The oral history of a team of geeks and misfits in the back of a Chicago factory creating the biggest video games (Mortal Kombat, NBA JAM, and others) of all time.The oral history of a team of geeks and misfits in the back of a Chicago factory creating the biggest video games (Mortal Kombat, NBA JAM, and others) of all time.The oral history of a team of geeks and misfits in the back of a Chicago factory creating the biggest video games (Mortal Kombat, NBA JAM, and others) of all time.
Lawrence Kasanoff
- Self
- (as Larry Kasanoff)
Tom Kalinske
- Self
- (as Thomas Kalinske)
Sal DiVita
- Self
- (as Sal Divita)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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10tj-56946
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.
This is an awesome documentary for Mortal Kombat fans. It went into a crazy amount of detail about the creation of the first few games and the story of Ed Boon and John Tobias. It also discusses characters like Johnny Cage and Kitana and explores their moves and origins in great detail. You even see cool finishers like Scorpions fatality and Kitana's bability in the film which is hilarious as I would never have expected to see that in any kind of film. The documentary also discusses the movie and the fights with the government when they tried to ban it for violence. It's an awesome film if you love the franchise and want to learn more about it.
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.
If you love Mortal Kombat you will enjoy this documentary. It mainly features John Tobias as he discusses the game and so on. They also show off Mortal Kombat characters like Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Kitana and Sonya. They also show off additional and goofy moves like friendships and animalities, along with kitanas babality and discuss why those things were added and how the Mortal Kombat Franchise took the shape it has. They additionally discuss the 1995 movie and the overall gaming atmosphere of the 90s. If you love MK or NBA games it's a great documentary to check out. It's free on youtube with an ad.
10j-99933
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.
Did you know
- TriviaAdditional interviews can be seen after the credits, including an important one from Tony Hawk (who was not in the documentary); in this interview, ue tells how Williams/Midway struck down his idea of a skating game, deeming it an "unpopular" sport.
- ConnectionsFeatures Pac Pac (1980)
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- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
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