Mortal Kombat, the reboot of the 90's original, is here and ready to fight. But is it a flawless victory or a fatality? Get over here! And let's find out.
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@TheCriticalDrinker3 жыл бұрын
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@WitherLord8883 жыл бұрын
Cool
@anandmanivannan49533 жыл бұрын
Hey Drinker could you please review Andy The Crocodile's music?
@clevernickname33963 жыл бұрын
Someone will read this comment because it is near the top.
@saoirse53083 жыл бұрын
So, it's not "Good" but neither is it "woke" Clearly a best film of the year contender. . . . .and that's saying a lot. . . because that's not saying much. I'll go away now.
@davesmith74323 жыл бұрын
Damn drinker, I agree with you most of the time. But this time I gotta pull your card. The first mortal combat was a good movie. Especially for a video game movie. It wasn’t perfect. The casting and the writing was questionable. But the acting, editing, cinematography and flow of the movie was good. However, after that... I can’t defend those movies. The production companies have to pay the bills. I love your channel bro! I’ll always tune in and smash it. That’s all of got, so fuck off!
@professionalamatuer80643 жыл бұрын
Adding Cole to the epic fight between Scorpion and Sub-Zero was a senseless buzz-kill.
@sebsebseb19053 жыл бұрын
after Hanzo is washed by Bi-Han when he comes back as Scorpion he still needs help... from Cole and his plot armor. The only good thing was the slasher movie vibe Sub-Zero got
@cormoran23033 жыл бұрын
And why did they act like Hanzo was awesome? All we saw of him is getting dunked on by Bi-han then needing help just to get revenge at the end. He was a weak useless bitch.
@sebsebseb19053 жыл бұрын
@@cormoran2303 EXACTLY
@dfddsfer4tv4g4b3 жыл бұрын
* Adding Cole was a senseless buzz-kill.
@sebsebseb19053 жыл бұрын
@End Of All Things no, they're anti-heroes, Quan Chi, Shang Tsung, Shao Khan, Shinnok are the ultimate bad guys
@liamking62183 жыл бұрын
Its funny how Coles power is literal plot armor
@rahphaeljanisch54573 жыл бұрын
underrated comment 🏅 Director “Won’t he just get ripped apart by Goro???” Writer- “No he spontaneously manifests Metal clothing...”
@kutlumzrak26893 жыл бұрын
You mean discount black panther?
@rybackunheardof49953 жыл бұрын
@@kutlumzrak2689 yeah that's why black panther sucked. Plot armor and "cause vibranium" *insert racist jokes towards whites*
@certifiedhoodclassic78333 жыл бұрын
@@rybackunheardof4995 gotta love how you cant say that about a movie with an all black cast without being called a racist bigot
@rybackunheardof49953 жыл бұрын
@@certifiedhoodclassic7833 really tho lol
@WMFilms253 жыл бұрын
- “We have hundreds of characters to choose from to be our protagonist. I’m sure one of them is relatable to our audience.” - “Nah, it’ll be fine.”
@reikun863 жыл бұрын
Lewis Tam's Dad was one of the Joker's Henchmen in the '89 Batman. He's in the museum scene.
@SuperSky93 жыл бұрын
@Munchies 2019 Stryker is such an underdawg. But kensi comes later during the Red Dragon phase. We're on kano's introduction right now.
@Mankey6193 жыл бұрын
I know right. In my version of mortal Kombat I would love to have Johnny cage to be the main character in this movie instead of this generic boring character like Cole. He doesn’t even fit in this movie and even the mortal Kombat characters. It’s just not an awesome movie to watch,it’s just okay. It’s funny that the Demon Slayer movie has beaten Mortal Kombat at the box office.
@garymcderp11463 жыл бұрын
The plot in the last couple of MK games was a lot better. I thought this would be awesome non-stop action and gore with fatalities every 10 minutes. Meh.
@garymcderp11463 жыл бұрын
Noob Saibot should’ve been in the movie.
@captainfriednacho3 жыл бұрын
25 years later and Raiden still waits till the last minute to pick and train fighters for the tournament.
@thesentinel55233 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment ^
@dsa15693 жыл бұрын
Some of the other fighters where killed off screen.
@PrechtGaebolgHades3 жыл бұрын
@@dsa1569 you didn't get him
@dsa15693 жыл бұрын
@@PrechtGaebolgHades I did Just saying
@PrechtGaebolgHades3 жыл бұрын
@@dsa1569 i mean if Raiden wanted to, he could have get these fighters when they were teens and train them from there. And then they could become experienced fighters and fight in the tournament.
@PopCultureGrifter3 жыл бұрын
Why has Sub-Zero not aged in 300 years? - He was on ice
@anibalrodriguez26263 жыл бұрын
Captain America: *Allow me to introduce myself*
@mikemorgan66853 жыл бұрын
"I understood that reference" -Captain America
@Tubeite3 жыл бұрын
Let's kick some ice!
@tomasburian65503 жыл бұрын
ba dum tish!
@pearsemolloy96563 жыл бұрын
To be fair that can easily be explained with Sub Zero being allied with Shang Tsung who literally has the power to prolong the lifespan of himself and others but the movie didn’t bother to explain that so I suppose it’s a legit criticism.
@maxxe23 жыл бұрын
I wish they hadn't made up some new character to be the protagonist
@ciarfah3 жыл бұрын
MMA it trendy, right corporate board members? We should add an MMA guy!!
@elvispelvis94113 жыл бұрын
@@waxcutter9813 I wish this protagonist was one of those silent characters
@Coleymoleyart3 жыл бұрын
They need a boring character with no personality
@dwecktek3 жыл бұрын
Seriously this isn’t resident evil what the fuck were they thinking
@GigglingStoners3 жыл бұрын
Well they cant have a white male lead, now can they?
@Raez_XL3 жыл бұрын
It could have been a movie about Scorpion's revenge but no it has to be about a vanilla character and his family.
@GodIsInHisHeaven3 жыл бұрын
They could have done Scorpion' revenge /john wick style, so instead of gun headshots, you get the garden tool headshot.
@jazzblack6663 жыл бұрын
If you want to see a movie about Scorpion's revenge, check out Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
@Raez_XL3 жыл бұрын
@@jazzblack666 looks great but I'm not really into animations.
@GodIsInHisHeaven3 жыл бұрын
@@jazzblack666 Hey, thanks for the heads up, yea I actually spotted the thumbnail somewhere but just totally forgot about it until just now when you kindly reminded me. Honest opinion though, is Scorp's Revenge better than this movie overall?
@grantimusprimeofficial27323 жыл бұрын
@@GodIsInHisHeaven May be a little late for an answer but yes, it's a lot better.
@SimonCoulton3 жыл бұрын
Could have done with just a movie about Scorpion and Subzero tbh, those first 5ish minutes were great.
@GingerZombie293 жыл бұрын
My exact thought. This could have been about the conflict between Lin Quei and Shiray Ryu.
@aakkoin3 жыл бұрын
Don't let them ruin Scorps and Sub-Z by making up some stupid "realistic" backstory
@Maniac7423 жыл бұрын
Scorpion's "Get over here!" is wasted on an Asian accent. Either translate the line into Japanese, which actually makes sense, or just get rid of it. EVERYONE knows what it's supposed to sound like, so if you can't meet that burden then just don't try.
@mattstorm65683 жыл бұрын
I know, I thought I was in for a decent movie, and then.....
@arklytte3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more! First fight and the last fight were literally the best parts of the movie (and the first bit was easily the better of the two.).
@Shady000183 жыл бұрын
I always LOL at those "DONT KNOW" bits.
@DadaPoopoo3 жыл бұрын
I wish I was happy enough to actually laugh out loud.
@josh_hen_har33773 жыл бұрын
Yo shady you're here??
@vigorelliinstitute8793 жыл бұрын
I've actually taken to using his don't know.
@agent_meister4773 жыл бұрын
Join the club.
@downwithputinsaveukraine13133 жыл бұрын
Dooooont knoooooooooow
@RodimusPrimal3 жыл бұрын
Cole Young is nothing more than a glorified Kreate A Fighter with LITERAL plot armor. Your description of him avoiding charisma almost had me fall off my chair.
@commandercaptain46643 жыл бұрын
Cole Young vs. Charisma... FIGHT-U! FINISH CHARISMA FATALITY Cole Young WINS. We LOSE.
@BoopinSnakeBandito3 жыл бұрын
Drinker: "What's stopping you from bringing a gun to your fight and just shooting the guy?" Stryker: "haha good point, u right"
@lucascoval8283 жыл бұрын
@Mosi (Musi) Brown Based. 😎
@lordmoncef54943 жыл бұрын
Cuz it s only effective against dark skinned opponent
@HeroQuestFans3 жыл бұрын
@@lordmoncef5494 and only if they're left leaning!
@angstvision71083 жыл бұрын
Good comment!
@angstvision71083 жыл бұрын
@@lordmoncef5494 Stryker would be Jax's cryptonite--except for the fact that Jax is also a civil servant.
@margolane33613 жыл бұрын
Kano was by far the most entertaining character.
@NostraFnDamus3 жыл бұрын
Josh Lawson is a good bloke
@azgardian32odinson3 жыл бұрын
Sub zero was the best..
@monk8238213 жыл бұрын
100%... casting was a hard miss on this movie for me (for most of the characters.) If they put as much time as they did into scorpion and sub zero into the rest the film would have been 10xs better.
@rainyfriday61753 жыл бұрын
I dunno. He was a bit much. It seems like every time he opened his mouth, he might as well be saying “hey, I’m the comic relief character.”
@margolane33613 жыл бұрын
@@rainyfriday6175 He was a bit much but honestly it was a welcome bit of reprieve from the wooden acting from everyone else.
@DarthEvilicus3 жыл бұрын
I saw a Reddit comment that was spot on: “So this movie establishes that if you just run over the right person while driving drunk you can somehow become earths champion”
@yourfatboy53593 жыл бұрын
Lol
@scorp77snake3 жыл бұрын
should watch the pitch meeting that Ryan George does on screen rant he mentions the fact a 90yo person could accidently run over a champ and get the mark
@cornelius86173 жыл бұрын
That reddit commenter probably got the idea from Ryan George
@saloz94833 жыл бұрын
this is one of the reasons the tattoo shit is so dumb and makes no sense.
@somethinglikethat21763 жыл бұрын
@@cornelius8617 reddit still recycling, sounds like it hasn't changed much since I was last there.
@xtina21893 жыл бұрын
Cole's biggest character trait is that he has a family.
@jarrodbright52313 жыл бұрын
Ironic given how his acting was more wooden than the guy whose catchphrase is "I got family" (sorry I mean "Ah got famuhly")
@TartarusHunter3 жыл бұрын
"It's all about family, Brian."
@bardoomguy3 жыл бұрын
Probably his only one. I don't think I've ever seen a more bland main character
@GingerZombie293 жыл бұрын
So he is Dominic Toretto?
@nooneofimportance21103 жыл бұрын
@@bardoomguy I have, but nobody cares about SAO.
@luhrsen81053 жыл бұрын
"Why can't you just bring a gun with you and shoot your opponent?" Several MK characters have GUN as their superpower. It's underwhelming.
@tsuneomccormick1153 жыл бұрын
Literally Stryker exist for that purpose.
@insignificantdamage34462 жыл бұрын
Jax brought a rifle to a fist fight and lost both arms.
@RogueFox21853 жыл бұрын
Cole: The DLC character that nobody would fork $14.99 to get.
@mrbem9183 жыл бұрын
That’s too generous. Cole Young would be free DLC. He’s worthless.
@cormoran23033 жыл бұрын
He's your annoying younger brothers Kreate-A-Fighter from MK Armageddon.
@thebrownbaldy3 жыл бұрын
I prefer Mokap over Cole
@Harucardiel3 жыл бұрын
Lol Imagine if he did get added and he turns out to be top tier in the game like if that armor gave armor on any special moves or plays like Jason, the less health the higher the damage he does😂😂😂
@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t3 жыл бұрын
@@mrbem918 *Horse armor has entered the chat*
@boomerotic24983 жыл бұрын
My favorite part is when Cole develops literal plot armor 🙄
@HorrorCritical3 жыл бұрын
Everything about Cole Young in the movie is boring and uninteresting
@lucapeyrefitte68993 жыл бұрын
Yeah I would’ve liked him if he didn’t have plot amour
@Future_Imperfect3 жыл бұрын
Somebody watches Pitch Meetings 😉
@boomerotic24983 жыл бұрын
@@HorrorCritical yeah they need to kill him off between the movies (if they get another) and get some new writers because although the movie was mildly entertaining, it got more wrong than it got right
@HorrorCritical3 жыл бұрын
@@boomerotic2498 or make him a side character with a very small role
@MaxP_883 жыл бұрын
I seriously can't fathom how on Earth, having so many characters to choose from, they decided to come up with an new main character named Cole Young. There's just no way to justify that shit.
@Zac_Frost3 жыл бұрын
Well, in the games, they have introduced entirely new characters to be the main character of the game they were introduced in, as far as the Campaign goes. Characters like Shujinko and Taven. The thing with those characters, though, was that they actually had a personality and were interesting characters in an interesting story. I think if they cast a better actor with better material to work with, it could have worked. The problem, though, is that they didn't, so it didn't really work very well.
@queazy033 жыл бұрын
Director specifically said he didn't want some straight white male (Johnny Cage) to come in and save everyone, so he made Cole (an asian) to be the hero. Which is dumb to every fan since they know Liu Kang was the main hero
@matthiasthulman40583 жыл бұрын
@@queazy03 ah yes, Cole Young, a classic asian name. In all seriousness, I had no idea he wasn't supposed to be white
@reservoirfrogs21773 жыл бұрын
@@queazy03 Honesty why would they not choose Liu Kang
@drakynoch3 жыл бұрын
My working theory is that they simply didn't want the barage of hate coming from fans of a *specific* character (favorite) of theirs NOT being the central protagonist. Of course, a part of me wonders why they couldn't just make this movie entirely based around Scorpion and Sub Zero's rivalry... THEN make the second film about the tournament in modern the day.
@Kronosfobi3 жыл бұрын
Cole Young is practically a Scorpion fanboy writer's self insert character with a super power of a literal plot armor.
@korawitbuttramee6183 жыл бұрын
According to the writer, Cole Young was created under the mandate of the studio.
@PrechtGaebolgHades3 жыл бұрын
He was a literal trash male marysue
@Kronosfobi3 жыл бұрын
@@PrechtGaebolgHades I concur
@korawitbuttramee6183 жыл бұрын
@@PrechtGaebolgHades He's not. If he's a Gary Stu, he'd never lose a single fight and wouldnt need Scorpion to bail his ass out from Sub Zero
@ILOVEGOOOOOOLD3 жыл бұрын
Power of a gold coogi sweater
@S0bek3 жыл бұрын
Kano was the absolute highlight of the movie, and the best actor.
@lordtrigon17333 жыл бұрын
He made sure at least his scenes would be entertaining af, the true hero of the movie.
@Furykidxxx3 жыл бұрын
Probably, the ONLY actor in the whole cast. Sub vs Scorpion were the only decent fights, because those dudes at least martial artists.
@Lennox12243 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@jespacey3 жыл бұрын
scorpion beginning the best until he died
@grantimusprimeofficial27323 жыл бұрын
I think the best actors were Josh Lawson (Kano), Hiroyuki Sanada (Scorpion), and Joe Taslim (Sub-Zero). I thought Josh Lawson really added to every scene he was in, stealing the show constantly with his improv and self-awareness of the movie he was in. Don't get me wrong, you could make a serious Mortal Kombat movie with themes of honor and family, but that's not what this movie is and Josh Lawson knows it so why not have fun? Hiroyuki Sanada is just badass in general, that was god tier casting. Joe Taslim is also badass, but I wanted to point out how the dude can act with just his eyes, damn he can really make his presence known and he emoted pain very well using his eyes only.
@OrthwormJEB3 жыл бұрын
Not including Johnny Cage in the plot has to be my biggest con of this film. Instead we get a character that never appeared in a single video game. Great...
@dobman013 жыл бұрын
yeah the whole time i was wondering if johnny cage was gonna show up and get TOASTY! with someone
@isacctavares13683 жыл бұрын
Welcome to corporate Hollywood. Where suits believe OCs are better than iconic characters.
@slowpie3 жыл бұрын
You didnt like the set up for part 2?
@GigglingStoners3 жыл бұрын
You mean diversity characters are better than white male leads?
@Youngbuck833 жыл бұрын
Noob Saibot should have been the lead.
@kmb9573 жыл бұрын
Imagine Mortal Kombat having a create a fighter mode and you create Cole Young 🥱😴
@lhfinatl70683 жыл бұрын
Meat>Cole Young
@margarethmichelina51463 жыл бұрын
A lot of DLC combo characters are way better than Cole Young
@michaelmarino14203 жыл бұрын
Mokap>Cole
@chuy31623 жыл бұрын
eww why?
@thisisnotachannel3 жыл бұрын
Mortal Kombat Armageddon has you covered there.
@GingerZombie293 жыл бұрын
You don't create an OC as your main character when you already have Liu Kang in your Mortal Kombat movie.
@TheJollyMisanthrope3 жыл бұрын
Like a Street Fighter movie creating a new protagonist to replace Ryu.
@thegnarledpirate91983 жыл бұрын
@@TheJollyMisanthrope*cuts to the 80's movie* well at least he's from the games, right...
@jollyroger96803 жыл бұрын
@The Monster Under Your Bed Delusional
@ReboundProdigy3 жыл бұрын
@@jollyroger9680 he’s right Scorpion and subzero have been the The main characters since the beginning
@diersteinjulien67733 жыл бұрын
There's plenty of characters that could be the main protagonist of a Mortal Kombat movie -Liu Kang, Raiden, Sub-zero, Johnny Cage, Sonya, Jax, Scorpion and Kano just to name a few. But if you make a Street fighter adaptation and don't make Ken, Ryu and/or Chun Li the main protagonist, you're doing something wrong. Here, I'll give you Sakura and Guile as two valid secondary options, but that's basicaly it.
@garym63153 жыл бұрын
I disagree about the first movie - in an age when video game adaptations were unpopular, Anderson made a film that was simplified enough for normies to understand and enjoy, but with all the core elements of the first game. It had all six video game fighters, the antagonists were all there too, along with a couple of MK2 characters. The story was the simple Enter the Dragon rehash, but that's what the game was a rip-off of anyway. The direction was impressive enough and for the fight scenes he actually made the decision to film in wide shots without cutting too much to show the talent the martial artists on set had. The soundtrack was a perfect match to keep the adrenaline pumping throughout the movie. You also have to remember that it was back when there was no live action or animated MK products, so to see something that (for the most part) faithfully recreates the look of the game, and the feel of the game was a huge success.
@debroeglenn49242 жыл бұрын
Nice essay
@bendunster8859 Жыл бұрын
I totally agree. It wasn’t a great movie but it was a pretty damn good video game movie and it did what it set out to do pretty well. A lot like this adaptation did.
@Raven9940 Жыл бұрын
I agree. This is one of the few times I'm not with the drinker. Sure the original was cheesy and had it's share of plot holes, but God was it entertaining and it gave the fans what we wanted. The actors had real charisma and chemistry. The remake was just one big mess that made no sense and no one was likeable. I'll take the original over the reboot any day
@markkramer5740 Жыл бұрын
The first one was essentially "Enter The Dragon" with super powers. I still like it.
@dude9318 Жыл бұрын
You said normies Lol
@MattNinety3 жыл бұрын
When a fighting game story mode has actually better story than a movie.
@kalistastudio37973 жыл бұрын
True
@monsterboomer80513 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY THIS
@struki843 жыл бұрын
MK franchise is the king of trash game stories, and I mean that in a good Evil Dead way ^^
@Vipera2173 жыл бұрын
2 hours isn't enough to adapt it all though
@ghostprojekt3 жыл бұрын
@@Vipera217 Scorpion's Revenge did the entirety of MK1 in 80 minutes and even had Johnny Cage instead of a bs MC.
@Guerrilla_Grodd3 жыл бұрын
"Jesus, I've seen more personality in a Captain Marvel fan club" 😂🤣😂
@terrylandess60723 жыл бұрын
"Brrrap" I believe that belch was a Drinker 1st in his videos.
@scionofdorn91013 жыл бұрын
That picture will give me nightmares.
@vicentemartinez12163 жыл бұрын
This critic should stick to his drinking than his stupid ass reviews. 😄
@alexlilly66573 жыл бұрын
Def one of my fav's burns from Drinker.
@stryyker93 жыл бұрын
when kano the woke brigade punching bag inadvertantly ends up being the most memorable character.
@darklord8843 жыл бұрын
Considering NRS didn't hold him back in the games either despite what a nasty bastard he is (in fact he seems to get more disgusting with each game) you bet he'd get his time to shine in the movie.
@colepeltier84723 жыл бұрын
OMFG IM SO GLAD SOMEONE JUST VALIDATED THE EXACT SOME THING I THOUGHT. "They get rid of Johny Cage for being white then spend the entire movie trashing the one white guy in it."
@veeclash41573 жыл бұрын
Kano was 10x more enjoyable to watch than Cole! OOF! The 'main hero' was not sympathetic at all compared to one of the villains!
@carlsullivan88613 жыл бұрын
Naw he wasn't. It was an attempt at the gruff funny guy..fell as flat as the rest of them.
@han3wmanwukong1253 жыл бұрын
"Hi, I'm male, white AND hetero!" - Kano
@D00R3 жыл бұрын
The original MK movie came off as a big budget story with a minimum budget and the New MK comes off as a big budget movie with a B movie plot.
@Shamyrl3 жыл бұрын
The original felt like it had a bigger budget. This one has slightly more cgi but it doesn't use as many various locales as the original and the actors aren't nearly as talented
@isaiahdeleon25083 жыл бұрын
I’ll never forget the fact that Lui Kang spammed his low kick against Kano
@TheHound4023 жыл бұрын
*sweep
@glenmcl3 жыл бұрын
It's a special move from OG MK
@RastaganTheGreen3 жыл бұрын
"Is that the only move you know?"
@enragedgamersco3 жыл бұрын
I laughed so hard when Kano said “is that the only move you got” My brothers never used anything else when we were kids!
@TimonPOL913 жыл бұрын
And that miss jump from kano was Perfect!!!
@thetribalist69233 жыл бұрын
Executive: shouldn’t we make the main character a familiar one since we have so many fan favorites to choose from? Writer: naw. It’ll be fine.
@enzopied30153 жыл бұрын
It was the other way around, Cole was a mandate from the higher ups
@GigglingStoners3 жыл бұрын
Didn't the director say he doesn't want a white male lead?
@ChristDuque3 жыл бұрын
@@GigglingStoners He did, he argued that he wanted to do a "diverse" film, and he could not do that with a lead white male character ... To bad for him, the guy that more or less save the movie... is the only white guy.. Kano.
@756583 жыл бұрын
@@GigglingStoners That's a goddamn stupid reason considering mk's protagonist is Liu Kang. They ignored the main character that's already "diverse" in favor of some nobody oc.
@beerdragon45833 жыл бұрын
@@ChristDuque So Liu Kang and Cage are just tossed aside for ass-pats. Got it.
@paranidherc3 жыл бұрын
*Critical Drinker:* "Why can't you just bring a gun and shoot the other guy?" *Jax:* "Been there, done that, did not work out great"
@shawnm19023 жыл бұрын
Stryker, uhh hi? Did I miss anything?
@MrBottlecapBill3 жыл бұрын
Which makes no sense. If fire hurts people, firearms will hurt people. :D
@andreasottohansen73383 жыл бұрын
Erron Black does that, and it kinda works.
@Ki_Adi_Mundi3 жыл бұрын
The reason given for the absence of Johnny Cage from this movie is literally that he was too white and this movie wasn't "diverse" enough with him in it... 😂
@maestrofeli42593 жыл бұрын
hehe pinhead
@davidimerov94473 жыл бұрын
@mortal kombat and superheros Mor
@angstvision71083 жыл бұрын
There was only room for one token white guy--and Kano was it lol.
@dwaynethewokjohnson66462 жыл бұрын
@@angstvision7108 Mortal Kombat is mostly Asian
@angstvision71082 жыл бұрын
@mortal kombat and superheros who are "you guys"? Lol
@misterno11573 жыл бұрын
The actress who played Sindel in Annihilation had more emotion and personally behind that line then Cole had in the entire fucking movie! Think I'm wrong? Imagine him delivering that line.
@jwnj97163 жыл бұрын
At least with Annihilation, you can get a good laugh.
@greenraider443 жыл бұрын
I will never understand the hate for that line I think it’s ok but then again I’m a simple man
@DaGamerDad3 жыл бұрын
@@jwnj9716 Not with Jax's Arcana. I couldn't keep my chuckles.
@rockinHurley7773 жыл бұрын
Than*
@hedrocs3 жыл бұрын
The whole movie is filled with bad stiff acting! The old movies are cheesy and corny fun. This is just garbage with a stupid OC character(do not steal) that has the power of sweater plot armor!
@FailureToReport3 жыл бұрын
Bro, I can't believe you didn't mock them for creating a new character whose power is literally the Wakanda armor.
@sultanjelle91683 жыл бұрын
Wakanda armour?
@conorwalsh20643 жыл бұрын
But only for one fight, then the budget must have run low because it never does that shit again hahaha
@Kronosfobi3 жыл бұрын
That ability was actually Jax's skill on MK11 where he got more dangerous as he beat the crap outta ya the longer. But yeah, Cole was just boring and existed throughout the place just to be ''there.'' Its like a self insert character who has to lead and do shit with no regards to time or other people's professions. You literally have a thunder god in front of you, 2 Special Ops soldiers, 2 super powered monks. Why *you* are the one thats leading them? And why the fuck are they following him?
@superfan9313 жыл бұрын
You mean literall plot armour.
@jackmcallister44563 жыл бұрын
That looked like aqua man.
@mr.joshua86643 жыл бұрын
Cole Young in the ending had literal plot armor
@RobotHau53 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the movie but hated the fact he led the team at the end like that. Why give him that mantle when his character never earns it? smh
@mr.joshua86643 жыл бұрын
@@RobotHau5 sparring on ice while scorpion and sub zero were fighting was the funniest shit. I wouldnt have mind if Cole was the protagonist if only his character had any sense at all
@mikecantor85033 жыл бұрын
The Drinker knows the 1995 original had actors with loads more charisma and screen presence compared to amateur hour Cole. Plus the MK techno syndrome theme song is still my jam!! MORTAL KOMBAT!!
@stevekramerf2423 жыл бұрын
Yep, the soundtrack-albums are killer.
@6kine6tic673 жыл бұрын
Haha i bought the soundtrack as a kid.
@jamesedleymusic2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, him saying the movie is overrated just comes across as contrarianism rather than a valid opinion.
@BitmapFrogs2 жыл бұрын
You mean Mooooooortaaaal Koooooombaaaaat!
@efe_aydal3 жыл бұрын
Yes. I was actually waiting for your take on this.
@jeggsonvohees22013 жыл бұрын
Shame it's such a bad take. It's completely inconsistent with his standards for other films.
@thenekcore3 жыл бұрын
@@jeggsonvohees2201 Oh no, the drinker can't have some mindless fun despite the plot and chracters being shit. Oh no, the consistency is absolutely gone...
@clkgtr123 жыл бұрын
@@jeggsonvohees2201 its the best film ever made
@jeggsonvohees22013 жыл бұрын
@@thenekcore I see you're one of the mindless massives who apparently think criticism equals saying someone can't enjoy a film. Yes, it's inconsistent to give some films a pass for bad writing and yet criticize others for it. That's literally inconsistency.
@jeggsonvohees22013 жыл бұрын
@@clkgtr12 Pretty low bar, but you do you I guess.
@mctownes20133 жыл бұрын
The opening scene in Japan and Kano were the best parts of the movie.
@somethinglikethat21763 жыл бұрын
A Scorpion/ Subzero movie could've been good.
@jimmysimard30083 жыл бұрын
If only that CGI blood wouldn't have been so crappy looking...
@DudeInOhio853 жыл бұрын
Found the weeaboo
@HenriqueSilva-hc1gw3 жыл бұрын
Best and only*
@Vaille323 жыл бұрын
@@DudeInOhio85 wat is a a weeaboo??
@AncestorEmpire13 жыл бұрын
Watch Scorpion’s Revenge instead, it has the same characters but with Jonny Cage instead of a corporate stand in character.
@kingodin82433 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly. That is a much better movie
@MrBottlecapBill3 жыл бұрын
It's actually not that bad. "Holy @*&$ Johnny Cage can actually fight?"
@AncestorEmpire13 жыл бұрын
@@MrBottlecapBill but can he do the butterfly splits like his inspiration?
@GearShotgun3 жыл бұрын
The ironic moment when the guy whose entire character is being a b-movie actor makes a better protagonist than the live action movie actor
@AncestorEmpire13 жыл бұрын
@@GearShotgun *Palpatine approves of this irony*
@albyboy243 жыл бұрын
“Same way Melissa McCarthy avoids salad bars” 😂😂😂 dead
@sgtomurphy28693 жыл бұрын
“More charisma than a block of wood”- Critical Chad Drinker
@himayamata3 жыл бұрын
The weirdest scene is Scorpion out of nowhere speaks English just to say that famous line
@james38763 жыл бұрын
It's not that unbelievable when you realize most of the people in hell speak english
@grantimusprimeofficial27323 жыл бұрын
@@james3876 welp that escalated quickly
@JPnielsen3 жыл бұрын
@@james3876 Probably Latin actually
@cormoran23033 жыл бұрын
In the opening scene Sub Zero does the same with "For the Lin-Kuei"
@kpimkpim3493 жыл бұрын
It's also a movie about a video game where you can turn people into babies.
@alverdeo9653 жыл бұрын
"What's stopping you from using a gun in a fight?" Nothing. That's why Stryker is a thing since mk3.
@alverdeo9653 жыл бұрын
@OCTAVIO FRANCHINO So powerful mkx and 11 couldn't include him. Otherwise the console you were playing on would catch fire.
@MrBottlecapBill3 жыл бұрын
@OCTAVIO FRANCHINO Was he too powerful? Or exactly as powerful as a guy using firearms in these fights WOULD be? lol.
@grantimusprimeofficial27323 жыл бұрын
But there wasn't a tournament when Stryker showed up so he could use a gun
@PNWAffliction3 жыл бұрын
Hellll yea Stryker :D super undervalued character in the franchise.
@tacogod9683 жыл бұрын
@@alverdeo965 Briggs uses guns in MKX
@JoeMapes3 жыл бұрын
I love how Kano discovered his magic powers during an argument over egg rolls. Wait, what??
@X_Knuckles3 жыл бұрын
If anything, Kano's back was hurting by carrying everyone in the movie 😂
@ryantheanimator11563 жыл бұрын
I guess his back broke the moment they made him betrayed the gang and got screwed by Sonya. I was really hoping they don't do the cheap switcheroo with Kano by making him bad guy at the end for some lousy deal with Cabal, because he's literally the only character I actually give a damn about in the movie. '
@staszkoalcatras3 жыл бұрын
@@ryantheanimator1156 at least they did not make him punching bag for strong female protagonists. Sonya struggle to win that fight and every time she goes head on against him she gets wrecked. If not for dumb luck she would lose that fight, anyway if there will be part 2 Kano will be resurrected, it's not anything unusual for MK.
@darklord8843 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Kung Lao. That guy has personality oozing from him despite the fact he doesn't really get screen time that often.
@killedpatrick3 жыл бұрын
Josh Lawson killed it, you can see he ad-libbed the hell out of it (something he has been known for)
@nbaskrubboi9593 жыл бұрын
Facts
@toastymaster44453 жыл бұрын
Best part was when Sonya got Kano‘s Dragon Marking and instantly knew how to use her arcana power 😂😂
@Sobeewan3 жыл бұрын
Duh...she is Whaman!
@shawnm19023 жыл бұрын
Yeah, there were two strong independent whamen moments in the film. The other was during the painful to watch goro fight
@moderatecanuck3 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised Critical Drinker didn't say anything about this
@dezrons56793 жыл бұрын
well you don't see kano practacing his eyebeam,uses it once and now he controls it.....
@cormoran23033 жыл бұрын
Speaking of Dragon markings, why didn't Sub Zero get Scorpions marking as we are told happens when you kill someone with the marking? Why did it travel down a bloodline of losers?
@meta11523 жыл бұрын
I think the sweeping part with Liu Kang and Kano was a nod to how you could cheese most fights by doing it.
@who-ge1gu3 жыл бұрын
We all done it in the games.
@veritassyfer11853 жыл бұрын
Yeah, there was several nods to actual games in this film if you pay close attention.
@mrbem9183 жыл бұрын
I do that every time I play with my friends. It pisses them off and it’s fucking hilarious.
@who-ge1gu3 жыл бұрын
@@mrbem918 why else do it. Lol
@GearShotgun3 жыл бұрын
I was laughing going "its just like the game" when that happend
@potiguaya52013 жыл бұрын
Scorpion and Subzero trying to.kill each other. Cole in his shiny plot armor trying to kill a piece of ice...
@hamboba44343 жыл бұрын
The first 8 min was the best part of the movie. Scorpion, Subzero and Kano were pretty kick-ass
@YetiValhalla3 жыл бұрын
I agree
@frozenhearth59233 жыл бұрын
"By an actor who avoids charisma more than Melissa McCarthy avoids salad bars." Holy shit. You've earned a like from me.
@Disp0sable_Hero3 жыл бұрын
Comedy Gold!
@petkokrushev38403 жыл бұрын
People responsible for Kabal's design - thank you, you brought the nerd out of a 32 year old man, god damn that suit s amazing
@alvinkey34683 жыл бұрын
Yes, and I didn't have problems with his speaking lines, that's how I always imagine kabal talks.
@TheKaizerD3 жыл бұрын
oh yeah, my man Kabal, i feel you
@andykapsar46673 жыл бұрын
i thought kabal was pretty well done also
@wroseyarn14303 жыл бұрын
Kabal was so good to see, especially with those purple dashes.
@MetalsirenIXI3 жыл бұрын
I wanted to hear him talk for hours lol. Feel like he needs his own movie now.
@TimmyTantrum3 жыл бұрын
I went in to this movie expecting absolutely nothing in terms of plot, characters, and acting. Oh, and I was also drunk, with friends. Best movie experience all year.
@stefantyler3 жыл бұрын
"it's not going to win any awards" well that is a point in it's favor at least
@kaelinvictus60393 жыл бұрын
The most brutal part of this movie was underutilizing the badass Hiroyuki Sanada to introduce a bootleg black panther nobody cared about.
@darthkek19533 жыл бұрын
Grey Panther
@GuiiBrazil3 жыл бұрын
One thing I don't understand yet fully, can the actor be paid for his screentime alone? Or it needs to be the whole package? If you gonna use his image, you pay 100%. Because if its the last case, he was underutilized AF!
@darthkek19533 жыл бұрын
@@GuiiBrazil the actors get paid no matter what, but the point is they might have only had the famous face right at the end of shooting, or with very limited days for shooting. Think of Godzilla 2014. Apparently Brian Cranston was "underused". No, they used as much of them as they had. They could only afford to pay him for a few days work and he got on board late into production. It's very common. Just because a film has 30 days of filming (for example) doesn't mean all actors are available all 30 days. Some might only have a day or two, having only been paid for 2 days work not 30.
@LordsofMedia3 жыл бұрын
@@darthkek1953 Yellow Panther
@efe_aydal3 жыл бұрын
I'll disagree on a point. The reason I like Mortal Kombat 1995 over this one is MK95 was the one which didn't take itself seriously. IMO MK21 was very 2020s, trying to be serious about laughable stuff (like the Justice League movie), therefore losing any potential charm. That's why Kano was the best part in that movie. * The better charisma of MK95 characters, Liu Kang, Sonya, Rayden, Shang Tsung, Johnny Cage. Some of the characters in MK21 were unbearably terrible (rayden & shang tsung especially). * The fights from MK95 were not too great except for the later added 2 fights (Johnny cage Vs Scorpion and Liu Kang vs Reptile) But at least in every fight there was choreography and longer takes. Fights in MK21 were exactly how I thought it would be, Marvel type fights which cuts every 2 seconds so you wouldn't need to work too hard on the choreography (or logic). * Too much needless fan service. Saying "flawless victory" or "Kano wins" to themselves. The fact that everyone has to have an arcana so they can shoot stuff from their hands like the game. Even Kano's eye became magic now. And Jax's arcana is better arms? * Music was generic AF. * OK but seriously the worst part was how bad Shang Tsung and Rayden were compared to MK95. Didn't even care about Cole that much. * A million more plot points which don't make sense. What happened to just shipping them to an island? There wasn't even a tournament. It was just a franchise starter pre-movie. MK95 could definitely be improved upon, with maybe Raid like choreography and brutal fights, more time for all the ninjas etc.
@nooneofimportance21103 жыл бұрын
Up-voted but there a re a few things I want to address. *Liu Kang and Shang Tsung were WAY better in the original but I feel that the "new" Sonya Blade was better cast and a better character (though I will admit I had to ask my friend "Since when is Sonya a needy little sister tagging along?"), the original was kind of a powder puff though competently acted. I loved Chistopher Lambert as Raiden, but it was still a strange choice. Since there is no new Johnny Cage there really isn't a reason to compare other than to say he would have been a better choice than the OC. The new versions of Scorpion and Sub-Zero were infinitely superior to the originals, and I love the new origin of how Jax lost his arms (but not how he got the new ones, really stupid), and Jax actually had something to do this time around. *I think the fights were WAY better in the new movie, and were really the highlights, but you are right about the old vs. the new, too many quick cuts. *The arcana is something I have to completely agree with you on. Same with the music, and the fan service ..... except for "Kano wins", that one really did seems to actually be something that Kano would do (narcissistic douche that he is). But yeah, while I am pointing a few things that I sort of disagree with you about I for the most part agree with you about the state of the new movie.
@brianfewer9193 жыл бұрын
I beg to differ about Shang Tsung and Rayden... yes they were terrible, but Sonya Blade was exponentially worse. But I guess she gets points because she actually fought.
@TakedaMauro3 жыл бұрын
Lol, imagine prefering Christopher Lambert over Tadanobu Asano.
@RobotHau53 жыл бұрын
I agree with most of what you said, but the Arcana was a cool touch imo. It would explain how regular ppl who've never heard of the tournament get special abilities out of no where (sonya jax johnn cage). Jax however made no sense, since they should have just built his arms.
@VenathTehN3RD3 жыл бұрын
@@TakedaMauro I can't speak for the OP, but for me it's not an issue of Christopher Lambert versus Tadanobu Asano so much as an issue of Christopher Lambert's Raiden versus Tadanobu Asano's Raiden. When you're talking about two different portrayals of the same character, it's as much about the writing as the performance. I think Asano is a great choice for Raiden, it's just that he didn't have much to work with in this script. Put him in MK95 as Raiden instead of Lambert, and I'd still like that Raiden far more.
@FrankCastiglione173 жыл бұрын
Funny how Sonia Blade looks like she’s never been part of any training session ever..
@iHaveTheDocuments3 жыл бұрын
Mortal Kombat Movie Producer: It Would Have “Felt Weird to Have a White Actor, Literally Johnny Cage, be the Hero in my diverse movie". So instead we got a blend empty shell of a character I guess?
@deamonmindgaming20543 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute kano wasn't the secret main character?
@Off-Brand_Devin3 жыл бұрын
Wait, that Cole guy isn't white? Besides that, why not make Liu Kang the lead? I thought he was the Ryu of Mortal Kombat, anyway.
@MrGabrinoel3 жыл бұрын
they could easily use liu kang and kung lao as main caracter if thats the case.
@bobsandwich34313 жыл бұрын
No I don't think that was what they were doing. They wanted to do the bullshit hey I'm like u guys the general audience I know nothing about mortal kombat or whatever. They always do that and it's very annoying.
@jorgeloredo1003 жыл бұрын
Which is funny cause even if he is Asian he's the stereotypical white american hero, they even pull the MuH FaMiLy iS MuH MoTiVaTiOn thing They missed the chance to make him fully japanese and enrich his character with his culture
@andrewt63383 жыл бұрын
I watched the first with my father. He had no idea what was going on. It was a kung fu movie with a good sound track. That's all it needed to be. Sometimes we need something loud and stupid to unwind.
@ThorneyedWT3 жыл бұрын
Calling MK1 shitty? Srsly, drinker? It was as self-aware as possible and delivered all we (MK1-2-3 game fans) wanted. It had somewhat consistent plot, decent actors portraying legendary characters, violent and gory fight scenes, and most of all it was fun. Yes, 2nd movie was pure shit, and I have no idea why, it wasn't the hardest formula to follow. But whatever. As far as "silly summer fun" goes, MK1 was really good. Maybe even better than 1st Transformers (yes, I think Transformers were good right until Bay tried to make me laugh at giant metal balls and I died from cringe).
@meatpuppet50363 жыл бұрын
Nah, it was cringe as fuck for the Gen X crowd at the time. People wanted a gory martial arts flick, when they got a bad fx-laden shite fest with bad casting and terrible fights.
@sjwarialaw81553 жыл бұрын
@@meatpuppet5036 I disagree, MK1 was pretty solid. The problem with MK1 and a lot of other movies is that people go watch them after a barrage of marketing and expectations, when in fact, the best way to watch a movie is to know nothing about it and just watch it.
@ayotundeayoko58613 жыл бұрын
compared with this recent movie, the first MK1 is miles better. It even dared to have a Tournament!
@RobotHau53 жыл бұрын
@Thorneyed Perfectly said. MK1 actually had a John Wick-esque kinda approach with super basic and coherent storyline and then just focused on the fights and fx. Tbh I enjoyed this movie but my mind is blown that they couldn't make a coherent storyline. I truly believe there's a "Synder's Cut" of this, because of what the studio took out and kept in.
@sjwarialaw81553 жыл бұрын
@@RobotHau5 I bet that from now on a lot of movies will start to have a Snyder's Cut, so that they can profit again from the movie ;)
@115redhair3 жыл бұрын
So... Nobody will talk about the fact that Scorpion's only line in English is "Get over here" and you're left like "When did he learned to speak English"
@mikespearwood39143 жыл бұрын
But, but, but...reference!
@LordsofMedia3 жыл бұрын
Everyone should have just been speaking English from the beginning and there is no reason to have a backstory that takes place hundreds of tears ago.
@sarahphyllis57823 жыл бұрын
Critical Drinker: Go Away Now 😂
@PrechtGaebolgHades3 жыл бұрын
They should have given it a Japanese voice bruh. They fked up big time.
@Kevin_Street3 жыл бұрын
He must have learned English in Hell. Or at least he learned that one phrase...
@RockorSomething833 жыл бұрын
Actually, there was pandering, but behind the scenes. The main reason we didn’t see Johnny Cage, whose supposed be the one the audience relates to, save for the fact he’s a movie star, is the director said, “I wouldn’t feel comfortable having a white, male lead in such a diverse movie.”
@justanothergamer50343 жыл бұрын
Dumb reason but I guess :/
@darklord8843 жыл бұрын
At least he'll be in the sequel, so that and the audience reaction to his absence shows you can't delete the Cage.
@vectorbass96793 жыл бұрын
If they added him in, the movie would still have been very diverse. So I don't get the problem. The way the movie is right now, Kano is the best character. So thats still a white man lol. They messed it up on that department. If they'd just quit the race bullshit and focused on the story and quality, this could have been avoided. Just put the white males back in there. There are enough non white male characters.
@darklord8843 жыл бұрын
@@vectorbass9679 I mean the main heroes of the games have been a bunch of asian bois for years, even since the very first game, so no sense in deleting Johnny because "too many white male protags."
@vectorbass96793 жыл бұрын
@@darklord884 It makes no sense indeed. But its 2021, so there is that. All we can hope for is they don't destroy the sequel and Cage.
@GrieveIV3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact. You absolutely can take a gun into your tournament fight. The logic being that really strong fighters like Ermac, Sub Zero, Scorpion, Shao Khan would shrug it off
@thegnarledpirate91983 жыл бұрын
*Stryker Intensifies*
@MrBottlecapBill3 жыл бұрын
I was never sure how one could shrug off bullets but not punches. Physics in outworld must be complex.
@peepeeman47403 жыл бұрын
Something to do with ki or arcanas or something, or its just anime logic and people in that setting ar just inherently capable of weight training up to being able to take/predict bullets
@GrieveIV3 жыл бұрын
@@peepeeman4740 it’s the second one. Mostly. There’s other factors too. But since Arcana is only something in this movie, the second one is more accurate to the whole of the Mk universe
@salgadev3 жыл бұрын
There are guns in the games' story modes and they do shrug em off all the time
@MrTrick.3 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early the Terminator, Alien and Star Wars franchises were still good.
@stephen88053 жыл бұрын
That is a very long wait my friend.
@matheusorth53653 жыл бұрын
How does it feel growing old enough to see all your favorite franchises go down in flames?
@thefilmwatcher13023 жыл бұрын
…Who’s going to be the one to say “This literally couldn’t have aged worse” when The Bad Batch releases on Disney+ tomorrow?
@johnathanbruce82273 жыл бұрын
For Star Wars, as long as you pretend that the Sequels never existed then yeah it's still really good.
@spethmanjones29973 жыл бұрын
I instinctively cringed when I saw all three of those franchise names mentioned in the same sentence because of what they have become. That makes me sad. At least I can remember a time when they were all good
@keeperofthefate3 жыл бұрын
For this version of MK, I only say this: No Johnny, no money!
@robharper20783 жыл бұрын
"... avoids charisma in the same way Melissa McCarthy avoids salad bars." Best line of the review!
@TheBelrick3 жыл бұрын
The only thing you need to know about this film is that they changed the Main Protagonist (broke canon) just so that they wouldn't have to cast a White Male as the main protagonist. Hollywood , which is no longer white run, HATES white men.
@robharper20783 жыл бұрын
@@TheBelrick -- I don't know if Hollywood "hates" white men, but I do know it's trying its damnedest to be "woke" and "inclusive and diverse".
@mikespearwood39143 жыл бұрын
@@TheBelrick Hollywood was NEVER run by whites.
@TheBelrick3 жыл бұрын
@@robharper2078 But those ARE expressions of hate because they mean two things in reality. 1. No white men cast as heroes. 2. Most villains cast as white men.
@robharper20783 жыл бұрын
@@TheBelrick -- not to prolong this issue, but I feel "hate" is too strong a word to use in this situation. "Disrespectful" seems more apt.
@reekyjones26583 жыл бұрын
"Meanwhile Cole sets out to find a protagonist with more charisma than a block of wood". 👍
@TartarusHunter3 жыл бұрын
That line actually explains a lot in hindsight. The reason nobody in MK seems to have any personality is because Johnny Cage stole it all for himself.
@mos65073 жыл бұрын
No wokeness makes the most forgettable b movies feel like masterpieces
@stevensanna36513 жыл бұрын
Except for no white guy, aka johnny cage. Which is the guy everyone wanted to see.
@stonecold65213 жыл бұрын
@@stevensanna3651 Sequel though. Also, in the timeline, Johnny Cage doesn't turn up until the tournament which is the next movie. They have the timeline correct there, not so much in other places.
@mr.marvin3 жыл бұрын
Nah.
@isacctavares13683 жыл бұрын
Um no. It doesn’t matter if it’s woke or not. It was a bad movie.
@simonphoenix37893 жыл бұрын
Glenn Saunders this is the movie where they chose not to include Johnny Cage because he was white. I'd say the people behind this were pretty woke already, hence the shitty casting choices. I mean, a fat black chick as Mileena? A Raiden who can't speak english properly, and the replacement of Johnny cage with a half asian actor to avoid the dreaded white male being in this film except as a bad guy?
@MaverickhunterXZero3 жыл бұрын
Cole just feels like a writer's OC with how thick his plot armor seems.
@thekiller79943 жыл бұрын
When you realize Cole Young is a more interesting character than Rey Skywalker
@paulmajano3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, they’re both FILLER characters
@GingerZombie293 жыл бұрын
Talk about a bar set low. 😁
@bobsandwich34313 жыл бұрын
Honestly no I liked rey more than Cole young. They both suck but one sucks more
@NucleaRaptor3 жыл бұрын
I mean at least he struggles.
@JoshuaKevinPerry3 жыл бұрын
WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME!
@jsullivan6493 жыл бұрын
Kano made this movie for me, his throw away “womp womp” when Sonya says she doesn’t have a Mark caught me off guard. What a character and good time with him around.
@JohnSmith-gr3pq3 жыл бұрын
I liked the Kano too, quite a few of his lines were hilarious and made the movie so much better.
@bentramer68353 жыл бұрын
Sub Zero and Kano were the most interesting characters. I did enjoy the movie.
@MrREAPERsz3 жыл бұрын
If WB makes enough money from it, then they need to understand that MK *needs* Johnny cage.
@wroseyarn14303 жыл бұрын
@@MrREAPERsz Literally teased for a suggestion to their sequel at the end. Along with the fact that our sub zero is named in such a way to point out that he'll be back as noob saibot, so... yay... the studio did /some/ of their homework.., if only we could solve the cole problem
@RecklessCashflow3 жыл бұрын
He says " Fucking Whoops "
@fwwaller3 жыл бұрын
"it doesnt make any attempt to preach, pander, or lecture" you do know why they left Johnny Cage out right?
@pac0re3 жыл бұрын
Kano saves this movie just as the Techno tunes saved the original.
@ilcreatoren58462 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@erikwilliams15623 жыл бұрын
Sorry Drinker, I’m gonna have to disagree with you. This movie was ass
@saeklin3 жыл бұрын
The only thing I didn't like about the spontaneous "arcana" powers was that it defeats the whole point of studying ancient mystic arts. Oh you didn't spend your life learning sorcery? That's okay, have a superpower anyway. "Arcana" makes the contestants into X-men.
@Inframan-67673 жыл бұрын
Good Description.
@meatpuppet50363 жыл бұрын
The arcana are the next level that sets a champion apart from a fighter I suppose. But yeah the idea that you can kill the get it makes it silly.
@managarn80383 жыл бұрын
yeah i also was annoyed at that. It also made the non magical champions that much more amazing and half the fun of MK for me is killing these magical martial artist and weird monster with just good old CQC, guns or in Jax case, POWER ARM.
@williamsn4113 жыл бұрын
Why does Scorpion say the “Get over here!” phrase in the movie when it’s implied that the character only speaks Japanese? Don’t know 🤷♂️.
@Peagaporto3 жыл бұрын
@Miguel Messina Japanese, he literally says he cant speak chinese
@zyneth78483 жыл бұрын
"What's to stop you taking a gun into your fight and just fucking shooting your opponent?" Kurtis Stryker would like a word with you.
@theolin54863 жыл бұрын
Yea i didnt get that one cus most of the characters have guns especially in the games
@frequentfrenzied3 жыл бұрын
Not to mention Cassie Cage and Erron Black. Not only is that kind of behavior allowed in Mortal Kombat, I think it is encouraged. I mean Sektor and Cyrax get full blown missiles.
@theolin54863 жыл бұрын
@@frequentfrenzied yea and just magic in general
@silverblue733 жыл бұрын
@@frequentfrenzied yep, guns are allowed because so is mf magic powers which are arguably more dangerous than bullets lol
@zyneth78483 жыл бұрын
@@theolin5486 People like Erron Black and Cassie Cage have some sort of secondary power to keep them relevant. Erron is an immortal bounty hunter and Cassie Cage has the same green powers that Johnny does. Stryker only has gun.
@luhedi63033 жыл бұрын
Cole Yung was a studio mandated character, but mortal Kombat has characters that can be audience surrogate, like Johnny Cage or Liu Kang.
@CMCAdvanced3 жыл бұрын
They're almost all capable of being audience surrogate characters, it's new for everyone except the outworlders and raiden
@LunarSpiral11273 жыл бұрын
I think Kano acted more of the audience surrogate in this movie than the actual surrogate.
@salgadev3 жыл бұрын
@@LunarSpiral1127 yeah Kano even asked a lot of questions instead of just being "yeah OK I'm a descendant from scorpion alright"
@matthewwolf903 жыл бұрын
The director said they made Cole, because he didn’t want to have a “White Guy”/Johnny Cage be the Hero
@RobotHau53 жыл бұрын
Where did he say that? In his interview weeks before released he said Cole is more like a character for the audience. Nothing to do with race.
@cooljim13763 жыл бұрын
Actually it was the producer of the film that said that, not the director.
@leirbag15953 жыл бұрын
Liu Kang: "Am I a joke to you?"
@margarethmichelina51463 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Scorpion, Sub Zero and Raiden are Asians and they could be the main character instead whoever that Cole Young is. Also, the actor is half British in real life.
@RobotHau53 жыл бұрын
@SickCall Ranger You can't look for something that don't exist.
@adityapandey77983 жыл бұрын
Many people ask what was good about 1st M.K? Was it the music or The fight or The plot? My answer is always to look at how the actors played the given role. specially Raiden and Shang-Tsung played by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Christopher Lambert. Christopher Specially stole every shot he was in. The story was presented as believable and grounded ( as much as it can be given the scenario). The character showed sophistication and respect ( remember how Shang- Tsung and his Gang addressed Raiden) that injected a level of majesty and charm to the whole setup. This latest one lacked all those things and specially the actors were terrible. Shang-Tsung came on as a cheap gangster instead of a majestic sorcerer, and the less said about Raiden the better. Hiroyuki Sanada and Josh Lawson gave a little grace to this otherwise total disaster movie.
@DaddyWarlocks2 жыл бұрын
I'll always remember Lambert saying "The fate of billions rests on you, hahaha!...sorry." Pure gold.
@jwnj97163 жыл бұрын
It was meh. Scorpion, Subzero, and Kano (who had more personality than our boring lead) were the best parts. The rest of the characters were forgettable. In my opinion, 1995 MK is still the best movie...and that was PG-13. Hopefully, the sequel fixes everything and gets rid of Cole. If you want a great MK, Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky.
@15blackshirt3 жыл бұрын
The animated film Mortal Kombat: Scorpion's Revenge fills in most of the gaps
@nickmanchester12273 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen too many drinker videos because I caught myself saying “nah, it’ll be fine” several times when I watched this movie
@ladyofnoxus67333 жыл бұрын
Same. I even wore my "nah it'll be fine tank top" lol 🤣
@nurse4253 жыл бұрын
I love that Cole's 'Power' is the LITERAL manifestation of Plot Armor, LOL!
@asiberiantiger1883 жыл бұрын
Drinker: why not just bring a gun into your fight and just blast your opponent? Erron Black: well...
@jacimitchell76283 жыл бұрын
Stryker: Well...
@jacimitchell76283 жыл бұрын
Jax: Well...
@jacimitchell76283 жыл бұрын
Joker: AHAHAHAHAAAAA
@Mr_Case_Time3 жыл бұрын
Terminator: hmmmm...
@AceOfBlackjack3 жыл бұрын
Rambo: Fight bad.
@GuinessHangover3 жыл бұрын
While it's not overtly preachy, the deliberate snubbing of Johnny Cage/unnecessary contrivance of Cole, was specifically because they didn't want a white, male lead character in a movie attempting to pander to Asian audiences.
@strykrpinoy3 жыл бұрын
You know that they planned for a trilogy right? Their is a reason behind this, an LOL at pandering to Asian's
@meatpuppet50363 жыл бұрын
Eh. I think they wanted to save Cage. Besides, he was never the MC, he's been a buffoon since JCVD turned them down for the first game.
@thefonzkiss3 жыл бұрын
They could have made a whole movie about Scorpion and Subzero. Why does everything have to be an Avengers ripoff now? The birthmarks and superpowers.
@thefilmwatcher13023 жыл бұрын
…Since when are birthmarks that give you superpowers a staple of the Avengers franchise? I do agree that the whole concept of arcana is rank bullshit, but you’re not making any sense.
@arrownoir3 жыл бұрын
You must think that every idea originates from Avengers.
@daniboy41533 жыл бұрын
The birthmark thing has been done before Avengers... Also realize that superpowers have been the same, no movie or anything ever "rips off" superpowers, they've been copied How does every movie even rip off Avengers?
@garym63153 жыл бұрын
I guess they would still need to explain the chadacters' supernatural moves, so if you're gonna do it for one or two, might as well come up with a "superpower" explanation that covers everyone.
@GingerZombie292 жыл бұрын
A movie about the conflict between The Lin Kuei and The Shirai Ryu would be great. They could even make it a series.
@inmate00543 жыл бұрын
They did the only thing we wanted from the first one. Fatalities. We expected nothing more
@Gungrave1233 жыл бұрын
Scorpion's Revenge did everything this movie attempted, only 10 times better.
@gilgamesh3103 жыл бұрын
Agreed on that. It’s the best Mortal Kombat film.
@gimelazizzada39843 жыл бұрын
if only Scorpions Revenge Focused on Scorpion the entire movie. it would have been amazing
@mykeusgaming15103 жыл бұрын
Oh really, I saw that on hbo but haven’t watched it, it’s really good?
@RastaganTheGreen3 жыл бұрын
@@mykeusgaming1510 it's a cartoon, so its still cheesy, but it's definitely written way better than this one.
@mykeusgaming15103 жыл бұрын
@@RastaganTheGreen just finished, not bad! Scorpion has been my favorite character since MK came out and it was nice seeing him basically destroy everything
@torynnielsen56463 жыл бұрын
Imagine how cool of a power Jax would have got if he didn't try and fight sub zero alone
@davidcendana23023 жыл бұрын
he'll have 4 arms which will disappoint him knowing shokan have 4 arms since birth
@gringles3 жыл бұрын
His original power up was going to be unbreakable arms.
@donsolo78603 жыл бұрын
@@gringles oh the irony
@donsolo78603 жыл бұрын
I said that to my friends like “were Jax’s powers completely contingent on him losing his arms and getting robotic replacements? How oddly specific is that?”
@chil70813 жыл бұрын
"It doesn't make any attempt to preach, pander or lecture, which in 2021 is an endorsement all by itself" ... enuf said 👍
@hassathunter24643 жыл бұрын
Now if only we got good movies along with the no preaching.
@vectorbass96793 жыл бұрын
Exactly. That alone made me enjoy the movie ALOT more.
@covahredro83703 жыл бұрын
They Removed Johnny Cage.
@arnaldotablante13023 жыл бұрын
@Brad Thomas bro, all they had to do was leave Liu Kang as the main protagonist as in the 95' movie and just maybe have Kung Lao as co-protagonist (like in the game MK: Shaolin Monks). There was little to no changes to be done, therefor no excuse to not have Johnny Cage in the movie and replace it with a new but unmemorable character (unless wHiTe MAlEs bAd or something). They had a *very simple* job and they still managed to fuck it up. Damn, the whole thing could've been just about Scorpion and Sub Zero and I guarantee you that nobody would've complained.
@covahredro83703 жыл бұрын
@Brad Thomas They only claimed he was going to be in the next movie after all the backlash they got. And if you'd ever played the games you'd know Johnny Gage one of the original characters and a pivotal one in story. No I'm more annoyed with Liu Kang not been the main protagonist(side from a major character being removed) . Oh and look at that ya tard, he's Asian like a major amount of the characters were since the beginning. If I remotely had a problem with that I wouldn't love Hong Kong cinema as much as I do.
@AtomicF0x3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I actually enjoyed this movie pretty thoroughly. Really liked Kano, he was funny, charismatic and memorable. Although I too noticed that he was kinda the punching bag for some of the other characters and I'm not as much a fan of that. I also like Kabal, Reptile and Liu Kang. I just wish Reptile had more screen time. Loved how they went full monster form with him though.
@jntrekyler40843 жыл бұрын
MK 1995 deserves all it's praise, especially when compared to this movie
@Gruntvc3 жыл бұрын
Same for the 2001 Tomb Raider film. Captured the spirit of the original games just fine.
@bobsandwich34313 жыл бұрын
@@Gruntvc let's not get too carried away now
@jwnj97163 жыл бұрын
It has issues but it's still an entertaining movie. It has a fun soundtrack, memorable characters like Raiden who was fun and had a personality, unlike the new one who was boring and forgettable. It's kinda sad that a PG-13 version is better than the R-rated. Can you beat the 1995 MK? Of course you can, you have the opportunity but the new one didn't. If you want a better MK movie, Riki Oh: The Story of Ricky.
@kpimkpim3493 жыл бұрын
This is the dumbest take because that movie is universally shit lol. In all regards
@cormoran23033 жыл бұрын
@levity lad On top of that Goro was an actual character in the '95 movie with a speaking role, not just CGI monster #2 as he was in the '21 movie.
@We_Are_Borg_4783 жыл бұрын
The minute they announced the main character would be an mma fighter named Cole, I knew it was gonna suck.
@TheTutorialMasterXD3 жыл бұрын
“Flawed Victory” is honestly the perfect way to describe this film
@robbylebotha3 жыл бұрын
Babyality
@aydenvavra21533 жыл бұрын
I agree 💯 let’s hope those sequels are good
@saloz94833 жыл бұрын
I cant even call it a flawed victory as theres to much wrong to even have victory in the title.
@deusextalkina77223 жыл бұрын
drinker plagiarized my video title. I had that title a week ago
@Rockstarrclarke3 жыл бұрын
The movie lost me when cole unlocked his arcana power and we got “Plot armor”
@BerserkerCade773 жыл бұрын
This should’ve been a 6 part mini series that lead to the tournament.
@kingalton103 жыл бұрын
Yea it would have gave the writers more time to develop their story. Mk has a ton of lore so a tc series with no random no-name character being the main also
@gears1323 жыл бұрын
I love how cheesy the older ones were they were fantastic.
@somethinglikethat21763 жыл бұрын
The first one set up and told the story well I thought.
@reservoirfrogs21773 жыл бұрын
This is basically the same thing but with better special effects
@LordofSadFac3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, maybe Drinker is downplaying the original a bit, he is kind of right as the movie is just a dumb martial arts movie with flashy(though dated) effects and a over the top plot, but theres a reason why that plot was used for the reboot. It was a solid adaption of barely a plot that was given by the first game, and each character was a totally correct and well done interpretation of their game versions(with the exception of Raiden, who was changed into a guide instead of a fighter, though the change was smooth and a smart move imo). If they wanted to make a more serious and gritty version of the tournament, thats fine, but not at the cost of the characters or a solid plot.
@M0butu3 жыл бұрын
The first movie has the soundtrack. Nuff said.
@PeteTheGrouch3 жыл бұрын
@@M0butu *MORTAL KOMBAAAAAT!!!* Lol, good times...
@midnightgreen203 жыл бұрын
I don't think anyone can call this an improvement when the main character's power is... wait for it... PLOT ARMOR.
@ladyofnoxus67333 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha holy shit xD 🤣🤣😂😂🤣
@MrREAPERsz3 жыл бұрын
The only improvement is the R rating.
@MNewsTime3 жыл бұрын
Literally plot armor they kinda nailed it huh
@marrier99993 жыл бұрын
I love how Cole's special power is literally a suit of Plot Armor that instantly makes him nigh impossible to injure, makes him stronger, and lets him turn his enemies' strength against them, because his skills were shit and it was the only way to make him a legitimate contender. Good thing Hanzo didn't see him before.
@ScrambledAndBenedict3 жыл бұрын
So he's Black Panther basically, lol
@thekiller79943 жыл бұрын
@@ScrambledAndBenedict but without the charm and likability of Chadwick Boseman (R.I.P)