Do you remember all the love and giddiness that broke out after Super Mario Bros. and Street Fighter came out? No, not the video games, the movies. Wait, I'm sorry I mentioned those. Stop crying, please, I didn't mean it.
Anyway, as Mortal Kombat shows, no beloved video game property is safe from the reach of Hollywood. The spine-ripping, head-popping, ESRB-creating fighting game series comes to the movies with a PG-13 rating...not because they toned down the violence, but to spare young children from the ham thrown onscreen by a powder-wigged Christopher Lambert (who clearly was born to play a Chinese thunder god). The One Man Band once again rolls up his sleeves, throws a few well-timed kicks*, and sends this monster back to Outworld where it belongs. At the end, only one of these titans will be left standing. Place your bets now.
*Yes, I am fully aware that I could have made so many Balls of Fury jokes. However, Christopher Walken has been seen in my neighborhood lately, and I'd prefer to avoid his wrath.**
**If Christopher Walken is reading this, hello. I'm sure you're a very nice guy. Please don't kill me.
A very special thank you to Piobman for the poster and the thumbnail.
PAL Users: This riff covers the uncut version. Those of you with the UK cut should still be able to view the riff (it's only three seconds of missing footage), but some adjustment will be necessary.
Comments
Really great iRiff! very impressed with the quality, and quantity of riffs. No dead air, that's critical.
I'll have to check out your American Werewolf in Paris, then.
GREAT riff! this solo trax makes the stinker of Mortal Kombat a joy to watch, in fact I will check this out again before the end of the month! Wow a very talented writer with solid emotion behind his lines, check out the sample and enjoy, I'll be waiting for the next trax!
Keeep up the good work!
Yes, I now have software that converts the NTSC version of the riff to one that should be viewable with PAL copies of the movie. Now those of you in Europe can hear my terrible puns and wince only slightly at my attempts at a British accent!
Really great riff... I laughed throughout and you have a really great voice when it comes to riffing. I look forward to more of 'em!
Oh... and thanks for the mention on the poster.
Fantastic Riff!
I enjoyed this all the way through; a nonstop barrage of jokes and some very clever references! 5 stars!
I couldn't believe how funny this was. I saw your writing for the Mad Max project and so I knew you could come up with funny stuff but I had no idea you could present it so well. I had as many laugh out loud moments as the best of Rifftrax. I was worried about the rapid fire approach early on but you pulled it off very well. Well enough that it makes one forget that this is only done by one person. A lot of intelligent humor rather than the dumb and the obvious. As of now, you got my vote for the next iRiff contest and I'm going to buy your other riffs as soon as I find the movies.
this was an ok iRiff. It had some funny jokes but it wasn't that great. I love your intro though, it's hilarious!
Finally checked this one out. Very funny stuff! Mortal Kombat deserved everything it got in this awesome iRiff track! Definitely suggest others pick this one up.