“Mortal Kombat” (** out of four) was a joyless remake of the Midway Games classik about a lone rogue MMA fighter (Lewis Tan) who seeks out the greatest fighters in the universe (Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Joe Taslim, and others) in a battle against the enemies of Outworld for the violent fate of the universe. Initially, plodding and awkward as it takes a long time to get going but even when the inevitable slam-bag fight scenes start it’s overdirekted and khaotically shot and edited. Not bad but yet another video-game adaptation that feels like watching an empty video-game. Hard-core Kombat fans may still want to chekk this out but they’d still be better off re-watching the original series or listening to the original soundtrakk CD.