The new Mortal Kombat movie lived up to the hype
Round 1, FIGHT 🐉
Back in December 2020, HBO announced that Mortal Kombat (and several other movies) would be coming to it’s streaming service on the same day that they released in theaters. My anticipation for MK was at a pretty high level by the time it finally released on 04/23/21.
Nearly a month ago now, I purchased a monthly membership to HBO Max. I mainly did this so that I could watch the new Warner Brothers releases in 4K. Godzilla vs. Kong was the first of the Warner Bros movies that I absolutely couldn’t miss. After watching that and seeing how amazing it was, my hopes for Mortal Kombat skyrocketed even higher than they already were.
A few weeks ago I purchased Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate to better prepare for the upcoming movie. I had been playing through the story and enjoying it quite thoroughly. This held me over a bit longer until the movie finally was available to stream on HBO Max.
This past Friday night after my dinner date, I finally was able to watch Mortal Kombat with @flowerbaby. I am so happy to proclaim that the new MK movie is just as bad ass as I was hoping it would be. Both @flowerbaby and I absolutely loved this film.
Finish Them ☠️
The plot of the movie is fairly simple. A downtrodden MMA fighter named Cole Young is forced to help seek out Earthrealm’s greatest champions. This was supposed to be for competition in the ancient Mortal Kombat tournament, but before that can even begin things get out of control thanks to Shang Tsung and the gang.
You can read more about the plot, cast, etc on IMDB.
The movie begins deep into the past, following an iconic battle between Sub-Zero and Scorpion. After a brief intro, time accelerates to present day. It is there that we meet the seemingly pitiful Cole Young. He’s not a very exciting character and is struggling to find his inner combantant, after many years of fighting brutal battles for very little pay. It feels as though Cole Young functions as a character for newcomers to the Mortal Kombat world to become better accustomed with everything that is going on. Cole is mostly just along for the ride until near the end of the movie where he learns more about who he really is. It is the original Mortal Kombat characters that he meets throughout the story that really spice up this film and make it so fantastic.
Fatality 🩸
You can expect to see a large amount of familiar MK faces in this violent film. There are several famous characters that were not in this movie, but that is how it had to be. If they had introduced more fighters, then it would have just become overwhelming.
Nearly all of the fighters that were in the movie were very memorable:
- Sonya Blade
- Kano
- Sub-Zero
- Jax
- Raiden
- Scorpion
- Shang Tsung
- Liu Kang
- Kung Lao
- Mileena
- Nitara
- Reiko
- Kabal
- Goro
The only two MK fighters that I felt were kind of boring were Reiko and Nitara. They just didn't have much to say or screen time for that matter. I will add that the fatalities performed on each those two were extremely satisfying, so they were not totally worthless.
The over the top gore was what brought me to see this film, but I was happily shocked to also laugh my ass off several times. By far Kano (Josh Lawson) was the biggest surprise to me. He provided the comedic relief that propelled me to love this film so much. The Australian accent mixed with pure evil made for a stand-out performance. I have officially added "Suck on my sack" to my list of sarcastic vulgarities.
A near flawless victory 🏆
The film was not perfect, I will go ahead and admit that. It was however good enough to make me beg for the next 4 Mortal Kombat movies (not confirmed yet.) The fighting scenes were so pleasing since it was actual martial arts. Of course these sequences were elevated by some fantastic special effects. Sub-Zero's ice abilities will forever be one of the coolest things to me. Every character has their own unique skills that make the cast feel very diverse. Many of the fighters do not discover their power right away, but you will love it once they finally do.
I urge you to not only watch this movie, but do so in 4K. It is absolutely gorgeous and for certain worth your time. Even if you know nothing about Mortal Kombat, you will still be able to enjoy this one. That is unless you are afraid of massive amounts of blood and guts. If that is the case, then by all means avoid this movie.
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Have you seen Mortal Kombat yet? Let me know your thoughts, I'm curious if every one loved this one as much as me. I've spoken with a handful of people so far and all of them are saying nothing but great things about Mortal Kombat.
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I haven't been able to see it yet. Next weekend if I do.
I hope you like it bro!
Hello... As I said yesterday in my review, the film boasts a very clean visual aesthetic and one that 99% of viewers, whether they are fans of the MORTAL KOMBAT franchise or not, may come to like.
But in something if they failed and by far, is in the narrative structure, I am clear that we are talking about a movie based on a video game and we can not expect it to be a work of art and win an Oscar.
Obviously not, but that does not mean that they make a bad development of the story they want to tell or that they do not know how to present their characters, another thing is that this film is aimed at the followers of colored bone who already know beforehand all this universe and that can be a point against, since many new viewers will not understand much about the film.
Hahaha I could spend hours talking about what I thought, but I must say that I didn't like it, I expected much more, so much that almost the whole movie I compared it with the 95 version and I can say for sure that that version is much better than this one in terms of story, evidently this new version has better visual effects and that's what saved it from being a failure, the community is divided 50/50. Hopefully the next installments will be much better.
Greetings!
I knew going into this that it wouldn't be the best story of all time, Mortal Kombat is not usually remembered by me for its story. It's also not the absolute worst story ever either, but it’s not strongest point that’s for sure.
I didn’t come for a story however, I wanted violence... which I definitely got. The added bonus to me was much more comedy than I expected. To me that’s exactly what I wanted from a new MK movie. Blood and laughs, my mind is warped. I don’t mind the story to be lacking in certain areas. I got to see many of my favorite characters in action, so I’m happy.
I understand you and of course the action and blood scenes are great. Peace!
From your brief write up about the movie, it looks promising and interesting. I think I'm gonna watch it.
The last I watched was back in my high school days which was Mortal Kombat: Annihilation And I also played the video game. I often use Liu Kang and Sub-Zero.
If you're anything like me, then you'll love it. For some reason some people were unhappy with it, but I have faith you'll enjoy it dude.
I like fantasies. I don't think I will be unhappy after watching it.
Seeing the characters of Liu Kang and Sub Zero have me goosebumps. My roommate can attest to how eager I was to see Liu Kang in action. LOL. Growing up, used to love how my brothers use him in the video game. Throwing fire left and right 😁😁😁😁
Sub-Zero is kinda scary in this movie, he's just so powerful. Liu Kang is absolutely shredded and looks like a total bad ass monk.
You’ll like this one whenever you finally get to watch it.
Sometimes it looks like a really divisive film in terms of critical reception, it made me happy to read a review on a positive note. Definitely on my watch-list
I ignore the critics for the most platt and would rather come up with my own conclusions. It’s cool to see other people’s perspectives, but I’ve found that often I like things many other do not.
You’re right man! I often feel the same, specially with comedy