Mortal Kombat- Get Over Here!

[RGBIII 22840]

This shit looks so good it needs its own thread. Holy fuck this is going to kick ass! 

[Zepol87 9188]

Gonna be badass. Can't wait 

[kingkoopa6 8375]

Knife and rope.  He a beast! Slayed those fools 

[Hozz 1017]

Woke up at 6a and couldn't get back to sleep so I watched this solo as the wife had no interest.  I thought it was surprisingly good.  Best video game film I can remember.

[speed817 19399]

My buddy seems too excited.  I named him Budget-Zero

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2078]

I haven’t seen a good karate movie in forever. This is going to be awesome.

[SmokeyTheBear 5562]

I have fond memories of Mortal Kombat. From playing it at a local pizzeria in SW Austin as a young kid to missing the school bus cause I wanted to play the next round on my Genesis to seeing the first movie and being blown away by the soundtrack. So glad they revisited this in a better way than other spin offs. So excited. 

Edited April 23, 2021 by SmokeyTheBear

[RGBIII 22840]

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I really enjoyed it for what it was. 7/10 for me. I knew the story would be ass but some of those fights were bad ass. Cole whatever his name was fucking sucked and should be given the Johnny Cage in Annihilation treatment. Kano and sub zero are easily the best part of the movie. Needed more scorpion. Sets up the next one nicely, they need to jump straight into the tournament

 

[hundredTT 578]

Just watched with my nephew and it is fucking amazing! A lot of cussing and the gore is crazy, but my nephew is 10 and he’s heard those words before. I felt like a kid again watching it ha. Will be watching again when my bro comes into town this weekend. 

[Etexhorn13 3052]

Haven’t been to a theater in a year, but this was probably the first thing I’ve watched that having the sound bar/surround sound absolutely feel like I was in a theater. Loud as hell and lots of fun. 

[mdmost 43011]

Did any of the characters look like they were about to perform a Fatality but instead bust out with a Friendship?

Friendship? Again?

[MissingInAction 25125]

14 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Did any of the characters look like they were about to perform a Fatality but instead bust out with a Friendship?

Friendship? Again?

I always greet my friends by ripping their arms off, stabbing them, and shooting them with lightning.

[AngryDragon 270]

Man I had high hopes for this one from the first 7 minutes they previewed. It turned out to be the best part of the movie. What a disappointment. Acting was horrible. In for a Subzero/Scorpion movie but the rest of the cast sucked. Pains me as an Asian to say that. 

[Etexhorn13 3052]

36 minutes ago, AngryDragon said:

Man I had high hopes for this one from the first 7 minutes they previewed. It turned out to be the best part of the movie. What a disappointment. Acting was horrible. In for a Subzero/Scorpion movie but the rest of the cast sucked. Pains me as an Asian to say that. 

I mean, looking back I’m not sure the acting in the first couple films was any better. Looks like they’re setting up for a pretty bad ass sequel, especially with Johnny Cage being the centerpiece of the next one. Just sit back and enjoy the gratuitous ninja violence

 

The actor that played Lui Kang in the first film is unmatched though. 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Etexhorn13

[LonghornSean 4008]

The dialogue, exposition, and acting was pretty bad. But the action and having the Mortal Kombat characters and violence was a fun watch. When the end credits and the MK theme remix played I was pretty pumped

[Radical Larry 28655]

Yeah, that summed it up best for me. 

[ultimaton 2982]

Mortal Kombat has a roster of like 100 characters, so it was kinda lame that the main guy was created for the movie and they gave him a pretty generic power. Also kind of a missed opportunity to have Jax fight Reiko on The Pit, but not have actually have the iconic pit fatality. 

The Scorpion v Sub-Zero stuff was awesome. 

Edited April 24, 2021 by ultimaton

[AngryDragon 270]

30 minutes ago, ultimaton said:

Mortal Kombat has a roster of like 100 characters, so it was kinda lame that the main guy was created for the movie and they gave him a pretty generic power. Also kind of a missed opportunity to have Jax fight Reiko on The Pit, but not have actually have the iconic pit fatality. 

The Scorpion v Sub-Zero stuff was awesome. 

The CGI and costumes were generally pretty decent. Cole Young's armor that basically absorbed and reflected power like Black Panther's costume looked like something you would pick up at a flea market. How cheap that looked kept distracting me every time he was on screen.

[Captain Obvious 524]

1 hour ago, ultimaton said:

Mortal Kombat has a roster of like 100 characters, so it was kinda lame that the main guy was created for the movie and they gave him a pretty generic power. Also kind of a missed opportunity to have Jax fight Reiko on The Pit, but not have actually have the iconic pit fatality. 

The Scorpion v Sub-Zero stuff was awesome. 

Pretty much this.  

The 1995 Mortal Kombat worked/works because it didn't take itself seriously at all.  This movie felt like they were trying too hard to flesh out he characters while playing up the ridiculous violence and ninja stuff.

That worked with Sub-Zero and Scorpion, and failed everywhere else, especially with the random Cole Young character...who of course they focused a bunch of the movie on.

At least the Sub-Zero actor is signed for four films if this reboot works.  More Sub-Zero fighting Scorpion, kill off Cole Young post haste.

 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Captain Obvious

[AngryDragon 270]

3 hours ago, Etexhorn13 said:

I mean, looking back I’m not sure the acting in the first couple films was any better. Looks like they’re setting up for a pretty bad ass sequel, especially with Johnny Cage being the centerpiece of the next one. Just sit back and enjoy the gratuitous ninja violence

 

The actor that played Lui Kang in the first film is unmatched though. 

Acting in the original MK movies were horribad too. This one was supposed to be more of a serious take with actual martial artists but the execution was underwhelming. Hiroyuki Sanada was awesome as Scorpion though. 

[BurntOrange&White 39934]

6 hours ago, AngryDragon said:

Man I had high hopes for this one from the first 7 minutes they previewed. It turned out to be the best part of the movie. What a disappointment. Acting was horrible. In for a Subzero/Scorpion movie but the rest of the cast sucked. Pains me as an Asian to say that. 

Expecting cinematic masterpieces for these kinds of movies is your own fault. 

[RGBIII 22840]

I just gotta know who’s going to play Johnny Cage in the next one. They have to nail it and ideally they probably need to get a “name” like Ryan Reynolds or Chris Pratt type. I think Zach Efron could pull it off

[Knoxtnhorn 6064]

I thought it was ok, but the soundtrack was somewhat disappointing.  I may be in the minority here, but it would have been cool if they'd gotten someone like The Chemical Brothers to do the music.

I also thought the buildup was weird.  Seemed slow at parts; too fast at parts.  For example, the buildup to the 1 v 1 part was kind of slow, but then each individual match took like 60 seconds.

How cool was the scene with the miter saw hat?

[MissingInAction 25125]

The terrible editing got to me at points, but I didnt give a shit once the fighting started. I got exactly what I expected (perfectly choreographed martial arts sequences) , and stood up half the movie shadow boxing. 

We need a Gymkata reboot.

[Pato del Muerto 52533]

22 hours ago, speed817 said:

My buddy seems too excited.  I named him Budget-Zero

[AngryDragon 270]

6 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Expecting cinematic masterpieces for these kinds of movies is your own fault. 

Yeah expecting passable acting out a movie is too much.  

[Tom 2959]

I'm skeptical.  The next good movie I watch based off of a video game will be the first.**

 

 

 

 

** Bob Haskins and John Leguizamo in the 1993 masterpiece Super Mario Bros. clearly being the exception.

 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Tom

[Doc Sam Beckett 5797]

It's ok to like this movie because you played mortal kombat as a kid or whatever, but let's be honest about just how bad this was. If the only positive thing you can say is the ninja fight scenes were fun, then Warrior does that better. 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Doc Sam Beckett
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[CooterBrown 18015]

I didn’t recognize Austinite Mehcad Brooks until the credits. My wife went to Anderson HS with him.

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9 hours ago, RGBIII said:

I just gotta know who’s going to play Johnny Cage in the next one. They have to nail it and ideally they probably need to get a “name” like Ryan Reynolds or Chris Pratt type. I think Zach Efron could pull it off

Zach Efron is too young, they should go with somebody like Rob Lowe, that guy doesn't age.

 

[atomheartbevo 89755]

3 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

It's ok to like this movie because you played mortal kombat as a kid or whatever, but let's be honest about just how bad this was. 

The cool kids enjoyed Pit Fighter

And we enjoyed the movie made out of it, although the name was changed to "Bloodsport" which sounded cooler.

 

[demos 3004]

Acting was definitely on par with the original.

Effects and fight scenes were much better.

Could definitely use some more sub-zero vs scorpion.

[Js1 85449]

Meh 

[seven 1367]

The humor, particularly kano, fell extremely flat. 

I would watch 3 straight hours of sub-zero v scorpion though. 

[Gene Parmesan 4008]

On 4/24/2021 at 7:29 AM, RGBIII said:

I just gotta know who’s going to play Johnny Cage in the next one. They have to nail it and ideally they probably need to get a “name” like Ryan Reynolds or Chris Pratt type. I think Zach Efron could pull it off

You watched and liked this one with shit acting.  They aren't going to try and mess up that formula by hiring actual actors.

[blacklab 11941]

shouldn't they hire Jean Claude van Damme since he was the inspiration for the character in the first place?

Watched last night with wife and kids. Was not expecting that level of gore. Wife was asking me if I really thought it was good for a 10 and 12 year old. 

[Gene Parmesan 4008]

Kano got a chuckle out of me, the rest outside of the backstory of Sub Zero and Scorpion was all pretty dumb.  I also liked how they setup a legit backstory with these two and later it's btw I changed my name to Sub-Zero now, and also my name is Scorpion because you know we are 12 years old and that sounds cool.

[utxmike05 1828]

On 4/23/2021 at 10:54 PM, AngryDragon said:

Man I had high hopes for this one from the first 7 minutes they previewed. It turned out to be the best part of the movie. What a disappointment. Acting was horrible. In for a Subzero/Scorpion movie but the rest of the cast sucked. Pains me as an Asian to say that. 

Agree.

Huge fan and spent tons of quarters in arcades back in the day on MK.  The intro made it look like this may be like what the Dark Knight was for the batman movies...a turning point. But nope.  I didn't have super high hopes, but thought it might be better than the original. But it was only slightly better bc of the effects.

Cool to see certain characters like Millena, Kabal, Kung Lao.

Tired of seeing the earth group...tiny liu kang, jax, sonya, kano...blah never used them in the game after the original game.

Scorpion didn't even come back until like 15 mins left.  Easily the best parts w him.

[BHMCruiser 1814]

This movie fucking sucked. It was 10 trillion times worse than the first Mortal Kombat, where Raiden was played by the Highlander.

 

0.0 stars

total trash

[atomheartbevo 89755]

Mild spoilers for those disappointed.

Spoiler

This was apparently meant to be a "prequel" of sorts to set up the full-blown universe/movies, and some of the actors have mentioned that they are in it for multiple films (Sub-Zero's actor said he was signed to 5 films).

Prequel is an odd choice, since it implies others are already made, but basically this was for the character and world-building, and the main course is yet to come.

 

Edited April 26, 2021 by atomheartbevo

[BurntOrange&White 39934]

[Nivek 16946]

Mild spoilers for those disappointed.
Spoiler

This was apparently meant to be a "prequel" of sorts to set up the full-blown universe/movies, and some of the actors have mentioned that they are in it for multiple films (Sub-Zero's actor said he was signed to 5 films).
Prequel is an odd choice, since it implies others are already made, but basically this was for the character and world-building, and the main course is yet to come.

 

Spoilers for Mortal Kombat the reboot? Haha

[atomheartbevo 89755]

15 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Spoilers for Mortal Kombat the reboot? Haha

Yeah, thought about it, but somebody might wander in and then get pissed when they find out that there was no actual tournament in the movie.

Then again, the movie has been out long enough, nobody should come in here cold.

[achooloco 1072]

On 4/24/2021 at 5:50 PM, CooterBrown said:

I didn’t recognize Austinite Mehcad Brooks until the credits. My wife went to Anderson HS with him.

Kealing hornets, holla!

[Prepuce of Doom 21096]

I expected more outrageous and comically fantastic gore - spines and whatnot, etc. 

I think a Kano spinoff has (or had...) potential - I got a real kick out of his over-the-top crass bullshit. I could see kind of like a douchier Deadpool sort of thing. 

SuperSweater's wife and daughter were pretty chill about the whole ordeal - "Fuck waiting for another four-armed monster to show up!" 

[immamac 42877]

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Cole and the weird backwards lore they introduced with him really fucked with my opinion of the movie during the watch. I despised his character and thought it took away from the actual mortal kombat story. 

 

Also being able to defeat Goro is bullshit that really really pissed me off. Goro didn't even get started. 

 

[CurlyDumps 4476]

This was the biggest laugh for me. This convoluted mishmash world salad nonsense:

 

 

[RGBIII 22840]

On 4/26/2021 at 2:29 PM, atomheartbevo said:

Mild spoilers for those disappointed.

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This was apparently meant to be a "prequel" of sorts to set up the full-blown universe/movies, and some of the actors have mentioned that they are in it for multiple films (Sub-Zero's actor said he was signed to 5 films).

Prequel is an odd choice, since it implies others are already made, but basically this was for the character and world-building, and the main course is yet to come.

 

If they were going this route why not go even more in depth and try to do some marvel type shit instead of rushing things. Start with scorpion sub zero movie, call it mortal Kombat fire and ice or some shit, that 7 minutes and last 1 are the best part. I think most people would spend some cash to watch more of that. Then give us a mortal Kombat: outworld and a mortal Kombat: earthrealm to establish those characters and giving the audience some attachment to them and their journey. Then finally you get to the tournament and treat it like the first avengers movie. They have enough lore, characters and a built in fan base to flesh this shit out especially if you give us what the people want at the start! 

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27 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

If they were going this route why not go even more in depth and try to do some marvel type shit instead of rushing things. Start with scorpion sub zero movie, call it mortal Kombat fire and ice or some shit, that 7 minutes and last 1 are the best part. I think most people would spend some cash to watch more of that. Then give us a mortal Kombat: outworld and a mortal Kombat: earthrealm to establish those characters and giving the audience some attachment to them and their journey. Then finally you get to the tournament and treat it like the first avengers movie. They have enough lore, characters and a built in fan base to flesh this shit out especially if you give us what the people want at the start! 

Yeah, I think a lot of people were expecting a big tournament out of this movement, instead of setting up a tournament a film or two from now.  I've seen a lot bitch about it.

[BHMCruiser 1814]

Just woke up thinking about how shitty this movie is.