Ratings Central - Movies

Ah Mortal Kombat, easily my favourite fighting game since I was a young man playing in the arcade (Yes, I'm that old). For anyone who had seen the 1990's version of the Mortal Kombat movies I am happy to say this movie blows them out of the water. Notice how I also didn't say it was a great movie. Let's face it, the original movie(s) really didn't set the bar very high in acting, story or special effects (OMG the effects are bad in the originals and definitely do not hold up today). While this new version of the beloved game franchise delivers on gory Fatalities for the fandom, it unfortunately also loses those same fans. This new movie has the fatalities that any of us fans have always wanted to see in a live-action film, right down to Kung Lou's Spinning Hat fatality. However, this movie almost completely left the original story behind and didn't replace it with much of anything. For those that read this and don't know what the original Mortal Kombat s

For those of you that read my reviews (Thank you to the 10's that do!), you already know that I have loved the Monsterverse up to this point. Although Godzilla 2014 wasn't the greatest movie, it still sits well with me within the saga of films. The shining star up to Godzilla vs Kong was Godzilla King of The Monsters. That movie had everything a good monster movie should have: story, legends, human characters and most importantly of course, the monsters. And unfortunately, it's still the best in the series. I had been looking forward to this movie since Godzilla 2014 was announced because a leak even back then said that Godzilla vs Kong would eventually be a thing. The movie opens well and operates fairly well as an action movie. Kong fights Godzilla, Godzilla fights Kong just as the title suggests. The issue is, that's where the movie goes hollow for me. There's just no other substance behind the movie. The other movies in the franchise had all sorts of Monarch tie