S1E2 - Mortal Kombat (1995)

In our second episode of Season 1, the team fights their way
through Outworld's best in Mortal Kombat.


Hosted by Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Katie Lesperance
(@lesperak) & Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt).


Show Notes:


1:05 The Tutorial (our 60 second plot summary)

2:10 Our familiarity with the Mortal Kombat series

4:10 The opening of the film

9:10 We discuss the movie's set budgets and tie this movie to
Reboot and Dinosaur

13:00 Travis makes his case for the "good part" of this movie

19:50 We were very confused about the rules of the tournament
and the film cannon

24:50 We toast the Liu Kang vs. Reptile fight

28:40 The end of the movie

30:45 MinMax - the segment where we cover the pros and cons
of this film

36:45 Critical Hits (our review of Metacritic user reviews)

41:10 Before we close, we play a game of Real of Fake with
the MK Universe!

45:00 Should this movie be cut or seen?

47:15 Show close and our "quote of the show"



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Music (used under Creative Commmons): "Introduction" by
Lifeformed | Intro Voiceover by DJ Stormageddon