While someone who has been waiting for a Mortal Kombat movie for a while may just be happy it's here, as a movie, this was not very good. The main character has little personality other than being "a good guy." He is bland, doesn't speak at all for several scenes, and becomes more of a background character as other, more interesting people take the stage. The plot is also very jumbled, with several holes in the story and lore that is only briefly mentioned, making character's goals unknown. The action scenes, while entertaining, are short and never have any tension throughout. However, I would be lying if I said I didn't have some fun watching certain scenes, specifically the character Kano. And I enjoyed the R rating, allowing the fights to have more brutal finishing moves. Overall, I feel like this movie struggled at most aspects regarding story, action, characters, and design, yet there are still some things worth appreciating.