Insert Coin

It's an awesome documentary film that talks about Midway games in the 90s. If you love Mortal Kombat you should watch this film. It goes in depth on ED Boon and John Tobias and their creation of the franchise and it's characters. It talks in depth about characters like Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Sub Zero and Kitana. It also discusses the addition of finishers like fatalities and babalities which were originally Easter eggs. They even show off Kitana's banality finisher and other moves throughout the movie. The film also discusses the legal battles over the violence and the expansion into movies and more. It's worth checking out! It lastly also looks at the 1995 movie and the portrayal of characters like Liu Kang and Kitana by Robin shou and Talisa Soto respectively.

I might be a little biased as I am a really big fan of the Mortal Kombat Franchise. Overall I really enjoyed this documentary. It went over a lot about the franchise and the overall atmosphere of the gaming industry in the 90s. I enjoyed learning about Ed Boon and John Tobias a little more and the addition of Fatalities and origins of the characters. They go over multiple characters in depth like Johnny Cage, Scorpion and Kitana. I do wish they covered some of the villains such as Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn, but overall it was a great watch as a fan. I'd easily recommend it to anyone who loves arcade games or Mortal Kombat itself.

Director Joshua has a tone and a love for the guys he is interviewing and the story he is telling. And this film held may attention from the get-go because there is nothing more fascinating than hearing the story of how these games got made. It's every endearing.

We get to see the creation of games like Defender and Smash TV, before striking gold with groundbreaking arcade versions of Terminator 2, NBA Jam and the smash hit franchise Mortal Kombat.

We also get to hear from the likes of Paul W. S Anderson, the director of the Mortal Kombat movie, and his reasons for getting involved in the process. We even get a whole section on the Aerosmith starring often lamented Revolution X,

I absolutely recommend you guys give Insert Coin a shot if your the slightest bit interested in arcades or gaming in general. It's very open and honest in they way they describe the times.

It's an awesome documentary that covers the history of Mortal Kombat and Midway Games during the 1990s. I really enjoyed learning more about the characters and the creation of things like fatalities. I also really enjoyed that they covered the Mortal Kombat 1995 movie and showed footage and behind the scenes footage of the movie. The footage shown includes the characters like Robin Shou as Liu Kang, Talisa Soto as Kitana, and Linden Ashby as Johnny Cage. Overall it's an amazing documentary to watch, especially if you love Mortal Kombat. On top of that, if you enjoy NBA Jam or other games it's still a very interesting film.

If you want to learn more about the actual history of Mortal Kombat this is a great film to check out. It goes over that history and the foundation of all the games while simultaneously explaining the origins of finishing moves, characters and so on. For characters, it breaks down how they were inspired and also shows gameplay throughout. Characters focused on include Scorpion, Johnny, Sonya, Sub Zero, Liu Kang and Kitana. Kitana even does her banality finishing move during part of the film. Overall it's entertaining enough, but very interesting to watch. I strongly suggest checking it out if you are interested in it.