Mortal Kombat (2021) Is Goofy Fun - Let Me Explain
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- Let Me Explain my thoughts on the new Mortal Kombat
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MORTAL KOMBAT (2021):
MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth's greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.
Director: Simon McQuoid
Writers: Greg Russo (screenplay by), Dave Callaham (screenplay by), Story By: Oren Uziel and Greg Russo, Videogame created by: Ed Boon and John Tobias
Stars: Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Joe Taslim, Mehcad Brooks, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ludi Lin, Chin Han, Max Huang, Tadanobu Asano
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Kano is the only person who knows what movie he's in imo. A true gameR
Lol
lol fax
I liked how scorpion speaks to cole in japanese and i realized cole does not speak japanese. It made their interactions hilarious.
That's exactly what I noticed 🤣
Yet he says "Get Over Here" in English 😂
@@earnace1473 thats his only english line, lol. Its still a good movie just a little funny
@@earnace1473 that was clearly said only for the fan service and I'm not even mad about that
@@Hakbushicomics i had a short spaz attack when i realised that. Like it makes sense. He died in japan and it i remember history right it was Befor the US had even started so english wasnt as wide spread so no chance to know it.
I like that they didn’t try to make the cgi extra good because then it wouldn’t look like the original video game source, like it blends video game into live action pretty well
I highly doubt that’s why the CGI looks so bad 😂
@@LawrenceAdams13 they didnt want to spend a lot of money on the movie
the budget for the movie was only 50mil, and the CGI was good for that amount. Some of you are just too picky
The cgi looked decent to me tbh. As a filmmaker, without looking for it and just trying to enjoy the movie, nothing stood out the brought me out if the belief.
@@malikkelly what movie have you made?
It’s not a perfect movie, but it’s fun. Especially as a Mortal Kombat fan, it’s cool to see all those characters onscreen using their video game powers, just like the video game. Sure, the plot is kinda lackluster and the ending is a bit rushed, but it’s an enjoyable movie
@@shugo1047 I mean that’s not what he said but go off ig
How much of an mk fan are you exactly? Cause I think this film is trash.
It was fun to watch though remember it’s a movie made just so they could have awesome and bloody fight scenes
Dude. I had tons of fun. It got my wife to sit down and watch it. Glad they did their own thing and not just a copy of the latest games. OG Shang Tsung still the best. Tons of Easter eggs for the fans. They even had moves written in graffiti
i did like that the guy who played Shang Tsung in this movie definitely tried to emulate him from the '95 movie while giving his own twist.
@@PattyOflan88 yeah. He did kill it with that fatality
@@Wayo. I mean yes some of the fights were pretty good especially the scorpion ones but most of the other fights were pretty meh, and the story was just bland and boring and quite insulting for the fans of mortal kombat who love the original story, when the first act ended and them moved onto the second act that's when it went downhill, I could go on and rant of why this film is just average, forgettable and I will most likely never see this again but that would be an entire days worth of talking about a mediocre shit film that could've been a really good film if it just stuck to the source material or find new and creative ways to branch off and not completely ignore so much lore that the game have already produced, I mean this literally an easy story to create that could be good but I guess they wanted to do something that was new, anyway like I said I'm not going on a rant anymore because ain't nobody got time for dat
@@alemooche5159 I think you are taking the movies too seriously. No need to be insulted. It's a movie based on a franchise that had a guy show up in a corner saying Tootsie. Lol
@@Wayo. ain't insulted I'm just explaining, people are gonna despise this film for wat it has done to original story but I'm kinda split down the middle because I care and I kinda dont this is why it's an average film for me because it's kinda forgettable and just meh like I said for me it could've been better and could've tried to not make the story good but I in reality I don't really care because I'll forget about this film in like a week or 2 😂😂
Whenever cole said he was from south side of Chicago our whole theater clapped and cheered cause i live in Chicago lmao. Also almost every Kano joke hit and our theater was dying of laughter
That’s awesome bro and I’m also from Chicago and I was happy when he said that
"Y'all can't Social Distance these kicks!" 😂🤣😂🤣 ROFLOL
This is one of the movies we owe to ourselves to just sit back, enjoy, and not think too hard about things. Just appreciate there's something great to watch and munch popcorn to, which is the same experience I had with Godzilla vs Kong. I've been a fan of the original film series' aesthetics, and I really enjoyed this one for what it was. I also loved Ludi Lin's work in it, so I really hope they'll give Liu Kang some more love in the next film. Same with finally including Johnny, since he's always been my favorite.
for sure
Exactly..
I could play that "get over here" on loop for hours on end
Wish it sounded like the game
This movie's plot so thin that you were able to cover basically the whole entire plot with half of your video lol
Im betting u cant even turn on a console or even call them playstation xbox. If u have no frame of reference, spare us ur ridiculous uninformed opinions
Eric Chege dude she’s right idk what MK games you’ve played but the adaptation of them in this movie was absolutely terrible,nice scenes ye but I mean what really else was good?the costumes weren’t even all that great
I just really want Liu Kang to have a more prominent role in the sequel. I think they killed it with the casting
The Night Comes for Us arguably one of the best Action films I've ever seen I say that as a super fan of Raid I will watch this on the merit of Joe alone
Lol no the action in raid is 100 times better than this quick cut garbage
@@rusteddenial453
He is clearly said that he (as a super fan of The Raid) will watch Mortal Kombat on the merit of Joe ALONE
I wish the fight choreographers of those movies by Joe Taslim and Iko Uwais directed the fight scenes of the film. The quick cuts are disappointing to say the least and does not give my guy Joe Taslim justice.
@@cyberslash11 That's the most disappointing part of this movie, the action direction and editing is terrible. Poor choice of director. Hope they choose a better director next time.
@@scottf1000 could u imagine if they got the director for nobody/ hardcore henry
Just saw it yesterday.I was legit waiting for you to review it.
Scorpion and sub zero was my besttttttttt shit to watch I was just on “mama mia” everytime they came on
I thoroughly enjoyed Mortal Kombat. It delivered the hits and finishes that make the game fun.
Also Joe Taslim is amazballs! He's one of my favorite things about the show Warrior, it's phenomenal!
Yes! Why does no one talk about Warrior??
Are we not gonna talk about Kung Liao’s entrance?😍🤩
5:44 'He delivered so much that he even made his mama proud'
His mother's reaction is so pure and adorable.
Ludi Lin did a great job with his character (with the little screen time he was given). To me, Liu Kang and Kung Lao were the best thing in this entire movie, great duo, they should've focused more on their characters. Instead, we wasted time with Cole, the weakest character ever.
Yes, thank you. I also agree that the focus should of been on Liu Kang, and not some random person’s OC a.k.a Cole Young
@@puppylover4865 Probably I’m a little biased because Liu Kang has always been my favorite, so putting him aside to give this random dude screen time was weird to me. But I might’ve accepted him if he was a well-written and well-acted character. Instead he came out as the weakest one of the entire movie, he could’ve died and I couldn’t care less. They should bring back Kung Lao e kill off Cole.
@@EssentialSriracha totally agree with you
His family had no actual character build up for me to the point where I literally didn't care if they had died when he was trying to channel his powers 🚪🚶🏽♀️
It reminds me of that Russian family in Josstice League. They could've cut them off and the movie would've been a lot better.
Fellow Chicagoan here...I loved your quip related to him being from “the South Side of Chicago.” ☠️☠️☠️☠️ Keep up the good work bro.
Apparently they filmed the junkyard scene in Gary
The Antonio Banderas got me rolling 🤣🤣🤣 because I felt that way too
Hope it becomes a series staple!
XD
Already know this is going to be amazing
I think it would be really cool if Hanzo would refer to himself as "Sasori",/Japanese of Scorpion,
but introducing himself as "Scorpion" is awesome too.
Sasori no Hanzo
Sounds quite like Hattori Hanzo!
It would be, yes - however, you'd have to endure all the Naruto fans bellowing "Hey..! Where's Deidera? where's Itachi? where's..? Ah! you get the point!
Say what you will about the original, but that at least had great cast chemistry, an actual tournament, a narrative focus, and some dimensions to the characters!!
True
I will say what I want about the original. It was way too cheesy, treated important characters like scorpion and subzero like one-off goons, and had questionable performances. This movie respects the games in a way that the original never did. Too many people have rose colored glasses on. Dimensions to the characters? Gimme a break
The whole point of this movie is that (spoilers spoilers spoilers) the outworld villains were trying to cheat the tournament to take earth. They’ll for sure have a tournament in the next one.
@@shugo1047 how can you call it generic when the characters from the game are so faithfully adapted? If it were generic their designs, fighting style, and personalities would be nothing like the games.
If I had a choice between the entire original movie and the scorpion and sub scenes in the new one I’d take the latter in a heartbeat. Taking nostalgia out of the equation, are you seriously gonna tell me that sub getting killed by a bucket of water isn’t the dumbest shit you’ve ever seen?
Go away
All of the Actors Did An Amazing Job!! Beautiful Work! I actually hope all the characters come back for the Final 🙌🙌❤️💯🎬
Honestly I see Johnny Cage as a Ryan Renolds type - cause the mouth a charisma is the best part of the character IMO
Im kind of a mixed bag on that. I feel like his brand of humor would feel slightly out of place.
jean claude van damme
I'm just happy they re-recorded scorpions "get over here" the trailer and the actual movie version is different. Also did you guys notice the Down,Forward+LP in the backrounf during the jax+sub zero shotgun scene?
Chris evans is the perfect johnny cage
Just his character in Scott pilgrim would be dead on lmao
Chris Evans can be Johnny cage. He would have to carry his body differently than captain America and more cocky than his human torch character.
He’d need to channel Jake from not another teen movie
Kano jumping to avoid the leg sweep was perfect haha. I hope the sequel gets some veteran writing help and maybe a bigger budget. I think it has a lot of potential to be a great film universe.
The edits are everything, love them 😂😂
I feel like this movie is getting so much hate. Yeah it is not oscar worthy but did any of us really expect that? It delivered on what I wanted, crazy gruesome actions scene and some cool MK easter eggs. I really do hope they improve Cole for the sequel because he and his family were by far the weakest parts of this movie. Overall 7/10. Look forward to the future.
Agreed
Ermac, Smoke, Jax, in that order. Jax's magic cybernetics were goofy but I have nothing to complain about.
Bruh I still haven’t seen this movie why i am watching this
For the goof
I had fun with it but even after two viewings I'm still astounded at the characters they chose to kill off so early especially with this being a pre-movie.
Its mortal kombat!! They can ALWAYS come back 😂
I agree, I'd love to see Scott Adkins as Johny Cage. Total respect to keanu, but does he really need another John/Johny role?
Thank you, they had great material to work with and goofed it up💀
this movie kinda reminds me of Venom, goofy...but good. i want more lol!!
It reminds me of venom because that was also a very bad, poorly made movie featuring characters I am familiar with.
@@adamplentl5588 ye but with venom they kinda stuck with the source material but with this one they kinda ruined the amazing story that they already had set up for them to do already, look I'm one for goofy and fun action films but most of the time it just felt like they didnt know where to go with the film and by the second act just started to get a bit boring and bland, I mean I could go on about how they messed up with alot of thing in this film but that would be a whole essay 😂
The miz is the real life johnny cage tho👀
Has anyone seen the Warrior show on HBO with Joe Taslim? It would be cool if you did a review on it
3:21 Crew: Awesome!
Cameras: WHA HAPPUN?!
XD
Here's what I would've done with Mortal Kombat.....
First movie is the history of the Shia Riayu and Lin Quei and their wars and rivalry with one another. At the end of the movie the Lin Quei Grandmaster Sub-Zero kills Hanzo Hasashi's family and Hanzo himself. We realize at the very end that Sub-Zero was working for Shang Tsung the entire time. After credits scene we see Scorpion in hell vowing to one day get his revenge on Sub-Zero.
Next movie we're in modern times with Sonya and Jax. They're on a mission to take out the Black Dragon gang and in the process they capture Kano and horribly burn and disfigure Kabal. Shang Tsung appears before Kabal and asks him to fight for Outworld and he'll save him. After Sonya and Jax finish their Black Dragon mission, they're on their way back with Kano when they're told that in China, a group of assassin's called the Lin Quei are kidnapping and killing people and they don't know why. So they go to China to stop them. Kano is still with them. They break in to the Lin Quei hideout to see that they are experimenting on people to turn them into Cyborgs. After seeing that, they try to call for backup but they are ambushed by Cyrax and Sector. They are captured and taken to the Grandmaster which we learn is STILL Sub-Zero from the first movie. Before Sub-Zero can kill them, Lui Kang and Kung Lao show up to help them escape. During the battle Jax loses his arms and Kano loses his eye. They manage to escape but Kano is left behind. Lui Kang and Kung Lao explain what's going on, who they are, and that they were sent by Raiden to save them because they're needed. Back at the Lin Quei, Shang Tsung appears with Kabal in his new equipment and yells at Sub-Zero for failing him. Tsung warns Sub-Zero that it is by his power that he's still alive after all these centuries and that Zero's failure is going to make Tsung look bad to the Emperor of Outworld. They see Kano and offer him the same deal as Kabal. Fight for Outworld and they'll save him. Back with the heroes, they arrive at Raiden's Sky Temple and he explains the history of Mortal Kombat, Outworld, all of it. Raiden explains that there are more fighters that need to be found and that Shang Tsung is trying to cripple Earth's forces for an easy victory in the tournament. He tells Sonya that Jax is going to die unless they do something. He uses his power to stabilize Jax but it won't last forever. Lui Kang and Kung Lao go to find other characters such as Nightwolf, Johnny Cage, Striker, etc. Sonya goes back to the Lin Quei to get some of their tech to save Jax. She's sneaking around when she comes up on Kano, but now he has his robotic eye. She puts up a fight but is out numbered and caught. At this point, she's about to be killed by Sub-Zero but Sub-Zero's younger brother, the good one, steps in and begs his brother to stop. Throughout the movie it's been hinted at and shown that the younger Sub-Zero doesn't approve of his older brother's evil ways. They fight and the elder Sub-Zero gives his younger brother that scar he has. He's about to kill him when the younger Sub-Zero tells his older brother that he thought this day would come and that right before he stopped the Elder Sub-Zero from killing Sonya, he summoned the only thing Elder Sub-Zero fears. Scorpion finally re-appears for his vengeance against Elder Sub-Zero. With Elder Sub-Zero and the rest of the Lin Quei distracted, the younger Sub-Zero helps Sonya, they get the tech, and leave. Scorpion and Sub-Zero fight (this is the huge third act mega fight), but Scorpion is out numbered as Cyrax and Sector interfere. Scorpion leaves warning that he will see Sub-Zero at the tournament where nobody will be able to interfere. Sonya and young Sub-Zero go back to Raiden's temple and operate on Jax giving him his arms. Raiden uses his power to energize Jax's new arms and bind them to him. We end the movie with Lui Kang finding Johnny Cage and Kung Lao finding Nightwolf. After the credits we see Shang Tsung on his knees bowing before Shou Khan and his thrown in OutWorld. Shou Khan warns Shang Tsung not to fail him in this last tournament or Shang Tsung will be the one to lose his soul. Shang Tsung says he won't fail his master and behind him we see Goro, Mileena, Kitana, Reptile and the rest of Outworld's fighters.
The third movie would of course be the actual tournament. Kitana would switch sides somewhere along the line of course. Tell me that this wouldn't be awesome.
Okay but how can we overlook the soundtrack not spamming the freaking Mortal Kombat song! They played it for like 3 seconds in the credits.
it was mixed into the final fight
@@defenderofminorities3056 I only remember a few notes then it goes right back to that generic sort of hype score right?
Dude! Have you seen Joe Taslim in Warrior!? Is Warrior on your radar!? Sorry if I've missed a video, but if you have not you should definitely check it out (2 seasons available).
Are you able to keep the Raiden "Listen" without getting claimed? I love it
I'm willing to give the 2nd one a chance if it's given a PROPER chance. There's potential with this series if they are willing to take the risk.
Bruh I completely forgot about this channel and I freaking love this channel. stupid CZcams algorithm. Looked in my subscriptions and saw this channel and was like OMMGGG I loved that channel!
Kung Lao was also fantastic. But yeah, please give us a new director, editor, and especially screenwriter.
Are you doing a video on Shadow and Bone?
Kung lao in this is the best movie representation of the character 😭
6:24 not the Chris Weidman leg snap 😭
Loved it! As that SOB who owned my local arcade for hours with a single quarter in MK or KI.
I loved it! But I don't know if it was just me but I was waiting for in the part where they split up to fight, the Mortal Kombat theme song would have played !
They missed a perfect chance
Lmao at the boomerang pun.
What’s your next LME going to be?
When Sub-Zero slices Scorpion, freeze the blood then stabs him again with his own blood icicle! Fuck me! That last fight was worth the ticket admission price alone.
Glad man you mentioned Scott Adkins you should do a list of his best movies.
1. Undisputed franchise
2. Avengement
3. Legacy of Lies
I forgot the others.
I love your vids, my only concern is my critics and reviews talk about the script and character development. And I think if we keep complaining the movies might not all be made. Like I knew it was an action fun time movie. Nothing expecting to change my life. It was a nice break from all the serious movies and conversations happening during covid.
As far as Johnny Cage Jean-Claude Van Damme would be dope.
“Im an orphan”
Thats his argument? More like it proves he could be related to ANYONE. I can’t remember the last script that was this bad.
Its impossible for me to believe a sequel as coming unless it cant be stopped. 😂
The sweep was the best part.
The main thing the movie had going for it was the nostalgia for the franchise, its was obviously for fans who knew mk universe prior to the movie. Half of the time me and and my friend were excited about “he said it he said the thing “ type moments
No cap I actually like this new movie it was short but simple and it was actually enjoyable ngl
I'm sorry friends but may i ask what movie this is
5:05 ?
I liked it. The script could have been alil better but overall was a pleasant viewing experience 👍🏿👍🏿
I wouldn't call it goofy but it was fun lol
Agreed
As a little girl I remember when MK2 came out I automatically became a big fan of kitana and I was a little sad she was not in this movie but I hope if they do make any sequels that she will show up. I just looked at the cast b4 watching this video and I cannot believe I didn't recognize the actor who played Sub-Zero or the guy who played Kano who was on House of Lies with Don Cheadle. Even the guy who played Raiden was in Ichi the killer as the sadistic killer of the Yakuza.
Awesome review, man
The night comes for us is one of my favorite movie and I freaking love the raid
Omg u literally said everything I felt ! U are amazing lol
I loved that this was pre-tournament and had such a great time watching it! I think parasite was the last movie that had my attention the entire time lol can’t wait for the other two movies
I'm so glad the guy from the raid is getting love,that movie to this day is one of my favorites
Those weideman jokes killed me😂😂😂😂
We really gonna pretend that Johnny cage don’t exist
I was kinda sad when Johnny was not in the movie, but he is going to be in the sequel, if they make one. I also think Tom Cruise would be the perfect Johnny Cage
Hes teased at in a potential sequel at the end of the movie
@@mellowman1020 yeah I saw it too, and if they do make a sequel, hopefully Johnny Cage will be in it
Scott adkins for Johnny Cage!
@@tizben I could see him playing Johnny
2:27 bruh I'm dead laughing.
Idk why the “2 banderas” made me laugh soo hard
Did he just say keanu? I’m fucken dead 😂🤦🏻♂️
Is it too late to get JCVD as Johnny Cage now? 😅
Showed up for action. Left happy. As in, left my living room and went to my bedroom. Did anyone catch it in theaters?
YES!!! Scott Adkins will be great!!! However.....i can see Ryan Reynolds as Johnny Cage as well.
I watched it with friends and tbh it was so fun, having us all be fans and geek out together was just an awesome experience. It’s perfect don’t get me wrong but it’s super fun in my opinion
5:55 omg I had same reaction and loved Kung Lao! I got sad at his endgame
Why he say listen like that
Bruh that kung Lao fatality was SWEEET
The only thing that messed with me through the whole movie was Sonya's pop in the middle of her flip
Goofy as hell but fun
The Liu Kang actor should have been Shang-Chi. Dude’s super ripped!
5:33 “I am NOT into that! Why did you think I did that?!”
The game?
“... oh.”
XD
I want Garreth Evans and the stunt team from The Raid films in the sequel.
I do hope that it does stay rated R and that the sequels get made to see all the fights!!
Raiden saying listen nice
its like... okay. this was just me and my friend joking around
we said its like mortal kombat avengers idk
kung lao: captain america
jax: bucky (in this case bucky both arms idk I just thought of that)
kano is like a mix of like so many characters
sonya : who is basically black widow
you get my point
To see Hanzos journey back from hell wouldve been amazing
We don’t need any big name actors. This movie deserves to have newer actors. Only familiar faces I wanna see are cameos from the old cast, but that’s it. Helps keep things fresh in my opinion.
I liked how they handled scorpion and sub zero in this movie. Their fights were awesome
Thank you for not showing Chris Wiedmans leg
I really didn’t mind them creating a new character as vehicle for people unfamiliar with the MK universe, so that people can dump lore and exposition on, and as a means to give people someone to ‘relate’ to.
But they handled it pretty terribly. Not only was he wholly uninteresting, but so was everything involving him. Even his “arcana” was shit. He got some fake black panther Vibranium suit? Shite.
I also think they should have limited the scope to match the resources. The whole movie feels a little rushed and under-developed because they didn’t really have the budget. And I don’t mean the story or characters (that goes without saying), I mean the structure and rushed feeling to the action and pacing.
I rarely comment but I have to say. I strongly agree with you if they just gave us me information more stories on who these characters are it would add more to the movie.
The fans of Mortal Kombat didn't want silly references and head nods. the Lore was utterly destroyed
2:46 not knowing it doesn’t mean you do not have it, BRUH!
XD
Me and my dad watched this in XD Theaters, it was so awesome. This was the first video game movie that I actually enjoyed and am looking forward another movie
Oh man I can't wait for (insurt movie name) to come out.