Mortal Kombat - Movie Review

[@dominiccarrano9513]

I think we can all agree that we wanted more of Sanada as Scorpion in this.

[@ferstnaimlaastnaim6732]

Fortunately he already signed on for four more sequels

[@tylerevansevans2862]

@@ferstnaimlaastnaim6732 your right so did Joe Taslim

[@crake345]

Yessss

[@zuriyel5368]

Yup! I haven't played the games, so speaking as an outsider, I think it would've been a lot better for this movie and its cinematic future if they simply let the first movie focus on the blood-feud between Scorpion and Sub-Zero, so they'd have a lot more screentime to let us get invested in these characters, before deciding to expand the world and add more characters in a sequel. Like let Scorpion at the end of the first movie figure out that it's not just him, who's been dealing with someone like Sub-Zero, then let him explore and figure out how widespread this problem is and why it's happening and seek to put an end to it by gathering others who have been in similar positions as him.

[@lunanimomusic]

He should star in a Sekiro movie/show. Awesome as scorpion.

[@Kaio_Kid]

I honestly thought Cole was Lu kang, til Lu showed up. Then I thought he was gonna be the next scorpion, til Scorpion showed up. I'm just like who tf is this guy?!

[@DjJokerr]

Facts! Main character was lame..

[@jormungandr4690]

I am guessing the woke culture really wanted to replace Johnny, too bad they are all bad writers, os they cant write a good character to save their lives

[@bizmonkey007]

That would’ve been a lot better if Cole turned out to be Liu Kang. It goes against the lore, but would be an interesting twist that would explain a few things, like Liu Kang’s control of fire. As is, both Cole and Liu Kang are pretty weak in the film.

[@bubbygirl.ludi_girl]

Same then I thought he was the baby until I remembered the baby was a girl. They really should have left the character of Cole out.

[@jodyd1998]

YEA they could've did without Cole Young, Liu Kang is Earths champion the story should've revolved around him then they killed Kung Lao like wtf. Best part of the movie was Kano .

[@clos242003]

Can we get a director's cut that involves at least 30 more minutes of Scorpion/Sub-Zero scenes??? I'm willing to sacrifice all of Cole's scenes, if that's what it takes.

[@culturecanvas777]

Or just erase all Cole scenes. Pointless.

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[@naimrancier8197]

For sure cole is the spotlight but moving his ass out the spotlight and sharing it will of more

[@hopelessent.1700]

Daren there’s a time and place... this is just.... hmmm

[@sibsart2039]

This is what the movie needed to be better. More of scorpion and his connection to Cole. He keeps getting visions of Scorpion in hell, learns who he is, then suddenly he shows up to fight SubZero at the end. No build up at all for him being there. If they really tried to connect Cole to him, they should have spent a few more minutes on that, and then explain why he shows up at the end because the film gives us nothing. That would have made both characters better IMO. Plus I would like for Liu Kang to have had more spotlight and importance, rather then just making him their generic teacher for a bit.

[@Marcellus-ro4ko]

That first 10-15 min of the movie was a masterpiece. It’s like it was a whole different movie from what we got after!

[@kainschilling6758]

take the first 15 mins and smash it with all subzeros scenes and kano, and thats a better movie lol

[@cyklonus1]

I agree with you 💯 percent Marcellus 0423

[@One21Jiggawatts]

The first 15 minutes was a pale impersonation of Kung POW. I was waiting for Sub Zero to get beat up by a baby chosen one.

[@cyklonus1]

@@One21Jiggawatts LMAO I love kung pow lol

[@Darkreaper71]

@@One21Jiggawatts oh my word I've been searching for that movie for ages! Saw it as a child. The movie where a baby beat up assassin xD

[@alexlazzerly3677]

Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion, Joe Taslim as Sub-Zero, and Josh Lawson as Kano really saved this movie.

[@angelicsailor1st]

%100

[@crake345]

Yup. All of the other characters were bland.

[@bigo1107]

I think Jaxx was alright too

[@yippykiyay89]

The main new character was diabolical, I've already forgotten his name

[@alexlazzerly3677]

@@yippykiyay89 He was quite terrible.

[@bellkanen1998]

Treating Sub-Zero almost like a slasher movie villain was the best creative decision the filmmakers made.

[@BabysitterSky]

It worked. Everytime I saw snow or ice I sat up and was like "awww shiiiittttt"

[@mauricerobinson3184]

Great antagonist.

[@JBouch33]

Worst decision they made was not using the rivalry between him and Scorpion throughout the movie. Book-ending the movie with it just makes you a little disappointed with the middle

[@angelicsailor1st]

@@JBouch33 exactly and why if Cole is related to Scorpion and Cole was raised an orphan didn't they lean in on the legacy? Have a family reunion moment ?!? Anything ?

[@JoshuaDay0550]

thats who he is .... an assassin.

[@Veela666]

I like the part during the training when the dude was like, 'is that the only move you know?'. A clear reference to people spamming moves in the game.

[@nauseous3925]

and it was the low kick trip, haha i love that this was in there

[@Fitzgeralduh]

💯 Right. I thought that was hilarious.

[@sheldonjplanktonn]

That was a good line. The egg roll line was the best tho

[@TheFlash-rh2el]

Good for a Rooster Teeth video, not a hundred million dollar film. It felt like an advertisement that didn’t even know what it was itself. After someone gets a fatality done on them: Me: Don’t say Fatality, don’t say it, don’t you say -“ Kung Lao: “Flawless victory!” Me: “Fuck you! That’s not even the right term! You nearly got beat you tool!”

[@SMPMS8389]

That was brilliant

[@DressedNudist]

I think it's hilarious that Cole's arcana literally is plot armor.

[@GeeklyGoods]

Perfect arcana lol but man what a waste of a character...

[@kriscollins2437]

lmfao

[@DamanKingBear]

😂

[@xxleo_gamezxx6477]

@@GeeklyGoods right?

[@user-yt5kh3fj7j]

He's just hallucinating fan, thinking he's one of the kombatants..

[@ThisOffendsMeTV]

Sub and Scorp were 100% used to lure everyone in. I would’ve enjoyed a movie with just them. Cole Young is literally the most stale ass character in any film lmao it hurt that they brought a new dude in.

[@User-VerseS]

Speaking of which, a majority of the trailer had Sub and Scorp

[@sizzle2723]

Man got a body armour with back arm sticks

[@Chocokaylarobin]

Yepppp

[@DeltaSixDJ]

I don't have an issue fundamentally with a new character, but Cole was very uninteresting and the actor is very wooden (he's pretty though..)

[@culturecanvas777]

Why "luring" with SubZ and Scorpion when they can just make that as the whole movie.

[@demonbadger86]

With the right direction, production etc you could make a legitimate 10/10 movie with Sanada and Taslim just focusing on the Sub Zero/Scorpion rivalry.

[@FeelMyFerret]

A scorpion vs sub zero spinoff would get my money

[@Peasham]

I dunno if I'd agree, Sanada didn't seem like he cared at all.

[@v-trigger6137]

If a sequel ever happens, I hope they will get someone like Gareth Evans or Chad Stahelski, who would be more experienced with these kind of action movies

[@zuriyel5368]

Would've been so much better if they started off with that as the first movie, then a lot more screentime could've been given to those two, to make the audience interested in those characters, before deciding to expand the world and the amount of characters. Forget that it's a video-game adaptation and focus on making a martial arts epic, focusing on the blood-feud between Scorpion and Sub-Zero.

[@arielemiliano226]

@@v-trigger6137 It is gonna happen. Taslim said a few days ago that he signed for 4 sequels.

[@Simon-zu2rb]

As someone else has said, Cole Young's actual powers is literally plot armor.

[@mattstorm6568]

I had no idea who he was. I don't get why can't they make a good MK movie? Remember "Enter the Dragon" or "Big Trouble In Little China", - here we are almost 5 decades later with far more advanced effects and those 2 films feel far more like MK than this. I wish I could go pluck those writers/directors from the past, give them the budget/tech of today.

[@tannernipper3756]

I just nearly shit myself in anger when that clown killed Goro like he was a geek

[@saysoun752]

@@mattstorm6568 The studio wanted the movie to be different from the game so one aspect was they wanted a lead who wasn't part of the Mortal Kombat lore. That's how Cole came about.

[@bossmanejusto8386]

That shit was terrible smh

[@IkariRecca]

Gold star

[@rannierunsfast]

Hiroyuki Sanada deserves all the appreciation! He's such a good actor

[@Theohybrid]

Oh yeah! Super awesome!

[@tiaaaron3278]

So does Joe Taslim. Best parts of this dumpster fire.

[@ncmaniac0256]

is it just me, or the part that making sub zero the bad guy really wasn't like a good idea to do? ALSO agreed! love Hiroyuki Sanada and Joe Taslim's performance!

[@channingbloom7125]

200

[@yuh6271]

Sub-Zero was menacing af in this movie. The way he froze his opponents' limbs and stares into their soul while doing it was bone-chilling.

[@Took2Much]

Ha I see what you did there sneaky fox

[@Exaltedmind2019]

Clever

[@kensredemption]

Bruh 😂

[@The95th]

Ohhh making cold puns while talking about Sub-Zero is TIGHT 😁

[@mdHugh]

@@The95th it's actually pretty easy... barely an inconvenience

[@FuttBuckerson87]

the scene where liu kang spams the leg sweep on kano alone was worth the price of admission

[@Sean360Lennox]

The eggroll was worth it hahaha kung lao should have passed that shit that's why he died hahaha

[@machogandalf]

Liu Kang was horrible wtf

[@WretchedDrummer]

Liu Kang was great

[@machogandalf]

@@WretchedDrummer the guy that played Cole should’ve play Liu Kang this movie was so cringe and disappointing

[@windandcloudshadow158]

Liu Kang was crap in this movie treated as a joke when he should've been so much more badass.

[@Goldie_Roger]

i like how they made a Mortal Kombat movie without an actual Mortal Kombat tournament they're like "nah we'll save that for a sequel...if we get to make one"

[@pedrogoncalvesneto2451]

Right???

[@brajeshsingh2391]

that was the biggest drawback. An hour into the movie I was thinking where is the Mortal Kombat tournament. Where is the fight ? Where is the set up. The first 20-25 minutes are good. To the point where sub zero arrives the movie is interesting. But thereafter it descends into mediocrity. The screenplay is really poor and so is the acting. it appears the script was rewritten as makers tried to put the framework of the story. But overall its loses its intensity and steam to become very bland. The dialogues are poor and the plot points are really weak. I mean the black guy just saw what sub zero could do and he is telling him I have six tours. And why did he not tell the lead actor the purpose of his visit the moment he saw the the mark. And the bearded guy who is chained and wants to escape suddenly has a change of heart and decides to stay for 3 million dollars. He is wanted in 35 countries. How stupid could he be. They find a plane to reach the Temple of doom where the Shao Ying clan is waiting for them. Its a mess. You get a sense that the makers had some ideas. But they could never integrate them properly leaving too many holes. And casting is awful. Apart from the lady Sonya Blade and Sub Zero not one actor looked like a fit for an action movie of this type. Disappointing. Even more so because the first 20 minutes are really well done. As Stuckkman said it exceed expectations and I too thought that is really good, in fact too good for a Mortal Kombat type movie. But it falls apart thereafter.

[@bart234465]

Yups

[@kellyburgess9510]

This movie was meant to be the start of a planned trilogy. The developers plan was movie 1 pre tournament, the next movie will be the tournament and the final movie is the tournament aftermath.

[@brajeshsingh2391]

@@kellyburgess9510 well there is some good stuff in the movie. The action scenes and the idea of the back story. But the screenplay is what lets it down. And also the acting. I think the movie probably bit a little more than it could chew with the back story, then character development and the set up. there are many plot holes and narrative takes far more liberties than it could afford. The arcana stuff is pretty uninspiring. They could have followed the model of the original's director in Monster Hunt which followed a simpler path in and delivered a more entertaining movie. Just too many things happen in the third act which are hard to believe. They need to make the story more intense, make the villains' more threatening, and finally make the narrative more cohesive. I mean some of the stuff is funny. Like Cole's daughter saying cool suit dad when her father is being attacked by a four arm monster. And then when she says try the upper cut its like he is fighting an exhibition match and not facing some life threatening monster. And the guys who loses his arms saying I have six tours. And finally the good guy in the beginning returns suddenly at the end as Scorpion. The reviewers have praised Kane. Frankly he sounds like a buffoon in the entire movie and his actions are really hard to understand even though the character was well thought off and the fight sequence with the reptile was good. And the lightening god cannot interfere. More intensity , better acting, more cohesion is required. But Nicholas Cage is coming for the sequel. Lets hope he makes a good comeback.

[@Jetlife33]

Honestly, Johnny Cage could've had Coles role as the person people have to explain the lore to, that's all Cole was in the movie

[@Shaunks86]

I was thinking the same thing the whole time.

[@M43STR0_]

Lol, I thought cole was scorpion

[@VitaeDivinia]

Cole was the best written character. Playing the guy who needs to do something for his family or something. Forget otherworldly shadow ninjas, sub zeros story should just be that he needs to fight for his family. Cue subbies little one starting to cry, his tired wife getting up but he stops her. “I got it this time.” Holding his child sub zero realizes he must fight! For his family or something.

[@Jetlife33]

Coles's character has potential but in my opinion, he was written wrong, he barely had that much dialogue and when he did say something it was generic sounding.

[@sugen747]

@@Jetlife33 Cole felt like a satisfactory way of introducing the characters of MK from a neutral point of view within the verse. I didn’t mind Cole’s inclusion as most of his dialogue were primarily used for setting up the world of MK and less about who he is as a character. He’s honestly the perfect character to kill off during the sequel because he’s that basic. Personally I’d love it if Cole was killed off within the first half of the sequel to have Johnny Cage be the secret MC of the sequel.

[@dessfred]

Heavely cut and edited fight scenes are the bane of americanised version of a cinematic fight. South-asian action cinema knows what is good. It's a choregraphy, not just a serie of close-up punches and kicks. It's a shame

[@angelicsailor1st]

I know and the actors in interviews where so excited about it being REAL fighting and how "you haven't seen it done like this before" only to have it ruined in post

[@Danamous]

Yeah. I got really disappointed with the fights

[@luisjoseherrera408]

I hope they can make up for it in the sequel, if there is one, ever

[@RanOutOfSpac]

@Richard Cheung I feel like that should’ve been priority given that the movie is based on a fighting game franchise lol.

[@unc54]

Did you say South Asian cinema? That's even more cut up than Hollywood.

[@faboul467]

The beginning of the movie and Cole’s introduction felt like two different movies

[@abishaipaul2298]

True

[@LiterallyVegeta9000]

Exactly

[@abishaipaul2298]

@@LiterallyVegeta9000 the first scene looks so promising, like we are gonna see a tragedy.

[@JacobAndJamal]

Yeah. 1st 10min or so I was on board . After that it just got worse till the end

[@CahyoPrabowo]

Why do we need dual intro? Wonder woman had stupid dual intro.

[@davidmayberry3190]

The leg sweep part was pretty funny because everybody has that friend that only knew that one move and would abuse it like crazy.

[@aj551]

Facts 😂😂

[@AndrewB23]

I lost my shit when he was spamming

[@charlesbadger7987]

mixed hahaha.

[@t-god2439]

😂 didn’t even catch that but that’s true

[@skyyexplainsitall]

I cackled 🤣 My brother would do that same move over and over again when we were little and it would piss me off lmao

[@edgarrodriguez2764]

When I first saw cole and that little girl I honestly thought that was his sister, only to reveal that’s his daughter???? And his “wife” looks like she could be his mom and it felt so awkward seeing them kiss

[@truegamer_007]

He's half asian, that's why he looks young

[@hasaniwu]

@@truegamer_007 I am fully asian, and I can verify that we never age

[@Retrogirlgamer]

I also thought it was her sister hahaha Later on i thought she was her girlfriends daughter.. And then i realize he was her dad ..

[@truegamer_007]

@@Retrogirlgamer Is it just me who caught on immediately it's his daughter???

[@tinyrecluse3142]

@@truegamer_007 probably. i literally didn't hear "dad throw your uppercut" at the beginning so for a while i was straight up confused

[@h6e6ya1]

They should’ve added liu Kang’s iconic, Bruce Lee’s, “yatahtahtahtah” when he did the kick.

[@DaTruthHurtzzzz]

I was so disappointed they didn’t

[@wishmakr]

I'm guessing it was in the games, that's why you suggested it, but in real life, Lee never made any of those noises. English dubbed movies, added those noises in.

[@mydogsbestfren7490]

they should have added a lot of things bro lol

[@bironjames9948]

They didnt add that tf

[@michaelgobi3295]

I think the whole "yatahtahtahtah" thing comes from kenshiro, not bruce lee i think

[@rondoe937]

If the movie was just based on the origins of scorpion and Sub-Zero this movie would have been amazing to set the mortal Kombat universe and future installments.

[@angelicsailor1st]

Yep that would have been great

[@aaadesktop]

that's what i was thinking too as i watched it. Kano would have made a good supporting character, which did anyway!

[@badrequest5596]

i agree if this was mk movie spin off set in 1600s just focused on scorpion and subzero it would have been much better

[@Diamondsxi]

Yes

[@Nightlotus01998]

To be honest, Joe Taslim as Sub Zero is perfect casting

[@360.Tapestry]

if you like him here, you'll definitely enjoy him as the villain in _the swordsman_

[@mikeburns6356]

He was genuinely scary.

[@dylanbollinger6270]

Warrior.

[@arielemiliano226]

In my opinion, i think he was BY FAR, the best thing in the whole movie.

[@kingmeruem8821]

@@arielemiliano226 he is

[@zamardii12]

The first 7 minutes of this movie was insanely promising, but god damn the movie went down hill with Cole.

[@GeeklyGoods]

Cole was so unneeded. He was literally a character created to follow along with the audience. Pretty lame...

[@mikeadams7904]

Bad character and the guy cannot act at all

[@JediRyu99]

1st 10 mins with Sub and Scorpion, Sub and Jax, and or kano scenes a great watch, everything else meh...Liu Kang is not front and center...armor plot, abilities plot...wack...Mk Annihilation, but with complicated plot twists...the mk dragons are now mk birthmarks (mk annihilation '97)

[@marty3065]

@@mikeadams7904 hes actually a pretty good actor but he doesn't show it in this movie check out wu assassins on Netflix hes on there

[@TimeBomb014X]

Jeremy Jahns:"I'm here for lore." Chris Stuckman:"I'm here for gore."

[@StaticBlaster]

Lol.

[@Unforgiven11]

Gore is Lore in Mortal Kombat universe

[@justherefortheviolence]

Already saw this comment

[@Coophack6584]

Why not both 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@NawiTheCore]

And it didn't satisfy either...

[@sunileddu5847]

Perfect Subzero and Perfect Scorpion casting.

[@Ennugia]

I was actually annoyed by Cole, I wanted a Sub-Zero/Scorpion 1 on 1 fight in the end, that new guy should have been somewhere else. Anywhere else.

[@trenken]

Lol yeah sure, except both look like they weigh 150 pounds and look stupid as hell as scorp and sub.

[@drankydrank1]

Cole was probably the most faithful to the lore tbh... Jokes aside, Kano was somehow better than any previous portrayal of the character... Sonya and Jax were solid. Mileena got shafted =/ she was a prop. But Nitara fans got it the worst lmao

[@MweepleSyrup]

@@Ennugia If anyone was gonna help Scorpion it should have been Jax

[@TheLegodude102]

@@trenken your stupid. Have you ever seen the raid or the wolverine. Bloodiest martial art movies ever made, joe tasilm is basically what inspired daredevil long running single shot fight scenes

[@nightowleia]

I have never been so intimidated by Sub-zero before while playing the game. Damn, that dude Joe Taslim nailed it.

[@miriammanolov9135]

Yes he did !! I liked him in Warriors on HBO. His character's calm demeanor but deadly actions are on point !!

[@jovanpfk269]

Indeed,Sub and Kano nailed it.

[@EricAndersonFitness]

Joe Taslim was also in The Raid. Definitely check it out if you get a chance.

[@miriammanolov9135]

@@jovanpfk269 Kano definitely stole all his scenes. Made me giggle throughout the movie. Sanada did a great job too as Hanzo

[@jovanpfk269]

@@miriammanolov9135 True, every screne time he had was grand.Would be a blast having Joe as Noob Saibot in a sequel, not younger Sub.

[@lolll3360]

If the first 10 minutes of this movie was the whole thing this could have been a masterpiece .

[@rikter22]

it would've been a kung fu movie and not a mortal kombat movie.

[@jorgehernandez4098]

At one point I thought Cole was gonna end up being Scorpion's vessel.

[@DavidGonzales-rt7qd]

Me too! I was worried about that. Glad that didn’t happen. Lol

[@subzfit]

I would've preferred it if they made Cole Young the 2nd Sub Zero

[@DavidGonzales-rt7qd]

@@subzfit but isn’t Kuai Liang (Sub Zero) Bi Han’s brother?

[@vincemartinez1666]

Sammmmeeee lmao

[@vondoodle4325]

same, i wish they went that route, like when his body suit started to form i was like "omg scorpions taking over, like some sort of avatar state" i thought his eyes were gonna get all firey and maybe even skull like with scorpion being in the hell realm for generations. overall i was happy with the film tho

[@mrstifler8987]

I love the part with Kano and Liu Kang. Where liu kang kept sweeping Kano’s legs, and Kano says “Fucking hell, is that the only move you know” 😂😂😂 little inside joke from the video games. They be spamming that move !!

[@danielc1078]

Oh wow, I didn't realize that. Now that scene is funnier.

[@vanessad.c.4094]

😂 omg I died because I think we ALL have said that to someone playing the game before. Kano in this film was one of my favorites. “The fuck?” 💀

[@rjay9098]

Spot on

[@skorne741]

Dude I guffawd in the movie theater when that happened because sweeping legs is my open in MK. I usually follow it up a second time because no one expects it and it was priceless watching it on the silver screen

[@BonyHawksToeSkater]

Yeah there was a little too much fan service in this movie, and a chunk of it was cringe, but I very much enjoyed that scene. I definitely exhaled air through my nose.

[@SLAYHOLE88]

Best part of the movie by far was when when Sonya says "I dont have the mark" and off in the background you hear kano go wah wah

[@dangelomartell9155]

I second that😂😂

[@Jay4444400]

I thought it was someone in my house when he said that

[@misaelbarrientos4922]

I can’t believe that made me bust out laughing

[@victorpleitez768]

Dead ass I thought that was someone in the theater

[@slayer4mayor]

Absolutely loved it lol

[@adriang5607]

I really hate the decision to add cole young to the movie, like the dude literally cant do anything alone he even need help from his wife when fighting against goro. Like holy hell there's like thoundsands of way he could die in the movie, its a shame they didnt take that oportunity

[@falxonPSN]

If they do make a sequel, an interesting idea would be Cole trying to recruit Johnny Cage, and he is not interested. Finally, Cole gets killed/severely injured protecting him and he finally decides to join up.

[@bullrun2772]

And yet we know that cole young is scorpion descendent so that makes it a lot better which people forgot to me ruin in the comments

[@waynetec13]

My biggest takeaway from this video is that I really need to watch The Raid.

[@hcdashadow80]

Facts! He remind of how great Raid 1 and 2 was. I want to watch both of them again

[@TheSilentknight1520]

The guy who plays sub zero is in raid 1

[@josephsua7246]

Merantau, Raid 1 and 2, Headshot and The Night Comes for Us. Everyone worked with each other in all those movies and it’s pretty fucking awesome!

[@Davey_Cakes]

The Raid is excellent. It's quite violent with scenes of brutal gunplay (in the first half) and martial arts throughout. The characters get beaten badly but don't go down easy, which does give a bit of a superhuman feel to the fights. It's an intense movie that puts a lot of action movies to shame. The Raid 2 is also great, but it's a much longer film.

[@josephsua7246]

@@Davey_Cakes the Raid 2 becomes an epic, and I love it so much.

[@kick8175]

Whenever there's a Japanese guy in a movie, 9 times out of 10, it's gonna be Hiroyuki Sanada.

[@biscuitboi9478]

Absolutely no complaints lol, he’s definitely one of my favorite actors

[@ermnest_tapierre]

i love him and he was amazing as scorpion and thats probably the best thing about the movie along with sub-zero, its just that i didnt expect a 60 year old guy to play scorpion lol. if its hiroyuki sanada like how he was in maybe rush hour 3, then it would probably be better. thats just imho

[@Jetstreamhustla]

He making money money 😂 he on Call 📞

[@daddyyu-gi-oh4330]

He elevates any movie he’s in period

[@hyau23]

Or Ken watanabe

[@Wolf.moon23]

The third act after they left Raiden's temple felt rushed.

[@justenholder918]

They montage killed all the bad guys😅

[@GoodwillWright]

Ironically reminds me of MK.

[@henrynguyen6437]

it’s a 2 hrs movie with a bunch of characters. it’s really hard to produce good pacing with that time constraint.

[@PuffySofty]

@@henrynguyen6437 In that case they probably should have just made a Scorpion vs Sub-Zero movie.

[@JC-rm6pm]

@@henrynguyen6437 totally agree, a 4 hour version of this movie would be needed to let it breathe

[@moonx4098]

you know this movie is bad when Kano is the best character.

[@morebass6644]

NO! Kano was the worst character!

[@freshevansGloryBeToYah]

@@morebass6644 no they all sucked especially lucan

[@morebass6644]

@@freshevansGloryBeToYah Subzero was ok but yeah they all pretty much sucked

[@binnysan]

@@freshevansGloryBeToYah Who tf is Lucan

[@freshevansGloryBeToYah]

@@binnysan the english way of spelling it lmao

[@AJ-bg6ko]

the hanzo fight at the beginning was by far the best fight, him killing all the lin kuei and then the fight with bihan was what the rest of the fights should’ve been like

[@umbrellaunderdog]

you mean constantly zooming in and out with quick cuts almost as annoying as fuck as shakycam?! :D

[@umbrellaunderdog]

tell me that "fight" with Hanzo vs Bihan is better than the Ryu and Ken sparring sessions in Street Fighter Assassin's Fist. e.e I DARE YOU e.e

[@AJ-bg6ko]

@@umbrellaunderdog i mean in terms of weight, during that fight they were actually damaging each other constantly, it actually felt like someone was gonna die, the rest of the fights were weak as shit and they all had hella cuts anyway, also no one brought up street fighter idk why ur talking about it

[@ma-tanica]

Exactly. They could even show that his fame is declining and he's also trying to prove himself, he's an underdog or something. Almost no difference with this movie except - the room for jokes, no family (which plays almost no role in the movie)

[@hunter1211]

MK 95- 8.5/10 MK 97- 5/10 MK 21- 3.5/10 Rayden is suposed to be a 7 ft Caucasian, not a 5 ft Mongoloid. LOL Liu Kang shouldnt look like a girl. Robin Shou looked like a man. Shang Tsung is not scary at all with those chubby cheeks. Tagawa was so much better. Sub Zeros and Scorpions costume was bad. Yellow and blue are barely recognizable. I hoped MK 21 was going to look something like MK LEGACY witch was very good, but it was nothing like it. MK 21 is not a movie you can watch twice, it would be too painfull.

[@fleeplayTV]

One gets fire, another gets teleportation, cano gets lasers, jax somehow becomes cyborg and the main characater gets plot armor.

[@firery794]

Holy shit you’re right, Cole Young does get plot armor. I did not notice that

[@Lord_ofcinder]

@@firery794 I believe cole young is the players basically. He is the dude u play in the krypt

[@kushmendoublecups]

And kano's eye is suppose to be cybernetic not mk magic lol

[@FandomLoverTransGirl33]

Kano, not Cano.

[@sleepingmonster1632]

Remember him like Brass Body in the movie The Man with an Iron Fist.

[@ryankelly7070]

5:20 Teleports right behind him without him knowing and decides to just smack his armor instead of just stabbing him in the head

[@educateyourself3872]

I thought that was kind of cool because some people might go for the head but the body is a bigger target so they might go for that too... I thought it was cool because she didn’t know it was armor, so he was saved by that deception.

[@myztik5716]

Teleports behind him like four times in the fight, never knows where she's going to appear

[@jinx3979]

@@educateyourself3872 I admire your positivity, but that was definitely dumb. A good cut to the neck is more effective than one to the back, and I’m surprised a trained killer would take their chances slicing his back which is obviously platted by something VS his exposed neck lol

[@educateyourself3872]

@@jinx3979 haha that’s true!

[@anythingfifa4078]

That armor looked like plastic I saw it moving around like plastic ..

[@jherrenor]

First 7 minutes released = GET OVER HERE! And then Scorpion teleports to the end of the movie.

[@firstnamelastname-ko3ge]

started off great. Loved kano, but fell flat quickly and imo the climax fell flat too.. It didn’t feel like mortal kombat at all after the opening scene

[@SozuSozin]

I laughed soo hard at the part when cole was like “Where’s your mark?” “I don’t have one” Kano: *WOMP WOMP*

[@marcgonzalez9690]

Pretty sure that was Kano

[@SozuSozin]

@@marcgonzalez9690 it sounded like it was in the soundtrack lmao regardless it was funny

[@Htx.lunatic]

That was Kano saying that. That's what made it hilarious to me.

[@pggalantd]

I thought someone in the back of the theater did that until I also saw it at home. So damn funny.

[@lonewolfgamingplus379]

Kano: "Put on a f*cking shirt, Magic Mike !"

[@MM-jc7uv]

Joe Taslim is so underrated. He’s a rare mix of a great martial artist that can actually act. Check out The Raid and The Night Comes For Us which are 2 great movies

[@buffywasright]

Check out Warrior too, the show made by the Banshee team.

[@margarethmichelina5146]

He and Iko Uwais, the main character from The Raid along with Yayan Ruhiyan a.k.a The Mad Dog are from Indonesia which is my country. And they are good martial artists who can acts and show the world what Pencak Silat (Indonesian Martial Art) is. Too bad in Indonesia, Joe mostly played in comedy or drama movie while Iko and Yayan go International and even appeared at The Force Awaken as The Kanjiklub members and got wasted.

[@anoobis_]

An Indonesian actor in Hollywood, playing as a Chinese character and speaks Japanese. What could possibly go wrong.

[@user-yh6dq2hl2t]

he looks perfect for sub zero too

[@daren7786]

Literally 99% won’t see this but I lost my job due to covid. They shut down all the restaurants in Cook county which then led me to loosing my apartment. I'm currently living out of my car which I try and make the best of. I've applied to a bunch of places I'm hoping to get a call back. if anyone could help me with whatever you could bc I'm needing stuff like hand warmers which I stuff my clothes at night when it's cold. Also cheap burgers/fastfood. I know times are tough for everyone these days but if you're able to help me I have paypal username pay2winlife If you're unable to help I totally understand thank you

[@diogoubermensch9255]

Adding that Cole as the main character was an insult, but Hyroyuki Sanada as Scorpion made my mouth stay open for about 5 minutes. Fucking awesome.

[@adamalbert505]

I totally agree. I don’t know the mortal Kombat lore. But I think I did read somewhere the director was forced to add Cole by the studio

[@Apollocreed2076]

Yes, Hiroyuki Sanada was BAD ASS, as he always is.

[@anoobis_]

Should've just make the whole story to revolve around Scorpion and Sub-Zero. It was such a let down given the intro scene was good.

[@siddharthkhirwar2351]

@@anoobis_ Yep! Scorpion and Subzero's chemistry was off the charts and they brought a lot of emotional heft to the story.

[@anoobis_]

@@siddharthkhirwar2351 I guess they just HAD to make a main character

[@ramsessalderete1935]

Part where kabal tells Lui kang "he's getting his soul sucked" is gonna be a meme soon lol

[@akilbrazier1421]

Right l, I can see it now😂😂😂

[@VitaeDivinia]

That must be his Friendship move...

[@lordvoldy6812]

This didn’t age well

[@1masivac]

Being an 80s 90s kid, I must say I wanted more of the original soundtrack in the fights

[@truelyricist2]

I was pissed off on why they don’t at least put the nostalgia theme music when either the movie finished before the credits starts or at the beginning. I was infuriated like it seems like whoever directed this movie has never seeing the original movie along listening to at least the soundtracks

[@1masivac]

@@truelyricist2 exactly!!!! I actually low the volume, and played the son on my phone... it would have been so amazing

[@PharoahsKingdom]

That would have made it more cheesy

[@1masivac]

@@PharoahsKingdom nahhh that music was everything but cheesy:)

[@bobman929]

This was my biggest gripe. The mk theme didn't kick in until the credits!!! There was no energy in the fight scenes

[@mercwithayoutube]

After finding out that the sequel is the actual tournament this first movie makes a lot more sense . Hopefully they get a bigger budget and that they work on the editing

[@dannykay2624]

Ok good if the second movie will be more tournament I feel better about it

[@317Chris]

This movie made no sense. 4 of the 8 tournament fighters are DEAD and raiden won't compete, so make that 5. Including the tournament champion. This movie was utter garbage. I guess mortal kombat is just Johnny vs Sonya.

[@nonGigi]

@@Zerhapy this sub zero is not the one we know, this is bi han, he'll come back as noob saibot in the next movie

[@ivannaranjo983]

@@317Chris the people saying it’s garbage are the ones who have no idea what is going on

[@twns1076]

@@317Chris he said that ppl will replace his old fighters

[@Sean360Lennox]

Kano was the light of this movie no lies... Guy was funny as hell

[@bongripz4gma296]

Him and kabal were my favorites in the movie, especially their little confrontation 😂😂😂😂

[@clkgtr12]

Pass me the fucking eggroll

[@Sean360Lennox]

@@clkgtr12 hahahaha that shit took me out... Called liu kang Magic mike hahah and no more harry potter shit.. haha he was everything and then his beam came out hahaha

[@Sean360Lennox]

@@bongripz4gma296 hahaha sonya was trash the whole movie... I felt like she was a Shoe in... If she ended up killing him anyways why even spare him in the beginning lol she was useless. Liu kang was so bummy in this movie too felt so bad.. wanted to see Noob saibot when that black smoke came out too.

[@Nicebitoftucka]

Noice bit a tucka

[@shanedunleavy4574]

The movie had a huge missed opportunity from the start after Hanzo died. He had the mark and everything but instead they shifted the protagonist role to Cole Young instead of showing Hanzo’s efforts in the nether realm and his return to fight Bi-Han. The movie in my opinion as a hardcore fan, would have been so much better if Hanzo had remained the protagonist of the film and entered the tournament as Scorpion and so much more interesting as it would better connect his lore from the games to the film rather than adding a new and lame character with disappointing powers that are in no way related to his father

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

Great point on the fighting. Fully agree.

[@colinnixon7739]

Then yall are blind. Every fight somebody got stabbed or sliced up long before the fatalities lol

[@christophergarcia8726]

@@colinnixon7739 😑

[@jessec.6876]

@@colinnixon7739 they were choppy and overly edited.

[@colinnixon7739]

@@jessec.6876 you in film school or somethin? Most ppl don't notice shit like that because it's incredibly common.... sorry not a issue.

[@alejomiranda95]

@@colinnixon7739 what kind of lame excuse for shitting editing is that?

[@Spore6001]

Bruh Kung Lao placing his hand on Kano’s shoulder and Kano whispering “The fuck?” had me in stitches. Lawson carried the second act of the movie on his back.

[@angelicsailor1st]

HE SO DID

[@mathewsmith8031]

Every time the man opens his mouth it was gold

[@Em3raldSmokeGmG]

Lui Kang not Lao

[@TheDiddlerrr]

That part was funny asl 😂

[@MOSes020]

Agreed

[@mavm0210]

"I have risen from hell to kill you." That line alone made me want a solo Scorpion movie. The delivery was too good

[@srv_m]

Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge..(animated movie but I liked it. You can give it shot)..

[@mishab4065]

@@srv_m yep, that is peak Mortal Kombat experience, especially for fans of Scorpion

[@TheDarthMarko]

Jesus enough of that fanboy Scorpion shit. There are other characters beside Boon's fav.

[@eveemcghee4454]

I laughed so hard at that. He basically showed up and had to explain why he showed up because the movie doesn't show you what triggered that (because it was absolutely fucking arbitrary/nothing triggered it other than we want this to happen here)

[@Bl4ckD0g]

I really would have preferred the Quan Chi story over shoehorning somone's headcannon OC(Cole) into the movie, he was unnecessary to further Scorpion's plot.

[@laurenceraz5732]

My man Raiden so op that the writers couldn't even handle him well.

[@faris7765]

LMAO EXACTLY

[@ugandaicecreamandsoda834]

True as hell

[@Theohybrid]

Raiden: The disgruntled employee of the Elder Gods.

[@thechossenone342]

If Lu Kang was the main protagonist and Goro would've killed Cole then this movie would've been a A+

[@natejohnson7601]

Cole was an awful character

[@Ashsoro]

Cole wasn't a good protagonist but Lui is even more wooden and boring than Cole

[@natejohnson7601]

@@Ashsoro I know it literally pissed me off

[@cooliodiablo4571]

Everything about this movie was bad. Nothing would of made it A+...Did you even see what I watched???

[@EmperorDxD]

Firstly lui language hasn't been the main in mk since mk 9 that is now Johnny or raided lui kang dies and Johnny wins tournement or sometime raided in the new one lui kang is main again but there no tournement

[@ScenicFights]

Superb review here. I totally agree with Kano and Sub Zero. They carried this film. (I also want to give a shout out to Kabal, I thought they did a good job with him.) And yes, this movie could have been so much better if they edited it correctly and the choreography was meaningful like The Raid. Shout out to Joe Taslim who is also in that film.

[@pestilenceraid5364]

Kabal was SO well done. Absolutely LOVED how he was portrayed. The initial scene where he was introduced was layered with cheese so I was like "Uh oh" but as soon as the fighting started... yeah, Kabal. That sums the movie up, I think.

[@thejiggy]

and The Night Comes For Us! He killed it (and many people) in that role!

[@har5814]

Kano is so awesome

[@ah00dii85]

It was weird how Kabal just popped up though?! Like he doesn’t start off in outworld?

[@thant0s]

​@@ah00dii85 They don't do a good job of explaining the Earthrealmers aiding Outworld, and even with their golden boy, Sub-Zero, there's some weirdness going on because we have absolutely zero idea how or why he wound up there, as per the movie. The fact that Shang Tsung contracted out the Lin Kuei never came up, and it's an event that happened hundreds of years in the past, yet Bi Han is still alive and well, with zero explanation.

[@monstermash1571]

5:20 Cole having LITERAL plot armor can't be ignored

[@lullaby508]

hahahah

[@mathewsmith8031]

Ty I though the same thing 😂

[@MM-hi]

Like seriously when i saw that yesterday in the movies, i was like, she seriously didn't go for the head???

[@monstermash1571]

@@MM-hi I guess she didn't get the memo from Thanos

[@MrXabungle]

They showed it in the promos....

[@Leepty]

Is like when you where expecting an awesome fight between Jackie Chan and Jet Li but they gave you the Forbidden Phoo Phoo

[@josephsua7246]

I liked their fight in forbidden kingdom lol slow motion and wire work included

[@lungsen62]

The first 10min raised the bar so high that the rest was 😭😭

[@ricardog5180]

They should of kept it rolling all the way true ... and none of that comedy crap , keep it serious all the way tru ..(except for kano he was good)

[@Nobunaga1983]

They need a Zach snyder cut of mk. Have the first 15 minutes and then the last subzero scorpion fight and that’s it

[@ricardog5180]

@@Nobunaga1983 director needs to stop doing their thing and be true to the game. they screwed up with cole young in there

[@Nobunaga1983]

@@ricardog5180 yes I agree directors and writers didn’t understand the tournament and the rules of the different realms. They also didn’t know how to make you care about characters if they lived or died. Their attempt to make you care was the exchange of bracelets but still didn’t get a crap if cole or his family died

[@Adrian-wd4rn]

That's what happens when you add two B list film stars (Sanada being A list in Japan) at the opening sequence, then throw in a bunch of D list actors, in a film that should have an A list budget. Hell, they could have made the movie PG-13 but added brutal fights and a dope as hell story with great actors. If I want ONLY fatalities, id play the game on easy mode and just execute them.

[@ZomgZomg007]

kano was carrying this movie so hard.

[@AndrewB23]

Weird I hated him and loved everything else about the movie

[@mikeocsmall6766]

His character overpowered the movie. He was in there more then scopian n subzero lol

[@mv0921_]

Kinda but movie was dog shit . 4 /10

[@SolidPain6624]

@Jesus Pernia underwhelming? The dude is a certified jobber character in the games who loses every fight. Be thankful that Kano actually did something and had a huge role in the movie. He was one of the best in the movie

[@joshuaarce7165]

Dude was fxxxing hilarious 😂

[@marcozuleta133]

They should've make a Netflix show and explore all the lore and characters of the game with the style of this movie.

[@jmthewild1]

I said the same in another review lol

[@spider9886]

ITS WHAT IM SAYING, Mortal Kombat has so much potential as a show

[@jaydenjbryant8665]

Yeah there’s just so much story that can’t be fit into one movie

[@deninpaul7509]

3...2...1..... make an anime outta Mortal Kombat 🔥 (okke just kidding .... a show i better)

[@firery794]

@@deninpaul7509 I mean they kinda made an anime with Scorpion, but idk, never watched it

[@MyNameisRevenant]

Dont worry guys, Zack Snyder will come soon to fix this film with his 2 hours extended filmographic background story , getting rid of Cole and adding what was missing.

[@neenjaman1658]

Exactlyyy

[@umbrellaunderdog]

........ pfffffff Zack sucks too >.> imo.. also Cole the Crane Fly pass it along.

[@firstnamelastname-ko3ge]

if it takes you 4-6 hrs to make a good movie then you’re a bad director 💯

[@gabbyn.3049]

@@firstnamelastname-ko3ge its technically WBs fault for rushing a Justice League movie when there was only 3 standalone movies out of like 5.

[@firstnamelastname-ko3ge]

@@gabbyn.3049 the character lead up had very little to do with it... The plot holes, Bland villain, and no intensity / build was the main problem.. I like snyder. I think he could make good spinoffs... But him as a franchise director, HELL NO... Let him do superman movies, maybe help with the dc dark movies and that’s it

[@OneBirdAllStoned]

The guy who played jax said he made the mistake of watching the raid the night before his fight scene with Taslim. "I gotta fight this dude tomorrow?" 🥶

[@dantefromdevilmaycry9857]

really? do you have a link?

[@nerdgasam6838]

I saw that clip, regretting your life choices lol

[@OneBirdAllStoned]

@@dantefromdevilmaycry9857 its called youtube.

[@retrospect]

Seeing the way his face is in the thumbnail, I am scared.

[@abdulla-Xshe4ro]

Why? That is the look of a person who just saw a guy stabbing a dead man who came back from hell with his own blood.

[@RaymondArias]

@@abdulla-Xshe4ro The commenter was talking about Chris.

[@abdulla-Xshe4ro]

@@RaymondArias I know

[@Anthony-yd6ir]

@@abdulla-Xshe4ro the movie was generic

[@darkx6869]

Why? Is that him fake smiling or something?

[@jacebeleren3]

I loved all the scenes where Sub-Zero felt like a slasher monster.

[@GeeklyGoods]

Especially that opening sequence where he was creeping up to Hanzo's family like that. So good.

[@thecircle2662]

YES!!! I felt the same way

[@hunter1211]

MK 95- 8.5/10 MK 97- 5/10 MK 21- 3.5/10 Rayden is suposed to be a 7 ft Caucasian, not a 5 ft Mongoloid. LOL Liu Kang shouldnt look like a girl. Robin Shou looked like a man. Shang Tsung is not scary at all with those chubby cheeks. Tagawa was so much better. Sub Zeros and Scorpions costume was bad. Yellow and blue are barely recognizable. I hoped MK 21 was going to look something like MK LEGACY witch was very good, but it was nothing like it. MK 21 is not a movie you can watch twice, it would be too painfull.

[@thecircle2662]

@@hunter1211 so basically you wanted it to look identical to a game released about 30 years ago.

[@hunter1211]

The Circle Watch 90s MK and MK LEGACY then reply

[@stevengao8527]

The only person who showed pain or emotion during fights seemed to be Sub-Zero. The scenes where he gets impaled in his arm and when he takes off his mask gave me goosebumps

[@cgo350z]

One thing I found odd was Scorpion can say Get Over Here in English and nothing else.

[@fergotti]

Haha I thought that too! But I couldn't wait to hear it!

[@cgo350z]

@@fergotti Same. Gave me chills.

[@vincevvn]

It sounded pretty corny when he said it tbh

[@shanedunleavy4574]

One thing that was very dumb and hilarious that I think the writers missed was when Scorpion was trying to talk to Cole Young in Japanese. Like dude, you think he has any idea what he’s saying?!?!?

[@cgo350z]

@@shanedunleavy4574 That too. All they needed was to have him speak English the rest of the movie.

[@cripi6816]

He said he liked Sub-Zero, he said he liked The Raid, but he didn't mention Joe Taslim, the actor who played both in The Raid and Sub-Zero.

[@daren7786]

Literally 99% won’t see this but I lost my job due to covid. They shut down all the restaurants in Cook county which then led me to loosing my apartment. I'm currently living out of my car which I try and make the best of. I've applied to a bunch of places I'm hoping to get a call back. if anyone could help me with whatever you could bc I'm needing stuff like hand warmers which I stuff my clothes at night when it's cold. Also cheap burgers/fastfood. I know times are tough for everyone these days but if you're able to help me I have paypal username pay2winlife If you're unable to help I totally understand thank you

[@WilliamQuinones]

@@daren7786 shut up. Not trying to be rude but your comment had nothing to do with the main comment

[@dopevines3175]

@@simpbarnie2981 DID A BEATBOX FREESTYLE ON MY VID👀!!!!🔥

[@elliotjames1273]

SHUT UP!!!!!!!

[@domemerinoextra8759]

@@daren7786 why do I see this reply EVERYWHERE.

[@nachgeben]

"They get boulders thrown on them..... and have a little dust on them.... don't die until they're cut in half by a hat" so you mean it's accurate to the games then

[@galvatron3290]

🤣👌🏾

[@dustinakadustin]

I would have liked to see some of the more cartoonish stuff from the games like people just getting up after an impalement.

[@Serenify10]

Yes!! Exactly! That’s what the game does. Seriously, I loved this movie. It was absolutely epic in every way!! But what do I know, I don’t have a KZbin channel designed to crap on other peoples work, so I’m no expert on movie reviews.

[@bthelion9177]

Exactly!!

[@robertverduzco8704]

@@Serenify10 ok but apparently you have KZbin account to post passive aggressive comments on other people’s channels😂😂

[@superadambomb5834]

The first 10 minutes of this movie was freaking perfect the fight choreography was excellent the dynamic between scorpion and sub zero and how they became enemies was great. Everything about the first 10 minutes I loved! Then the rest of the movie fell apart. Had the movie focused more on scorpion and sub zero it would have been a great film.

[@josephkato6678]

Love the fact that Bi Han Subzrero is getting more and more recognition. Kung Lao definitely has the best fatality which literally made me and others screamed in cinema. 8/10

[@angelicsailor1st]

Yep

[@cpt.saitoushi-mura2zzz894]

What ?? Wow so yours don't get censored then... where you at?? I've got censored af by the those censorship punks here in Indonesia... so sad...

[@josephkato6678]

@@cpt.saitoushi-mura2zzz894 I watched it in Australia. We were all clapping when Kung Lao finished someone with badass fatality

[@cpt.saitoushi-mura2zzz894]

@@josephkato6678 arghh... then I'm out of luck here... don't know if there's any other scene been cut too... but Kunglao's fatality cut really did make us froze in question n disapppointment...

[@movieswithgabe]

Imagine if the guys behind the John Wick fight scenes were to work on the next Mortal Kombat flick

[@y3ee3e]

i want the guys that did raid

[@DemonicTutor666]

Let's petition to make that happen.

[@MidTierVillain]

@@y3ee3e dude, one could only wish.. that would be a dream to see that happen, what’s sadder? It’s possible, but they won’t.

[@iinhalecrackers7376]

I thinks it would’ve similar I like how both don’t have choppy and cut fight scenes you get to se the fights

[@sam1am_30]

That's what I thought this movies action was going to be like.

[@Nettingyournetworth]

That dinner scene had me dying. The back and fourth between kano and gang was BRILLIANT

[@aurawolf664]

Scorpion's Revenge is *by far* the best Mortal Kombat movie ever, even though it is animation and not live action.

[@didiervancampo9384]

Couldn't agree more. Like how Goro was introduced, that is how you introduce your reigning champion. Here, Goro was just canonfodder and that really made me hate this movie.

[@capital_beaz4725]

There is no problems, let's just pretend it's the best movie we ever saw and we'll get a sequel. If sonic can get a sequel this can!

[@cheshirewise942]

@Ben John it did, have you seen Knuckles?

[@ryuusaki7309]

@Ben John yes it has it coming out April 2022

[@wmvnotmp4]

@Ben John there is a sequel. They're filming it rn

[@jorgeflores4928]

Amen

[@kip1512]

No doubt this will get a sequel the graphics and written dialogue were on point!

[@Redgrapes-uv1ru]

I think Jackie Chan needs to direct and choreograph fight scenes. He did not do quick cuts and you felt the pain of the fights he was in from many of his own films.

[@haytijr5823]

Kung Lao is part of Jackie's stunts team

[@jacko_3770]

Kano mistiming the jump to dodge the leg sweep is hilarious “Ah fuck”

[@jaredlogan9796]

idk about u but it was trash af

[@Shaunks86]

It was hilarious. And then him going, "Is that the only move you know?!". Brilliant

[@m.d.1395]

Then he called Liu Kang Magic Mike. Kano was obviously the comic relief

[@kojiyaw]

@@jaredlogan9796 It was a nod to spamming the same moves when playing the game

[@jaredlogan9796]

What I'm saying is kano is a phycopat and he's soposed to treating in this movie he's like a comedian and that's just not kano

[@WorldMind]

Joe Taslim is AMAZING in HBO's Warrior. I would love to hear your review on that show. It will really surprise the hell out of you Chris.

[@sealionstudios8597]

The scene stealers were Kano, Sub Zero, Kabal and Scorpion....you know, in the two scenes he had.

[@jmurdock8303]

Hell no except Sub Zero and Scorpion everyone else was trash complete

[@DodoRibeiro-ts6po]

Kabal was great, loved every scene where he is in it

[@jmurdock8303]

Not you the character

[@mrbiggums7173]

@@jmurdock8303 you obviously have no humor. Or you’re just mad considering u were offended by everything they said to Kano at the dinner table

[@jmurdock8303]

@@mrbiggums7173 ncliche not funny to me at all

[@JGunit]

This movie should have been called "Kano" dude was by far the best part of the whole movie.

[@M43STR0_]

Agree, he was funny and they just killed him like nothing

[@1997Nico]

@@M43STR0_ he’ll be back in the sequel though

[@crishez7539]

@@M43STR0_ i think he'll be back. And with the cyborg eyes

[@umbrellaunderdog]

Kano and the useless Crane Flies pass it along.

[@umbrellaunderdog]

Or "Kano: the planks of wood and Cole the crane fly"

[@nyang8639]

Imagine if they could of gotten Gareth Evans the director of The Raid, to direct this movie. That would of been the greatest thing.

[@ianmooney5495]

Hopefully for the sequel 🤞

[@kushmendoublecups]

For sure could've been legendary

[@drex5160]

Nah...WB keeps interfering.

[@uome20bukz]

Or the director of “The Night Comes For Us” on Netflix. The fights in that movie are very well choreographed and even more brutal than The Raid. It also has Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim in it.

[@RandalReid]

Would have been more than a step-up. I'm kinda worried with Shang-Chi having the same quick-cut editing problem as well.

[@smdmorga2]

I actually really enjoyed this film, thought it's the best live-action Mortal Kombat film yet! I liked Kung Lao, Jax, Kano was funny, Sub-Zero and Scorpion were cool, I enjoyed the blood and gore, and had fun with it. Definitely hope it gets a sequel and they introduce new characters like Johnny Cage, Kitana, Shao Kahn, etc.

[@BagluPlaysMusic]

Yes Can't wait

[@extorkdabreakz]

A little late to this, but yes I agree. It had everything I wanted from a Mortal Kombat movie. There needs to be another one. Especially now that its hard to come by good ‘based on existing IP’ type movies. I think people would be on board with a sequel… especially now.

[@davosmando]

Cole’s role as a the audience surrogate should have been Johnny Cage’s and his role as the leader should have been given to Liu Kang. His only interesting trait is that he’s Shirai Ryu, but they don’t even use that (or Scorpion for that matter) too much.

[@bish0p2004]

One of the screenwriters suffers from white male guilt and didn't want any white male heroes in the film

[@bish0p2004]

@The Gray Fox that's exactly how I watched it.

[@alexmonet1370]

@@bish0p2004 Where you get that information?

[@yakiralovesall]

@@bish0p2004 boy shut the hell up. Cole is half white. They should’ve had Johnny cage. The people who filmed this movie is white.

[@bdbd1390]

@@yakiralovesall what he is said is exactly what the people who made this movie said. Go look it up

[@SMPMS8389]

They need to let Joe and The Raid team do the choreography and camera work. Could you seriously imagine how amazing it would be if Gareth Evans directed the next one

[@thejiggy]

YESSSS

[@har5814]

Absolutely. They must hire him. Or maybe James Wan his choreography in Aquaman is perfect for action scenes

[@SakurakoLover]

@@har5814 James Wan was supposed to direct it but for some reason, WB ordered him to do Aquaman 2 instead

[@jamesward3859]

Didn’t he do an original horror movie during the production of this movie, apparently it’s called Malignant

[@Mr_Cinematic]

Yooo you should all go watch my mortal kombat review

[@joeyfosterr]

Kabal’s costume was perfect in this movie but his stay was short lived unfortunately

[@Choom2077]

When Liu released the fire dragon to finish him, I thought it was going to bite his torso off. I was very disappointed... Very anticlimactic. The same with Scorpion's finisher... No skull face. WTF...

[@lonewolfgamingplus379]

His costume was just ugh 😩 Perfection !

[@DodoRibeiro-ts6po]

100% agreed, but i think Kabal will be resurrected in the sequel along with Goro and Mileena

[@Valleyraven007]

@@Choom2077 his jaw turns into a skeleton if you look closely, but yeah not his whole face

[@finbarndaba5393]

@@Valleyraven007 ye I don't know why more people didn't notice it

[@PhelanEric87]

Sonya doing that over the top cork screw after killing Kano broke me 😂🤣

[@randdokristian3914]

What's wrong

[@artofmartialcinemaamc5334]

@@randdokristian3914 It was terrible, like the vast majority of the film

[@fredxu99]

Man I just want a sequel so badly, and a Scorpion/Sub-Zero Spinoff movie about Noob Saibot and BiHan's brother.

[@zygas25]

I think thats is gonna be part of the sequel. Which probably means quan chi will be involved. Which would would explain a few things.

[@SolidPain6624]

As long as Cole Young is pushed to the side in fine with it

[@midoribushi5331]

I enjoyed it. Joe Taslim as Subzero equals perfection. The blood and gore was great. Also, Kano was the best part of the film!

[@thejon-files3429]

I agree on kano!

[@Erasureeraser]

Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion is pure perfection

[@chuesengxiong]

Wasted screen time.. should’ve used more on the other heroes.

[@tovolume]

For me it was Kung Lao, he also had the best scenes

[@krunoslav2658]

All bad things aside, WTF moment: Kung Lao death after literally 0.0.sec of fighting against Shang Tsung, and the rest of cast simply shrug off his death as if it was some random standby guy, and not 2nd best Earth warrior.

[@AwesomeHuyTime]

@@cassinitakano5736 Liu Kang

[@gc8972b]

Right? Liu Kang could have done a flying kick to stop the soul thing instead of being in shock like a maiden

[@Jay-og4yb]

That bothered me too. Kung lao wasn't weakened or tired or anything and Shang tsung just takes him and kills him like a defenseless puppy. If shang tsung a souls steal can be used at any time with no offensive measures then how can he be beaten?

[@umbrellaunderdog]

See Street Fighter Assassin's Fist it's much better not perfect but it will help get the bad taste of this abomination out of your mouth. Also Cole the Crane Fly pass it along =3

[@nabueso81]

Just like Johnny Cage death scene at the beginning of Annihilation.

[@benjimarshallbra]

Kano as a Australian made the movie for me. He’s humour in the film is spot on for us and how he acted in certain times.

[@superjam18]

I wish they didn’t do something stupid like having to have a “dragon mark” to get their abilities... what the heck was that?

[@InteristaS5]

Yeah I thought that was pretty stupid too but I accepted it for what it was but when Sonya all of a sudden had a marking after spending the majority of the movie not having one that made me go "wtf really? That's so dumb!!!"

[@jmend_1]

@@InteristaS5 lol I was thrown off about that too til I saw it again turns out if you kill someone with the marking they get the marking on them afterwards so after she killed kano she gotten it.

[@InteristaS5]

@@jmend_1 ahhhh i see. Makes sense. The whole premise of the birth mark is still stupid and unnecessary lol

[@InteristaS5]

@@r.holtmangum5170 i was very stoned while watching this movie

[@Nihyre]

@@InteristaS5 i thought they made it pretty clear that killing someone with the mark passes it on to you. It’s contrived, but they definitely set it up for the Kani/Sonya rematch. He was taunting her about taking it from him the whole time..

[@bennyhoward1391]

The only fight in the movie that felt like it had weight and was brutal was Scorpion and Sub zeros fight at the very beginning. Everything else was kinda as you said weightless

[@angelicsailor1st]

Yep

[@blaket1841]

It felt like the tone in the first act of the movie was completely different from the rest. As others have said most of the acting throughout the rest of the film was wooden and boring. How did they pick such a stale actor for a main character? Kano stole the show because he had no actual competition. I would have enjoyed a story more focused on Scorp/Zero feud than using Cole as something to be centered around. Even though he's not an a-list actor he still could have put some heart in the role, which was laughable at best.

[@angelicsailor1st]

@@blaket1841 exactly

[@plushphonix5433]

@@blaket1841 bruh his ability was lame as hell too and just boring as a main character really

[@blackRXrider]

Because ya boi Stuckman knows everything about fight choreography. Lol.

[@pillsburybuffboy9203]

The thing I hate the most was that they killed off good characters and had little screen time. I'm totally not upset that my boi kung Lao died after giving 20 minutes of screen time.

[@Jonathan-pr1wo]

I didn’t like the way they made Reptile look. I wanted him to look more like how he does in Mortal Kombat X and they killed him off to quick.

[@damien5823]

I expect them to bring some characters back from the dead just like the video game has done before

[@Ashsoro]

Fuck sake my boy ALWAYS gets the short end of the stick

[@mikeocsmall6766]

@@Jonathan-pr1wo yeah and reptile just turned up outta no where lol.

[@pillsburybuffboy9203]

@@Jonathan-pr1woexactly my point, I think they were trying use the deadly Alliance version of reptile, the worst design in my opinion. mkX or mk4 reptile would have worked

[@Tina_Bo_Binaaa]

As someone who grew up playing the games, I was so excited for this movie just to see a better done version than the 90s movies. But damn. This movie made the 90s versions look good. I rage quit half way through and had to just give up all my nostalgia just to watch the next half.

[@wrenlinwhitelight3007]

Chris Stuckmann is the only person I trust to review this movie accurately.

[@samurainell]

I drove home from the Theater predicting his C+ rating in Stuckmanized lol

[@wrenlinwhitelight3007]

@@samurainell You nailed it, SamuraiNell. I wanted more fatalities and gore.

[@shamarr2000]

No cap

[@COLBYtheDRAGON]

LITERALLY WHAT I JUST TOLD MY HOMIE LMAO

[@davadh]

Only you can do that my friend

[@k.d54]

Gareth Evans who directed the Raid which also stars Joe Taslim should have directed this version of Mortal Kombat

[@FinneySP]

Yes I have been thinking this everyday since the movie came out.

[@aimax_4]

Undisputed director also

[@aimax_4]

@@FinneySP they need to change the director for upcoming movie. More experience director

[@FinneySP]

@@aimax_4 don’t you agree that watching it, it felt like the studio pulled budget halfway. I can believe the beginning of the movie would cost more money than filming at an abandoned trailer park

[@k.d54]

@@FinneySP 100%

[@seanc41556]

It's crazy he talked about The Raid, ever since I first seen it way back I've been saying imagine a Mortal Kombat directed by Gareth Evans

[@MeOnHere577]

He's about to make an action movie with Tom Hardy. Should be awesome

[@Batman88878]

If Gareth Evans made a Mortal Kombat movie, the universe would implode due to its sheer awesomeness. I was so disappointed that he didn't get to make Deathstroke.

[@seanc41556]

@@MeOnHere577 Oh shit, I didn't know that, sweet

[@seanc41556]

@@Batman88878 Yeah same Deathstroke would've been epic

[@jaybling6687]

I’ve been seeing a lot of complaints about the editing. I personally didn’t have that much of an issue with this, albeit mainly for this reason: At least no one here takes 16 cuts to hop a fence. 😉

[@stevenmara1025]

It’s no Citizen Cage, but it kept me entertained throughout its runtime

[@goranelez9956]

Citizen Cage will probably be in the sequel.

[@orrindekock8598]

i know that that was probably a typo, but now i cant stop seeing a version of citizen kane but with nicolas cage instead of orson welles

[@goranelez9956]

@@orrindekock8598 It's not a typo, you'll see this in the movie.

[@stevenmara1025]

@@orrindekock8598 It wasn’t a typo, but damn now you have me thinking about the same thing. “THE SLED! .... NOT THE SLED!”

[@ieatgremlins]

😂

[@Hauerization]

The most common problem with modern action and herofilms today is that there´s rarely any clear sence of how much damage a character can take - it varies from scene to scene, wich makes it very hard to care about anything beacuse its impossible to calculate the risk.

[@chrisnichols2896]

Liu Kang puts hand on Kano’s shoulder. Kano: “The fuck..?” Whole theater burst out laughing. You can literally rewatch this movie for Kano and Sub Zero alone, but I’d rewatch it for Kabal personally. Whoever did kabal gets all the props. He looks badass. Sounds badass. His moves are badass. He has that mob accent and I love it. His arms are burned, you can hear him trying to breathe through his respirator. He was the coolest and most authentic character to me. Followed by Kung Lao. Both of them were amazing. Sub Zero was menacing and amazing as well. Everytime he showed up, the beat dropped and you could feel the tension in the theater. Scorpion was cool but I wish they used him more. I understand this is a pre tournament film so hopefully it makes enough money for a sequel because the potential is definitely there. Just work on the editing and the dialogue. Make the fights a bit more realistic and brutal. I’m all in for more mortal kombat films. I liked this one. 7/10

[@DodoRibeiro-ts6po]

Kabal was a surprise for me, didn't expected him to be great, and answering your question, he was portrayed by a stuntman and voiced by Damon Herriman, the guy who plays Charlie Manson in the last Tarantino movie which came out, and about Kano, he filled Johnny Cage's cocky ass role in this one, stealing the spotlight, people don't talk much about Jax and Sonya but i liked them as well

[@troymcclure681]

7 ? You're obviously a casual normie 🤦‍♀️🤣 the music sucks , Sonya sucks , they turned goro into a jobber 🤦‍♀️ , the back drops sucks , they black washed meelina when she's a direct clone of kitana 🤣 you Don't know much about mortal kombat

[@jeffreyklima7612]

@@troymcclure681 everything about this movie was garbage, EVERYTHING

[@Nobunaga1983]

They tried to make kabal too badass. He looked cool , powers were cool, over the top swearing was so cringy and embarrassing

[@OMGWhoAreYou3773]

@@troymcclure681 what a baby. His opinion differs from yours. Get a life, nerd.

[@rockybalboa4593]

In the next movie, Shao Kahn needs to restore Shang tsung’s youth and force Shang Tsung to fight in the tournament to atone for all the outworld Warrior deaths we saw in the first film. We need to see a young Shang Tsung morphing and shooting his flaming skulls. And we need to see sub zero back as noob Saibot.

[@Udon_Noodle]

I mean....he basically was Noob Saibot they just didn't state it. I just want to see how they do the current Sub Zero in Kuai Liang

[@Refining1]

We did see a young Shang Tsung in the movie, basically. We've never gotten to see the ancient, white haired, bearded Shang Tsung like he is in the games. The movies, for whatever reason, keep starting off with a bare faced guy who looks nothing like Shang Tsung.