I feel that. Tbh, I thought the same thing. Honestly didn’t mind Cole tho. I expected to hate the character but ended up kinda liking him by the end. Also was pleasantly surprised by the twist that he’s a descendent of scorpion. Kinda cool they gave more shine to Scorpion/Sub-Zero this time around.
Anyone notice that kano stole shinnoks amulet. Lui kang tells him to put it back but they never show him do that. In the game shinnok uses the amulet to escape from the nether realm. If there's a sequel this is how kano will be back
good observation. The starting scene was between two trained martial arts actors while other scenes are just scenes with cgi, wire work and other dumb shit. I had a feeling they would fuck this up. I pirated the movie and still want my money back
It was also a callback to the beginning of the movie where they alluded to Cole's focus on attacking and not defending. Then he finds his arcana when he truly has something to defend. It's not original, it's not clever, but it's effective. Unfortunately they don't seem to have put as much thought into the other characters' arcana so Cole's character development seems like an accident.
@@phatymcdaddy he's a shokan one of the strongest races in outworld and hes the prince who is also a warrior who got bested by a MMA fighter...... an MMa fighter who gets his shit beaten every fight
It disturbs me that Kung Lao never once teleported during combat. He did it once just to appear out of nowhere and never again and now he's dead. Like wtf
Is nobody gonna point out the fact that everyone struggled the whole film to find their arcana while Sonya just shoots out bubble gum ring 2 seconds after getting her marking from Kano?
I had it at an 8/10 it's got great fights and references and Kano made every scene he was in that much better. But it's more of a 7/10 to me. I'm not a hard-core MK fan but I have plenty of family and friends that are so I know enough about the story to ask stuff like "Why did they waste Goro like that when they could have brought in a weaker sub-boss type character like Moloch or Motaro?" So I was pretty excited. But Cole was as interesting a character to me as Mokap
The thing is he doesn't need to consult the elder gods when they literally come to HIS realm. The Raiden from the games would've incinerated them all where they stood.
Ikr, I got horror movie vibes from Sub Zero, you just had to seen when the window was slightly frosted over, the characters didn't acknowledge it but in your mind you're just thinking of snap. :O
Kabal has always been one of my personal favorites, I’m surprised AngryJoe didn’t like him lol, I thought he was on the level of Kanos role in the movie
That the people that lived in the game their entire existence rely on to solve all their problems for them even though you showed up literally hours ago...
@@fernandocamada lol which is a decent cartoon given 90s and a kids show for saturday morning, what, he doesn't talk ? or sounded different ? i liked em in this movie
The actors that played scorpion and subzero definitely weren’t replaced by stunt people, they are crazy well-known martial artists. And they knocked it out of the park
the end of that fight annoyed the crap out of me. When they teleported in and I saw their location I was like "Ooooooo Jax gonna upper cut this fool onto the spikes." and then he just smashes his head instead. What a missed opportunity for a beloved easter egg.
@@shazmodeus2795 you know what they should've done, instead of Reptile getting killed by Kano, one of the main characters goes to the bottom of the pit and finds reptile hiding out down there, as a little nod to the arcade game.
input the wrong command ... went for the personnal fatality instead of stage fatality , that s why ... Tips for JAXX actor , it is down+ mid punch (Y button on xbox) :D
They talked about the tournament, yet ignored that Goro is literally the champion of the past 9 tournaments! He's undefeated in over 500 years. And some random Joe beats and kills him?!
@@Azhrei2000 Goro could've easily torn cole apart that fight shouldn't have been long at all , hell a casual attack from goro could easily wreck a human body, Goro defeated the "Great Kung Lao" a martial arts master" but couldn't beat COLE 😶
@@someguy3789 glad it wasnt just me then lol. Movie had a great start but some of the design later and casting really ended up dragging it down. When im more satisfied with the movie that came out before i was even born thats pretty bad. They even gave scorpion that pretty badass outfit in the end, why not a slightly better one for Cole too ?
I thought Cole was cheesy. I didn't know if he was a new MK character in the lastest games or what. I also hated seeing Sub Zero get double teamed.. That isn't a fair fight at all.. The rest of the movie was cool..
Its actually suppose to be his skin. Not armor. Even tho it looks like dog shit armor it is some way some how his skin according to the asshat directors. They also suck at creating a character; like what should his powers be? Well he can just take spine shattering damage from a 10 foot yaked out giant monster and redirect the opponents energy back at them because... reasons. I can literally think up a cooler character with better dialog, back story, powers, actual moves, and motivations paired with a way more interesting way of accessing his powers.. in like 10 minutes. Which the whole they need to "unlock their powers" and giving their powers some weird mystical naming with no fucking explanation was the dumbest shit ever. They don't need a reason for having powers or to fucking unlock them... they are mythical beings for the most part. Imagine playing MK and all you get are basic kick and punches with every character until you play for a set amount of time and unlock your powers by getting your ass beat... The game would've flopped end of story. Cause its the dumbest shit ever.
Cole kept losing throughout the whole movie but then beat Goro? In the original, they built Goro up to be threatening. He's a Prince. He should be hardest to overcome other than Shang Tsung. 🤔
@@thecool1ne85 Maybe I missed it, but we didn't even see Goro fight at all before fighting Cole. It didn't make sense for Cole to lose to everyone except Goro. 😂
The part that got me was Cole hesitating to believe Sonya's story when there was a guy literally freezing everything and tossing icicles at him and his family.
It seemed to me that the pacing of the story was so bad, that Cole almost accepted it too fast, and by the end he's rattling off the names of the enemies, and i was wondering how the hell he knew any of that
That’s been a big problem with attempted franchise films lately. They get so preoccupied with setting up an ongoing series of films that they forget to make the actual film they’re making really good and something people want to see more of.
@@xenxander @Etowah Willis You are both wrong, it is "God out of the machine". That's because it comes from roman theater where at the end of a play, a god would be lowered down from the ceiling (via ropes and pulleys) and would resolve all the problems with a wave of his hand.
Raiden in MK95: "Your sideshow freaks attacked my fighters, which is expressly forbidden before the Tournament." Raiden in MK21: "Yeah beware, they're gonna be tryin to kill you all day until the tourney."
There’s a whole story arc of Raider going back in time to trick outer realm to be disqualified and punished by the Elder gods. The whole point of the tournament is to allow Goro to go to earth and destroy everyone. Hey let’s just have goro go in anyways before the tournament and instead of he kills everyone he just gets killed by a guy armed with a frying pan
Cole asks Raiden if he can teleport anyone anywhere and Raiden is looking at Cole like, “Wow. I didn’t realize my own powers worked like that.” And then Raiden can teleport Shang Tsung back to Outworld, which would’ve been great to do at the beginning of this film to keep Earth’s champions alive.
again?it´s not reptile just a randon lizard in the same species even in the credits it says shang tsung elite guardian....even the director just say it...probably in the sequels we see reptile the true one
Sonya: "Jax hasn't checked in", Kano: "I know where the temple is" Sonya: (Completely forgets about Jax) "Ok, let's go" *The group travels across the world* Sonya sees Jax with no arms: "OMG how are you?" Also, Kabal's lines felt like they were written for Erron Black
And Jax literally risk his life to save Cole and his family.. then the next time they see each other, Jax is stretched out with no arms and Cole just leans on the wall like he's at a boring ass party. No "thank you dude!" at any point.
They really put Scorpion on the poster just to have him have literally ONE GOD DAMN SCENE as Scorpion *I’ll give it this he was amazing for the moments he was in it*
bait and switch. which is funny because the recent animated movie that was supposed to be about scorpions revenge had a lot of time rehashing the original tournament (worse than the original movie). although at least the scorpion parts of the animated one were great. this 2021 movie was just crap.
Raiden in the games: I must consult the elder gods. Raiden in this movie: I can’t interfere, while also interfering. But not interfering to save Kung Lao.
Right? I felt like Kung Lao was the only-other toon that they could of had play things off as epically as the Subzero/Scorpion scenes. Just with the teasers in the training, him utilizing the hat for offense/defense and then premeditated with the saw in half move. The Same way moves are utilized after the "Get over here" scene. It's as-if they know what's good and what works, they just don't..lol.
I’m gonna’ call it, Kano is coming back in the second film. He didn’t even get his terminator face in this one. He’s gonna’ be resurrected as the cybernetic Kano we all know him as.
@@bombay523 Kano isn't dead and its not certain by the movie that Sonya got the mark. Kano will no come back with the classic plate on his face and bald 😉
Oh Was It, Now Thats 🔥 Taven And His Brother Fight To Obtain The Power Of Blaze Only To Be Pushed Aside As Everyone Fought And Eventually Led To Raiden Reseting The Series. Interesting
Fr I feel like cole young should actually been like taven this whole time cause it would have set up all these other movies plot and boom it makes cole more important cause he is a son of Argus and the key to stopping Armageddon in like mortal Kombat 4 or 7 idk how many movies they would have done
And it shall be repeated as it should be. This is such an obvious joke that I'm dumbfounded any studio would leave that in a movie. Even for WB.. they are seeing how lazy they can get, and it's working
Lol. Thank god. That voice he decided to go with was just terrible. Had he smoked a carton of cigarettes the morning of the first day of shooting and then just leaned into hit?
What got me was how Scorpion spoke Japanese in every line.. except to say "Get over here!" in perfect english for some reason.. I feel like this movie will be playing back to back on TNT in 6 months..
That’s got you but not the fact the he was speaking Japanese to cole when they fought bi-Han and cole just seems to understand even though he’s an orphan from chicago.
@@andrewalvarez4975 what got me was how little this film focused on setting up MK through the sub zero scorpion clan drama. They wanted to make a movie for new fans with some stuff old fans want to see and pleased no one . It had some cool moments but few and far apart
@@andrewalvarez4975 I mean, I know that Americans in general don't bother with second languages, but plenty of Americans still learn multiple languages (Japanese being a popular choice) and it wouldn't be too surprising if Cole Young decided that due to his heritage, he would give learning Japanese a shot.
Worst character ever. So generic, boring, literally garbage. MK has SO MANY characters they could choose from for MC yet they decide to pull one out if their asses and use it instead
@@BillyLndn i mean he isn’t a hardened veteran like lui kang and jax. so of course i he’s going to be that “new guy”. just imagine if they made him just a OP as raiden. people woulda threw a fit
I like to pretend scorpion has been in hell a really long time so hes rusty and keeps hitting the "take mask off button" every time he tries to pick a dialog option.
@@alexbunge6168 Yeah, he should have done that "remember my face" thing right before he burns Sub Zero and let that be the only time he takes his mask off.
I said the same thing in my review. It's an ok movie, but man if everyone acted their characters with the same enthusiasm that Kano was acted this would have been amazing for sure!
@That's On Point! so does that mean he’s going to find a champion to kill and take their mark? Could be a pretty cool way to establish that they’re back from the dead in the sequel.
@@fightingmedialounge519 When? Cole never got his powers until his family was in danger. Never found the heros until it was too late. Got his ass beat by Kabal until he was able to win by plot convince. And did nothing but suck off Raiden the entire movie. "Oh my lord Raiden"
@@Darkbloom006 it's odd you brought up Cole since liu kang had nothing to do with him. He found jax and helped and took him to get patched up, he's the one who actually showed the other three where the temple was while they were lost, and it really doesn't make since to say he was loosing to kabal when the fight was interrupted meaning it could have gone either way.
for all the cheese the original had, it just had so much charm. and, there were elements in the story that actually were deep: sonya had to overcome the past, johnny had to overcome the present, and lui had to overcome the future. their stories were about conquering their failures. this movie felt like a pilot to a new tv series. it was an intro to the characters, and not a whole lot else.
@@attilaracz2626 episodic television series' now have budgets that end up rivaling studio releases and, in my opinion, the movie industry just cant keep up. movies have always required pretty substantial suspension of disbelief. for instance, luke and han becoming really close friends in about 1 hour of screen time in A New Hope. back in the day, that was fine but when there are so many tv series where relationships are built up over time, i think it makes many of the film industry's storytelling tools obsolete. I would have no clue how to take the script for this movie and write it a more competitive way.
That's what I'm saying!!! It drove me nuts. He was one of the more properly adapted characters in this movie. It was pretty insulting how quick he got killed as well.
There’s some really cool stuff in this film, but overall the original is better and the original story was better. Costumes and looks of characters were a standout. Kano, Kabal, Sub-Zero, and Scorpion really stood out for me.
And it's not even that complicated of a plot that they need an audience surrogate. Fantastical fighting tournament. Weird monsters and fighters. Evil sorcerer. Bam, done.
It’s the Resident Evil movies all over again. We didn’t need or want Alice in RE and the same applies for Cole in MK. Both games have tons of characters and lore to explore. I hope that Cole dies or fades away, but I’m worried they gonna take the same route as RE and make him OP just like they did with Alice.
@@pedrorenault5335 there's a lot of interesting ideas and concepts to explore. The cyberization of the lin kue, johnny learning humility, sub zero and scorpions whole dynamic, Shao Kahn and his oppression, reptile, kano, and kabal in general. Now ill admit the mk games are good dumb fun but there is potential. Though honestly I'm still fine with turning my brain off (even though I think the movie is trash)
And he was there to push the trope that he was. Everyone knew how and when he would unlock his ability. It meant absolutely nothing to the audience when it happened.
That Had Better Happen, But Now All Of The Enemies Feats To Me Have Been Diminished Because They've Been Defeated By A Weak Version Of Earthrealm, Yes Weak, The Only Strong Person Who Could Box Was Sonya And Jax And They Just Average Compared To Liu Kang
@@tdwendangered7384 thats what happens when you try to have underdogs in a story, id rather all these people be unusally strong for humans and either be shuned or abuse their powers like kano so when they fight outworld enemies they are equally matched but because they arent used to fair fights they have a hard time winning unless they are lui kang
@@tdwendangered7384 that happens in the games bro. Most of the people mad at the film don't even know that in the games people die all the fucking time but still come back in the next game lmao. Why is people looking for logic in a mortal kombat movie?
@@ki11aqueen5 because it is a loong awaited movie. The stakes were high and they utterly failed. It needs logic bc when it doesn't THIS film happens. I agree with them even when i left theaters... So underwhelming it ruined my mood for a few hours
If u think about it. He can comeback. Not as a earth champion but fighting on the side for Outworld. Since Sonia stab Kano in the eye, he can comeback with the modified Eye that we all know and love
@@freeweights101 Exactly what I said to my gf when he got stabbed. I legit shrieked and said “ now he gets his eye in the next movie”. As shitty as this was as a movie, god I loved it as a fan since I was a kid
@@josephflannery9015 I’m a big movie buff but I didn’t even think to put on my movie critic hat watching this. I went in expecting a dumpster fire but one that you can’t look away from. I just wanted gore good fights and cool costumes I didn’t really care about the plot. It’s all a vehicle to get to the final fight in the cage. I feel like they had an ending and said ok it doesn’t matter how we get here, because it will the fight that they remember.
@@freeweights101 o I’m sure he will come back along with Sub, Goro, and Lao. Sub as Noob Goro Lao and Kano as revenants to fight for Shang and outworld. Also Shao will probably show up pissed that Shang lost and got his favorite daughter Mileena killed. It’s also a way to bring in the Edinian royals as well as Jade. If you bring Jade you could also bring Kotal because they are a thing. There are a lot of possibilities.
They aren't permanently dead, they had a single line explaining that they would return. Sub Zero and Scorpion came back to life so it's not really hard to imagine. I'm sure they are all being tortured by Quam Chi in his relm until Shaou Kahn gives the next order.
@@Nico.c.morales kabal was trying to feed off deadpool vibes a little too strong for me. Maybe it was their rendition of how they would want a slade or something for DC. Idk
17:20 Thats Tavens parents, I believe. And on the table is Taven. Taven is the main character in Mortal Kombat Armageddon. The white haired man, Argus, is also the father of Rain. Not sure if it’s a cheeky reference to obscure characters or a hint towards Armageddon happening in future films.
I would argue that this movie in writing isn’t as bad as the directing. But still it’s full of plot wholes plus the directing is terrible and some fight scenes are good but too many of them are shaky and all over the place
yea that pissed me off. I wish they would stop killing her off. It already pissed fans off when she died in the game. Now she dies in the movie right after she fully opens her mouth =(
Basically this was my take away from the film: -They did a lot of characters dirty, Reptile included. -Cole Young is basically Alice from Resident Evil.
@@thenerdytherapist2996 Yes, there is a reason why he doesn't look like that in future games. If I'm not mistaken Deadly Alliance wasn't well received. Of course that cool just be me.
I think Kano is definitely coming back and Mileena, possibly others. Shang Tsung mentions how death is merely a portal or something to Raiden and characters coming back from the dead happens all the time in the games.
No one noticed the Easter eggs Kotal khan, night wolf pics when Sonya was explaining to cole what mortal.kombat is and kitana's fan blade and Shinok's amulet that kano grabs etc..
Dante must have skipped the level of hell that the century's old hanzo got to go to english classes. Imagine scorpion sitting at a desk practicing. Scorpion: "geeobahea" Teacher: no scorpion, its pronounced "get over here". Now lets try it again.
Yeah, I never get people's problem with death in MK. It mighr only mean the characters skip a game in the series. If they too popular (Mileena), than they come back fine.
Jax: Give me Rieko, I got a score to settle. Everyone else: What about how Sub-Zero froze your arms off? Jax: Give me Rieko, I got a score to settle. Kano: ...the fuck....
Same with when Cole told Lui Kang to fight Kabal because he "knew it was personal". Um.. I think that was Shang Tsung that killed Lao & not Kabal. Made zero sense.
The way he was written than yes, but hopefully in the sequel if it happens he is given more to do than be a plank of wood, as he is the way in to Kuai Liang, the Lin Kuai and the Shirai Ryu and also maybe Kanos return as a Cyborg like he is in the games, it can be explained as well he did die but the Lin Kuai rebuilt him or something as a test bed for Sector and Cyrax.
I thought it would of been a cool twist in the movie if cole somehow became possessed by scorpions spirit since he was his ancestor and was having flashbacks . Sadly cole became the low point of the movie for me
Yup. Would of loved it if after sub-zero took the Kunai you just had scorpions armour appear on Cole and BAM he's now scorpion (including actor change) so his power is literally channeling scorpion. Sadly not to be
I know! I swear the wife would die but nope. So everyone lives and Goro couldn't beat a human with no powers, did the typical 'im bigger than you ill throw you around instead of killing you' This movie made you not care in the slightest what happened.
My friends and I watched and the entire film we just wished Liu Kang and Kung Lao were the focus instead of Cole
Yeah they always get sidelined sadly.
I thought they did both of em so dirty
I feel that. Tbh, I thought the same thing. Honestly didn’t mind Cole tho. I expected to hate the character but ended up kinda liking him by the end. Also was pleasantly surprised by the twist that he’s a descendent of scorpion. Kinda cool they gave more shine to Scorpion/Sub-Zero this time around.
Totally agree they gave me the vibe of Ryu and Ken on the street fighter live action movie
@@brifo3394 Not in the games. Liu Kang really shined massively in MK11.
When Kano goes “Is that the only move you know?” and jumps to dodge but gets hit anyway.
Might be the best game reference in the movie lmao.
Anyone notice that kano stole shinnoks amulet. Lui kang tells him to put it back but they never show him do that. In the game shinnok uses the amulet to escape from the nether realm. If there's a sequel this is how kano will be back
Back + Low Kick spammers gonna relate hahahahhahaha
I felt kano and took that personal lmao
Seriously. It was a great reference. When we were kids, it's all sweeps and uppercuts. Lol.
I really wanted to hear a Dan Forden cameo... TOASTY!!!
The start scene feels like it was made by an entirely different director.
I literally just said that to my Wife lol. It went from excellent to low budget c movie in a matter of minutes
@@THEMAGG Exactly
Shitttt that doesn’t give me hope lol damn I loved the first 7mins
They should legit just make a Sub-Zero vs Scorpion movie that can go deep into their backstory and rivalry, and call it Mortal Kombat: Fire and Ice.
good observation. The starting scene was between two trained martial arts actors while other scenes are just scenes with cgi, wire work and other dumb shit. I had a feeling they would fuck this up. I pirated the movie and still want my money back
It honestly feels like the first 7 mins were directed by a completely different person
No it doesn’t
Yeah doesn't even seem like it's from the same movie.
Agreed!
I thought the first 7 minutes were not that good tho
Best part of the whole movie
I loved it when the writers just decided to make the main character wear literal plot armor, at least they're honest about their writing hahah
"Literal plot armor" that's fantastic ❤😂
They should never write again.
It was also a callback to the beginning of the movie where they alluded to Cole's focus on attacking and not defending. Then he finds his arcana when he truly has something to defend. It's not original, it's not clever, but it's effective. Unfortunately they don't seem to have put as much thought into the other characters' arcana so Cole's character development seems like an accident.
cause killing off all the main characters will just make it sooooooooooooooooooo awesome.... ugh...
@@HansYuan feel likes that the excuse the writers used as well all I can say is lameeeeeeeeeeee
They treated Goro like a random jobber.
Smh
Is it just me or does goro look like other joe
@@vectorwithavector1682 LMFAOOOOOO
He kinda is, he's just strong and has 4 arms. They displayed that pretty well i thought
@@phatymcdaddy he's a shokan one of the strongest races in outworld and hes the prince who is also a warrior who got bested by a MMA fighter...... an MMa fighter who gets his shit beaten every fight
It disturbs me that Kung Lao never once teleported during combat. He did it once just to appear out of nowhere and never again and now he's dead. Like wtf
I think he teleported using Raiden’s lightning. I don’t think he did it himself
He teleported once. That was the best part. Kung Lao and Kano were the best casting choices. Jax was good too.
@@superjlk_9538 nah its his hat trick. He has the power to teleport into his hat
Killed off like nothing lol
He'll be back, one way or another, probably resurrected
joe and the rest saying how they hate the fight music and am here like "there was fight music????"
Same exact thought I had when they mentioned the fight music. For the life of me I don’t remember it at all.
I noticed it once...a cool beat like 20seconds...thats it
There were fights?
Is nobody gonna point out the fact that everyone struggled the whole film to find their arcana while Sonya just shoots out bubble gum ring 2 seconds after getting her marking from Kano?
@Racist Person liu explains he got his arcana pretty much at the same time he got his dragon marking
@@michaelmalia4567 liu also explains he got it when he found his purpose through his life experiences. sonya just gets it. its called bad writing
@@kay_keik7842 no i get that! just saying the instant arcana is not just for sonya.
@Racist Person It was just bad writing. That shit has been done with male characters as well.
@Racist Person your bait is weak
This is what happens when Raiden doesnt consult the elder gods
The thought is mutual! I had this movie at 6 but know it's a whole 5/10.
the only time he really needs to consult the elders gods he doesn’t, damn screenwriter
I had it at an 8/10 it's got great fights and references and Kano made every scene he was in that much better. But it's more of a 7/10 to me.
I'm not a hard-core MK fan but I have plenty of family and friends that are so I know enough about the story to ask stuff like "Why did they waste Goro like that when they could have brought in a weaker sub-boss type character like Moloch or Motaro?" So I was pretty excited. But Cole was as interesting a character to me as Mokap
The thing is he doesn't need to consult the elder gods when they literally come to HIS realm. The Raiden from the games would've incinerated them all where they stood.
Duuuuuuude 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The way Sub-Zero kept showing up so mysteriously you would’ve thought he was Smoke lol.
At one moment I thought Smoke was in when Jax went to confront him!
Only to be Subbie
Ikr, I got horror movie vibes from Sub Zero, you just had to seen when the window was slightly frosted over, the characters didn't acknowledge it but in your mind you're just thinking of snap. :O
I couldn't stop thinking about that either, his suit also looked way more like smoke's as well since its so dark.
You wouldn't, really
He's smoke for sequel I bet
Am I the only one who loved Kabal's speaking scenes? I thought he sounded believable and genuine just like Kano.
Surprised to see u here lol but yea I actually thought he sounded just like him
He sounded just like Kabal in MK11, everything from the way he spoke to the writing of the dialogue itself.
Kabal has always been one of my personal favorites, I’m surprised AngryJoe didn’t like him lol, I thought he was on the level of Kanos role in the movie
I liked Kabal’s voice, I hate Kabal being a full-blown villain instead of a conflicted anti-hero like he was before MK11.
Damon Herriman did the voice of Kabal.
Cole looks and feels like a custom character you create in a video game.
Lmfaoo he and his dumbass family ruined the movie and honestly I watched it last night and it wasn’t that good 5.5/10
"I'm gonna give him shiny golden armor that glows orange sometimes"
That the people that lived in the game their entire existence rely on to solve all their problems for them even though you showed up literally hours ago...
That’s pretty much what he was.
And his power is literal plot armor.
I felt like the voice actor playing Kabal really felt like this entire movie was about him and he was giving the performance of his life.
I agree, I thought he was funny and thought they did him well. Hopefully he will also get revived in the sequel
He had more swag than Liu Kang and Cole combined .
I liked kabal
As a Kabal fanatic for 25 years, when he started to talk I said... What? These guys definitely didn't watch Defenders of the Realm
@@fernandocamada lol which is a decent cartoon given 90s and a kids show for saturday morning, what, he doesn't talk ? or sounded different ? i liked em in this movie
This movie is a crossover between a marvel level casting and a CW show level director
I really wish I didn't agree with you. :/
I feel like smallville might have better writing though
Your saying Marvel actors are Trash? Ok
I agree
Perfect.
The actors that played scorpion and subzero definitely weren’t replaced by stunt people, they are crazy well-known martial artists. And they knocked it out of the park
Watch the first 5 mins again, scorpions actors face is cgi on the stuntman
They have the audacity to put Scorpion on the cover, he in the movie maybe 10 mins tops
Like pretty much every Godzilla movie then. Nothing new lol.
@@MeganeMondeoMX5 the thing is, this isn’t a Godzilla movie.
If they had put Cole fewer people would have bothered to see it.
Scorpion and metal muscle suit guy had to double team Sub Zero to win
Yeah cus it’s a cash grab
What pissed me off about the Reiko vs. Jax fight was they were fighting on the pit, and Jax didn't knock Reiko into the pit!
the end of that fight annoyed the crap out of me. When they teleported in and I saw their location I was like "Ooooooo Jax gonna upper cut this fool onto the spikes." and then he just smashes his head instead. What a missed opportunity for a beloved easter egg.
@@shazmodeus2795 you know what they should've done, instead of Reptile getting killed by Kano, one of the main characters goes to the bottom of the pit and finds reptile hiding out down there, as a little nod to the arcade game.
input the wrong command ... went for the personnal fatality instead of stage fatality , that s why ... Tips for JAXX actor , it is down+ mid punch (Y button on xbox) :D
And why the fuck was Reiko some dumb brute barbarian?
@@zashimi1345 because that is what he looked like originaly before being redesigned in the game :P
Cole beating Goro like that literally felt like a slap in the face to anyone who's played the games
Goro has won 9 tournaments. Couldn't beat some one who doesn't have powers.
They talked about the tournament, yet ignored that Goro is literally the champion of the past 9 tournaments!
He's undefeated in over 500 years. And some random Joe beats and kills him?!
That pissed me off so much.
Too me they probably saving a lot of stuff for the other films that are coming. that’s just my opinion
@@Azhrei2000 Goro could've easily torn cole apart that fight shouldn't have been long at all , hell a casual attack from goro could easily wreck a human body, Goro defeated the "Great Kung Lao" a martial arts master" but couldn't beat COLE 😶
Coles armor looked like half of a $15 foam halloween costume.
Aquaman vibes
@@someguy3789 glad it wasnt just me then lol. Movie had a great start but some of the design later and casting really ended up dragging it down. When im more satisfied with the movie that came out before i was even born thats pretty bad. They even gave scorpion that pretty badass outfit in the end, why not a slightly better one for Cole too ?
I thought Cole was cheesy. I didn't know if he was a new MK character in the lastest games or what.
I also hated seeing Sub Zero get double teamed.. That isn't a fair fight at all..
The rest of the movie was cool..
Its actually suppose to be his skin.
Not armor.
Even tho it looks like dog shit armor it is some way some how his skin according to the asshat directors.
They also suck at creating a character; like what should his powers be?
Well he can just take spine shattering damage from a 10 foot yaked out giant monster and redirect the opponents energy back at them because... reasons.
I can literally think up a cooler character with better dialog, back story, powers, actual moves, and motivations paired with a way more interesting way of accessing his powers.. in like 10 minutes.
Which the whole they need to "unlock their powers" and giving their powers some weird mystical naming with no fucking explanation was the dumbest shit ever.
They don't need a reason for having powers or to fucking unlock them... they are mythical beings for the most part.
Imagine playing MK and all you get are basic kick and punches with every character until you play for a set amount of time and unlock your powers by getting your ass beat...
The game would've flopped end of story.
Cause its the dumbest shit ever.
@@outlawgt3045 cole to me was a cheap way of making the story feel like it had more substance than it really ever needed tbh
Honestly, every scene with Goro just looked like a Raid : Shadow Legends ad.
omg so true
facts
Holy shit that’s so accurate lol
If you listen closely he whispers "get your free champion today" to cole right before he dies
He looked something I see on CW DC shows. Like the Flash had King Shark or Grodd, he was about that realistic.
Cole kept losing throughout the whole movie but then beat Goro? In the original, they built Goro up to be threatening. He's a Prince. He should be hardest to overcome other than Shang Tsung. 🤔
Motaro will appear in the sequel and eat Cole for fuhking breakfast.
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 nah if they did that to prince goro lol! Motaro is no exception. They disrespected goro and alot of these characters 👇
@@thecool1ne85 yep at this rate cole is gonna have a saddle on Motaro while his family rides him smh....
@@thecool1ne85 why dont you cry about it
@@thecool1ne85 Maybe I missed it, but we didn't even see Goro fight at all before fighting Cole. It didn't make sense for Cole to lose to everyone except Goro. 😂
I thought it was dumb that they introduced nitara the huntress but literally dies 5 minutes later. All she did was fly around.. wtf..
Best fight scene of the movie imo 😂😂😂😂 love being trolled by my movies
If they didn't add the "flawless victory" nod to it, it would have been more egregious, so I'm pleased they found a means of doing it.
@MCV
That “flawless victory” was corny as hell
@@123darkpassenger It's a video game movie, it was bound to be corny lol
But hey at least she got a great fucking fatality which seems enough
The part that got me was Cole hesitating to believe Sonya's story when there was a guy literally freezing everything and tossing icicles at him and his family.
Maybe he thought Sub Zero was just a super powered vigilante looking to punish people for not wearing masks and social distancing in public.
That was about mortal kombat not that people have powers and shit
It seemed to me that the pacing of the story was so bad, that Cole almost accepted it too fast, and by the end he's rattling off the names of the enemies, and i was wondering how the hell he knew any of that
The whole Movie felt like a setup for the actual movie to start..and then it ended.
Yooo the whole movie I was waiting for a tournament to start, then the credits came.
Exactly, if they make a sequel, no forced family dynamic from cole, no training, just give me fights, blood and savage fatalities for 2 hrs
@@mrsanatra1 I say 2 hours and 30 minutes lol
That’s been a big problem with attempted franchise films lately. They get so preoccupied with setting up an ongoing series of films that they forget to make the actual film they’re making really good and something people want to see more of.
Oh yeah that’s what I want to see! Set it up the first for a prequel and make a sequel and make it longer.
Raiden: I can't interfere.
Cole: Can you deus ex machina?
Raiden: That I can do.
Literally "machine of the gods' because Raiden IS a god.
@@xenxander it’s actually “God of the machine”
@@xenxander @Etowah Willis You are both wrong, it is "God out of the machine". That's because it comes from roman theater where at the end of a play, a god would be lowered down from the ceiling (via ropes and pulleys) and would resolve all the problems with a wave of his hand.
We might need to check up on that swift.
@@SwiftNimblefoot but how did ancient romans know what a machine was? Just asking because I thought your answer was interesting.
Raiden in MK95: "Your sideshow freaks attacked my fighters, which is expressly forbidden before the Tournament."
Raiden in MK21: "Yeah beware, they're gonna be tryin to kill you all day until the tourney."
Easily why Chris is soooo much as Raiden than the new guy.
That and the "Ah ah" To Shang Tsung's army then the " I don't think so."
I was kind of expecting that when Raiden put the shield up he would say "I must consult the Elder Gods. Dont die while i'm gone."
And then proceeds to go eat popcorn watching his soaps while his fighters are attacked everyday until the tourney.
There’s a whole story arc of Raider going back in time to trick outer realm to be disqualified and punished by the Elder gods. The whole point of the tournament is to allow Goro to go to earth and destroy everyone. Hey let’s just have goro go in anyways before the tournament and instead of he kills everyone he just gets killed by a guy armed with a frying pan
Or how about when Mileena was about to kill Sonya but didn't because she didn't have the mark lmao.
eh no honor in killing a helpless civilian.
@@nope53926 Yeah, but wasn't Mileena a blood-crazed mutant created from Kitana's genes to be a killer, and not a honorable warrior?
@@nope53926 Mileena never had honor to begin with
Marrkix Mileena pressed the button Y to Shame
No how about the unnecessary flip before it?
Kano really got his powers by getting provoked over an eggroll
Well he is australian...
Well its perfect to me
Guess you could say they were “egging” him on. Lol. I took it as he had to channel his inner anger and rage in order to discover his arcana.
@@juanlargacha1502 Well you have horrible taste
@@donaldhysa4836 i mean thats its so perfectly hilarious to me
Cole asks Raiden if he can teleport anyone anywhere and Raiden is looking at Cole like, “Wow. I didn’t realize my own powers worked like that.” And then Raiden can teleport Shang Tsung back to Outworld, which would’ve been great to do at the beginning of this film to keep Earth’s champions alive.
There is zero consistency to where and when the champions can use their powers.
Raiden could have just literally teleported everyone of his champions to safety the moment the killings started.
This crapfest was written by the co-writer of WW84, enough said...
Well, yep. Exactly. The plot was horrible.
@@donemu9096 Raiden would've literally killed them where they stood because they invaded his realm, the one from the games at least.
All of the fight scenes after the Reptile fight had more jump cuts than Liam Neeson jumping over a fence.
Yeah, I kept thinking whether or not this director was trying to land the directing gig for Taken 4.
Liam Neeson jumping over a fence scene still gives me a good chuckle
The Sonya and Kano fight was ruined because of it.
again?it´s not reptile just a randon lizard in the same species even in the credits it says shang tsung elite guardian....even the director just say it...probably in the sequels we see reptile the true one
@@tiagoalves2056 awww
This movie was a Dan out of Ryu. When it should of been a Ken out of Ken.
LOL nice!
Sonya: "Jax hasn't checked in",
Kano: "I know where the temple is"
Sonya: (Completely forgets about Jax) "Ok, let's go"
*The group travels across the world*
Sonya sees Jax with no arms: "OMG how are you?"
Also, Kabal's lines felt like they were written for Erron Black
OH FUCK YOU! ....now making me want Erron Black....
They should have made her say, “Jax, you got new arms. NEW ARMS! Magic arms.”
@@Zarryon12 i mean, she was on the clock. The mission comes first.
And Jax literally risk his life to save Cole and his family.. then the next time they see each other, Jax is stretched out with no arms and Cole just leans on the wall like he's at a boring ass party. No "thank you dude!" at any point.
@@lordlemond1350 yea cole could of stayed and helped jax fight subzero. But the plot didn't allow it
I want Cole to be in the next Mortal Combat game so I can do every Fatality to him
lol
That plot armor may be too strong
Lmao
He’s basically Kobra but an MMA fighter with plot armor LOL
Lmao best comment on here 🤣🏆 that's what everyone is thinking after watching the movie
That Shang Tsung Actor was the same gang boss Batman pulled pulled out of Hong Kong with the skyhook.
I knew he looked familiar
Thank u i was killing myself trying to figure out who he was.
Dude was also in Independence Day: Resurgence and Ghost in the Shell movie
Im berry goo with calculation
He was also the cricket minister in Marco Polo series on Netflix. He was a badass Kung Fu fighter
In the desert Liu Kang shoots a fireball at Kano and says "I'm not your enemy."
They really put Scorpion on the poster just to have him have literally ONE GOD DAMN SCENE as Scorpion
*I’ll give it this he was amazing for the moments he was in it*
Watching him being so amazing on screen just hurts more because he had so little screentime. Look what we could've had the entire time!
Him having little screen time made his finale entrance more meaningful to me
@@Lowrentfilms fair and that’s true I was just kinda mad with how much they hyped up scorpions casting to only have one scene with him
bait and switch. which is funny because the recent animated movie that was supposed to be about scorpions revenge had a lot of time rehashing the original tournament (worse than the original movie). although at least the scorpion parts of the animated one were great. this 2021 movie was just crap.
How’s that any different than origin films like Batman begins? It’s called Batman but he’s not Batman till the last 15-20 min.
Scorpion: How many times he took his mask off to speak should be a meme.
Take a shot every time Scorpion takes off his mask lol
lol at that point he might as well not even put it back on
also sub zero
Right after he charred sub-zero, he put the mask on and literally turned to Cole and immediately took it off again to speak
I think it was mostly to breathe very well
Raiden in the games: I must consult the elder gods.
Raiden in this movie: I can’t interfere, while also interfering. But not interfering to save Kung Lao.
LOL OMG brah for real...weird cuz i still enjoyed this movie...but i was just pissed at it...guess ill go back to the Original MK movie today.
BTW Raiden already has the Amulet of Shinnok in this movie, not too early?
Yeah the director has no vision and just piled all this crap into the movie pretty sad that 90s movie is still better than this
Right? I felt like Kung Lao was the only-other toon that they could of had play things off as epically as the Subzero/Scorpion scenes. Just with the teasers in the training, him utilizing the hat for offense/defense and then premeditated with the saw in half move. The Same way moves are utilized after the "Get over here" scene. It's as-if they know what's good and what works, they just don't..lol.
@@jaredadams620 why would they even kill him tho? It doesn’t add anything to the story at all. He barely had any build up either
Shang Tsung was good with calculations in "The Dark Knight"
I know the squealers when I see them
I’m gonna’ call it, Kano is coming back in the second film. He didn’t even get his terminator face in this one. He’s gonna’ be resurrected as the cybernetic Kano we all know him as.
probably but for sure Second Movie will have Johnny Cage it was foreshadowed by the poster at the end of the movie
I thought so too at first but now I don’t think so because Sonya ends up taking his dragon mark after she stabs him in the eye
@@bombay523 Kano isn't dead and its not certain by the movie that Sonya got the mark. Kano will no come back with the classic plate on his face and bald 😉
@@G0lg0-13 the mark only transfers when they die he is dead now que up the million man theme song
He can come back as a wraith, easily.
That was Dhelia and Argus putting Taven into stasis. That's from MK Armageddon. The easter eggs were more interesting than the actual movie.
Oh Was It, Now Thats 🔥 Taven And His Brother Fight To Obtain The Power Of Blaze Only To Be Pushed Aside As Everyone Fought And Eventually Led To Raiden Reseting The Series. Interesting
Fr I feel like cole young should actually been like taven this whole time cause it would have set up all these other movies plot and boom it makes cole more important cause he is a son of Argus and the key to stopping Armageddon in like mortal Kombat 4 or 7 idk how many movies they would have done
Cole's arcana is literal plot armor 🤣🤣🤣
People keep stealing this comment and posting it everywhere lol
Sujinko
And it shall be repeated as it should be. This is such an obvious joke that I'm dumbfounded any studio would leave that in a movie. Even for WB.. they are seeing how lazy they can get, and it's working
First thing i thought was he stole the black panther armor
My bad, I didn't even look at the comments. It was just the first thing I thought of when I saw it.
Kano was a fucking riot and my friends all laughed at cole's literal plot armor
They said that Christopher Lambert was offered the position for Raiden but he denied it due to the storyline
He was right, the story is stupid
@@Felhek Yea like the original movie was stupid as well
Lol. Thank god. That voice he decided to go with was just terrible. Had he smoked a carton of cigarettes the morning of the first day of shooting and then just leaned into hit?
He hated the original series so much he choked himself to keep from being offered future Mortal Kombat films......Too soon?
The movie made Raiden a total pussy.
jax's robo arms being some shaolin thing and not human tech was kinda weird
That shit pissed me off
I think the actual Shaolin temple might not like you saying they aren't human.
@@scottneil1187
I think what he is pointing out is that the temple was using magical knowledge to build the arms
That being Arcana was stupid. MK having a mystical vs tech aspect was always a better power system.
I legit laughed out loud when they grew 😭
What got me was how Scorpion spoke Japanese in every line.. except to say "Get over here!" in perfect english for some reason..
I feel like this movie will be playing back to back on TNT in 6 months..
That’s got you but not the fact the he was speaking Japanese to cole when they fought bi-Han and cole just seems to understand even though he’s an orphan from chicago.
@@andrewalvarez4975 what got me was how little this film focused on setting up MK through the sub zero scorpion clan drama. They wanted to make a movie for new fans with some stuff old fans want to see and pleased no one . It had some cool moments but few and far apart
@@andrewalvarez4975 I mean, I know that Americans in general don't bother with second languages, but plenty of Americans still learn multiple languages (Japanese being a popular choice) and it wouldn't be too surprising if Cole Young decided that due to his heritage, he would give learning Japanese a shot.
2 months left. Might be spot on lol
That part I can forgive but bi Han randomly speaking English for literally no reason at the start was brain numbing
I half expected Cole to turn into a Power Ranger at some point in the movie. His character felt so out of place.
no shit, that’s the point of new canon characters
Worst character ever. So generic, boring, literally garbage. MK has SO MANY characters they could choose from for MC yet they decide to pull one out if their asses and use it instead
@@BillyLndn i mean he isn’t a hardened veteran like lui kang and jax. so of course i he’s going to be that “new guy”. just imagine if they made him just a OP as raiden. people woulda threw a fit
i think they kill him off in the next movie after fan criticism.
@@y3ee3e yea especially if they are introducing Johnny Cage, people are going to focus more on Johnny than Cole, that’s my opinion at least.
I like to pretend scorpion has been in hell a really long time so hes rusty and keeps hitting the "take mask off button" every time he tries to pick a dialog option.
Bro, he took it off to say something then put it back on. Turned around and immediately took it off again. I was like, uhhh lol
I'm glad I'm not the only one that realized this..
@@alexbunge6168 Yeah, he should have done that "remember my face" thing right before he burns Sub Zero and let that be the only time he takes his mask off.
@@MNGN101
Would have fit way better there... There wasn't even any reason to talk until then.
Lol
I'm not even a Kano fan but he single handedly carried this movie so hard.
I said the same thing in my review. It's an ok movie, but man if everyone acted their characters with the same enthusiasm that Kano was acted this would have been amazing for sure!
imo scorpion and sub zero carried
He did at first but after awhile it got annoying to me
‘LAZER EYES!!!! THAT’S BETTER THAN FIRE BALLS YOU PUSSY!!!’
Maybe through the first like 25 percent, then he just became annoying.
Kano to Cole: “You know, maybe your arcana is getting your ass kicked by a hat.”
Man I hope they make him come back to life
@@happyhoildays2010 duh, he only got his eye hit.
@That's On Point! so does that mean he’s going to find a champion to kill and take their mark? Could be a pretty cool way to establish that they’re back from the dead in the sequel.
@@ethanhoard524 well, if we judge by the end teaser, he could return so he can hunt down Johnny Cage.
@That's On Point! wrong! Sonya said Kano slit the throat of the other champion. It wasn't Kabal. Stop making things up.
So we gonna talk about how in the span of 2 hours all Raiden basically did was build a wall.... no just me ok
Yeah raiden kinda sucked lol
Not only that he was just an asshole to everyone
I'm pissed that he didn't consult the elder gods.
@@annabanana7659 HE DIDNT SAY THE LINE I DIDNT EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT
@@evanbrown46 He's not the real Lord Raiden!
Cole Young's power is literally plot armor😂😂😂
This comment deserves more likes
Hah good to know I'm not the only one saying this
I thought the same exact thing
The same thing came to my head
Hear, hear lol
LIU KANG (1995) - The Chosen One
LIU KANG (2021) - The Useless One
He did help out several times.
@@fightingmedialounge519
When?
Cole never got his powers until his family was in danger.
Never found the heros until it was too late.
Got his ass beat by Kabal until he was able to win by plot convince.
And did nothing but suck off Raiden the entire movie. "Oh my lord Raiden"
@@Darkbloom006 it's odd you brought up Cole since liu kang had nothing to do with him. He found jax and helped and took him to get patched up, he's the one who actually showed the other three where the temple was while they were lost, and it really doesn't make since to say he was loosing to kabal when the fight was interrupted meaning it could have gone either way.
for all the cheese the original had, it just had so much charm. and, there were elements in the story that actually were deep: sonya had to overcome the past, johnny had to overcome the present, and lui had to overcome the future. their stories were about conquering their failures.
this movie felt like a pilot to a new tv series. it was an intro to the characters, and not a whole lot else.
@@attilaracz2626 episodic television series' now have budgets that end up rivaling studio releases and, in my opinion, the movie industry just cant keep up. movies have always required pretty substantial suspension of disbelief. for instance, luke and han becoming really close friends in about 1 hour of screen time in A New Hope. back in the day, that was fine but when there are so many tv series where relationships are built up over time, i think it makes many of the film industry's storytelling tools obsolete. I would have no clue how to take the script for this movie and write it a more competitive way.
It felt like someone's cousin's nephew's best friend got the gig to write the screenplay...
Most likely. It was almost as bad as Annihilation
Lmao I said the same fucking thing!!!
Someone’s nephew’s best friend who claims to have been a fan of the games since the very first game.
Definately. The dialogue and delivery of lines were cringy af
He was only 11 years old.
So nobody's gonna talk about how tf Kung Lao died so easily ?
He was honestly best character for me in the movie.
Kung Lao always dies it's nothing new
Another Kung Lao child will grow up to replace him. There is a new Kung Lao coming up everytime one dies
That's what I'm saying!!! It drove me nuts. He was one of the more properly adapted characters in this movie. It was pretty insulting how quick he got killed as well.
Nobody going to talk about Cole literally having black panther absorb armor
Man, when Shang Tsung showed up, I thought I was watching Korean Drama.
They put the first seven minutes on TH-cam a few days ago and I had a feeling that I had seen (probably) the best part of the film.
Of course, It's called the Cyberpunk 2077 maneuver.
@@sabreeemneely lol
The movie wasn't bad, I actually liked it.
@@hellsfactory8605 Wish I could feel like you
@@hellsfactory8605 It's not the worst thing ever, but could have been way better.
There’s some really cool stuff in this film, but overall the original is better and the original story was better. Costumes and looks of characters were a standout. Kano, Kabal, Sub-Zero, and Scorpion really stood out for me.
Has multiple human characters that can be the leads to help the audience. Director and writers: “Ight let’s make another”
And it's not even that complicated of a plot that they need an audience surrogate. Fantastical fighting tournament. Weird monsters and fighters. Evil sorcerer. Bam, done.
It’s the Resident Evil movies all over again. We didn’t need or want Alice in RE and the same applies for Cole in MK. Both games have tons of characters and lore to explore. I hope that Cole dies or fades away, but I’m worried they gonna take the same route as RE and make him OP just like they did with Alice.
That actually wasn't the writer's choice, it was the studio exec's.
💯💯💯
@@genevieveachilles4662 I hear you there. Jill, Claire or even her brother could have just as easily been the main RE character.
This movie shouldve been a tv show... they could legit be as intricate as game of thrones if they wanted to
Tbf, MK story is very basic and filled with plotholes, don’t let nostalgia blind you. GoT is way better and much more intricate
@@pedrorenault5335 there's a lot of interesting ideas and concepts to explore. The cyberization of the lin kue, johnny learning humility, sub zero and scorpions whole dynamic, Shao Kahn and his oppression, reptile, kano, and kabal in general. Now ill admit the mk games are good dumb fun but there is potential. Though honestly I'm still fine with turning my brain off (even though I think the movie is trash)
This movie needed to be a whole series.
Mortal Kombat is best when they lean into the ridiculousness.
The original mortal kombat, with all its faults, is a complete film.....
It owned the ham that made Mortal Kombat what it is and pumped you up!
Cole was mostly there to say "What's this? Who's that? Where is it?"
Johnny could have done all that and more. Lol
Then give out orders to people after saying 2 words the first half of the movie.
@@88K-d6h "I know we lost, but what if we win this time."
@@Ticketman99 exactly!
And he was there to push the trope that he was. Everyone knew how and when he would unlock his ability. It meant absolutely nothing to the audience when it happened.
The first poster was Argus and Delia from Edenia, who are the parents of Taven and Daegon from Armageddon.
That was the 2nd
How did you guys forget to mention the Johnny Cage reference at the end??
Because it's literally at the end. It had no affect whatsoever on this film. It's irrelevant.
cause the next movie will never happen
It felt like kung lao was earth champion instead of lui kang
That was intentional but it didn’t work
Yeah its like they weakend him a bit
In the lore kung lao was the champion before lui kang
@@batsight1 I thought liu kang was but kung Lao was always jealous cause he was a more direct descendant
I think because lui kang was overall better fighter
Nobody dies watch the end again shansung says that all his people are just reborn in different portals
That Had Better Happen, But Now All Of The Enemies Feats To Me Have Been Diminished Because They've Been Defeated By A Weak Version Of Earthrealm, Yes Weak, The Only Strong Person Who Could Box Was Sonya And Jax And They Just Average Compared To Liu Kang
@@tdwendangered7384 thats what happens when you try to have underdogs in a story, id rather all these people be unusally strong for humans and either be shuned or abuse their powers like kano so when they fight outworld enemies they are equally matched but because they arent used to fair fights they have a hard time winning unless they are lui kang
@@tdwendangered7384 that happens in the games bro.
Most of the people mad at the film don't even know that in the games people die all the fucking time but still come back in the next game lmao.
Why is people looking for logic in a mortal kombat movie?
@@ki11aqueen5 because it is a loong awaited movie. The stakes were high and they utterly failed. It needs logic bc when it doesn't THIS film happens. I agree with them even when i left theaters... So underwhelming it ruined my mood for a few hours
The dead giveaway was Sub Zero, he's been around since 1600's
I'm looking forward to a time when studios spend their money on writing instead of random nonsense
That's when you'll be able to see 👀a unicorn
Agreed. They should have given funding to someone more competent and imaginative.
We live in the age of brain dead writing apparently.
Transformers make money, so know no -- that day will never come
It always be that Mary Sue character ruining everything (looking at you Disney)
There is a point in the movie where Sonya is like crushed by stone and jax tries to free her and she’s just fine and ready to fight again.
Callback to MK11?
Not a scratch either
Cole’s arcana is that his skin turns into the most powerful armor that ever existed in all of movie history...plot armor
Without the weapon it was sorta like Black Panther 's suit .
@@eltoroboyd371 Just spray pain it in black and you won't know the difference.
Only Aria Stark and Jon Snow had plot armor to rival Cole’s. At least they didn’t literally wear it, though.
🤣
The reason Shang Tsung wasn’t intimidating is because its Lau from the Dark Knight.
Exactly 💯 who's afraid of a snitch lol
He's a squealer.
@@NamedMyTaco when you see em point em out
BATMAN HAS NO JURISDICTION
No shape shifting no nothing Raiden and Shang where lame af
Joe trying to go through some mental gymnastics to try and some how make Kano live on and the realization that he is dead was hilarious.
If u think about it. He can comeback. Not as a earth champion but fighting on the side for Outworld. Since Sonia stab Kano in the eye, he can comeback with the modified Eye that we all know and love
@@freeweights101 Exactly what I said to my gf when he got stabbed. I legit shrieked and said “ now he gets his eye in the next movie”. As shitty as this was as a movie, god I loved it as a fan since I was a kid
@@josephflannery9015 I’m a big movie buff but I didn’t even think to put on my movie critic hat watching this. I went in expecting a dumpster fire but one that you can’t look away from. I just wanted gore good fights and cool costumes I didn’t really care about the plot. It’s all a vehicle to get to the final fight in the cage. I feel like they had an ending and said ok it doesn’t matter how we get here, because it will the fight that they remember.
@@freeweights101 o I’m sure he will come back along with Sub, Goro, and Lao. Sub as Noob Goro Lao and Kano as revenants to fight for Shang and outworld. Also Shao will probably show up pissed that Shang lost and got his favorite daughter Mileena killed. It’s also a way to bring in the Edinian royals as well as Jade. If you bring Jade you could also bring Kotal because they are a thing. There are a lot of possibilities.
They aren't permanently dead, they had a single line explaining that they would return. Sub Zero and Scorpion came back to life so it's not really hard to imagine. I'm sure they are all being tortured by Quam Chi in his relm until Shaou Kahn gives the next order.
Best thing in this movie: Kano
Worst thing in this movie: Kano dies
Best line in this movie "the fuck?!"
Kabal and the beginning of the film was the best parts of this movie imo
Perfect way to describe this movie "the fuck?!"
I would bet that Kano’s lines were mostly improv seeing that the rest of the dialogue writing was horrible
@@Nico.c.morales kabal was trying to feed off deadpool vibes a little too strong for me. Maybe it was their rendition of how they would want a slade or something for DC. Idk
Nah
"Liu Kang has been relegated to a heater" 🤣
They destroyed his character in this film.
Cole getting actual "plot" armor armor is just amazing, terrible and I had no words but laughter when I saw it
Greatest easter egg in the entire film 😆😂
17:20 Thats Tavens parents, I believe. And on the table is Taven. Taven is the main character in Mortal Kombat Armageddon. The white haired man, Argus, is also the father of Rain. Not sure if it’s a cheeky reference to obscure characters or a hint towards Armageddon happening in future films.
Definitely a Easter egg, I doubt we will get that far in the lore of MK, and personally I don’t want them too.
The animated scorpion movie explained the story perfectly, they should of just borrowed that story line lol
Exactly. On top of that, even the fighting was very true to the game, adding the Fatal/X-Ray moves
I literally said the same damn thing bro
I would argue that this movie in writing isn’t as bad as the directing. But still it’s full of plot wholes plus the directing is terrible and some fight scenes are good but too many of them are shaky and all over the place
Should HAVE*, not "should of". It's a common mistake that is easy af to fix 👌
“YOU KILLED MILEENA!?” Shao Kahn
yea that pissed me off. I wish they would stop killing her off. It already pissed fans off when she died in the game. Now she dies in the movie right after she fully opens her mouth =(
@@KaiPurge she’ll probably be back in the 2nd film because she is a clone after all
@@imillyrockonanyblock3280 true but only if the director is smart will he keep the whole clone aspect of her character.
Lmao I understood that reference.
I like how people are surprised of people's death in mortal kombat. A lore that people dont stay dead for long.
Basically this was my take away from the film:
-They did a lot of characters dirty, Reptile included.
-Cole Young is basically Alice from Resident Evil.
thats pretty much it
Haha later we will find out he is a clone as well and the first few movies don't matter
Didn't they make Reptile more...lizard-like in MK Deadly Alliance? I'm assuming that was why Reptile was like that in the movie
@@thenerdytherapist2996 Yes, there is a reason why he doesn't look like that in future games. If I'm not mistaken Deadly Alliance wasn't well received. Of course that cool just be me.
They totally made Cole so Ed Boon could have his non-Liu-Kang MC
Cole beat Goro with the power of his friendship bracelet
Man that scene made me feel some type of way lmao Goro should’ve smashed that whole family until Cole’s literal plot armor activated 😭😂
This movie feels like Mortal Kombat Armageddon and Cole is your custom character
And we never picked cole throughout the game
The whole time in the movie I’m waiting for them to go to the actual tournament and they never do
I think Kano is definitely coming back and Mileena, possibly others. Shang Tsung mentions how death is merely a portal or something to Raiden and characters coming back from the dead happens all the time in the games.
Until Quan chi is dead, people will be revived like crazy.
No one noticed the Easter eggs Kotal khan, night wolf pics when Sonya was explaining to cole what mortal.kombat is and kitana's fan blade and Shinok's amulet that kano grabs etc..
I feel like everyone forget about Eddie Tobias.
Not to mention Sub Zero grab too. Glad someone noticed these too tbh!
@@kawaiivenus8177 yea exactly man lol
Shang Tsung actor was the bank guy on the TV in the Dark Knight Hahaha...He just squeals
And was he also the dad of su yung the lil girl in Rush Hour?
Dante must have skipped the level of hell that the century's old hanzo got to go to english classes. Imagine scorpion sitting at a desk practicing.
Scorpion: "geeobahea"
Teacher: no scorpion, its pronounced "get over here".
Now lets try it again.
😆
GOD DAMN LOL
A circle of hell dat forces u to attend public education... American public education. “hey scorpion, wat u do to get put here?”
If he misses enough times he screams GIT DA FUCK OVER HERE
Ah he wasn’t motivated enough
Um Goro got attacked with an axe by a mortal.... Da hell!?!?!
Then he backhands her across the yard and she is barely affected. Earthrealms true champion apparently 🙄
The wife "fuck this" *grabs axe*. Why did she need to keep saying fuck? It was so forced.
@@slinkbradshaw8674 I hate when humans are this durable in movies
@@encased3427 it was cheesy and i chuckle, she didnt want to just stand there and scream
Isn't goro and his species half dragon
I’m sure Kano will be back with some cybernetics on his eye. Death doesn’t matter in MK.
Yeah, I never get people's problem with death in MK. It mighr only mean the characters skip a game in the series. If they too popular (Mileena), than they come back fine.
I wish they kept Shang Tsungs charisma from mk 11, the way he talks there just glues you to the screen in that game.
His power is literal "plot armor". I laughed out loud when it first appeared.
Just like WW 1984.
Jax: Give me Rieko, I got a score to settle.
Everyone else: What about how Sub-Zero froze your arms off?
Jax: Give me Rieko, I got a score to settle.
Kano: ...the fuck....
Jax knew Sub was going to give him the business again, and wanted no parts of that.
Same with when Cole told Lui Kang to fight Kabal because he "knew it was personal". Um.. I think that was Shang Tsung that killed Lao & not Kabal. Made zero sense.
Lololooool
The only way Cole's character works is if he's literally just a vessel for Scorpion to return to Earth Realm from Netherealm.
The way he was written than yes, but hopefully in the sequel if it happens he is given more to do than be a plank of wood, as he is the way in to Kuai Liang, the Lin Kuai and the Shirai Ryu and also maybe Kanos return as a Cyborg like he is in the games, it can be explained as well he did die but the Lin Kuai rebuilt him or something as a test bed for Sector and Cyrax.
It works if Cole gets his neck snapped by Shao Khan in the next movie
Thats also kind of out of character for Scorpion.
I thought it would of been a cool twist in the movie if cole somehow became possessed by scorpions spirit since he was his ancestor and was having flashbacks . Sadly cole became the low point of the movie for me
Yup. Would of loved it if after sub-zero took the Kunai you just had scorpions armour appear on Cole and BAM he's now scorpion (including actor change) so his power is literally channeling scorpion. Sadly not to be
The guy who screenplayed this Mortal Kombat movie also did Doom starring Dwayne Johnson. You just take a moment to think about that.
I was hoping that Goro would kill the family and THAT would spur Cole's ability.
He would literally have no reason to fight, he was a normal person, he didn’t have the pride mentality like scorpion 🦂
I was hoping Goro would kill Cole so he wouldn't be in the movie anymore
@@Eddy9lives You see the family dying moves him to the revenge angle.
I know! I swear the wife would die but nope. So everyone lives and Goro couldn't beat a human with no powers, did the typical 'im bigger than you ill throw you around instead of killing you'
This movie made you not care in the slightest what happened.
@@lucas11723 I wish I could like your comment more than once.
Well, I guess I'll see you all in another 20 years for the next reboot.
No no they will not be next 20 years for this🤣 monstrosity
Not for the sequel in a year or two?
Man that hurts.
Raiden only did two things on this movie, skedaddle baby and say "this side of the room is mine"
They literally made mileena sound like Dvorah
She sounded completely normal, tf you talking about. Like too normal.
@@colinjensen8303
Can you explain what you mean by "normal"?
@@CKRlll Like, a normal human and not an otherworldly monster with an insane set of teeth.
@@colinjensen8303 but... she IS an otherworldly monster with an insane set of teeth
@@megamask3158 Yeah, that’s what I was saying bruh. They made her sound too normal.
I thought Cole's family was dead and he was going "sell" his souls/body and be the catalyst to summon Scorpion.
Same. I was expecting Cole to be a substitute for or some kind of vessel for Scorpion, and am kind of disappointed.
That wouldve been awesome as fuk
When Raiden escaped to the "void" with Liu Kang, Sonya and Cole:
"- So what do you need? Besides a miracle?
- Guns. Lots of guns"
What is real?
Load the jump program
Also if Raiden could just teleport anyone anywhere, why didn't he just teleport all rhe bad guys to the sun or something?
Cole actually looks like Neo.
@@TheJungaBoon He can't hurt the "bad guys" directly in any way as it against the rule set by the Elder gods.