As we near MORTAL KOMBAT 1995’s 30th anniversary this month, the nostalgia for this live action film based on what we all know as, the goddamn coolest fighting game of the 90s, still holds down as one of the greatest film adaptations of any game in the last thirty years. And that’s not just the nostalgia talking either. The must-see movie for pretty much any kid in the Summer of 1995, was MORTAL KOMBAT, and it did NOT disappoint regarding staying faithful to what we knew and loved from the video game. The added Fear Factory soundtrack just elevated the shit out of it. And while some characters I feel got sidelined a bit, like Sub-Zero, because I mean, I expected a lot more screen time out of that guy, Scorpion, played by martial artist Chris Casamassa was an absolute highlight of the film. His fight with Linden Ashby (Johnny Cage) left us fans in the theater on the floor screaming with excitement.
And he’s back to do it all over again-from the screen on our phones.
Chris Casamassa has partnered up with Noah Fleder, who plays Kenshi Takahashi in MORTAL KOMBAT 1, for a three-episode series to be released on INSTAGRAM, with the first episode already out and the following two to be released this week. The pair battle it out in an MK-style match, of course, to see who is the ultimate champion!
And I have to say, as a 40 -something-year-old mega MK fan, it’s pretty damn exciting to see this play out and see these guys really embrace these roles, decades later even, to appease the fandom. It brings a bloody tear to my eye.
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