What is Mortal Kombat (1995 movie)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = Mortal Kombat | image = | caption = | director = Paul W.S. Anderson | producer = Lauri Apelian<br/>Lawrence Kasanoff | writer = Kevin Droney | starring = [[Robin Shou]]<br/>[[Linden Ashby]]<br/>[[Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa]]<br/>[[Bridgette Wilson]]<br/>[[Christopher Lambert]]<br/>[[Talisa Soto]]<br/>[[Trevor Goddard]]<br/>[[Chris Casamassa]]<br/>[[François Petit]] | music = George S. Clinton | cinematography = John R. Leonetti | editing = Martin Hunter | studio = [[New Line Cinema]] | distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] | released = '''[[Argentina]] & [[Israel]]:'''<br />July 13, 1995<br />'''[[North America]]:'''<br />August 18, 1995<br />'''[[United Kingdom]]:'''<br />October 20, 1995<br />'''[[Australia]]:'''<br />December 26, 1995 | runtime = 101 mins. | country = [[United States]] | language = English | budget = $20,000,000 | gross = $122,195,920 }} '''''Mortal Kombat''''' is an 1995 [[live-action]]/[[adventure]] movie that was produced by Lauri Apelian and Lawrence Kasanoff and was directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. It is based on the video game franchise, ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''. ''Mortal Kombat'' was released on July 13, 1995 in [[Argentina]] & [[Israel]], August 18, 1995 in [[North America]], October 20, 1995 in the [[United Kingdom]] and on December 26, 1995 in [[Australia]]. The movie received mixed reviews with a 35% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] and [[Metacritic]] gave it a 58 out of 100. The movie gained a sequel called ''[[Mortal Kombat: Annihilation]]'' and it was released in 1997. == Cast == *[[Robin Shou]] as Liu Kang *[[Linden Ashby]] as Johnny Cage (doubled by Brad Martin and [[J.J. Perry]]) *[[Bridgette Wilson]] as Sonya Blade *[[Christopher Lambert]] as Raiden *[[Talisa Soto]] as Princess Kitana (doubled by Dana Hee) *[[Trevor Goddard]] as Kano *[[Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa]] as Shang Tsung *[[François Petit]] as Sub-Zero (doubled by Mark Caso) *[[Chris Casamassa]] as Sco