Bad Films In Good Company

It was the most dangerous argument of the entire 1990’s. A debate so bitter, it caused friends to fight each other to the death. Which was better Street Fighter 2 or Mortal Kombat. Both released in the UK in 1995, their cinematic incarnations are put to the test. It’s Lambert vs Van Damme in a fight to the finish. Legendary Arcade and Super Nintendo fight ‘em up Street Fighter 2 was so successful, it spawned countless imitators, practically creating a whole gaming genre. Can the man who wrote the gun happy Die Hard and Commando turn in a good fist fight? Should Kylie Minogue have stuck to singing? And will it be a sonic boom, or will it fire a Blanka? Mortal Kombat was a very different kind of fighter from its Japanese counterparts. Switching from hand-drawn sprites to digitised characters, and shot through with dark humour, it was more notorious for its controversial blood and gore fatalities. Could writer/director Paul Anderson deliver a film to satisfy its fans, but appease the parents of its tweeny audi