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Mortal Kombat, a review by addicted2dvd

Mortal Kombat (1995/United States) IMDb |Trailer |Wikipedia | Warner Home Video (United States) Director: Paul W.S. Anderson [Paul Anderson] Writing: Kevin Droney (Writer), Ed Boon (Original Characters By), John Tobias (Original Characters By) Length: 101 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Christopher Lambert as Lord Rayden
Robin Shou as Liu Kang
Linden Ashby as Johnny Cage
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shang Tsung
Bridgette Wilson as Sonya Blade

Plot:Awards:
Won:

BMI Film & TV Music Awards (1996)

BMI Film Music Award (George S. Clinton)

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Featurettes
• BD-Live

It has been years since I seen this film... and I must say I enjoyed revisiting it! I use to love the game as a teen and watching this movie again today makes me want to play it again so badly! I find it fun to see some of the game characters come to life here. This one has good martial arts action with a supernatural twist. Definitely recommended.


(From Within My Lifetime Marathon on April 14th, 2015)

Stay Alive, a review by Rich

Stay Alive



Mind-bending thriller about a killer video game. The real world and the game world gruesomely collide when a group of friends play 'Stay Alive', a mysterious underground videogame that kills the gamer whose character dies in play. In a death-defying race against time, the survivors must solve the mystery of the game while desperately trying to stay alive.

Teen horror in the vein of Final Destination, and although not amazing viewing it is not the worst I've seen. The idea of a group of pc gamers drawn into a deadly computer game which starts acting itself out in real life was good, although the movie relied too much on sudden noises and 'jumps' to provide the scary moments.  A lot of the scenes are seriously dis-jointed and the cinematography is haphazard. The pace keeps you interested, and the storyline and acting are of an average quality.
Because of an immensely poor ending you are left feeling a little disappointed and cheated, and thus it has to be marked down as below average.
 

(From Riches Random Reviews on April 27th, 2009)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

Blood Ties


Blood Prince Parts 1 & 2
Part 1
When ex-cop turned private investigator, Vicki Nelson, happens upon the scene of a terrifying murder, she's hired by the victim's girlfriend to prove that her boyfriend was killed by a vampire. As Vicki pursues the investigation further, she crosses paths with someone else investigating the case fir his own reasons.

Part 2
Vicki finds that her most dangerous mission might be to sort out her romantic feelings for her ex-partner on the force, Mike Celluci, and for her new partner, the dashing vampire, Henry Fitzroy.

My Thoughts:
This is a show I bought blind this past month for my horror marathon. This is the first chance I got to watch any of it. I enjoyed the 2 part pilot... I am just trying to decide how much. It definitely could be better... but at the same time it is a pretty good introduction to the characters. I have a feeling it will grow on me more as I watch the episodes.

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on November 5th, 2009)