PEGI Rating and Descriptor IconsĮssentially, the PEGI rating on a game confirms that it contains content suitable for a certain age group and above. The body responsible for applying UK PEGI ratings is the VSC Rating Board.
It is important to note that in the UK, PEGI 12, 16 and 18 ratings are legally enforceable, meaning that they cannot be supplied to persons below those respective age bars. as well as frequent and extremely gory.Many thousands of games have been PEGI-rated since the scheme was devised and introduced in early 2003. Making his directing debut after a career in commercials, Simon McQuoid makes the action in Mortal Kombat smooth, surprising, and balletic. (Their comrade Kano is - and is supposed to be - thoroughly obnoxious.) Cole is sweetly devoted to his wife and daughter, Jax is an ex-soldier who's distraught about the loss of his arms while facing Sub-Zero, and Sonya is let down by not being "chosen" and her lack of a "birthmark." And the movie's battles definitely don't disappoint. But the diverse heroes, Cole, Jax, and Sonya, are quite appealing. And the Outworld villains, stuck with the worst, flattest dialogue and often filmed with a blue-gray tint, are tragically dull.
That said, the lore about how Earthrealm and Outworld realm must fight 10 battles - nine of which have already been fought - is flat-out ridiculous, and the movie does nothing with this information anyway.
A reboot of the widely panned 1995 film - which, like this one, was based on a long-running series of video games - Mortal Kombat is that rare thing: a video-game movie that manages to overcome the typical trappings of video-game movies. It's certainly entertaining, and the messages are there, if plain, but it's certainly worth a watch.Īside from boring villains and silly exposition (much of which makes no sense), this gory martial arts fantasy flick actually packs a punch, thanks to likable heroes and great-looking, slick action. Don't get me wrong - What we get is good, but since there's clearly meant to be at least a Second part to this series, everything feels under-developed, and until we get the next part of the franchise, I'd recommend this to Adults only (I rank it as 15+ as that's what I will recommend once the movie series is complete). This movie appears to be Part 1 of a 2+ Part movie franchise, and while I appreciate the themes here (such as Family is Important and Arrogance Leads to Oblivion), the movie does these messages in a half-hearted way. Now, having said that, the movie actually works on its own terms, and when approached from a Family Movie standpoint, it's actually not bad, but the message is incomplete. Normally, I would consider this to be bad thing, as the over-the-top violent nature that allowed the original to fly on absurdity alone, is all but gone entirely, swapped for something that expects you take it seriously. Mortal Kombat is a more straight-faced version of the original movie from the early-90's, all the way down to an almost identical story (which, having played a few of the games isn't necessarily the 'canonical' story, at least as far as I'm aware), the big difference being that it's vastly more straight-faced. While the story can be silly (and even dull sometimes), the great-looking action and diverse, likable heroic characters (who demonstrate courage) make the movie worth a look for mature fans. A character drinks a bottle of beer in one scene.
Language is also very strong, with several uses of "f-k," "motherf-r," "s-t," etc. Limbs and heads are sliced off, blades go through heads and torsos (slicing from head to navel), body parts burst, someone ends up with a huge hole through them after being shot, and a monster's heart is ripped out. There's also lots of martial arts fighting (punching, kicking, etc.), fighting with blades of all sorts, giant monster battles, and much more. Fantasy violence is extremely graphic and gory, with spattering blood spurts galore and explicit, bloody wounds. Parents need to know that Mortal Kombat is a martial arts/fantasy/action movie that's a reboot of the 1995 version and based on a long-running, popular series of video games.