User Reviews

OK spoilers ahead... but you already know that. Seriously when i first started to watch that series, i tough "damn its good", better fight than in the movies, plot overall was intriguing, and i had a tremendous fun watching it... until the end. Final 2 episodes(merch as one) where the dumbest idea ever. I saw series that end in a cliff hanger than got cancel, it can happen, but this way... never. We all know that Kung Lao died at the end of Goro as new champion of Shang Tsung at the next mortal kombat after he was defeated. So every fan of MK was expecting Kung Lao to died. Siro, Taja, they where amazing character, i liked them, but MK never speaked of them, so them dying was OK, as Vorpax...

But Shang Tsung, Quan Chi, Reptile, they where never meant to die.... and what was the crap with those shadow priest being able to kill anybody...

Seriously it felt like the show was great until those last episodes, like the writer where angry that they where cancel, when they could have just end it all with the next MK tournament... And proclaim Goro champion. We even see images of a Shokan in some scenes.

Im just so sad... i liked the first movie even tough it had flawed. The second tough as any MK fan would say was (story speaking) crap. This series could have been so much of a prequel to the first game. Well personally i will just do as the 2 last episodes never existed...

Upon watching Mortal Kombat Conquest: Final Battle (I did wonder as to why the producers didn't decide to spell 'Conquest' with a 'K', keeping with the Klassic tradition of replacing a hard 'C' sound with the letter 'K'), I finished it and vowed to never watch it again. However, i did decide to revisit it a few days later, as I'm not normally one to judge something on a single viewing, and as it finished, I understood why i made the vow of avoidance. Most of the show is not actually based on the story of the (in my opinion, phenomenal) Mortal Kombat series, and i saw it as basically a vehicle to try to shoehorn some overly muscular men and barely clothed women into an appalling attempt at a martial arts film. Although some of the fight sequences are very good and well choreographed, they are tainted by the significant lack of any distinguishable story line and acting ability. If you're looking for an amazing Mortal Kombat TV/Web series, watch Mortal Kombat: Legacy instead. Oh, and Shang Tsung's sex scene is just insulting.

Contains minor spoilers.

Bit outdated, perhaps, but I watched through the series recently and I love it. It was a bit slow to start, and I had my issues with Kung Lao's character and didn't like Vorpax, but volumes 4-6 are great.

Costume-wise, the movie Sub-Zero (and the other ninja-appearance types) was clearly of better quality. Kung Lao should have kept his hat, and wore something else. Vorpax's outfit was trying too hard (I mean, ugh, puh-lease!). Raiden was OK. Quan Chi was excellent, heh. And Shao Kahn was OK too. Lots of eye candy for male viewers, I'm sure. Or anyone who likes to look at scantily clad women.

There were definitely places where they had to cut costs - reused footage was painfully obvious to me. And I never liked how the ground in Zhu Zin (sp?) was so perfectly smooth despite that camel walking across all the time, and the usual wear and tear a well-trodden marketplace would have to endure. But I keep reminding myself "the budget...".

Siro and Taja were great characters, and I liked Raiden quite a lot. Quan Chi was great too, hehe. Omegis was interesting, as was Sub-Zero (who is cool no matter what). They could have used taller characters though, for characters who are meant to be tall... (Raiden at 7', Sub-Zero over 6' etc...) Would have given him that much more presence, you know? Much deception and backstabbing! And it's a delight to watch. My favourite parts are definitely anything to do with Raiden (who has a sense of humour, if lighter and less dry than the Christopher Lambert-Raiden humour) and the final fight in the final episode.

THAT fight was far too short, and that is the my main gripe about it - considering how arduously long some fight scenes are with the three main protagonists. I'm still ambivalent about the deception - I mean, how could Raiden have NOT known?! Aghhhh! So Shao Kahn is crafty and wise in his madness - Raiden is a GOD, dammit! Very VERY big shame that it wasn't renewed. I guess my imagination can fill out how Raiden gets out of that situation, how Quan Chi, Shang Tsung, Kitana and Reptile deal with their situation as well, how Kung Lao survives to be beaten later by Goro...and of course what happened to Sub-Zero, Smoke, Noob-Saibot, that Black Dragon woman, Shang Tsung's master, Omegis...

Worst parts of the series were some of the unnecessarily long fight scenes and the slow-ish start. And the fact that they can't seem to find anything else to wear. Kung Lao should have kept his hat. And Raiden should have worn his a few times more just for variety. And the final fight was far too short (but at least Raiden was cool and used his warhammer).

9/10 for entertainment, humour, plot (yes, plot) and MUCH better fight sequences than the movie. And the fact that Sub-Zero doesn't die!

This show is aimed at adults so don't think its toned down. MK Conquest is a prequel taking place hundreds of years before the movies. The 1st episode you see Kung Lao (wearing the hat for a second) beat Shang Tsung. Although Goro didn't appear in the series it shows what lead to him and Shang meeting. You see the origin of Sub Zero, how he and Scorpion met.

A ton of characters appear throughout the series: Noob Saibot, Reptile, Sub Zero, Scorpion, Rain, Kitana, Mileena, Shao Kahn, Quan Chi, Raiden.

The villains on the show were a bigger threat than the ones on the movie in my opinion because the villains would occasionally win. Now in all fairness, some of the story lines may not coincide with the games because this show aired in 1998-1999 while a new MK game comes out every couple of years. The fight scenes are a lot better than expected. The only bad thing is they don't have the music to go with the fights like the 1st movie.

Its said the show got canceled because apparently a higher budget was requested. The show hasn't been released on DVD(well not legally anyway) and thats a shame. Its a must see though, better than MK2 and on par with the 1st movie.

I watched this tv show, and its extremely underrated. Great characthers development, and the plot is the best you could made out of a videogame fantasy type of plot. You got Kung Lao, Siro, and Taja, in the classic representation of id-ego- superego that is present in almost every tv show that has 3 protagonists. The psichology behind every episode is complex, and it treats themes like treachery and trusting, sexuality, inner peace, ambition, search for power and the list goes on. The fight scenes are kung fu wire oriented, very far away from the mma types of fights from modern movies, but depicting elements of Karate, Kung Fu, Wing Chun, Taekwondo, be prepared for some wrists locks and lots of flying kicks. The ending is suberb. Stop reading here if you want, because SPOILERS, but it has elements of the baptism scene of Godfather, yes, you read that right, im comparing it to Mario Puzo's classic, in a very unusual plot twist, the bad guy, Shao Khan kills every one of his enemies. The evil won at the ending of this tv show, and in a great fashion.