My most divisive list yet. — The screen turned black. He got closer. Closer. Closer. Frozen, unable to move, he jumped on top of me, splattering my entrails until I became a husk. With what transpired, I wished it had never happened again. Yet it kept happening. This time I enjoyed it. I’m not insane to…

I can’t hate it — For the record, I won’t bash this movie. Many people have done so, and it’s exhausting. Read or watch something against Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, if it’s what you’re looking for. I, for one, will say this film is laughably entertaining and downright silly. Of course, my nostalgia goggles are on…

ReBoot would like its insults back. — Mortal Kombat’s ingrained in pop culture, but it is a weird franchise. What is now a hyperrealistic fighter where everyone kills each other for the sake of violence, Mortal Kombat was a campy martial arts title where fantasy and kung-fu collide. …

The first entertaining live-action video game-based film — Primed and ready for the arcades, Mortal Kombat II enthralled gamers in 1993. Producer Lawrence Kasanoff noticed the crazed and went to Mortal Kombat’s publisher, Midway, to play a prototype of Mortal Kombat II before reaching the video arcades. He was delighted with what he played. Lawrence Kasanoff knew Mortal…

Conjuring the elder gods to discover the next game — Twice NetherRealm Studios broke tradition. The first time was before they announced Mortal Kombat 11. Journalists and fanboys alike wondered why hasn’t NetherRealm unveiled their next game. Generally, there is a two-year gap between Mortal Kombat and Injustice with an E3 announcement. Co-creator Ed Boon said NetherRealm doesn’t have a…