Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins (2D & 3D Animated Film) - Rental Reviews

Prepare yourself! ...for the other Mortal Kombat movie from 1995... that nobody wanted! On this episode of Cinemassacre Rental Reviews the guys Test Their Might against Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins. It's a 3D and 2D animated movie that came out before the live action film. It was supposed to be a tie-in for the movie, but doesn't make any sense and looks like garbage. The 3D animated Reptile in the real movie looks better.
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[@manabluerose]

"There's too much violence. Mortal kombat has positive messages." the 90s were such a wild ride.

[@CartoonHangout]

What's funny is there was a cancelled Mortal Kombat cartoon for girls at some point and they're all like...in school or something.

[@volactic5240]

@@CartoonHangout curiousity got the Best on me, so what mk cartoon

[@JaxBlade]

I used to watch this all the time as a kid 😂😂

[@tthomaselli2]

@@CyrilViXP- Agreed.

[@tthomaselli2]

JaxBlade- I used to watch this, all the time as a kid, as well... I'm ashamed of myself for it, now.

[@spencerellis1926]

So did I

[@coyotefever105]

Then again...maybe not!

[@scottyb003]

Me too!

[@SatoshiKong]

This shit makes the MK4 cutscenes look like veritable cinematic masterpieces... ...even the N64 ones.

[@theinanimateobjectlover6491]

Um you know that mk 4 is n64 right

[@avgngaming6344]

Satoshi Kong I agree but there ain’t no fucking cutscenes

[@wadmodderschalton5763]

This is a lower-budgeted effort/pitch version of Mortal Kombat 4. (0:19)

[@HeeHo13]

@@theinanimateobjectlover6491 this is like a year late .. but it also came out on ps1, and the cutscenes were different for both consoles

[@codyb.3015]

@@HeeHo13 Another year late, but it was also an arcade game.

[@timf7413]

I actually remember renting this from the video store as a kid and being impressed by the computer animation. Looking back, that seems so funny.

[@thelastdragon5551]

“This is cutting edge 3D animation. It couldn’t get any better than this.” Me in 1995. 😅

[@doubleHLabs]

The code 466-466 = Unlimited Run What a great code!

[@CarInMyAss]

I remember that. Good code

[@Fortuna1]

Ideal for glitches with reptile

[@edwardtjbrown1979]

Mortal Kombat Monday!

[@Bman32x]

Dave Electronics that code was so vital in MK3 to be able to do combos

[@setsers1]

Thx!

[@shreddyginger8218]

I made my dad buy this vhs at a CVS in 2003 when I was 8. He watched in anger saying "I told you it was gonna suck". I watched laughing my ass off. Good memories.

[@Treychik]

I can imagine your dad's face 😂

[@Clay3613]

Hope you didn't pay more than $3.

[@shreddyginger8218]

@@Clay3613 that sounds about right lol

[@AmbitousStylez]

Lol im dead 😁😂😂😂😂

[@acertainshape]

This probably never happened, but cool story bro. I mean why would a film that came out only on VHS in 1995 be for sale at a CVS in 2003?

[@GlyphedArchitect]

"I can't stand watching things on my computer" - Man who makes things people watch on their computer

[@shenloken2]

My phone usually

[@user-bt3xv8qt3k]

You can buy a DVD instead

[@jb111082]

I think he meant movies and tv shows, not stuff like KZbin content. I could be wrong though.

[@Its__Good]

"A darker shade of Goro" is my favourite metal album.

[@AndyKusanagi86]

isn't that the one where he plays the drums?

[@ashertelvallo9480]

@@AndyKusanagi86 No he plays bass.

[@Bootystank99659]

Asher Tel'vallo br br deng

[@banessuperbrutalmetalfunti2561]

I prefer the romance series "Fifty Shades of Goro".

[@zanemurcha2675]

Imagine if Toy Story never happened, or turned out looking like this. Where would we be today? Cinema's legacy would be forever dented if this was all we had for CGI animation.

[@Goodfella502]

My dad took me to the MK show when it came to our city and i was only about 6 and it was so loud and crazy and so much stuff going on that I pissed my pants lol

[@WeAreTheOnesWhoLive11]

Lol ...I yelled you have a lumpy she yelled at me and I pissed my pants - Ricky Bobby son 2020

[@slideandslip25]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rockhound3.14]

Thats awesome

[@jayp.6166]

lol nice At the time, I bet you didn't think you'd be telling that story to as many as 566,000 people on the internet one day

[@hv3532]

205-205 is the code to fight Smoke. I still remember after all these years. 😂

[@Nicksolo85]

205-205 = Smoke 967-342 = Noob Saibot 969-141 = Motaro 033-564 = Shao Kahn

[@gutz1981]

I remember renting this as a kid and was so pumped to see this. Never have I tried to run away from a decision and VHS rental faster than this. I think I returned this back to the store as soon as I watched it. Some memories of money and time you wasted stay with you forever.

[@caterwaulin9834]

For anyone curious, the Kung Fu flick playing in the background is Dragons Forever!

[@Jonnynot1plate]

Thank you! Was killing me

[@darksamurai73]

thank you, i know ive seen it, but i could not think of the name for the life of me

[@WaspandUnicorn]

Thanks!

[@Recardoguy007]

Benny was legit

[@lanceturley7745]

I think I also saw a few shots from Police Story in there.

[@planescaped]

The Sub-Zero guy in the back during that interview... wow. Everyone in that studio were lucky he didn't have the courage to pull that gun he was clearly hiding behind his back. XD

[@DerangedAvenger]

Probably would have just shot himself.

[@gabergamer8818]

In the mk tour interview it looks like they just taped bananas to scorpion’s face

[@jadasheekstyles2000]

The star wars holiday special of the MK universe

[@elifite5633]

Lloyd Vs agreed

[@valedictwhoreian]

I remember begging my mom to buy this for me because I wanted to codes. That was the last time I begged my parents for anything.

[@dubuyajay9964]

"Drink more Ovaltine."

[@hairlessmonkey86]

What was the code for?!!!!

[@djruden]

Proud to say I sat front row at the Mortal Kombat live show. Most of the live show was pre-taped audio that the martial artists would sort of mouth and then do the choreographed fights as I recall. I loved MK so much I even had this movie featured in the video. Good stuff !

[@squatchh_]

I watched the absolute fuck out of this when I was a kid and ALWAYS loved that dude standing there with the pose and that Johnny Cage shuffle back walk. Man good times. Thanks for making me feel unnecessarily nostalgic today

[@Laphin]

I love that you guys have "Dragons Forever" in the background with "Benny" the jet fighting Jackie Chan. Classic!

[@Chishannicon]

Kieran's vocal impression of Raiden at the end was eerily perfect...

[@michaelice4387]

I was thinking the same thing bud

[@retroaesthetics3887]

Whoa

[@mattleuty5285]

When Scorpion fires his harpoon he shout's "Get over here!!...slowly".

[@gonzalomunoztapia]

or "Get over here!... Please"

[@BrianSmith-ct3kh]

"GET A LITTLE CLOSER PLEASE"

[@BiotchProductions]

Holy crap, I remember Windows 3D Movie Maker! My friend and I used to make movies on that all the time! When we finally got a microphone to add our own voices, shit got real! It was around the same time I got Warcraft 2 expansion set! I love the building my own levels and changing the voices of all the characters Orcs and humans! Ah, good times...

[@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial]

I watched this so many times as a kid, I remember the Goro/ Kung Lao fight blew my mind away visually

[@crawlingamongthestars3736]

Yeah, I watched this a lot as a kid and was really impressed with the 3D fight scenes, and honestly even today, for that time, I think they are pretty impressive, but maybe that's just nostalgia...

[@The1RealDarek]

Yup. Same here :)

[@leethal59]

I loved renting this in block buster.

[@hrdcrnwo]

Same here, I have no idea how we ended up with the tape but my brothers and I watched it over and over. This and Lion King have been permanently etched into my brain.

[@KDeusgeetar]

Me too, and I had completely forgotten about this movie until I watched this review. It's so weird remembering how awesome I thought this was lol.

[@hmvd22]

I have to say this animation is one of my guilty pleasures, I’ve watched it as a kid and actually enjoyed back then.

[@TheColdbrews]

Disgusting.

[@ancientknight4653]

..

[@_PuppetMaster86]

Dragons Forever (1988) is playing on their television in the background.

[@_PuppetMaster86]

@Jason Chapa Yes, But it then later changes to Police Story (1985).

[@mattnelson8833]

and police story

[@nicosimioni7363]

There's just something about the original MK music and sound in general... I don't know what it is, but it's soooo good!

[@toprem4037]

I went to the MK stage show, I've got the gold plated pog slammer to prove it.

[@davidmedford1166]

I miss pogs!

[@deathsythelui]

Quite possibly the most 90's sentence ever uttered on KZbin...

[@Tubeite]

Pogs were awesome, better than Pokémon cards.

[@Lutfi.H.Abdullah]

are they using the real sprite actor of sonya for the stage show?!

[@Godlike_Virus]

So do I! I never attended the live show but somehow it ended up in my possession. Think mom got mine through a mail away or something.

[@panzersnapdragon3087]

I love the Rental Reviews series so much. Everything from the opening to the framing of the scenes is nostalgic, and everyone on every episode is a lot of fun and very knowledgeable, it really conjures up the "movie buff working in a crappy rental store in a strip mall on a creepy side street" feeling, the type of place you'd go just to browse and chat movies after school but you'd never suggest to your friends cuz of the part of town it's in.

[@flawlesspine483hamonn5]

For me personally, I loved this show. It's full of good feelings and memories. Despite being bad, in my childhood it was the thing!! I love it.

[@Its__Good]

Very cool

[@EitiHoly]

Yeah I watched it when I was a kid and I loved it

[@CainNuke]

It was NO show. It was a shot movie that served as prequel or preparation for the feature film.

[@TheSeph1984]

My Stepdad rented this for me back in 1995 at a Hollywood Video when I lived in Jeffersonville, IN on a Saturday Night... I remember watching this alone in the Living Room with both my Stepdad and Mom passed out in 2 different rooms...

[@dubuyajay9964]

Oof. Sorry to hear their relationship wasn't that great.

[@davidtabor2465]

I remember buying this from Woolworths with my big bro when we were kids! I loved it

[@allaboutdaniel]

David Tabor from Aus? Lol I watched this so many times as a kid!

[@maceoyarbro7737]

Woolworth 😮yoooooo we old af

[@50centgotshot9times]

I really like how there's a Jackie Chan movie or fight scene happening in the TV behind them. Being a massive Jackie Chan fan myself it's always really nice to know that James knows just as much and even more than I do about all the movies. Dragons Forever and Police Story 1 being in my top 5 Jackie Chan movie's.

[@Heir-to-the-BelmontClan]

what's the name of the film? being played in the back ground?

[@AcidGlow]

9:26 *Is the highlight* ✅😁

[@mymoviesbetter8466]

I purchased this VHS for 45 cents on Amazon

[@kaimcdragonfist4803]

Was it worth it?

[@mymoviesbetter8466]

@@kaimcdragonfist4803 Yeah

[@reviathan3524]

Intro style starts "Okay, you earned my like"

[@jorgelobolonely17]

Jackie Chan vs The Jet Urquidez in the background! Awesome!😎

[@DrDmoney82]

Dragons Forever one of his best films

[@timothysweezey1291]

Reboot came out before this and it looked way better

[@josephgriffin9676]

Reboot was awesome from what I can remember. Seems to be relatively unknown across the water. Not many people mention it nowadays sadly.

[@Dug88]

Reboot was awesome. I watched the hell outta that as a kid. I still holdout that they may finish the show some day. That's gotta be the worst cliffhanger ending I've seen to this day.

[@1mymm]

Dug88 you never watched Super robot monkey team hyperforce go, did you? Or how they treated Code lyoko where the final episodes were not broadcast, only online

[@Dug88]

@@1mymm No...no I did not.

[@1mymm]

Dug88 well honestly, you should, both shows are amazing in their own rights. I won’t tell you how SRMTHFG left off. But I will tell you Code Lyoko stopped broadcast originally at episode 90, the last seven episodes being released online, so if you do watch it, that will let you know where the cliff hanging was

[@songoku9348]

That intro was great! It rivals the AVGN RE survivor intro.

[@TalkSickMass]

Ed Boon would be giddy

[@cannonfodder4000]

Loved that re survivor intro

[@Solidier1]

Review that Angry Video Game Nerd movie next.

[@Aapiplayz]

Yeah that's gonna be good review

[@gjtrue]

That ought to be "fun"... 😏

[@CarInMyAss]

Hell yeah I'm in

[@damambinator7740]

That would be great. Especially if James plays it like "Who the F is this nerd?"

[@Solidier1]

@@damambinator7740 pretty sure that was The Pizza Guy.

[@randominternetweirdo5479]

I keep looking forward to your intros, you never disappoint.

[@ph4ntomlord]

Best...intro...EVER! Love the MK arcade test menu theme. Well done!

[@motolicious12]

PLEASE DO THIS! Learn to 3D and we will crowd fund this project. Please reanimate this movie!!

[@mrdownboy]

Put me up for a $5 donation. Let''s get this done!

No

[@SaviorGabriel]

I think $5 would be all you need. That's probably a bigger budget than they had to work with in '95.

[@Psi34ax]

Any day my boy James uploads is a good day for me :)

[@skaf008]

Psi34ax me too bro

[@MrAhmes2001]

Psi34ax ... and my days gets ruined when Mike uploads 🙈

[@thestwinner680]

The day is indeed better in that regard.

[@Kingsc84]

I had this vhs as a child and boy does it bring back memories. Not like it was any good but what it & other videos like it was part of my life I’ll never forget.

[@MotownWes]

WTH dude. This makes the Transformers beast wars show from the 90s look like a masterpiece.

[@manabluerose]

Dude, it was a masterpiece.

[@kingkold]

Beast wars is a masterpiece .

[@LordArikado]

Beast Wars had animation that was spectacular for a 1996 TV series made entirely in CGI. The CGI in this was bad even for the 90s.

[@Bridgestone1765]

I bought an SNES code book in the '90s and the only codes on it and that I know about for MK3 were 5 codes to put in on the menu: Kool Stuff, Kooler Stuff, Scott's Stuff, Sound Test, and an extra credit code.

[@LadyCoyKoi]

I had were the codes to unlock characters. It was to the point that back then I could do the codes without even thinking about them. They were automatically remembered through my fingers.

[@droleht1557]

Not 'Extra Kredit Kode'?

[@setokaiba200x]

I like that you have THEEEEE best fight scene of Jackie Chan's movies Dragons Forever on in the background.

[@charlesmaclellan8124]

It keeps distracting me from what they're even talking about lol

[@setokaiba200x]

@@charlesmaclellan8124 haha nice 🙂

[@reborno-o4498]

About time he got to this one. Remember being blown away by the 3D graphics back then, how times have changed. Also, count how many time Johnny's glasses come and go on that last fight scene.

[@svartfrasr9755]

That's how Johnny C do okay? THAT'S HOW JOHNNY C DO!!!

[@dubuyajay9964]

"Where do you get these guys!?"

[@Joneth_Piptne]

Dorkly 😏

[@a_crosser4233]

The middle picture in the thumbnail looked like drake of the 99 dragons...

[@kool-aidmaster4789]

The Animal Crosser of smash Ultimate That’s Shang Tsung

[@a_crosser4233]

@@kool-aidmaster4789 I know that, I'm saying the art style looks like the art style of drake of 99 dragons

@@kool-aidmaster4789 that's Isabelle?

[@kool-aidmaster4789]

Tomislav Dragić How the heck did you get Isabelle out of Shang Tsung

@@kool-aidmaster4789 I dunno

[@MikeyTaylorGaming]

Is this a new series? I haven't seen this on Cinemassacre before... If it is new, great work starting another series. So much effort and dedication hahaha!

[@crimson90]

He has many of these Rental Review videos.

[@MikeyTaylorGaming]

@@crimson90 KZbin need to up their game on subscriber notifications in that case!

[@kanebravo953]

@@MikeyTaylorGaming Maybe it's just you, I have gotten every notification for rental review.

[@cobracommander8133]

Kane Bravo I doubt it’s just him. I don’t get notifications for a lot of the channels I’m subbed too

[@SplashCity46]

Been going on since at least the end of the summer 2018

[@joshthomas917]

I bought this right before the Mortal Kombat movie came out in theaters. My Dad got it for me in Target or something. I was so excited for the movie and this was meant to get you even more excited/give you an appetizer. I loved it when I was little. I always noticed some of the stupid animations but I didn't think much of it. It's funny hearing them break down just how bad it is. I loved the idea of seeing the game characters come to life, and seeing who would "actually" win if they fought. Kung Lao losing to Goro, SubZero beating Scorpion. I still remember at the end, my Dad being disappointed that there wasn't a final fight. And even then I knew, you had to go watch the movie in order to see that.

[@SonGara]

This tape and the actual movie were a huge part of my childhood. I know its bad, but I still love it to death.

[@alanwestmoreland6152]

9:36 not even the real scorpion looked this dead inside and he was a hell walker

[@Jmnzz]

Thing that weirded me out the most wasn't Baraka or Kabal. Why the hell does Kano have nunchuks!?!?

[@guldronrendar7688]

Wow. I have had this vhs since I was maybe 8 years old. I’ve had it in our vhs collection for a lot of years. I love mk. Now I appreciate owning it after all these years. I remember it being interesting for what it was, but now I think I’ll go back to it and rewatch it.

[@coffinfeeder7732]

My cousin got a hold of this whatever it was back in the early 2000s, probably at a garage sale or in a discount bin in some store. I remember popping it in the VHS player at his house and being amazed by the animation on display. I was stupid back then.

[@sinisterniik]

The plug at the end for Cinemassacre Video was perfect

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

"It's such a pain to look at because everything is hideous." Ah! The 2006 budget-game problem!

[@48dj3ikd]

Love the videos man! Keep up the good work! If you ever come to Orlando, beer is on me good buddy!!!

[@DoYouNerd]

Oh nice!! We picked this up recently!! We also picked up Jekyll & Hyde the Musical--with Hasselhoff--we wondered which was worst out of the two. lol

[@19HajimeSaitou91]

"..and there's that 50 years old karate guy... Probably killed by Reptile or something" 😭🤣

[@TheNeedmoneybad]

Do THE FACULTY(1998) next!! It's a 90's classic alien invasion/Monster movie!!!!!!

[@gedaman]

Jon Stewart with a goatee LOL 😂

[@jonathanredford215]

"You wouldn't have liked it here anyway."

[@hicknopunk]

That is a great movie.

[@billdagrasshawking]

that's the movie where the kids needed to get high to stop the aliens right? I think usher is in it, I forgot about it until now...

[@TheNeedmoneybad]

Yeah that’s the one. I was like 8 years old when that came out and I thought it was the coolest movie ever, lol

[@mrpossibilities]

The long haired dude is like a real-life George McFly if Marty hadn’t traveled back in time and George just kept getting nerdier even way past after Marty was a full grown adult.

[@ManCaverTools]

I remember the Mortal Kombat tv show your talking about. It was more in the lines of test your might how with a few fights here and there, like breaking ice, wood and stuff

[@XradicalD]

15:10 MK the journey begin: reanimated? That would be actually interesting.

[@therealdeadpen]

I would like to see a review for Cube (1997) Cube²: Hypercube (2002) Cube Zero (2004) and this one I haven't seen yet.

[@auzzyauz4735]

There awesome

[@_PuppetMaster86]

The Great Austini *They’re

[@anthonygiovanni8434]

Love those movies ! Especially Cube 2 !! "Im fucking Hungry !!" Stabs Jerry for sustenance

[@jamesgrice9835]

Dude watch cube zero. It's the prequel

[@TheSP33DFREAK]

@@anthonygiovanni8434 Cube 2 is better than zero IMO. it's pretty funny lmao.

[@HatHole]

You keep doing this! Everytime I start preparing a review for something, you swoop in and review right before I do! And then I dont want to look like I'm copying you so I dont do a video on it. No joke it's happened like 5 times since you started doing the video rental reviews. I really enjoy your reviews, but come on dude!!!

[@KombatGod]

16:20 not only the 3d scenes were ok for the time, but they are the only things adding backstory to the characters, making this somewhat worth if you wanna see what the creators came up with for these characters. The 2D scenes are just a retelling of the characters going to the island, something we've seen a lot of times.

[@rebilacx]

"It's such a pain to look at because everything is so hideous." - Kieran

[@rachelectroDC-84]

That arm! Goro slowly, lightly slapping dark Goro's many hands away?! 💀👻

[@wonkrux42]

I use to rent this from the local video store as a kid, cant believe its been 20 years! Miss those days

[@goblin3810]

i always watch in 360p to simulate the vhs rental experience of my youth

[@ProLaytonxPhoenix]

I never knew these films existed.

[@damambinator7740]

You're much better off for that. Unless you like things that are unintentionally hilarious because the quality is so piss poor. Which I do.

[@shibba2517]

good for you xD

[@carlosek]

I feel so bad for my parents I used to make them watch this with me hundreds of times

[@pokey4200]

I remember my parents wouldn't take me to see mortal kombat in the theater, and this was all I had to hold me over till it hit vhs...

[@kinorai]

When I was young (around 11-12yo) I remember watching this over and over again and being amazed by the 3D.... I'll see myself out.

[@brycevo]

Test your Might... *Flawless Victory*

[@rabbitcarrot651]

Love this series. Just gets better and better. Great intro too.

[@kramalukes]

@12:50 Hank Hill brings the pro-pain, I tell ya hwat.

[@dubuyajay9964]

Yes!

[@Pentazemin7]

GOD DAMNIT BOBBY

[@rachelectroDC-84]

Ha! Love that episode!

[@smgeezus7186]

Thank you for saying what I was thinking.

[@BoshBargnani]

Tekken looks way better then this James. Apologize for that blasphemy.

[@taguroollano9746]

Tekken 1 was horrendous though..

[@N1KM4CH1N4]

He also mentioned Virtual Fighter. The combat in that was slow and looked kind of like this.

[@KageVII]

You get a like just for that arcade startup intro. Also, kudos for playing Dragons Forever in the background.

[@mickgraham7891]

Man I miss the video shop so much I would love to have the set up James has

[@ivankinov8409]

Great episode guys, love the old MK, please make an episode about Mortal Kombat Conquest, its my fav. tv series of all time.

[@PaulRizzo]

Oh yes!! I remember seeing this when it came out and being so confused as to how something could be so bad!! The only thing I was interested in was the footage about the movie after the cartoon.

[@shk4202]

POWERMAN! I watched the animated movie as a child i think it was pretty bad ass back then but its totaly outdated now..

[@__yt9081]

My friend had this video and we watched it a lot before I my Dad took me to see the movie. I actually liked at the time.......I also read the novel version of the movie prior to watching it.

[@topster888]

Dude I rewatched this ALL THE TIME as a kid!

[@Emperor_Oshron]

11:00 i totally get that--i have the same habit. i'm actually watching/listening to this video AND working on a Word doc while waiting for the day-night cycle in a game to complete as i'm typing this XDDDDD

[@chimualor5888]

Dragons Forever being played on the TV in the background! 🙌

[@zeitok8]

jackie chan vs benny, i can´t stop watching the tv screen, that´s how powerful those fights are!

[@bigdumbfella5886]

I rented this at a video store when I was younger but it was so odd that I had trouble remembering if it was real or not. Glad you guys did this video to bring light to this abomination!

[@andrecs515]

Guys, this is really a rental store or his the house of someone ? I started watch your videos a few months ago and i really love that cool VHS rental vibe, is really cool.

[@575forza]

Way to *TEST* *YOUR* *MIGHT!*

[@rich1051414]

I broke the anvil but my fingers are bleeding :(

[@smez]

Had this on vhs as a kid, thought it was amazing! 😅

[@Gonsoi]

I complete forgot the Microsoft Movie Maker 3D... I just remebered that i just to use it with a friend when we were kids, and quoting the pre-loaded sounds "like I'll trade you a magic trick for a vase". right on the nostalgia

[@JohnDoe-yf9wk]

I remember I picked this up somewhere I never did watch it and I guess that's for the best. By 1995 arcades were already on a serious downswing in the next 5 years they would pretty much be gone. The 90s truly were one hell of a decade.

[@Gambit2483]

Considering 3d animation was still a very new concept this was somewhat impressive back in 94 or whenever this released. Also as a kid we didn't know any better.

[@Nighe81]

I'm here for the Jackie Chan fight scene playing in the background