Mortal Kombat review – schlock video game adaptation packs a small punch

A silly and dated new attempt to transport the classic fighting game to the big screen is a late-night drunk watch at bestConfiguring one’s expectations before settling down to watch the latest big (and small) screen adaptation of Mortal Kombat is something of a process. The largely wretched game-to-movie subgenre carries with it little-to-no hope at this stage, even the so-called “best” examples are seen as just about tolerable, and the last two attempts to translate Midway&rs