Apr '21
It's been a while since I actually had a movie I was looking forward to seeing. I was obsessed with the 1995 movie when I was a kid. I had the games, the action figures, clothing, sticker books... then MK Annihilation came out and I lost all my faith in something I once loved... I even tried revisiting that turkey a few days ago, but goddamn it was terrible. Couldn't make it past a few minutes, but we're washing our hands of all that! It's been decades, so they had to finally get their shit together, right?
Let's face it. Scorpion and Subzero are the faces of Mortal Kombat, and they're given much better characterizations this time around, because before... well, they didn't have any characterization. They were just henchmen, but the story revolves around them a lot more this time around.
I used to think Scorpion was the bad guy, but this movie paints a new picture (that fans of the newer games ought to know already). The intro shows us their history way back in the 1600s, and you can tell right away that this movie isn't fucking around.
I was a bit disappointed to find out that there was no Johnny Cage in the movie, being replaced by a newcomer Cole, and he's alright I guess. Most of the gang is there though, and they're well represented and well cast. Kano happens to be the comic relief this time around, and there's a fair amount of buildup and training that leads to a bunch of big fights in the end.
They tried to work in a lot of character details and a few fatalities and flawless victories. None of that stupid shit like friendships or babalities though, obviously. Some brutal scenes, but nothing I would call a brutality though (onslaught of attacks until the opponent explodes), but don't get me wrong... there are still exploding heads and severed limbs and soul sucking and freezing and burning and stabbing and slashing and blood and guts. This movie knows its audience and earned it's hard R rating.
There is some resolution, but it's definitely set up for a sequel, which I would definitely watch. I'm pretty satisfied with it.
Let's face it. Scorpion and Subzero are the faces of Mortal Kombat, and they're given much better characterizations this time around, because before... well, they didn't have any characterization. They were just henchmen, but the story revolves around them a lot more this time around.
I used to think Scorpion was the bad guy, but this movie paints a new picture (that fans of the newer games ought to know already). The intro shows us their history way back in the 1600s, and you can tell right away that this movie isn't fucking around.
I was a bit disappointed to find out that there was no Johnny Cage in the movie, being replaced by a newcomer Cole, and he's alright I guess. Most of the gang is there though, and they're well represented and well cast. Kano happens to be the comic relief this time around, and there's a fair amount of buildup and training that leads to a bunch of big fights in the end.
They tried to work in a lot of character details and a few fatalities and flawless victories. None of that stupid shit like friendships or babalities though, obviously. Some brutal scenes, but nothing I would call a brutality though (onslaught of attacks until the opponent explodes), but don't get me wrong... there are still exploding heads and severed limbs and soul sucking and freezing and burning and stabbing and slashing and blood and guts. This movie knows its audience and earned it's hard R rating.
There is some resolution, but it's definitely set up for a sequel, which I would definitely watch. I'm pretty satisfied with it.
