How Mortal Kombat Redefined Video Game Movies

Look, the history of video game movies, both at the beginning of its run and currently, is spotty at best. You had bad then and you have bad now and while you can get some more indie games being made into movies or at least studios taking more chances with what ips they decide to use now, back in the early 90s it was only the best of the best and the most popular that would be turned into movies. Mortal Kombat came along and changed everything, at least momentarily! And boy, is it hard not to scream that at the top of my lungs whenever I say it.