arts battles are the true point, with standard fighting combining with magical touches supplied by computer-generated effects. The dramatic content often resembles a Saturday morning cartoon, but Jonathan Scott Carlson's appropriately dank production design and the visually spectacular battle sequences made the film a hit amongst younger fantasy-action fans, spawning a sequel and a TV show. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide9Taggedy Taggged (6-10)23112http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t00109ooinu.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Mortal_Kombat/92331/default.aspxFilm Spout Post: Playing the 'Race' card... and losing http://www.spout.com/blogs/usesoap/archive/2008/8/26/34403.aspx

Post By: usesoap
Post To: usesoap Blog
Post Date: 8/26/2008 2:39:25 PM
Body: I can only imagine what compromising pictures there must be floating out there of Joan Allen to get her to agree to a role in director Paul W.S. Anderson's car porn flick, “Death Race.” Granted, her role in the “Bourne” films was a supporting one, but this woman was thrice nominated for an Oscar. I mean, she's got to be more proud of starring in Saturday Night Live's “The Best of Chris (Mr. Peepers) Kattan” video than this. I know the argument: “It's just pure fun, it's a Roger Corman film, for crying out loud. Loosen up, Mr. Stuffy Movie Critic Guy!” And while I will admit to a few inventive scenes (the one prisoner's head that seemingly explodes when he gets plowed into was a nifty little effect. But the director must have thought so too, and decided to show it on three separate occasions), the overall effect is nothing that watching a 90-minute string of Mountain Dew (or whatever your “Extreme” beverage of choice) commercials on a loop. Sure, of Corman's 300-plus film credits, he's produced such titles as “Attack of the Giant Leeches,” “Eat My Dust,” “Bloodfist” and “Chopping Mall.” But in the original film, he was working with witty, subversive director Paul Bartel, who went on to direct the camp classics “Eating Raoul” and “Lust in the Dust.” “The 1975 original stung with social commentary, from the rising tide of violence in professional sports to the Orwellian machinations of Big Brother inherent in the United States. As over-the-top as it was, “Death Race 2000” was at least about something. I suppose the new incarnation is as well. It's about 90 minutes. Other than that, there is little to recommend for anyone other than the most adamant auto enthusiast who reads “Car & Driver” as if it were a “Penthouse Forum”: “She had a dual-door, quad-wheel, semi-hemi-V8, stacked with a 440 Mopar and a body for gear-grinding glory! Yeah, baby! Say it slower!” Jason Statham, who is contractually obligated to release his films in cinematic dust bowl known as late August, stars as Jensen Ames, a laid-off steelworker and devoted family man who coincidentally happens to be a one-time racing champ. I say “coincidentally” because it is only after Jensen is framed for the murder of his wife and imprisoned that we find out this little piece of exposition. Allen plays the icy warden of this futuristic prison, who is in dire need of a new driver for her popular “Death Race” television show that pits prisoners against one another buzzing around the facilities in “Mad Max” - like vehicles. One by one, prisoners meet their demise as Jensen, fueled by the rage of his predicament and the promise of release if he wins, eliminates the competition. This is the point in the review where I would list some of the supporting actors and the characters they portrayed, but, really, what's the point? Director Paul W.S. Anderson (who apparently added the initials so we would not confuse his oeuvre -- “Alien vs. Predator,” “Mortal Kombat,” “Soldier” -- with that of Paul Anderson, director of award-winning films such as “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia” and “There Will Be Blood”) is solely invested on playing to the ADHD crowd. There is not a camera held steady for more than 20 seconds and both the race and fight scenes are seemingly filmed by hiccup-plagued cameramen. To compensate, he fills the speakers with death-metal dirges designed solely to increase adrenaline or elicit spontaneous ear-bleeding. And atop this wreckage of twisted metal Allen is perched, barking out lines as though she was attempting to hold back the bile induced by even having her name affixed to it. Forget menacing, it would be a stretch if she even appeared interested during her minutes on screen. One can only hope that after the sobbing concludes, she can dust herself off and head back into roles the captivating actress so richly deserves.
]]>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:39:25 GMTusesoapusesoap Blog8/26/2008 2:39:25 PMI can only imagine what compromising pictures there must be floating out there of Joan Allen to get her to agree to a role in director Paul W.S. Anderson's car porn flick, “Death Race.” Granted, her role in the “Bourne” films was a supporting one, but this woman was thrice nominated for an Oscar. I mean, she's got to be more proud of starring in Saturday Night Live's “The Best of Chris (Mr. Peepers) Kattan” video than this. I know the argument: “It's just pure fun, it's a Roger Corman film, for crying out loud. Loosen up, Mr. Stuffy Movie Critic Guy!” And while I will admit to a few inventive scenes (the one prisoner's head that seemingly explodes when he gets plowed into was a nifty little effect. But the director must have thought so too, and decided to show it on three separate occasions), the overall effect is nothing that watching a 90-minute string of Mountain Dew (or whatever your “Extreme” beverage of choice) commercials on a loop. Sure, of Corman's 300-plus film credits, he's produced such titles as “Attack of the Giant Leeches,” “Eat My Dust,” “Bloodfist” and “Chopping Mall.” But in the original film, he was working with witty, subversive director Paul Bartel, who went on to direct the camp classics “Eating Raoul” and “Lust in the Dust.” “The 1975 original stung with social commentary, from the rising tide of violence in professional sports to the Orwellian machinations of Big Brother inherent in the United States. As over-the-top as it was, “Death Race 2000” was at least about something. I suppose the new incarnation is as well. It's about 90 minutes. Other than that, there is little to recommend for anyone other than the most adamant auto enthusiast who reads “Car & Driver” as if it were a “Penthouse Forum”: “She had a dual-door, quad-wheel, semi-hemi-V8, stacked with a 440 Mopar and a body for gear-grinding glory! Yeah, baby! Say it slower!” Jason Statham, who is contractually obligated to release his films in cinematic dust bowl known as late August, stars as Jensen Ames, a laid-off steelworker and devoted family man who coincidentally happens to be a one-time racing champ. I say “coincidentally” because it is only after Jensen is framed for the murder of his wife and imprisoned that we find out this little piece of exposition. Allen plays the icy warden of this futuristic prison, who is in dire need of a new driver for her popular “Death Race” television show that pits prisoners against one another buzzing around the facilities in “Mad Max” - like vehicles. One by one, prisoners meet their demise as Jensen, fueled by the rage of his predicament and the promise of release if he wins, eliminates the competition. This is the point in the review where I would list some of the supporting actors and the characters they portrayed, but, really, what's the point? Director Paul W.S. Anderson (who apparently added the initials so we would not confuse his oeuvre -- “Alien vs. Predator,” “Mortal Kombat,” “Soldier” -- with that of Paul Anderson, director of award-winning films such as “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia” and “There Will Be Blood”) is solely invested on playing to the ADHD crowd. There is not a camera held steady for more than 20 seconds and both the race and fight scenes are seemingly filmed by hiccup-plagued cameramen. To compensate, he fills the speakers with death-metal dirges designed solely to increase adrenaline or elicit spontaneous ear-bleeding. And atop this wreckage of twisted metal Allen is perched, barking out lines as though she was attempting to hold back the bile induced by even having her name affixed to it. Forget menacing, it would be a stretch if she even appeared interested during her minutes on screen. One can only hope that after the sobbing concludes, she can dust herself off and head back into roles the captivating actress so richly deserves. Spout Post: Re: For Video Game Players http://www.spout.com/groups/PulpFiction1975/Re_For_Video_Game_Players/66/3242/1/ShowPost.aspx

Post By: Risselada
Post To: PulpFiction1975
Post Date: 10/13/2006 4:17:30 PM
Body: [quote user="SkyPilot"]I've noticed that some video games are being made out of interesting, not-so-obvious-choice movies: The Godfather, Reservoir Dogs, Dirty Harry. What movie-cum-video games would you like to play?[/quote] I'm just wondering if you could get a kid to start playing a game version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Would they be disappointed when it wasn't quite like Star Wars Rogue Squadron? And will they actually be able to beat the game when they realize the final challenge will be to sit in front of the screen for fifteen hours while they are subjected to what may be seizure inducing images of varying colors and textures? How about this one "You are Fitzcarraldo. Your mad dream of building an opera house in the middle of a South American jungle forces you to take the wakiest and wildest boat ride of your life. Let's go off roadin!" or My Dinner With Andre: the game. "Play as every kid's hero, Wallace Shawn, at an intense dinner situation where it is up to you to stear the conversation into the most exciting direction possible, or else Andre may get angry" Or a game based on 12 Angry Men. The game starts out and you watch a courtroom trial as a member of a jury. Then you go into the jury room where all eleven other jury members are dead set on a certain verdict. It's your job to break them down and expose their predjudices and bring them around. There's also a pathos meter for how much hidden past and emotion you can pull from your fellow jury members. I think a game of Blake Edwards' The Party may be pretty fun actually. Just walk around the party as Hrundi Baskhi and see how much of a mess and comotion you can cause. You could also use this game engine for a game about Monsieur Hulot. Ok I don't think any of those options are actually very likely. But some movies that I could actually see becoming successful movies would be Wages of Fear, any action movie by Seijun Suzuki, or maybe a game based on Italian giallo movies. [quote user="SkyPilot"]Here's ANOTHER QUESTION: Has a good movie ever been made from a video game? I haven't seen Doom, but I heard it was lackluster. And I can't remember anything about that Final Fantasy movie except that Steve Buscemi was one of the voices.[/quote] I've never seen it, but I heard a lot of people like Resident Evil. But mostly movies based off of video games have all been total trash. Actually Mortal Kombat was kind of fun. As for potential movies made from video games, I'd love to see some stuff made from the Lucas Arts adventures games like Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, or Full Throttle.
]]>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:17:30 GMTRisseladaPulpFiction197510/13/2006 4:17:30 PM[quote user="SkyPilot"]I've noticed that some video games are being made out of interesting, not-so-obvious-choice movies: The Godfather, Reservoir Dogs, Dirty Harry. What movie-cum-video games would you like to play?[/quote] I'm just wondering if you could get a kid to start playing a game version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Would they be disappointed when it wasn't quite like Star Wars Rogue Squadron? And will they actually be able to beat the game when they realize the final challenge will be to sit in front of the screen for fifteen hours while they are subjected to what may be seizure inducing images of varying colors and textures? How about this one "You are Fitzcarraldo. Your mad dream of building an opera house in the middle of a South American jungle forces you to take the wakiest and wildest boat ride of your life. Let's go off roadin!" or My Dinner With Andre: the game. "Play as every kid's hero, Wallace Shawn, at an intense dinner situation where it is up to you to stear the conversation into the most exciting direction possible, or else Andre may get angry" Or a game based on 12 Angry Men. The game starts out and you watch a courtroom trial as a member of a jury. Then you go into the jury room where all eleven other jury members are dead set on a certain verdict. It's your job to break them down and expose their predjudices and bring them around. There's also a pathos meter for how much hidden past and emotion you can pull from your fellow jury members. I think a game of Blake Edwards' The Party may be pretty fun actually. Just walk around the party as Hrundi Baskhi and see how much of a mess and comotion you can cause. You could also use this game engine for a game about Monsieur Hulot. Ok I don't think any of those options are actually very likely. But some movies that I could actually see becoming successful movies would be Wages of Fear, any action movie by Seijun Suzuki, or maybe a game based on Italian giallo movies. [quote user="SkyPilot"]Here's ANOTHER QUESTION: Has a good movie ever been made from a video game? I haven't seen Doom, but I heard it was lackluster. And I can't remember anything about that Final Fantasy movie except that Steve Buscemi was one of the voices.[/quote] I've never seen it, but I heard a lot of people like Resident Evil. But mostly movies based off of video games have all been total trash. Actually Mortal Kombat was kind of fun. As for potential movies made from video games, I'd love to see some stuff made from the Lucas Arts adventures games like Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, or Full Throttle. Spout Tag:revenge http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/revenge/MemberTagFilms.aspxrevenge
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