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Just rewatched it after over 30 years. I liked it then and I liked it now. Ofc it's not without it's obvious flaws/controversy. Whitewashing Raiden was not a good decision, but Lambert does a good job. Fight scenes are quite good, especially Shou's Liu Kang. SF are quite good for the era, especially Goro. His fights look more realistic than Sonya's. Unfortunately Sonya was not only sidetracked but also not played very well. Same goes for the characters of Sub Zero and Scorpion. All in all it's not a masterpiece and plot is very basic, but still it's probably lot better than one might expect a 1995 video game based movie to be.

Before watching the movie I read somewhat mediocre reviews, still tried to approach it with an opened mind. And got disappointed anyway. The main issue here is the plot. There's nothing new in it and most of the time it's predictable... Acting also ain't a strong side of this movie. While Sofia Boutella is lovely her Ahmanet lacks depth. Same thing happens with Russel Crowe's Dr. Jekyll. I was hoping for a standalone Dr. Jekyll/ Mr Hide movie, but with that approach there is nothing to work with. Such a shame. Tom Cruise has had some great roles in the past. That was not one of them. Nope. Annabelle Wallis performance ain't bad, but the character is simply forgettable. What good can be said about the movie? Visually it's great. Both the camera-work and the FX look good. Especially the city sand storm, that was nice. All in all, it's a movie worth watching only if you have nothing better to do. And it's not a good start into a "Dark Universe"

as I wrote in the summary, finally a different zombie approach. the "science" of this zombie apocalypse is somewhat similar to "The Last of Us" game, but it goes further, to the "second stage" as they call it in the movie. A fungus causing people turn to zombies ("hungries" is what they call them here") but at some point infants(as explained in the movie) adopt to it creating some kind of symbiosis. With all that said, the plot doesn't simply take you from point A to B. It differs as the characters find themselves in different positions. They change and evolve. And the actors playing the roles do that change justice. Even young Sennia Nanua is able to show the drama of her character. Just as well as Paddy Considine or Gemma Arterton, with Glenn Close not even needing the mention. Time spent watching that is not a time wasted.