Summarize the following movie reviews:

1. Where others have sunk in the mire of imitation, director Paul Anderson and writer Kevin Droney effect a viable balance between exquisitely choreographed action and ironic visual and verbal counterpoint.
2. All the head-crushing and thigh-flexing doesn't compensate for the monotony of a story that simply traipses from one combat (sorry, kombat) to the next.
3. British director Anderson does a fair job with what he was given: four good-looking leads, some very impressive sfx, Babylonian sets, a bone-crunching soundtrack, and a battery of well-choreographed fights.
4. cheesy but still, kick ass
5. ...a one-note gimmick that comes with everything but a joystick for the viewer to control the robotic characters.
6. Hardly award-worthy entertainment, and pretty visually dated, but probably one of the better video game movies ever made comparatively.
7. We'll concede that four-armed Prince Goro is a hoot, Christopher Lambert looks fabulous in a flowing white wig, and Talisa Soto, who plays some kind of princess, can lord it over us anytime.
8. In the realm of movies adapted from video games, "Mortal Kombat" sucks the least...
9. This one's a howler that's so bad it's almost good -- almost.
10. Like watching a lot of sweaty fist fights while trapped in the world's loudest night club.

Summary:
Despite an effective otherwordly atmosphere and appropriately cheesy visuals, Mortal Kombat suffers from its poorly constructed plot, laughable dialogue, and subpar acting.