It's funny how you're never permanently the cool guy, or the big guy, the smart guy or the funny guy. You just occupy a different role for different groups. That said, this is a dope little hangout they got going here.
Nostalgia Critic review of MK Annihilation, 2008: "They show off their effects that are so lame that even the Angry Video Game Nerd could pull them off" 10 years later:"You know what I like about htis movie, it looks like any of us could've made it"
odinatra- I believe when The Angry Video Game Nerd said that, it was by design. I immediately thought/said the same thing as far as what The Nostalgia Critic said, too when The Angry Video Game Nerd said "It looks like any of us could've made this.", or, whatever it was that he said.
@@TheBonkleFox Seriously, these guys talk big but each new AVGN episode proves they're still light years behind from even the worst of the 90s animation.
I don't even know why I liked this movie so much when I was a kid haha when I watched it again recently I was amazed but there are some good little parts here and there especially the fight with Cyrax I actually love that fight and the music
Does anyone remember the tag line for this film on the poster was "Destroy all expectations" And it did alright. lol I was one of those suckers who saw it in theaters on opening weekend....FML
I did too, after seeing this and the power rangers turbo movie with my uncle keith, I never went to a movie with him ever again since he kept picking horrible movies 😂😂
NotebookMovies- I remembered that "Destroy all expectations" tag-line, also. I was one of those many who saw it in the movie theater & literally felt sad, disappointed, ashamed of myself & angry.
@@travisteachout2849- I remembered that "Destroy all expectations" tag-line, also. I was one of those many who saw it in the movie theater & literally felt sad, disappointed, ashamed of myself & angry.
@@vehshibuttable- I remembered that "Destroy all expectations" tag-line, also. I was one of those many who saw it in the movie theater & literally felt sad, disappointed, ashamed of myself & angry.
My mom’s exact words about MK1 were “that movie was badass”. She literally said part two sucked. We took her friend to see part two and she was embarrassed.
I remember when Mortal Kombat: Annihilation came out and I wanted to see it SO BAD but my parents took me to the theatrical re-release of The Little Mermaid instead. Probably a good call.
Mind-blowing fact: Mortal Kombat - $18 million budget Mortal Kombat: Annihilation - $30 million budget And somehow MK:A was so much worse in quality. Just astounding.
@@BADC0FFEE Losing all save for two of the original cast didn't help. Then they decided to just throw as much characters as they could into it which just over cluttered the flick. Just left no room for character development.
I loved this movie as a kid - but even back then my biggest gripe was Raidens explanation of the plot: Liu Kang: "I thought our victory in Mortal Kombat closed those portals". Raiden: "What closes can also open, again". Me:... "Wut?"
What opens can be closed but what closes cannot always be reopened. That explanation is similar to “why is everything floating?” “What goes down, must also go back up.”
It actually makes perfect sense. Its like your front door if it had no lock. Anyone CAN open it, its just against the law. It didnt magically become "locked" after they won the tournament. Shao Kahn just broke the law. He's basically guilty of breaking an entering. And none of the other other gods do anything about it because shao kahns daddy is basically the mayor of godville. He is one of the 4 elder gods, a ruling council preciding over gods and mortals, etc. And hes in on the plan bc hes a 'crooked politician' basically and hes always looking to expand their domain and power. The elders do jack squat since shao kahns daddy is on their council and the other gods really dont give a shit about earth and humans anyway or dont act like it. Not positive but im pretty sure the council fears daddy kahn, hes presumably the strongest.
But that’s the plot of MK. Shao Khan was pissed that they lost after winning so many tournaments that he decided to invade Earth Realm anyways. See, the elder gods had these rules where you had to win so many different tournaments in a row to invade another realm. After Guru killed the original Kung Lao, they were good to go until Lui Kang came around.
The hilarious part about Shao Kahn in Annihilation is that he went through an inversion of what the games had to do. Shao Kahn's actor in the games was actually one of the shortest dudes on-set, so they had to scale him up. As a result, he looked more stocky and imposing.
FWIW: Gregory McKinney, the original actor who played Jax in Mortal Kombat (1995), had health problems during the casting call, who then passed in 1998...so they decided to recased him.
I saw this in the theater, and I remember distinctly remember that the whole theater was laughing at how bad it was. My friends and I were only 12 and we couldn't take it seriously.
I remember having the movie poster on my wall. It said "Destroy all expectations". I don't know if the expectations were supposed to be good or bad, but they were Destroyed.
Made by someone who is not only tone deaf and doesn't know how musical scales work, but also doesn't know how to use a limiter properly without the track suffering horrible.
@@rorcknar *I WOULD ADVISE NOT GETTING KILLED BY HER!!* *H E R - S W O R D - T R A P S ~* *T H E - S O U L S ~ O F - H E R ~* *V I C T I M S!!!* *K I T A N A!!!!!!!!!!*
LMFAO and she used fans in MK2? Thats what upsets me about these guys just sort of bumbling talking out of their ass somehow discarding actual facts and traits from characters....WELL DIDNT SHE A SWORD! KATAN!?!? No you dumb fuck LMAO
@@camsterdam3896 Sorry actually no, that was Adam Beach from Cowboys & Aliens in Joe Dirt. Gary "Litefoot" Davis was also in Kull the Conqueror if anyone remembers that flick.
Yep. And another correction. The reason Raiden didn't later use that bubble thing that he did at the beginning is because Shao Kahn was merging Outworld with Earthrealm, which resulted in Raiden losing most of his power and his godhood. They also explained why they had to use the stupid hamster balls, too. Funny how they can nitpick the movie to hell and yet completely miss basic plot points.
I saw this steaming pile in the theater (I'm a year or two older than James), and after the Nightwolf "Pretty cool" line, I walked out and got my money back. I caught it on TV a couple years later, and I feel like I could have contributed to this panel.
I remember seeing this in the theater and there was a group of kids that came in from a karate class with their instructor that looked like a character from the game. When the movie was about to start some jackass kids from my school broke in the exit door and came in. The giant karate instructor kicked them out and made them look like idiots. They were seriously about to try to fight this 30 year old karate guy as like 15 year old kids. This was right as the movie started which made the experience amazing! I was so amped up after that I loved the movie. After rewatching about 10 years later I realized how bad it actually was. Still love it and watch about once a year now.
Keep in mind I was like 15. No they never actually fought, but they of shoved the guy then he kind of grabbed all of them at once and took them outside. They just left and when he came back in he got a standing ovation from everyone. I thought it was amazing bc it was the asshole kids that picked on everyone.
I discovered the Mortal Kombat album thanks to you guys.. I'm loving the Rayden and Goro songs on it, above all else. The Goro theme goes especially hard. Sub zero theme is cool too!
Guys GUYS, James Remar is fucking Ajax, Dexter's dad and more, the guy can act. Lance may be a better actor but please put some respect on James Remar's name.
@@Harijohn4874 Those RE movies weren't NEARLY as bad as annihilation. I can actually sit through those movies. This is "Jaws: The revenge" or "Speed 2" level of bad.
The best scene in this entire movie is when Raiden and Reptile both throw roundhouses at each other and miss for an entire minute. It's absolutely outstanding.
yeah that was a little odd. robot arms were the absolute pinnacle of the 90s but it was always explicit that they didn't come off, they were either attached into a shoulder socket or surgically implanted into your arms, depending on just what level of cybernetics this was This guy here was APPARENTLY just wearing power armor over 15 percent of his body. like "I'M AN EIGHTH OF WAR MACHINE, BITCHES!"
back then, the bionic enhancements were just cybernetic armor, not prosthetics like they are in the new MK continuity. you can even see in MK Deadly Alliance, how his arms are bare in his alternate outfit.
Interesting convo. Correction: her name is "Kitana" not "Katana" (which is a sword), so her not using swords isn't a big deal. I actually like that Kitana uses bladed fans as her signature weapons.
I understand how perfected the shows are but how sincere james and his friends seem are one of the reasons why i am and always will be a fan. Top work lads 👍
17:31 You guys are wrong about the CD. Back in the day I confused the two as well, the Arcade Mail Order was NOT for "Mortal Kombat: The Album" It was for a CD of the Video Game music by Dan Forden called "Mortal Kombat II: Music From The Arcade Game Soundtrack". The Mortal Kombat: The Album CD was just available at Music stores, and that is where the Mortal Kombat! Popular Theme song came from, the group was "The Immortals" And I believe it was sung by Oliver Adams. I also know a lot about this movie as MK is my specialty, the reason why the effects suck so bad (honestly some are decent and some are god awefull ) is they did a test screening and the crowd loved it, so the studio told them to release it straight away, the director wanted to go back and make the effects better was not allowed to.
No worries, hit me up if you want any more Trivia... (@TotalMK twitter) there was supposed to be a scene with Quan Chi at the end of the movie, we (the MK fans) recently got some behind the scenes pictures of him.
I don't know much about why he was cut, probably just too many characters... I did know he did not speak English at all, he was Thai.
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The Immortals was a Lords of Acid sideproject, industrial/techno group that's been around for a long time now. Think they were touring and putting out new tunes as recently as a year or two ago.
Cannot get enough of these. Think we can get a Highlander II review? I'd love to see you guys rip it apart, especially since there's like... 8 different versions.
I live in Russia and so in 90s there was not much info on MK. So I played SEGA's MK I and love it and then I saw a tape of MK movie. And my mom bought it for me and I watched it and was excited. But when MK II came out, there was even less info. I was harder to beat, so you couldn't read the endings for every character. Not that I knew English well, when I was 8. So there was no info for me about MK II. I had so many questions: why Kano and Sonya are trapped, who's Shao Kahn and Kintaro. Johnny Cage wasn't in MK 3 game, so was he dead? Who killed him? There were roumors he fought Kahn at the end of 2nd tournament and died. And I was so excited for the 2nd MK movie. I thought it was going to answer all these questions. I was 10 when I saw it, and it just sucked. Resently I rewatched it and it just couldn't sit through it, had to fast forward it to the end just to get through with it.
let's go: 1. i'm not exactly sure tbh. i think Shao Kahn had Shang Tsung keep them around as some sort of warranty to make sure the Earthrealm warriors would come to his tournament. at least that was Jax's whole motivation: to rescue Sonya and bring Kano to justice. 2. Shao Kahn is the Emperor of Outworld who is bent on conquering other realms, but the unexpected resistance Earthrealm has put up via Mortal Kombat is a roadblock to him (after all MK is a device put in place by the Elder Gods to prevent realms from being invaded undefended), and Kintaro is his right-hand man in this game (because Goro had disappeared and was presumed dead after the last tournament). 3. yep. 4. he was killed by Shao Kahn's extermination squads during the invasion of Earthrealm, before the events of MK3. so no, Johnny didn't die at the tournament. and it was Liu Kang who fought Kahn in there, not Johnny.
We actually thought the CGI was very cool and passable in the original film. It was mostly only done for Reptile, who was kind of an unusual character anyway and when he finally hopped into the body of a statue we were relieved to find out that he was not going to be just a perpetual lizard man throughout the movie. Also, Scorpion's stuff was brilliant.
The reptile scene was filmed after the main filming was done. Test audiences wanted more fights, so they brought back liu kang and filmed that scene. Thats why Cage disappears from it.
Does he act like he did in his video for "Forgot To Be A Lover"? Because he looked really coked and strung out in that video. ...and now I want to see the movie
13:05 actually that moment Jax ripped out of his restraints with his mechanical arms and said “Wooh, that’s what I’m talkin about.” Stuck with me as a kid :) I thought it was the coolest.
This video was one of the most enjoyable things I've come across in a while. It's just 4 dudes hanging out talking about the movie the way I would with my friends. BIG fan!
I have two fond memories of this movie. -Saw it in theaters and when Sindel said her now-infamous line, somebody behind me laughed really loud right before she said the 2nd part and took my attention, so I never noticed it the 2nd part. So for a really long time, I thought her response to Katana's surprise was just "Too bad you!" and thought I just misheard it and the line was really "Too bad for you!" which is arguably a much better line than what it really was. -When the PS2 came out I rented a huge plasma TV for the party, and it had the logo for this movie burned into the screen. A grim reminder.
Guys I know the real reason why the sequel got cancelled not only box office failure or people's hate here's the real reason Pixar was New Line Cinema's villain
As a naive kid who didn't know better, I had the embarrassing past experience of seeing MK: Annihilation in the theaters and owning it on VHS as I was a huge MK fan at the time along with my cousins I grew up with. I loved it. I remember my mom being incredibly nauseous throughout seeing it in the theater, but continued to stay because she knew how much I loved it. It wasn't until years later when I re-watched Annihilation as a teen and adult why she felt the way she did. It's a visual disaster, and it's laughable and remarkable at the same time that a parent would sit through literally two hours of a turd pile for their kid. In retrospect, probably the only "redeeming quantities" of Annihilation are the soundtrack, Musetta Vander (Sindel), and Irina Pantavea (Jade). Neither one of these actresses could act their way out of hostage negotiation, but they were hot playing these characters.
same here, except i was in the theater with my Dad who didn't know better either and i never had the tape, but i caught the movie on TV a couple of times afterwards and realized how much it sucked. but i watched it just to make fun of it all. but i have to agree with you on Irina Pantaeva, i'm into women with East Asian features myself.
I saw it with my dad and the theater was practically empty with some dude in one of the front rows sleeping, I remember my dad saying this guy probably slept through a few showings.
At 10:25 they asked why the original Jax wasn’t in the sequel. I found that the actor had died which is why Jax was recast. The original guy was going to return as Jax though.
@@thatonea-hole Just makes the dude look like he either doesn't know what he is talking about or is just making a joke that doesn't land because there is nothing for the joke to play on. I mean, Kitana's weapons have been from MK2 the fans with blades that she uses to slice and dice people and that's like the only part that the movie got right, and that's where the dude decides to make a joke that falls flat.
People who think that if you are going to review or discuss a subject and give opinions about it, you'll probably be better off having at least some understanding of it?
The guy playing Shao Khan was one of the punks that Schwarzenegger kills in Terminator. He was also is stunt double in a couple of movies,but i cant remember his name.
I had to look up “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”. I had no idea what it was. Then, I saw it. “Aw!!! It’s the Hercules TV show!!” because that’s ALL I EVER heard ANYOND refer to it as. I had no idea it even had a subtitle...till just how. Lol!
This movie is one of the reasons I don't trust sequels! Brian Thompson was in everything back in the day, Dragonheart, Epoch, The X-Files, Buffy, Walker Texas Ranger, Star Trek, Charmed, Hercules, Chuck, 7 days, Baywatch, V.I.P., and Moon 44. You guys should Rental review Moon 44 (1990) Classic as Fuck!
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@@thatonea-hole Are you a new Justin Y.?
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James is a nerd, but his friends make him look like Charles Bronson.
Tell me about it lol whenever theres a midnight or early release at gamestop....my god I'm a 10 out of 10 xD
I had that same thought haha... these guys are on another level
Death wish or the British prisoner?
Justin Silverman might be the smoothest guy to ever be on TH-cam
It's funny how you're never permanently the cool guy, or the big guy, the smart guy or the funny guy. You just occupy a different role for different groups.
That said, this is a dope little hangout they got going here.
Nostalgia Critic review of MK Annihilation, 2008: "They show off their effects that are so lame that even the Angry Video Game Nerd could pull them off"
10 years later:"You know what I like about htis movie, it looks like any of us could've made it"
odinatra- I believe when The Angry Video Game Nerd said that, it was by design.
I immediately thought/said the same thing as far as what The Nostalgia Critic said, too when The Angry Video Game Nerd said "It looks like any of us could've made this.", or, whatever it was that he said.
@Turd Ferguson Now he does. I thought he was still pretty good in 2008.
Where's the lie? 😂
Nowadays I challenge Doug to do better than annihilation's graphics.
@@TheBonkleFox Seriously, these guys talk big but each new AVGN episode proves they're still light years behind from even the worst of the 90s animation.
I really like that Nightwolf was supposed to teach Liu Kang 3 things and taught him 2. And that was it.
The Last Jedi stole this
@Austin Calloway Luke said 3 lessons for rey. we only saw 2 lol. the third was a deleted scene
He also taught him that it was a terrible movie to be in. Mission accomplished.
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Nightwolf: "My work here is done."
Liu Kang: "But you didn't do anything"
One of the best D-movies ever.
Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central let em see that D!
best D movie is - The Pick of Destiny
This is not a D-movie. This is an F-movie.
I don't even know why I liked this movie so much when I was a kid haha when I watched it again recently I was amazed but there are some good little parts here and there especially the fight with Cyrax I actually love that fight and the music
More like F movie
Does anyone remember the tag line for this film on the poster was "Destroy all expectations" And it did alright. lol I was one of those suckers who saw it in theaters on opening weekend....FML
So did I...
I did too, after seeing this and the power rangers turbo movie with my uncle keith, I never went to a movie with him ever again since he kept picking horrible movies 😂😂
NotebookMovies- I remembered that "Destroy all expectations" tag-line, also.
I was one of those many who saw it in the movie theater & literally felt sad, disappointed, ashamed of myself & angry.
@@travisteachout2849- I remembered that "Destroy all expectations" tag-line, also.
I was one of those many who saw it in the movie theater & literally felt sad, disappointed, ashamed of myself & angry.
@@vehshibuttable- I remembered that "Destroy all expectations" tag-line, also.
I was one of those many who saw it in the movie theater & literally felt sad, disappointed, ashamed of myself & angry.
My mom’s exact words about MK1 were “that movie was badass”. She literally said part two sucked. We took her friend to see part two and she was embarrassed.
Your mom's a Mortal Kombat fan?
@@tanman8461 sounds pretty cool to me TBH. I want to meet this lady.
Got room for a new dad my son and/or daughter?
I remember she was excited about it!
@George she sounds like an awesome mother my friend.
Man, if there was ever a movie that was secretly directed by three young boys in a trenchcoat, disguised as an adult director, THIS is it.
with directing advice/guidance from Uwe Boll
You can really see the duct tape that's holding the plot together.
vincent adultman, yeap
I remember when Mortal Kombat: Annihilation came out and I wanted to see it SO BAD but my parents took me to the theatrical re-release of The Little Mermaid instead. Probably a good call.
When you're a kid you're outraged, when you're an adult you understand that decision.
@@deviousj5868 NAILED IT!!
My mom took me to see the re-release of the little mermaid because it's one of my favorites when I was a kid
The Little Mermaid is a masterpiece of animated cinema, unlike the vomit that is mortal kombat annihilation
No!!! Lmao I would rather watch annihilation then little mermaid,, are you kidding me??
“He looks like Billy Zane, but stung by a bunch of bees.” That was hilarious.
Is it just me or is James the least nerdy out of the group?
There's that f...ing *IRONY* again!...
Least girthy, at any rate
He is the least smelly of the bunch for sure. The tolerant smell of a newly opened Nintendo system.
No, he's the least overweight of the group.
Well of course. He's ascended to "normal".
Mind-blowing fact:
Mortal Kombat - $18 million budget
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation - $30 million budget
And somehow MK:A was so much worse in quality. Just astounding.
They must have spent it all on cocaine.
That happens alot. More money doesn't always mean better quality.
They should of saved there money
@@BADC0FFEE Losing all save for two of the original cast didn't help. Then they decided to just throw as much characters as they could into it which just over cluttered the flick. Just left no room for character development.
They did not even have Christopher Lambert
I loved this movie as a kid - but even back then my biggest gripe was Raidens explanation of the plot:
Liu Kang: "I thought our victory in Mortal Kombat closed those portals".
Raiden: "What closes can also open, again".
Me:... "Wut?"
What opens can be closed but what closes cannot always be reopened. That explanation is similar to “why is everything floating?” “What goes down, must also go back up.”
It actually makes perfect sense. Its like your front door if it had no lock. Anyone CAN open it, its just against the law. It didnt magically become "locked" after they won the tournament. Shao Kahn just broke the law. He's basically guilty of breaking an entering. And none of the other other gods do anything about it because shao kahns daddy is basically the mayor of godville. He is one of the 4 elder gods, a ruling council preciding over gods and mortals, etc. And hes in on the plan bc hes a 'crooked politician' basically and hes always looking to expand their domain and power. The elders do jack squat since shao kahns daddy is on their council and the other gods really dont give a shit about earth and humans anyway or dont act like it. Not positive but im pretty sure the council fears daddy kahn, hes presumably the strongest.
But that’s the plot of MK. Shao Khan was pissed that they lost after winning so many tournaments that he decided to invade Earth Realm anyways. See, the elder gods had these rules where you had to win so many different tournaments in a row to invade another realm. After Guru killed the original Kung Lao, they were good to go until Lui Kang came around.
Basically, why not cheat. Why not say f it, I’m invading. What closed can be opened.
Just like a sphincter, it's a stinker, and a winker.
The guy who plays Shao Khan looks like the white version of Seal.
WOW haha xD (white version of ROFLMAO)
Oh yeah, his name is Dolphin
He's never gonna survive unless he gets a little..crazy.
He was one of the Germans in Three Amigos.
Lmfao. This comment killed me.
7:08 Mortal Kombat's character name is KITANA. The sword in Japan is called a KATANA.
Thank you.
This
Nooooo really, I would never have guessed.
F**king thank you!
Kitana is such a beauty...but still I like Mileena much more^^ Want to kiss her all day all night 😂 🤣
But that...might not turn out good for me 💀 👻
The hilarious part about Shao Kahn in Annihilation is that he went through an inversion of what the games had to do.
Shao Kahn's actor in the games was actually one of the shortest dudes on-set, so they had to scale him up. As a result, he looked more stocky and imposing.
Choosing to watch this in theaters over Starship Troopers to celebrate my graduation from Navy basic training is the worst mistake I've ever made.
FWIW: Gregory McKinney, the original actor who played Jax in Mortal Kombat (1995), had health problems during the casting call, who then passed in 1998...so they decided to recased him.
I saw this in the theater, and I remember distinctly remember that the whole theater was laughing at how bad it was. My friends and I were only 12 and we couldn't take it seriously.
1:14-1:21 then press 3:05
ChokeAnd Poke hahaha nice!
Hahahaha you're a genius
That’s clever!
It’s total shit but it’s great???
That is some evil mastermind shit. I laughed my ass off.
I remember having the movie poster on my wall. It said "Destroy all expectations". I don't know if the expectations were supposed to be good or bad, but they were Destroyed.
At least tagline was fitting.
I have a better question: why did you have a movie poster of this movie on your wall? 🤣
@@jokerzw1lde probably he got it before watching the movie.
i used to have a bunch of Batman Forever posters from a Pepsi promo, myself.
Nightwolfe is the actor who played the Indian from “the Indian in the cupboard” that killed me lol!!!!
Holy shit,I remember that movie!
Billy Drago kinda looked like Nightwolf
Yo!
He is, too!
Fucking Litefoot
Nightwolf was the most accurate looking charecter its insane
This intro is hysterical. :D
Made by someone who is not only tone deaf and doesn't know how musical scales work, but also doesn't know how to use a limiter properly without the track suffering horrible.
Tony!
Kinemassakre needs to become a fighting game.
This needs to be downloadable!
its gold!
I preferred Christopher Lambert as Raiden. Speaking of him you should review Highlander!
I second that
Yep. Great classic 80s movie.
I as well. Even tho it technically shoulda been an asian guy...
There should've been only one!
MPCB11 23 ya Christopher Lambert is a perfect raiden!!
This series is awesome, thank you all for doing this. I feel like we're all hanging out in the video store, and I am laughing my ass off
Well..her name is Kitana..not Katana
Richard Rahl this is Kitana she's got my back
Yup
@@rorcknar
*I WOULD ADVISE NOT GETTING KILLED BY HER!!*
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*T H E - S O U L S ~ O F - H E R ~*
*V I C T I M S!!!*
*K I T A N A!!!!!!!!!!*
Exactly
LMFAO and she used fans in MK2? Thats what upsets me about these guys just sort of bumbling talking out of their ass somehow discarding actual facts and traits from characters....WELL DIDNT SHE A SWORD! KATAN!?!? No you dumb fuck LMAO
the Shao Kahn actor was actually one of the punker dudes at the beginning of the original Terminator. "Wash day! Nothing clean right?!"
OneButton Dash Then he got his Heart crushed. Fatality
Nice night for a walk
He was the main bad guy from Cobra with the fancy knife.
Brian Thompson is an amazing actor
Yes he was also the Night Slasher in Cobra, he appeared in A.W.O.L with Van Damme and he also had a small role in some X-Files episodes.
The CGI is like the ones you get with bowling alley animations.
Nightwolf was played by the actor who played THE indian in the cupboard , i found out awhile ago. (:
No shit? You just blew my mind, those were my two most watched movies as a kid.
Another joe dirt actor , he is the fireworks guy...
Cool
@@camsterdam3896 Sorry actually no, that was Adam Beach from Cowboys & Aliens in Joe Dirt. Gary "Litefoot" Davis was also in Kull the Conqueror if anyone remembers that flick.
@@loganjorgensen I do remember Sorbo and Tia Carerre ... Great flick...
Adam Beach? From Windtalkers , right?
Her name isn't ''Katana'' lol. It's ''Kitana'' which is 100% not a sword.
Thank you!
THANK YOU
ive never seen nobody making that mistake ,fr
Yep. And another correction. The reason Raiden didn't later use that bubble thing that he did at the beginning is because Shao Kahn was merging Outworld with Earthrealm, which resulted in Raiden losing most of his power and his godhood. They also explained why they had to use the stupid hamster balls, too. Funny how they can nitpick the movie to hell and yet completely miss basic plot points.
I was going to say the same
I saw this steaming pile in the theater (I'm a year or two older than James), and after the Nightwolf "Pretty cool" line, I walked out and got my money back. I caught it on TV a couple years later, and I feel like I could have contributed to this panel.
I remember seeing this in the theater and there was a group of kids that came in from a karate class with their instructor that looked like a character from the game. When the movie was about to start some jackass kids from my school broke in the exit door and came in. The giant karate instructor kicked them out and made them look like idiots. They were seriously about to try to fight this 30 year old karate guy as like 15 year old kids. This was right as the movie started which made the experience amazing! I was so amped up after that I loved the movie. After rewatching about 10 years later I realized how bad it actually was. Still love it and watch about once a year now.
...and to think all of this [love for the movie] wouldn't have been possible without the karate instructor ;P (positive memory association etc.)
The fight happened?
That’s a pretty cool story actually.
Keep in mind I was like 15. No they never actually fought, but they of shoved the guy then he kind of grabbed all of them at once and took them outside. They just left and when he came back in he got a standing ovation from everyone. I thought it was amazing bc it was the asshole kids that picked on everyone.
@@thefodunk2 wtf. Were those guys coming in specifically to try to fight that guy or did they sneak in to see the movie and ran into him?
Rental reviews is the greatest thing to happen to Cinemassacre since AVGN.
*IT'S PRETTY GOOD!*
They need different people each time
Monster Madness, Board James, J&M Mondays...
Agreed, love it
I guess it would be the best thing to happen to Cinemassacre after ripping off redlettermedia schtick
Just a small sample of Ron Jeremy's kids.
Lmfaooo
The Brothers Jeremy
The badger bros
The tageline "Destroy All Expectations" was truth in advertising :)
Yeah, they had The Last Jedi beat by about 20 years with that one.
The Mortal Kombat Annihilation soundtrack is one of the best compilation of techno rock. I still play it today.
IMDRanged
I had it too in highschool. Loved it.
It's badass
KMFDM...better than the best.
it was this soundtrack that got me into KMFDM and we used the soundtrack for my martial arts class
I discovered the Mortal Kombat album thanks to you guys.. I'm loving the Rayden and Goro songs on it, above all else. The Goro theme goes especially hard. Sub zero theme is cool too!
HoooooooooCHINESEninjaWARRIAH
For Raiden, they swapped out the Highlander for discount Lance Hendrickson.
*D E F I N I T E L Y!!!!!*
Lance is a way better actor.
There can be only one!
Guys GUYS, James Remar is fucking Ajax, Dexter's dad and more, the guy can act. Lance may be a better actor but please put some respect on James Remar's name.
@@johnboydojo also Dexter adoptive Dad
Even Paul WS Anderson, makes it clear that he had nothing to do with this "film".
Ironic considering the resident evil sequels
@@Harijohn4874 Those RE movies weren't NEARLY as bad as annihilation. I can actually sit through those movies. This is "Jaws: The revenge" or "Speed 2" level of bad.
Holy shit I did not know that was supposed to be Shinnok this whole time😂😂😂😂😂😂
Shao Kahn thought the film was pathetic
"KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHN!!!"
@@Marinanor
*KAAAAAAAAHHHHHHNNNNN!!!!*
The dude was one of the classic movie villains of the 80s .
He was a weak pathetic fool
@@aaronm4858 worst role ever for that dude , he was in fright night part 2
I don’t care what anyone thinks I love this movie.
I love that the intro just throws in Sonya lmao
The best scene in this entire movie is when Raiden and Reptile both throw roundhouses at each other and miss for an entire minute. It's absolutely outstanding.
🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂👍👍
My jaw was on the ground , after that number
i think of that as a half-assed capoeira demonstration xP
You guys didn’t talk about how Jax‘ bionic enhancements are inexplicably discarded to reveal his normal arms underneath.
In the original mortal kombat 2, Jax doesnt have his arm enhancements.
yeah that was a little odd. robot arms were the absolute pinnacle of the 90s but it was always explicit that they didn't come off, they were either attached into a shoulder socket or surgically implanted into your arms, depending on just what level of cybernetics this was
This guy here was APPARENTLY just wearing power armor over 15 percent of his body. like "I'M AN EIGHTH OF WAR MACHINE, BITCHES!"
Hahaha, my cousin and I would watch that scene over and over where he just peels off his rubber robot arms with dumbfounded looks on our faces
@@Rodrigombia1990 MK3. This movie is a combination of the second and third games.
back then, the bionic enhancements were just cybernetic armor, not prosthetics like they are in the new MK continuity. you can even see in MK Deadly Alliance, how his arms are bare in his alternate outfit.
Fun fact: Shao Kahn was killed by the Terminator in Terminator 1.
In what scene?
@@aztecelotl the punk who gets his heart ripped out, Kano style.
Jesse Ok, thanks
And Cobra in Cobra!
Guessing he was in the scene with Bill Paxton?
Interesting convo. Correction: her name is "Kitana" not "Katana" (which is a sword), so her not using swords isn't a big deal. I actually like that Kitana uses bladed fans as her signature weapons.
Mortal Kombat Annihilation to me always seemed like one of those made for sci-fi TV movies. It just seemed so low budget.
Like sharknado or jason x?!
The budget wasn't low, though. 30 million dollars.
And low effort.
It's like they wanted the sequel to fail
It's almost like they purposely filmed it to be a terrible sequel.
8:50 Shao Kahn discussion: He was the bad guy in Cobra, with Sylvester Stallone
Cinemassacre
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Flawless Review
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*F A T A L I T Y*
@@thatonea-hole Friendship! Friendship?
@@Cr45h0v3r1d3 Again? :)
@@Cr45h0v3r1d3
*GANJI - W I N S*
*F R I E N D S H I P!!!!!!*
I understand how perfected the shows are but how sincere james and his friends seem are one of the reasons why i am and always will be a fan. Top work lads 👍
After the breaking of Johnny Cage's neck, I was waiting for Raiden to yell
"KAAAAAAAAHN!!!"
17:31 You guys are wrong about the CD. Back in the day I confused the two as well, the Arcade Mail Order was NOT for "Mortal Kombat: The Album" It was for a CD of the Video Game music by Dan Forden called "Mortal Kombat II: Music From The Arcade Game Soundtrack". The Mortal Kombat: The Album CD was just available at Music stores, and that is where the Mortal Kombat! Popular Theme song came from, the group was "The Immortals" And I believe it was sung by Oliver Adams.
I also know a lot about this movie as MK is my specialty, the reason why the effects suck so bad (honestly some are decent and some are god awefull ) is they did a test screening and the crowd loved it, so the studio told them to release it straight away, the director wanted to go back and make the effects better was not allowed to.
Thanks.
No worries, hit me up if you want any more Trivia... (@TotalMK twitter) there was supposed to be a scene with Quan Chi at the end of the movie, we (the MK fans) recently got some behind the scenes pictures of him.
TotalMK Was there a specific reason they cut him out? It can't be because he didn't look good enough, considering how awful everything else looks.
I don't know much about why he was cut, probably just too many characters... I did know he did not speak English at all, he was Thai.
The Immortals was a Lords of Acid sideproject, industrial/techno group that's been around for a long time now. Think they were touring and putting out new tunes as recently as a year or two ago.
Mortal Kombat : Money Laundering Annihilation
Damn spell check, i meant mobsters
Cannot get enough of these. Think we can get a Highlander II review? I'd love to see you guys rip it apart, especially since there's like... 8 different versions.
I like to think Christopher Lambert didn't want to be Raiden in this sequel because of his experience with Highlander 2.
So funny how the original movie is considered canon in the Netherrealm storyline, but Annihilation is totally ignored.
Trust me when I say Ed Boon despises MK Annihilation
Is the animated series considered canon?
@@SFNDMK I don’t blame him they destroyed his baby with Annihilation
I live in Russia and so in 90s there was not much info on MK. So I played SEGA's MK I and love it and then I saw a tape of MK movie. And my mom bought it for me and I watched it and was excited. But when MK II came out, there was even less info. I was harder to beat, so you couldn't read the endings for every character. Not that I knew English well, when I was 8. So there was no info for me about MK II. I had so many questions: why Kano and Sonya are trapped, who's Shao Kahn and Kintaro. Johnny Cage wasn't in MK 3 game, so was he dead? Who killed him? There were roumors he fought Kahn at the end of 2nd tournament and died. And I was so excited for the 2nd MK movie. I thought it was going to answer all these questions. I was 10 when I saw it, and it just sucked. Resently I rewatched it and it just couldn't sit through it, had to fast forward it to the end just to get through with it.
Soviets were getting bread long before us good for you homie
well, they didn't shoot a lot of movies about it))
😂😂😂
let's go:
1. i'm not exactly sure tbh. i think Shao Kahn had Shang Tsung keep them around as some sort of warranty to make sure the Earthrealm warriors would come to his tournament. at least that was Jax's whole motivation: to rescue Sonya and bring Kano to justice.
2. Shao Kahn is the Emperor of Outworld who is bent on conquering other realms, but the unexpected resistance Earthrealm has put up via Mortal Kombat is a roadblock to him (after all MK is a device put in place by the Elder Gods to prevent realms from being invaded undefended), and Kintaro is his right-hand man in this game (because Goro had disappeared and was presumed dead after the last tournament).
3. yep.
4. he was killed by Shao Kahn's extermination squads during the invasion of Earthrealm, before the events of MK3. so no, Johnny didn't die at the tournament. and it was Liu Kang who fought Kahn in there, not Johnny.
Jaschgemash , my name Borat
Wow Mike Matei has really let himself go
James Rolfe for president 2020!
Sam Holdsworth 2020 ^^
He's not old enough he's 38 lol but we can change rules mu ha ha ha
Bevin WhiteTV I think the President has to be at least 35. He can totally be President!
@@starcader9997 I thought u had to be 45
@@starcader9997 yea u were right thanks for the imformation
"SFX so bad, even the AVGN could have pulled them off". Nostalgia Critic.
Ironic, given his own lack of art evolution.
Who's nostalgia critic?
@@DJTheUnwanted the worst internet critic ever
@@robertbishop8241 No, that's Nerdrotic.
We actually thought the CGI was very cool and passable in the original film. It was mostly only done for Reptile, who was kind of an unusual character anyway and when he finally hopped into the body of a statue we were relieved to find out that he was not going to be just a perpetual lizard man throughout the movie. Also, Scorpion's stuff was brilliant.
The reptile scene was filmed after the main filming was done. Test audiences wanted more fights, so they brought back liu kang and filmed that scene. Thats why Cage disappears from it.
Of all the things that piss me off the top one has to be when Raiden turns into Billy Idol. Just W...T....F????
It's a nice day for a white Raiden
@@erica3456 lol. Now I want to watch the wedding singer
Does he act like he did in his video for "Forgot To Be A Lover"? Because he looked really coked and strung out in that video. ...and now I want to see the movie
Don’t you talk about Billy that way 😆
"laserdisks... sonya" 😂😂😂😂
Classic
13:05 actually that moment Jax ripped out of his restraints with his mechanical arms and said “Wooh, that’s what I’m talkin about.” Stuck with me as a kid :) I thought it was the coolest.
7:20 just because a blade is floppy doesn't mean it won't cut you. There's floppy blades in a bunch of Martial arts movies
That is true I've trained with a few over the years
@LinkToo Yea, blades are supposed to have a bit of flex to them, but not to the point it looks like a 300lbs man jumping on a diving board.
This video was one of the most enjoyable things I've come across in a while. It's just 4 dudes hanging out talking about the movie the way I would with my friends. BIG fan!
The "Suckeeeeers" sound sounds suspiciously like the sound Super Mecha Death Christ 2000 makes!
I was thinking the exact same thing.
Hearing Ed Boon yell that was weird
It did sound just like him yelling "fuckers!" Too.
"Is this the place from the last crusade?" "No it's a different place". Its definitely the same place just a different building in Petra
I have two fond memories of this movie.
-Saw it in theaters and when Sindel said her now-infamous line, somebody behind me laughed really loud right before she said the 2nd part and took my attention, so I never noticed it the 2nd part. So for a really long time, I thought her response to Katana's surprise was just "Too bad you!" and thought I just misheard it and the line was really "Too bad for you!" which is arguably a much better line than what it really was.
-When the PS2 came out I rented a huge plasma TV for the party, and it had the logo for this movie burned into the screen. A grim reminder.
I liked Both Mortal Kombat movies. 90s at its finest.
*P U R E - C H E E S I N E S S*
TV series was better to me.
@C Wilson
Yup! Only 1 word can describe that:
*W O R T H L E S S*
Tony is completely wasted. Hope he didn't disturb any other customers in the store.
you mean stoned AF?
Guys I know the real reason why the sequel got cancelled not only box office failure or people's hate here's the real reason
Pixar was New Line Cinema's villain
Wait, wasn't there some subplot about Raiden giving up his immortality to save them or something? That would explain why he lost his powers.
As a naive kid who didn't know better, I had the embarrassing past experience of seeing MK: Annihilation in the theaters and owning it on VHS as I was a huge MK fan at the time along with my cousins I grew up with. I loved it. I remember my mom being incredibly nauseous throughout seeing it in the theater, but continued to stay because she knew how much I loved it. It wasn't until years later when I re-watched Annihilation as a teen and adult why she felt the way she did. It's a visual disaster, and it's laughable and remarkable at the same time that a parent would sit through literally two hours of a turd pile for their kid. In retrospect, probably the only "redeeming quantities" of Annihilation are the soundtrack, Musetta Vander (Sindel), and Irina Pantavea (Jade). Neither one of these actresses could act their way out of hostage negotiation, but they were hot playing these characters.
same here, except i was in the theater with my Dad who didn't know better either and i never had the tape, but i caught the movie on TV a couple of times afterwards and realized how much it sucked. but i watched it just to make fun of it all.
but i have to agree with you on Irina Pantaeva, i'm into women with East Asian features myself.
Every time I see Shao Khan I yell,
" It PUTS THE LOTION ON IT'S SKIN ! "
(Joe Dirt)
...of all actors they could have chose...
Rental Review should do Godzilla 1998!
That's a lot of fish.
I remember seeing this film at the movie theater in the 90s.
I saw it with my dad and the theater was practically empty with some dude in one of the front rows sleeping, I remember my dad saying this guy probably slept through a few showings.
"SUCKER!!!!"
sorry for your loss
I saw twice, witch all my mk fan friends, was a great time. Awesome!
You and thousands of other people.
Please bring back the wide shots of all 4 of you. The chemistry isso much better!
You guys should do highlander 2 the quickening for the next rental review
Owen’s reviews Endgame!
if you dont count end game wach highlander 3 and then highlander 2 it makes mcCloud ageing more sence and other things aswell
F*CKING ALIENS!
Or not if it's the Renegade Cut.
See highlander 1 3 and endgame are alright highlander 2 was straight garbage juice
Highlander 2 doesn't exist 😜
Classic intro.
At 10:25 they asked why the original Jax wasn’t in the sequel. I found that the actor had died which is why Jax was recast. The original guy was going to return as Jax though.
her name is KI-tana... not KA-tana like the sword... >.>
*S O U N D S - T H E ~ S A M E*
So who really cares?!?!
@@thatonea-hole
Just makes the dude look like he either doesn't know what he is talking about or is just making a joke that doesn't land because there is nothing for the joke to play on. I mean, Kitana's weapons have been from MK2 the fans with blades that she uses to slice and dice people and that's like the only part that the movie got right, and that's where the dude decides to make a joke that falls flat.
People who think that if you are going to review or discuss a subject and give opinions about it, you'll probably be better off having at least some understanding of it?
I loved this movie! It catered to the video game fan, they went straight into the action non stop. It’s what middle school me loved
The guy playing Shao Khan was one of the punks that Schwarzenegger kills in Terminator. He was also is stunt double in a couple of movies,but i cant remember his name.
I got distracted with Sonny Chiba's The Street Fighter playing in the background.
The opening song is worth it all on its own.
I had to look up “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”. I had no idea what it was.
Then, I saw it. “Aw!!! It’s the Hercules TV show!!” because that’s ALL I EVER heard ANYOND refer to it as. I had no idea it even had a subtitle...till just how. Lol!
It actually was filmed in the same place as Last Crusade, Petra, Jordan
Street Fighter playing in the background! Nice!
There is rules to The Mortal Kombat that is why Raiden isn't allowed to interfere.
This movie is one of the reasons I don't trust sequels! Brian Thompson was in everything back in the day, Dragonheart, Epoch, The X-Files, Buffy, Walker Texas Ranger, Star Trek, Charmed, Hercules, Chuck, 7 days, Baywatch, V.I.P., and Moon 44.
You guys should Rental review Moon 44 (1990) Classic as Fuck!
THE BEST INTRO TO, ANYTHING, EVER, JAMES!!!!!
"I wanted hash browns..."
"Too bad you... CHOSE FRIES!"
"Kept you waiting, huh? That's my animality."
Did Nightwolf just used a catchphrase which was later used by Solid Snake and Big Boss in the Metal Gear Solid Franchise?
It very much could be Hideo Kojima loves his movies
I love that James holds up a copy of Space Mutiny during the intro. 😄
One of my favorite Rental Reviews. Jame's reactions as he tries to take it all in are amazing.
When you start wishing you'd seen more shitty movies so you could watch more rental reviews
Or just watch more great movies and watch rental reviews for entertainment ;)
Come to my home lets see shitty movies *has no TV*
Haha love the Sonny Chiba street fighter movie playing in the background
Become....A NUMBER ONE MAN!
Shao Kahn's face mask looks like the T-Rex from Jurassic Park LMAO!
Confirmed!
Mortal Kombat 3 Assenation!
Directed by James Rolf And Friends!!!!!!