May 22

Mortal Kombat The Movie +- SF The Movie = DOA The Movie

Tag: Random Nonsense, Video Games — Bush Mackel @ 6:37 pm

What do you get when you take the Kombat (see the K) of Mortal Kombat the movie (which were actually not to bad), and add it to the sheer horridness of Street Fighter the Movie? Well if the trailer is any indication, Dead or Alive – The Movie.



If you haven’t seen the trailer yet, you can check it out here. And I’ll admit, it’s good for the “I can’t believe this crap” moment of the day. But I’m afraid more than that, this movie has nothing going for it. Here’s the rundown of the problems as I see it…

  1. No chance these weirdo over the top video game characters come off as anything other than unbelievable to movie audiences. (See Zack, a black kickboxer with a green mohawk…DeeJay who was a walking stereotype in SF the Movie is more credible)
  2. Kevin Nash is in the movie
  3. The first DOA was apparently released on the Sega Saturn which makes this game, (at least in extension), related to another Sega movie – House of the Dead

In my humble opinion, one of the biggest problems with SF the movie, (besides the characters being pretty untrue to their origins, E-Honda’s famous “I’m sumo brother”, Zangief’s lack of understanding when it comes to the thumbs up, and the heavy accented Jean Claude Van Damme playing Guile (an American Air Force guy) or M. Bison trying to destroy the world using a SF Coin-Op joystick), would have to be it’s lack of memorable fight scenes. I dare you to remember any good fight scene in the whole movie. (And don’t forget the movie is called Street Fighter). MK at least gave us that. And from the trailer for DOA, we might get a decent fight scene or two. But besides that,

…I’m worried.

It was said in OXM that Street Fighter the Movie was SO bad, that it literally killed Raul Julia( who played M. Bison). This movie may not have as much to live up to as SF, but I would be worried for my health if I was Jaime Pressley.

5 Responses to “Mortal Kombat The Movie +- SF The Movie = DOA The Movie”

  1. apex says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 12:27 pm

    Any idea when this movie is suppose to come out in the United States? I heard about it, and it seems it has already aired in places like Australia, but I have yet to see it in theaters or on DVD in the United States. I am a fan of the games so I would not mind seeing the movie.

  2. Bush Mackel says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    IMDB has a June 15th release date. And hey, I’m a fan of the games too, but let’s be serious. I’ll go ahead and say (w/o seeing the movie of course)

    MK > DOA >= SF

  3. Pete says:
    May 29th, 2007 at 6:53 am

    The DVD has been out over here for ages and it’s a PURE trashtastic movie. It’s great for laughs with a couple of beers and a pizza.

    So bad, it’s good!

  4. Bush Mackel says:
    May 29th, 2007 at 8:30 am

    “trashtastic” – That’s a gem of a summary. AND BTW, I can’t BELIEVE you guys would get this movie before us. Hmph. Y

    ou should write a review about it amongst all your Blu-Ray reviews. HA HA HA

  5. Pete says:
    May 29th, 2007 at 11:03 am

    Trashtastic (c) Me 2007 :D

    It’s actually, I thought, not too bad a movie but its REALLY trashy. The fights are quite good though ;-)

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