The Mortal Kombat Movie is Worse Than You Think

[@CaptainMcPunch]

We wanted Goro's Lair and got Goro's Barn.

[@TortureBot]

LMAO! I know! I was loving the clip I saw before I watched the movie. I thought he was opening the old doors in some Outworld dungeon, and then I saw the movie and was like, "WTF is this shit?" (He was teleported INTO the garage/barn???)

[@NcrXnbi]

Goro doing some farming.- "It ain't much, but it's honest work." I would watch an entire film of Goro retiring and living on a farm.

[@slayking2378]

Yea they dropped the ball so hard. Should have just done MK1 talk about disappointing and yea the fight scenes were lame

[@attackontitanfollower]

And that goro didn’t look any better then the other one we had

[@bendovahkiin8405]

@@NcrXnbi yeah with shiva and kids

[@calawosseditsplays641]

Cole was the embodiment of plot armor

[@chibi_jojo9000]

How the fuck Goro loose to some random ass bozo lmao

[@scarvello]

Literally 🤣

[@melvinkookiecruise3888]

@@chibi_jojo9000 You can you literally beat Goro's ass with any character in the game depending on how good you are with that character, hell I never seen alot of y'all asshats complain about fucking Johnny Cage of all people defeating Goro's ass in the original movie, yes I get it Goro is meant to be one of the most strongest characters in this franchise, but power levels in Mortal Kombat have always been inconsistent, I mean this is a gaming franchise where a 20 something year old military female with green powers managed to defeat fucking Corporated Shinnok, plus if Goro defeated Cole right there, Scorpion wouldn't have been able to be summoned later for that Sub-Zero fight scene, which if I recall correctly most of y'all loved, including myself Besides Goro will clearly come back judging by the end of the movie, chill out people

[@chibi_jojo9000]

@@melvinkookiecruise3888 bruh. that's the game. we're talking about the MK Lore, Goro should had lost to Liu Kang & not this random ass family man with Plot Armor lmao

[@melvinkookiecruise3888]

@@chibi_jojo9000 He'll be back anyway so I don't see as that much of a big deal, besides if Goro would have killed Cole right there then he wouldn't be able to summon Scorpion later in the film for that Sub-Zero battle, which if I recall correctly is what most people praise with this damn film, plus it's clear that this film is trying to be faithful to the games, while at the same time trying to be it's own thing, this has been done in cinema since the MCU started and just like that universe, they can always improve on characters in other installments later down the line, which is why it's best to support to this film because things can get better for both the likers and haters of this film

[@379-y6y]

I thought the reason they left out johnny cage was stupid. Nobody asked you to put johnny cage as the main lead in the first place. He is a supporting character. Lui Kang should have been the main lead.

[@SuperDaidai14]

@Hellrazor Television LMFAOOOOOO

[@XVNRX]

Man I’m black and I’m wondering what you being black got to do with anything 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@379-y6y]

Look up the reason why todd garner left out johnny cage.

[@379-y6y]

@Hellrazor Television Nothing really. You right. I just thought that leaving out johnny cage because he's white was stupid. That's all.

[@379-y6y]

@@XVNRX Nothing really. You right. I just thought that leaving out johnny cage because he's white was stupid.

[@KrazyKaiju714]

Cole's superpower: The more he sucks, the stronger he gets.

[@karimnassar2172]

Ahhahahahhahahahhahaahahha

[@mojojojo3535]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rickyspanish3821]

Big Facts 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@caseyjeremy1602]

pro trick: you can watch movies on Flixzone. I've been using it for watching all kinds of movies recently.

[@damaridecker2139]

@Casey Jeremy yea, have been using flixzone for years myself =)

[@visidenvisidane1155]

How hard is it to do Mortal Kombat? People fight in a magic martial arts tournament. The end.

[@darthmaul1298]

Well also gotta put in, the digital effect if any, who gonna play the chararacters, etc

[@ShakaHapa]

Right. They failed from the start when they didn’t make this about the tournament after teasing it so hard

[@darthmaul1298]

@@ShakaHapa i think it’s good movie

[@ShakaHapa]

@@darthmaul1298 you like the prequels too

[@Lowrentfilms]

Is there even an actual tournament in the MK9-11 reboot games?

[@jayisaloserr]

I really just can’t believe they cut out cage. One of the best classic characters with the one of the loudest personalities to show off in the film, they could’ve done so much with that!

[@mochoman7378]

There is a second movie coming out with him in it this movie was a set up for that one

[@jayisaloserr]

@@mochoman7378 still makes no sense as to why they put cole in place of him, honestly

[@jubjub444]

He should have been the main character!

[@rize-ikuza]

@@mochoman7378 the second movie will have more scorpion in it too

[@dream_teamforever8932]

@@mochoman7378 WE DONT FUCKING CARE WHY WATCH THE SECOND MOVIE IF THE FIRST SUCK‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@BelfastBandit]

No man. 95 Goro is perfect, looks like it's creature from different world. New Goro is some Ogre from LOTR

[@NcrXnbi]

Now I can never see Mortal Kombat 2021 Goro the same again. It does look like an Ogre from LOTR.

[@nebriancoleman4704]

95 Goro was animatronic not CG they actually built that version and gave him more character

[@BelfastBandit]

@@nebriancoleman4704 yeah they spend some time and put some heart into this.. and rest just a proper camera work to hide all they inperfections.. it's pity they didn't cut that part just after goro is hit in balls you can see him start the chase.. and those hand move is so bad looking, when he move on to chase.. that part betrays he was a sort of manekin made.

[@damonlied9495]

I loved that the 95 goro was done practically. No cgi to him

[@Conflict1922]

Goro from 95 sucked. All he does is yell, beat some jobber to death, gets punched in the dick, than falls off a mountain. Goro sucked in 95 more than he sucks in MK2021

[@justinstoll4955]

Coles "armor" looked like a terrible early 2000s Afflection t-shirt.

[@LonelyGamr]

Coles ability was lame AF lol

[@djesoterik4582]

😂😭🤦🏾‍♂️

[@MPT1983]

It was a blatant rip off of Bronze Body from Man with the Iron Fists

[@Quaaludio]

Affliction btw

[@charlesludwig8672]

It was plot armor

[@Gaur8n]

They failed in this project because they thought that a little good martial arts and some fatalities would make up for no chemistry, no personality, no natural humor, no tournament, no good plot and no original MK soundtrack sample. They tried too hard to be cool.

[@Spinescens]

Mate, spot on

[@layziehbk]

Big facts

[@shawklan27]

Yes

[@ancientone5903]

If you ever saw the Sonic The Hedgehog film from beginning to end Gaur8n, said film alone sets the standards to how a movie based off a video game should be as I will mention below... Character Development, Solid Storytelling & Potentiality of making Fictional Universe. When I even saw the trailers for the 2021 Mortal Kombat film, I had my doubts and sure enough, said doubts proved true.

[@tenacious645]

The soundtrack in MK '21 is garbage. They went for a superhero movie feel and it's feels so out of place and terrible...don't get me started on how much of a snooze Cole Young is

[@paulf631]

I just finished watching it and as a fan I was deeply Disappointed

[@abuzariqbaI]

The amount of people in comments that have said it was good must be retarded. Like I’m not even a deep deep mortal kombat fan but I’m not a casual if you understand what I mean and I found this movie so bad.

[@rickyspanish3821]

95 Flawless Victory...!!!

[@jakeybreakyheart2287]

Me too.

[@christianmunoz1742]

@@abuzariqbaI Bruh no need to insult the people that enjoyed the movie, chill. And the movie was awesome, you need to start enjoying movies more and stop expecting that every movie has to be a masterpiece, grow up.

[@williamcronshaw5262]

1995 Goro doesn't look so bad when you realize that he's completely animatronic, no CGI at all.

[@udb1987]

I was thinking the same thing. Like he still looks decent.

[@tenacious645]

@IcarusKid he also mentioned how it looks shitty because of the budget but the fucking thing cost over a million dollars to bring to life lol. It looks amazing to me

[@Rico-yx9tn]

they completely made goro a bitch in the first film

[@colina1330]

I actually love what they did with Goro in the first movie. It was super impressive. This guy is off his rocker.

[@colina1330]

@@cactusmalone It definitely doesn't suck. Some of the CGI is pretty bad (Reptile), but overall, it's good. I still love it.

[@Mikemic2218]

They got sub zero really wrong. Hes not a bad guy. Bi hans task in the first mortal kombat was to kill shang tsung but was then killed by scorpion. Now bi hans younger brother kuai liang takes the mantle of sub zero. Also it was Quan chi who killed scorpions clan and family.

[@attackontitanfollower]

Exactly I actually was thinking the subzero at the beginning was quan chi by how the smirks and acting was

[@antoineford6883]

Its because they wanted to make scorpion the hero so sub zero had to be bad

[@Mikemic2218]

@@antoineford6883 yeah its just.. strange.

[@Conflict1922]

What? Bi Han is a bad guy in many tellings of the first MK. MK9 he's bad, working with Shan Tsung against earthrealm. MK scorpions revenge he's also working with Shang Tsung in MK1. MK95 he's bad again. Bi Han is bad more than he's good.

[@attackontitanfollower]

@@Conflict1922 no he has always had a plan to assinate Shang Tsung why else would he be having Lin quei back up in mk9 and scorpions revenge

[@Tevron_]

MK annihilation Jax: Created his own bionic arms like he did in the original timeline, says "get some!" "yeeah!, fights a sub boss, does a ground pound and actually has chemistry with Sonya MK 2021 Jax: Was a smug black man that lost his arms

[@steevehoyoufat9155]

"Guess what his superpower is? His superpower just transfers his robot arms into bigger robot arms. How is that your superpower?" Lol

[@thespectaculargamernerd8114]

I thought his superpower just was super strength since that was how he lifted the rock and crushed the dude's skull.

[@yobama6052]

@@thespectaculargamernerd8114 id say so

[@garlicamvs6235]

What would happen if he never lost his arms would his superpower make his arms fall off this is the stuff I though about during the movie

[@yobama6052]

@@garlicamvs6235 i think his superpower is super strength but they enhanced the arms as well

[@thebigredwagon]

Shang tsungs costume was straight up power rangers

[@scottchaison1001]

No.

[@thebigredwagon]

@@scottchaison1001 yes, bitch looked like Goldar.

[@lukejones7164]

Lmao

[@thebigredwagon]

@@lukejones7164 he knows I tell the truth. Lol

[@baboner1046]

It was dumb as shit

[@caelum8831]

The little clips of eye candy in this video are much better then the whole movie.

[@vegasthunder4208]

Thos were just the best parts lol

[@scottchaison1001]

No.

[@scottchaison1001]

@@vegasthunder4208 No.

[@joshd3192]

Only fanboys will like this.

[@emhu2594]

i only played the first mortal kombat game and she was def not porn star like then...if you kick those porn star lookin women in the chest, it will pop their implants. Get real.

[@tflow25]

Cole had literal plot armor as his super power this movie was wack

[@PC85X]

Kano needs his own ultra-violent, comedy series about the Black Dragons. That I'd watch.

[@remyd8767]

It would get old quick. He only works with others

[@connordorman117]

Yes! I wouldn’t mind background on him and Kabal.

[@doktorfellatio438]

Sounds cool. Him, kabal n that jerrick foo

[@damianstarks3338]

😄 yeah you said it bro I would definitely watch that.

[@christopherjimenez4578]

It's literally the only character I enjoyed all the way through in this movie. And I've never liked Kano...

[@alop9535]

Quan Chi being non existent is my biggest pet peeve. He’s literally the one that got Scorpion’s family killed, created Scorpion, and created Noob Saibot. Total disappointment

[@darksonicyt5430]

I even thought that it was Quan Chi at the beginning since again, he killed Scorpion’s family. Instead it’s just evil Bi-Han

[@alop9535]

@@darksonicyt5430 I couldn’t tell what was worse, no Quan Chi or the stupid plot of getting a random ability like Kano getting one laser eye lmao. Lui Kang can literally make a fire dragon but Kano cant even shoot from both eyes lol

[@TUCell-ps5mi]

@@darksonicyt5430 Same here I thought it was Quan Chi being dramatic

[@abishekamahanama4751]

Exactly that’s what I was thinking too.

[@TortureBot]

@@alop9535 and how the heck did Sonya just automatically have her arcana after defeating Kano? Hmm. Guess it could reason if the defeated opponent had developed theirs already, anyone defeating them gets their own by default? So weird this arcana stuff.

[@badandy9716]

I'll take Goro '95 over CGI anyday!

[@cdh0879]

This!!!! It would've at least been nice if they got Kevin Michael Richardson to voice Goro again.

[@hadi2228]

Cgi looks like shrek

[@fe_-jc1bq]

1995 still holds the crown IMO 🚫🧢

[@kanenanbarriner885]

I agree. Better action, better characters, and better plot.

[@TheColeminator]

@@kanenanbarriner885 Yessir dont know if you remember but before the movie came out the filmmakers said that this movie would have B.O.A.T action scenes. Hahahahaha how mis informed we were

[@kanenanbarriner885]

@@TheColeminator I didn't know that. Can't believe they had the audacity to say that.

[@slobjitsu]

Only issue I ha e with the 95 version is they brushed over Subzero and Scorpions backstories

[@kanenanbarriner885]

@CYB3R2K30 Tell me how a pg mk was better than the present mk

[@dannyt2951]

I agree with everything accept Goro, the 1995 Goro was a practical effect that they dumped most of the budget into and they put alot of effort into to try and make it work. It was apparently a nightmare to work with and kept breaking on them. To tbh it actually looked kinda menacing and brought some feeling of dread onto the screen. The 2021 Goro just looks like dog shit! 😂

[@petesaguy1707]

The movie was horrendous. Great gore but so what? Story, character arcs and development, set pieces, lore, plot, just about everything else sucked the big peen. I actively despise this new movie. The 1995 film is superior. Hell, even Annihilation was more fun since it's so bad it's good; mk 2021 is so bad it's painful.

[@Gruntvc]

Sounds a lot like Alien Covenant, also R rated but bad.

[@swayxz7832]

Bro especially the actors and how they suits looked and plot as well , they could’ve got Bree Larson to play Sonya blade and so much more then did a terrible job all we wanted was a true to the game movie with gore I would probally design and made this movie better

[@wladimir880]

The director said he didn't put Johnny Cage in the movie because he didn't want a white man as a main character. That's all I need to know. I'm not watching this crap

[@wymanrtaylor]

I’m with you

[@tim6454]

If i knew that before it came out i wouldnt have watched it

[@Gruntvc]

And yet Jonny Cage has always shared the spot light with the already very diverse cast from both the original game and 90s film. Heck, ya can even argue he's a secondary character to Lu Kang like Kurt Russel character in Big Trouble In Little China.

[@demaification]

Are you serious

[@megamanicmonkey8755]

Always hated Johnny cage!! Not because of skin color,but the whole hollywood douchebag angle.

[@ezzahhh]

They pretty much ripped off the intro from that fan made series 'Mortal Kombat Legacy' which actually was pretty good for what little budget they had. All in all it was pretty bad Raiden was just horribly miscast and some of the 'fan service' just left me cringing.

[@TortureBot]

Yeah, Raiden was terrible to me. I could NOT understand half the guy's lines.

[@artofmartialcinemaamc5334]

If I had to pick between them keeping the same actor for Raiden or the "squeeler" as Shang Tsung, give me Raiden. I could not into Shang Tsung for ONE SECOND. Literally not 1 second was he a believable Raiden. They should have cast Ken Watanabe as Shang, EASILY. No brainer.

[@Tea_Sippin]

Not having characters like Johnny Cage and Kitana in this movie was a cop out, the 'Cole' placement and dragon tattoo gimmick was dumb, as much as I love MK as a fan, this movie has its issues. Just like the MANY other fighting game movies before it. In any case, just stick to the 95' MK movie, that and the Street Fighter 94' movie, timeless entertainment no matter what fighter you dig.

[@Gruntvc]

Of course! 👍

[@gretasstolendreams2154]

I just rewatched the street fighter movie. It is 99% dogshit with raul julia being the only, and i do mean only, good thing in it

[@BillyTheBigKid82]

@@gretasstolendreams2154 Nah, Street Fighter is a great brains off- movie.

[@gretasstolendreams2154]

@@BillyTheBigKid82 ifk man, im pretty sure when i watched it a year or so ago i did whippits all through the movie and even that wasn’t enough

[@BillyTheBigKid82]

@@gretasstolendreams2154 To each their own I guess.=)

[@alexandrecampos1391]

Oh God... They say Fatality? It reminds me of that shitty Doom Netflix movie that the guy says Ultra Nightmare or something like that.

[@beetheimmortal]

He literally says 'I'm your Ultra-Nightmare motherfucker' And I died of cringe

[@robertharris6140]

But then if they never saw said it...people would. Be mad because they didnt say it. So what exactly did you want from a movie about a fighting game???

[@alexandrecampos1391]

@@robertharris6140 I don't want a movie about a fighting game at all.

[@robertharris6140]

@@alexandrecampos1391 then dont watch one then complain on comments about it. You know you have a choice in what to watch right? Even if it was a popular movie. Dont watch something you know your might not like then complain about it. I this new culture people are adapting. Can only like or dislike something unless others like or dislike it.

[@alexandrecampos1391]

@@robertharris6140 Go shill your billion dollar corporations to somebody else.

[@kodakwhite4523]

I was watching this film and Cole’s arcana wasn’t showing up and I remember sitting there thinking: “Please don’t be something ridiculously corny” which is when Goro hit him and his ‘power armour’ lit up and that’s when I lost the remaining hope for the film.

[@gerinx3994]

Representation and race and social justice and an incompetent director ruined this movie. Ugh. One day it’ll change. One day

[@Holanda_]

The Curse of the 21st Century

[@gameratwork1693]

Elder gods : What's you're superpowers ? Cole young: a golden shirt with plot armer! Elder gods: * facepalm*

[@attackontitanfollower]

Raiden: this is what I have to work with?!

[@djesoterik4582]

😂

[@derekmaullo2865]

You need practice with spelling

[@murph8907]

You know what sucks, there are mk fans out there loving this movie cause they will take whatever they can get.

[@robertharris6140]

No because o ly fans saw the Easter eggs from the original video games. It was for the fans

[@murph8907]

@@robertharris6140 Then make it a video game. And you are chatting to a fan.

[@robertharris6140]

@@murph8907 so then it's a matter of opinion...no one is wrong. Especially after your post saying people are liking it. You just cant take that some fans actually like it.

[@robertharris6140]

Plus I've ppl played the game since 93 when it was Sega

[@QuentinKarentino]

@Ed Corona you've just said in a previous comment you won't watch it, did you watch it or not? lmao

[@TreySarver]

"Goro looks really bad, but still obviously better than the original movie." Um...no, not at all. That's like saying Michael Bay's CGI Ninja Turtles look better than the Jim Henson puppets.

[@mmasamune1841]

Exactly my thoughts

[@OratoryJamesIV]

Seriously. Goro '95 was INFINITELY better.

[@retrogameg4721]

Well said!

[@MikeNitro94]

I knew exactly what this movie was gonna be from the trailer

[@andrefelipe2643]

Man they have everything already made... The story is already there, they just need to put it in the movie... But they prefer to put stupid characters like Cole 😤

[@dannyphantom6929]

@@andrefelipe2643 you do know mortal kombat has a confusing lore right not evreything can be the same fan boy baby

[@DarkcreepSTREET]

Do you remember reptile was just as trash in the other movies

[@SageHeru]

I was saying from the trailer, it looks like a CW TV show and that's not a good sign. And welp, it turned out to be trash...

[@XVNRX]

Cap bc the trailer made this look actually intriguing and good

[@evarjantz222]

so both scorpion and cole have daughters......tony stark had a daughter.....green arrow from the tv show had a future daughter that he met....flash had a daughter in a storyline on tv as well. correct me if i'm wrong but people still have SONS, right? i feel like no one in fiction is giving birth to boys anymore except for the new superman show where he has twin boys.

[@omegashenron8]

Clearly no agenda here

[@Gruntvc]

Get ready for RE Village where Ethan Winters has a daughter that is being set up to take over the franchise post Village. The leaks are looking very true.

[@omegashenron8]

@@Gruntvc I'm so tired of these creators shoe horning women into roles. It's so blatantly obvious at this point. I don't mind female characters at all but it all feels so forced now days.

[@shortyg1018]

Also Nathan Drake has a daughter lmao, what if Kratos had a daughter? I doubt the game would've been as popular, bravo to them for not domesticating my boy Kratos.

[@bl5533]

Flash also has a son in the show he’s coming soon

[@Dacho_Shaki]

I prefer the original Goro compared to the new one. He looked goofy, but at least he felt like he's a part of the environment and trying to make a practical design as believable as possible during the mid 90's was an achievement in itself. CGI Goro just looks fake as it doesn't blend within the environment. The team members behind the original MK movie were busting their balls to make Goro as practical as they could. Honestly, the CGI in the original is more dated compared to the rest of the movie but at least CGI reptile doesn't take much of the screen-time. And the cinematography in the original MK movie looks better because it feels like it has more grit to it.

[@charlesludwig8672]

CGI Goro looks like the Hulk

[@Dacho_Shaki]

@@charlesludwig8672 it looks like Shit tbh.

[@Gruntvc]

Say what ya will about Paul W. Anderson films, but I still enjoy his 90s Mortal Kombat film. Except for not being R rated, I really don't got much else to criticize. I have no desire to see this new one. You're better off watching Nobody or Willy's Wonderland.

[@Deadman_Elit3]

Sub-Zero , Kabal, and Kano were the best parts of the movie. Oh and Kung Lao because I love the shaolin fighting style

[@horrorstateofmind2724]

kabal to me talked way to much and didn't like it one bit

[@OddityHQ]

@@horrorstateofmind2724 talked to much? That’s a very strange thing to complain about kabal isn’t known for being quiet or anything

[@moerami2568]

Completely agree and i'm one of those fan boys. The bad attepts at references did not do it for me. Yes the first one is better and so is zilla vs kong.

[@Murkinstein101]

Godzilla vs Kong is WAAAAY better than this rubbish

[@TheeKingRayzor]

*Mortal Kombat '95:* Actually tried to put forth effort, and be entertaining. *Mortal Kombat '21:* Overall weak storyline, forgottable characters except Kano.

[@halowillneverbegoodagain1868]

Silent Hill is an unironically good movie just sayin. Also Hitman was aight

[@Gruntvc]

The 1st Silent Hill film isn't bad. The 2nd was a mess. Which Hitman film are you referring to?

[@halowillneverbegoodagain1868]

@@Gruntvc Yea the sequels to both were shiiiiiiiet

[@nessadvantage9447]

@2 Crazy I have to agree. Although it wasn't perfect it somewhat captured what the games were about. Weird shit and psychologically messing with the viewers perception of what's real and what isn't.

[@epsilonian818]

The team/actors that made the MK Legacy mini series should make a movie. They had good action, plot and characters.

[@baboner1046]

Season 2 kinda sucked

[@epsilonian818]

@@baboner1046 True, season one was much better.

[@rayraygunner]

Hated it tbh. Felt like it dragged on

[@kalistastudio3797]

What about mk conquest

[@happyzone1000]

Zack Snyder shouldve directed it with the amount of slow motion in the games....

[@Yungkingpinz]

Lol same thing i said. I was like this need a Zack Snyder redo

[@leto1178]

I skipped through the movie. The only character I found somewhat likeable was Kano and he got treated with disdain. It's the movie making the point that it doesn't like charismatic characters. This movie pretends to be for grown-ups (too) when all it does is having characters trying too hard to act cool and bad-ass while the trying hard part shines through. The characters are just not charismatic. The original movie was cheesy as hell but the characters had charisma, they were fun to watch, the good and the bad guys.

[@wesman6445]

Best scene in the movie was when Kung Lao teleported.

[@tropik5724]

really? that looked so bad lol

[@wesman6445]

@@tropik5724 Probably because Kung Lao is my favorite character. Wasn't too excited for Scorpion's "get over here." Seen it before, plus it was in every trailer.

[@ianfudo5040]

@@tropik5724 looked bad??? Did you see how flawless the teleport was? The teleport wasnt bad at all lol

[@Arman...]

goro fight

[@johnnybrix5308]

@@liukang3545 Soo true. It reminded me of WonderWoman flipping moves etc in that crappy film.

[@jeremebonesaw]

Goro Looked great for 1995 using no cgi.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

I can best describe the new Mortal Kombat as Superficial over Substance, namely it includes stuff fans wanted...but only surface level crap just to please the average fan and even then it falls pretty hard. Easter Egg nods to characters and lore, violence, fatalities, some obscure characters from the games and Scorpion and Subzero beating each other up. The problem is that all of that stuff is primarily window dressing, things that while serving as extras enhance a movie, without a solid story, well developed characters, enjoyable dialogue and decent sets, all that extra crap means little to nothing.

[@aznlee2817]

MK 2021: 1.Cgi 2. Humor 3. Fatalities MM 1995: 1. Storytelling 2. Humor 3. Personality/development 4. Well paced 5. Weren’t so many cuts during fighting 6. Acting 7. Goro and Kano drinking wine *wholesome* 8. Better director

[@peterversionone]

15:25 best view/scene any man would want to see irl before his death

[@RyuFuzen]

“You need a tattoo to get in, and you need feelings 🌈 to do your special moves” Shang Tsung who invites you to the tournament, and the characters just doing the powers: am I a joke to you?

[@tadpolegaming4510]

Would've been better

[@Necrophadez]

Silent Hill 1 is a decent ‘attempt’ at a video game movie.

[@7igerpr1nce]

Yes it was brother...yes it was..

[@mf6681]

not just attempt, it is a good movie

[@7igerpr1nce]

@@mf6681 darn right

[@Necrophadez]

@@mf6681 Yeah, true. It would have been better had Konami not forced the director to shoehorn in Pyramid Head and the Nurses. The atmosphere, music etc was great. Also wish more was done with the father storyline. Though, yeah absolutely better than many movies that aren’t video game adaptations. I just would wish they would do a highly competent adaptation of Silent Hill 2, as it’s my fav of the games.

[@4yahwey275]

Doa was a good movie too

[@SpectreStatus]

I didn't think this would be anywhere near the original. Was at the movie theatre recently with my dad and was wondering about it but we didn't take the bait, lol. There's basically nothing to see at the movies anymore! Might as well go retro..

[@omegashenron8]

too much agenda pushing, everything is over produced and over/under written.

[@LSTORMTheMC]

@@omegashenron8 Yup☝🏼

[@SilentProtagonist-Au]

That's why i always watch the old stuff. Big Trouble in Little China feels more MK then the new MK movie.

[@ncallaway9731]

The original isn’t bad. Your screen image title is either wrong or misleading. The original MK movie is the best video game movie ever made. The sequel was trash , but this new movie was def better than Annihilation

[@4yahwey275]

Its not misleading if its present- tense obvsly people minds are gonna automatically think of the newest one that JUST came out

[@JayTCU]

Glad you did this review. That shit was trash to me

[@nickchan1208]

They half assed scorpions fatality. Scorpion was supposed to show a full ghost rider head when he does his toasty fatality but in the movie they just showed the bottom half skull of his face. This movie robbed us

[@you-5-iver804]

Blackwashed Mileena and absent Johnny Cage and new nothing character Cole was huge red flags.

[@bradnorris7396]

The first 10 minutes and every time kano is on screen are good. I would 100% your review for godzilla vs kong

[@dragons_red]

The movie reeks of being written by people who have only a vague familiarity to MK and couldn't be assed to read up on the lore, and studio executives decision making.

[@andrewhicks5676]

Honestly, saying it is "Just OK" is too nice. These filmmakers are going to think they should make a much more shitty movies in the series if we're too nice.

[@MPT1983]

Correct, this movie was bad with a couple of OK moments.

[@The_Great_White]

A made up character fighting goro at a backyard bbq. Monks in a cave making robot arms. Come on guys let’s get together and find our powers 😂, it suuuuccckkkkeeeeedd

[@blakeandrew2158]

This review was more entertaining than the movie! Hahahahahha

[@LaffinKing]

Watching the original 1995 movie recently, there were actually a lot of deaths. Sonya straight up shoots a dude in the chest with a shot gun in the beginning. That dude is dead for sure lol.

[@JosephRodriguez-bn2jn]

I legit didnt even realize that was supposed to be reptile

[@mememachine7028]

Apparently people liked the blatant references, but when Kung Lao said “flawless victory” I audibly said fuck you. I honestly liked sub zero and scorpion in this, their decision to turn sub zero into a slasher-like villain was actually really cool. I thought that the final fight between scorpion and sub zero was also pretty sick. Goro is defeated *literal* plot armor. I think that the worse part of the plot is the fact that the entire movie takes place BEFORE THE FUCKING TOURNAMENT STARTS. This is a bad movie, watch it to laugh at it.

[@TRAY-D23]

Bi-Han was dope as hell in this

[@TheN1ghtwalker]

Bi-Han was never a bad guy. He never worked for Shang Tsung. Fuck this movie.

[@TRAY-D23]

@@TheN1ghtwalker i wish i could but i can’t argue with that😂

[@filipposdimitriades8164]

@@TheN1ghtwalker wdym he was never a “bad guy”？He always was.

[@TheN1ghtwalker]

@@filipposdimitriades8164 Any proof? Or you're just spouting random nonsense?

[@ubermaster134]

@@filipposdimitriades8164 Mk9 changed alot of things thanks to NRS but Bi-han wasn't a bad guy. He was sent to assassinate Shang Tsung. Scorpion killed him because he thought that he killed the Shirai ryu but that was Quan Chi in disquise, Bi-han dies and Quan Chi corrupts him and makes him Noob Saibot.

[@xxgamergirlxx7917]

more complaints about the movie (spoiler alert) as a big MK fan. 1.Shang Tsung plays by rules,him setting out to go kill the champions destroys his character as being scheeming.He literally forced others to compete in the tournament originally so this makes no sense. 2.Bi Han and the Lin-Kuei don't actually kill Scorpion's family and clan.Quan chi does as payment to the LK for something Bi-Han stole, as the Shirai-Ryu is their rival clan. 3.I know many liked Kano.He had the most personality but he was still so annoying and just agressive.He's supposed to be an asshole,evil but still charming.Not straight up complaining 24/7 and he's not meant to be a Hero or trained by Liu Kang. 4.Johnny Cage is missing.Horrible move 5.Too many deaths and the deaths make no sense for their timeframe and who they were killed by is stupid except for Kano cuz Sonya does make sense but NOT YET. 6.Reiko and Nitara are older 3D era characters who have much potential to be more interesting than this. 7.Cole-Young wasn't interesting at all and a useless OC

[@blues4509]

Personally I was a fan of MK up until 9. Once X came out I disliked how seriously the games tried to take themselves from there on. Both in terms of gameplay and the story overall. From what I saw this was a movie based on the more current version so without this video I probably wouldn't have seen it lol

[@retrogameg4721]

Goro in MK (1995) is all practical effects which will ALWAYS look better than cgi. I completely disagree with your thoughts on that.

[@UnifiedEntity]

4thSnake said it best, when Kano is one of the best things of a MORTAL KOMBAT MOVIE.......there's a big ass problem.

[@Kokorba6iqta]

Finally watched it. Although I had really low expectations it somehow still felt disappointing. Even the one thing they did ok in the previous movies - the choreography of the fights was now totally ruined. Lame plot, lame acting, really bad CGI (especially the flames and Goro), horrible cinematography and to top it all Cole and his whole character which was the final nail in the coffin. I seriously wonder when you have such a material how do you end up with something so bad.

[@soakedbearrd]

Honestly the best scene of the entire movie was the beginning scene, which they showed in the trailer. I still enjoyed the movie because I was high but the movie was pretty bad. Kano was also probably the only thing that carried the movie, dude had me laughing. And subzero was dope.

[@Nirrini]

Kano was the reason I kept going but my god the scenes where he didn’t appear in were so boring and lifeless.

[@tadpolegaming4510]

Kano was the only good part and I completely lost interest when he died like a bitch

[@jamesthomas9619]

Dude reptile being an actual lizard screams of, "wouldn't it be cool if" lmao

[@DarkBlade6690]

Cole's super power is plot armor lmao

[@M.W.K6996]

This movie was terrible. The pacing was slow, the characters weren't interesting, the story felt rushed, and it didn't feel at all like I was watching Mortal Kombat. Heck, the whole movie takes place before the actual tournament. The people working on this didn't know what they were doing. They just took the title of a very famous videogame franchise and slapped an entirely different project on it. The main characters were boring, and weren't anything like their videogame counterparts. While the original Mortal Kombat movies weren't anything groundbreaking, they at least had a much better story to follow. Something like Mortal Kombat shouldn't be turned into a movie, it should a series; that way there is much more time for character and story development, as well as better prologue. I will say that the choreography was pretty good, but that isn't enough! If there is a sequel, I'm not looking forward to it. Also, they ruined the theme song.

[@spooder2546]

I would rather watch MK9 cutscenes as a movie

[@TheColeminator]

The synthetic Man: basically says there is no good video game movie. Sonic : tails hold my shoes ima bout to throw hands at the speed of sonic

[@cdh0879]

I really loved the Sonic the hedgehog movie and Detective pikachau. Plus the OG Mortal Kombat movie is still amazing. I watched it the other night on Peacock.

[@SyntheticMan]

I'll admit I never saw the Sonic movie. Probably should've, seems like a lot of people like it.

[@sir1junior]

@@SyntheticMan Sonic was actually good.

[@jubjub444]

Sonic wasn't good either lol. Not at all faithful to the games.

[@TheColeminator]

@@jubjub444 just because it wasn't faithful doesn't mean it wasn't good people wouldn't be interested in the story the games tell as a movie Sonic is a heartfelt movie with great characters humor and vintage Jim Carey humor ala ace ventura

[@wymanrtaylor]

Man, the Second MK movie came out when I was like 11 and I remember watching that garbage in the theaters and - for basically the first time ever - being acutely aware that what I was watching was just awful. I am sharing this useless anecdote for algorithmic purposes only. FOR THE GLORY OF SYNTHETIC MAN’S CHANNEL

[@natediaz1863]

Lmao I remember the same awareness. It was such a trash movie that even my kidself, who was a huge mortal kombat fan, couldn't overlook how trash it was.

[@tenacious645]

Goro from the '95 Mortal Kombat was anything BUT a "cut corner due to budget restraints". The puppetry and animatronics on display look incredible to me, but it was also a million dollar effect. They literally spent $1,000,000 on that puppet/animatronic. I know how it looks is subjective, but I prefer it over the fucking CG shit we got with MK '21

[@delvinrosebud700]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 This is exactly my thoughts!! Even though the movie had badass fight scenes, the storyline was just odd...Its just another alternative dimension...

[@TheColeminator]

Badass ? The first fight yes

[@larryclay8875]

Well, you'll have to admit that it's very difficult to try and write about 12 different fighters in a one short movie to make sense out of everything. If they do it Marvel-style (imagine Sub-Zero their own solo starring movie and expand the story bit wider to more fighters in the future films), then the story will probably make more sense. But you know how business works: budget.

[@EA-bv8zk]

@@larryclay8875 A series would have been much better. The mortal kombat franchise has the potential to tell a long overarching story

[@notgonnapay]

“He’s gonna suck his soul out. I love this.” Probably the most unintentionally funny line in a WB film.

[@uhoh6706]

I found the movie okay but I absolutely hate it when producers put in protagonists that have absolutely zero personality whatsoever. No disrespect for the actor of course but man Cole was really boring. Sonya should’ve just been the main protagonist at this point because her back story is much better then “orphan who went into boxing”

[@matthewlugo2417]

Goro in the original was a suit/ puppet and it looks better then new cgi version lol

[@mhmtakeyatime9000]

Practical effects often looks better.

[@matthewlugo2417]

@@mhmtakeyatime9000 often i think all the time do cause its really there and made by someone's hands

[@ekwrestling]

This review was on POINT. You said it perfectly. They spent too much time trying to pop the fanboys with references instead of making a good, coherent narrative. It was a mess.

[@mattrisling6568]

The highlight of the movie was scorpion yelling "get over here" and the movie didn't even get that right

[@football72220]

“Chopped in half while you do the nasty”🤣🤣

[@MaharlikaAWA]

So the main character named Cole is not even a real video game character and was just made up for the movie? HOW STUPID! And why does he have a magic metal shirt armor thing?

[@BaithNa]

As a Mortal Kombat fan, I felt like this movie was insulting to the intelligence of Mortal Kombat fans

[@IlokanoWarrior]

it tells somewhat a truth to MK fanboys.

[@kageken2209]

Yeah no Iam a MK fan and this movie is great. Why yall dont like this movie, iam confuse.

[@kageken2209]

@@IlokanoWarrior Go watch Uncagegamez His crazy with MK like really big fan of MK. And he love the movie.

[@GeneralAsda18]

Just be thankful it's not annihalation

[@kalistastudio3797]

@@kageken2209 coz the story is different from the game

[@nickchan1208]

The movie gets a C- we all thought we’d see more subzero and scorpion but all we got was 5-7 minutes of them, they replaced Johnny cage with that nobody who has black panther based armor, then they put A Spanish looking Chinese guy as Kung Lao, reptile didn’t even look like reptile, they put a unknown character with a hammer, characters were screwed with like how kano and jaxx cybernetics were actually there superpowers. Raiden and Shang Tsung SUCKED and the tournament was supposed to be on Shang tsungs island, not at raidens temple. In the movie scorpions fatality was supposed to show him peeling off his face to show his whole skull when he breathes fire but they screwed it up by just showing scorpion take off his mouth guard and you could only see the bottom half of his skull WTF

[@armandogomez2677]

They should’ve done a mini series on hbo max to re introduce the universe and characters then the movie should’ve been the tournament

[@harveyquinn3535]

That would have been good. But not with these writers, I shit you not dude look up the writers and what they worked on before. All D list indie films, terrible action films, and like D list horror films. And one of the writers worked specifically on children’s movies

[@armandogomez2677]

@@harveyquinn3535 it shows what a shame

[@mikeysanchez1231]

This was a low budget film,what did u guys expect???its rated R and this movie aint coming from Disney..If your truly a MK fan you would've understand the movie..If you're worried about your favorite character getting killed off,remember shang saung has the power to bring them back and Melina is a clone so she'll be back.i admit the movie is cheesy but the gore and humor make up for it.......ovrl B+

[@airjaws_8922]

Exactly people just love to complain. Like it's a video game movie what'd u expect a Martin Scorsese movie?

[@dmkape9829]

Hated it! As a fan of mortal Kombat this movie felt like a kick in the balls for me

[@spidergoblin.]

1. Goro should be made of animatronic, not CGI. 'Cause you know it makes him more realistic. 2. Cole Young's superpower is just plot armor? 3. The lack of martial arts choreography, Joe Taslim was the fastest there and no one can equal his movement, so studio decided to give Joe a heavy costume to reduce it. 4. Reptile, Nitara, Kabal, Goro, and Reiko are a total joke and some wasted character in this movie. 5. Liu Kang and Kung Lao lack of chemistry on screen, they supposed to be the dynamic duo just like in MK games considered they both trained also by Bo Rai Cho. 6. The arcana origin and the invitation dragon tattoo thing is so unnecessary and just stupid.

[@boynextdoor1951]

The arcana thing is also stupid since Hanzo didn't have any special powers to begin with, so how come those who have his bloodline's mark do?

[@GeneralAsda18]

Cuz he didn't unlock it he got killed also the arcana thing Is cool because it shows why they have have powers and how

[@SilentProtagonist-Au]

@@GeneralAsda18 its a cool concept but poorly executed. The arcana felt real for the first part of the movie. The way the fighters needed to dig deep into what drives them to achieve their power was an awesome concept. The way Jax and Sonya recieved their powers just ruined it though.

[@GeneralAsda18]

@@SilentProtagonist-Au how would you have done it

[@SilentProtagonist-Au]

@@GeneralAsda18 well i probably would've had Jax and Sonyas powers\equipment come from the special forces. Kanos cybernetic gear comes from his connections through the black dragon. Liu Kang and Kung Lao trained at the academy for their powers. An hour of the movie revolved around the Arcana and training and then we got a quick montage of combat towards the end. It was so rushed that Milena didn't even get a proper fight with sonya which could've been epic. Instead it was all rushed because there was too much arcana and not enough banana.

[@GeneralAsda18]

@@SilentProtagonist-AuHAHAHAHA Banana but i still liked the movie

[@officialtruvotru-druvevoch7049]

You nailed it. I saw it when it came out and was vastly disappointed!

[@spencerjonesvo3973]

I enjoyed it but it wish certain characters got more screen time ie Raiden, Mileena, Kabal etc.

[@HonkeyKong54]

I love the look of the og film even with the dated cgi the set design is amazing. Also these dmb fks were actually treating mortal kombat like some Asian accurate history and cut off Johnny cage because they didn't want a white character as one of the leads in a game created by whites lmao. Also your high as f if you think cut corners were goro. Goro probably had the most work of the entire film building an animatronic suit. Goro looks awesome and grotesque.

[@JubeiSenpai]

Story is trash Fights were fine, nothing special Kano/Kung Lao were awesome Shut up Kabal! Cole is garbage; he gots to go Please watch Scorpions Revenge so good

[@JohanLGT]

They simply CAN'T make a fight-action movie.

[@vampblack8227]

"Not that anyones going to the theatre." No a lot of people are going to the theatres, i worked as a cleaner for the theatres and we quite litterally capped out the amount of people coming to watch godzilla v kong or that new croods movie.

[@ShakaHapa]

Yeah this guy talks out of his ass a bit

[@vampblack8227]

@@ShakaHapa people litterally fill the theatre and i had to clean them by myself so it sucked

[@TortureBot]

Mortal Kombat 2021 was the first movie I went back to see with the wife since the virus.

[@vampblack8227]

@@TortureBot mustve sucked, for me, i was extremely sad cause they ruined my wife(mileena), and nitara was a weird choice cause shes a one off character.

[@TortureBot]

@@vampblack8227 your wife was Mileena? What?

[@RedRaptor7]

Goro looked ALOT better than the bad 95 version however he’s killed way way too soon. He’s won 9 MK Tournaments and gets totally abused and killed by a washed up nobody. Total BS he should have gotten a much much bigger arc. I don’t care about the budget or whatever if you can’t have Goro in the film properly then I agree with you just cut him out of the film. It was a disgrace to someone who was won 9 tournaments

[@brendandupper]

Apparently there gonna be 4 sequels

[@LSTORMTheMC]

This should be interesting Lmfaoo

[@NcrXnbi]

I am not watching the next movies that is for sure. They will be dog shit for sure.

[@brendandupper]

@@NcrXnbi yeah lol