Mortal Kombat

Episode 161: Mortal Kombat (1995)

Theme: Video Game Movie Month Finale
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis finish Video Game Movie Month with Mortal Kombat — the movie that boldly asks, “What if Enter the Dragon, Beverly Hills Ninja, Soul Taker, and a sprinkling of Thor: Love and Thunder all wandered into a rave for 13-year-olds?” It’s the film where the plot is a Salisbury steak, the CGI is a frozen fish stick, and the soundtrack is a flawless victory.

Join your two favorite Outworld tourists as they unpack:

• How Christopher Lambert plays Raiden like a smug, lightning-powered youth pastor.

• Shang Tsung’s commitment to pointing, yelling “YOUR SOUL IS MINE,” and chewing scenery like it’s jerky.

• Johnny Cage vs. Scorpion: the coolest fight in the movie filmed inside a Home Depot lumber aisle.

• Goro, the million-dollar animatronic who looks like he belongs in a Chuck E. Cheese boss fight.

• Sonia Blade breaking Kano’s neck with the gentlest head-scissors in cinema history.

From recumbent-bike kicks to water-bucket fatalities, from lizard-men turning into bugs to Raiden being mysteriously useless due to “rules,” Oz and Curtis break down a movie that is not good… but is absolutely, undeniably fun. And yes — the theme song still hits.

Final Verdict

Oz — 4 arms of Goro
Curtis — A double flawless victory
Both — Still wondering why they didn’t just play the theme song for the entire movie.