I personally loved Kung Lao's table saw treatment of Nitara. Though that I had to very carefully edit around, like I'm trying to convince RUclips this R rated brutal action flick is a PG-13 style affair.
The first scene with Sub-Zero vs Scorpion in Japan is my favourite part for sure. I used to enjoy the final fight more, but not when I rewatched it recently. I’ll still watch the sequel to this but it feels like nothing will beat the 1995 movie for me.
@@DeckerShadoKeep up the good work Decker. I have watched your old videos so much over the years. Off topic but have you played Texas Chainsaw Massacre the game yet ?
Fun fact: the actors doing the Scorpion Subzero fight had to do their fight scene multiple times because they kept moving too fast for the camera to keep track of them.
@@aweigh1010I’d have to disagree. It’s about the same quality for different reasons. The editing was absolutely atrocious and it’s script isn’t great which is its biggest flaws. They should have doubled down on the monster movie aspect of Sub-Zeros character and the entire film should be way less serious in tone and be aware of itself enough to be campy but that first film is basically Fists of Fury meets Big Trouble in Little China but like instead of being as awesome as it sounds because it instead of taking that concept and running with it they made a very by the numbers generically competent film and being PG-13 is a ginormous let down. The cast is stellar in that original film but I’d have to say that the cast in the new one is also pretty great even if the script isn’t as great. This film suffers from a lot of the same problems as the original. The whole concept of how and why they develop superpowers was a bad concept that was handled very well but being a concept that shouldn’t have been a main plot point
@@aweigh1010Raiden was handled much better in this film too. I like the idea of him being disappointed and fed up with the state of his champions. He’s just as serious as he should be given the context and he’s actually Japanese not a Highlander
No it wouldn't have because almost everything about that movie sucked besides the concept it has going but the execution was beyond horrendous. They need to reboot it
This is one of your best reviews, Decker. I usually put on your old ones and fall asleep to them, so I'm glad that you are still churning them out! Although, I miss your old couches!!
If you liked that, there is a Mortal Kombat Web series, made mostly by fans, but with decent backing. It's probably the BEST version of the Mortal Kombat story. It's called Mortal Kombat: Legacy. Check it out.
Dude is like 56 yrs old! I swear, MK fans will accept literally ANYTHING. Sanada isn't even physically capable to move in a sufficient way to portray Scorpion the way he SHOULD be in a movie.
@@DeckerShado hell yeah man, keep going, your reviews are really good and definitely better than mass produced reviews by giant companies that are popular now
Still has a special charm to me especially with that fantastic openning with Scorpion. Overall I feel like having a movie focused on him would've been fine. Although the random added MC that was supposed to be a proxy for the audience felt unnecessary
@@BestCupidThe original it was Johnny Cage. When the game rebooted it was also with Johnny Cage. You can have an audience stand in character but it isn't always needed..
I like the first Mortal Kombat movie from the 1990s and of course the arcade game. I was in the US Army when the first movie came out seen it at the Post Theater.
The opening scene made me think we were watching "Revenge of the Ninja" by accident. Which, incidentally, you should totally check out. Tons of ninja kills, tons of ninja gear employed for said kills, and it even ends with an MK-style fatality.
I miss the techno in Mortal Kombat and not just the theme. During the Reptile fight in this movie, there should've been a remix of the Reptile fight music from the first movie. That song still slaps.
Not that easy. Reptiles theme from the first movie was an instrumental to an already existing song. They'd have to get the rights for that song, which wouldn't be as easy as getting Techno Syndrome
Hero of movie: "I was born with this weird birthmark, I don't know what it means" dude in his 50's: "It means your parents where wicked pot head that loved video games "
This was filmed here in Adelaide, South Australia (same location as Talk To Me), and the actor who played Jax was staying across the road from where one of my friends was living at the time
Indeed. Sonya's place is in front of the Torrens Island power station, the opening sequence was in Mt Crawford Forrest and the Gym was in the old Woolsheds in Port Adelaide to name a few locations. One location in Adelaide city (the alley Jax follows Sub-Zero down) is just off Rundle mall and was disguised as council works.
The goro in this version of mortal kombat was horrible & weak af The 1995 1 to this day With the animatronics is the best goro ever him an Johnny cages scene lives on in infamy lmao 👹🕶🥋😂
You are forgetting one thing: the military aren't able to do shit unless the plot needs to be dug out of the latrine hole the writers put themselves in ...by making the military incompetent in the first place.
Parts of this movie were excellent. Also i don't get why they didn't make the main character a guy who throws fights for money rather than a guy who sucks at martial arts.
Also am I the only one who wants to play Cole in a game? I love the idea of a character who's entire fighting style is based on blocks slowly powering him up.
That's the exact reason why I'm not looking forward to the next movie, how does one look at Karl Urban and think "man he would make an excellent Johnny Cage".. only someone who has never played Mortal Kombat would think that
Really glad you did a review on this movie! Especially since you know the lore and the games. ❤ I actually liked Kano, he's another merc with a mouth 😁
The first movie was made by and for MK fans, and it showed. The sequel was made for money and it showed. This movie was made because reboots are a big thing right now, and it shows.
I honesty like this film but yeah the film does have a lot more problems that hurt the final cut of the film, like having Cole Young as the protagonist when it should have been Johnny Cage and the "Arcana" (God that's so stupid) being the reason why the fighters getting their superpowers instead have chi for Liu Kang and Kung Lao and having mechanical/ cybernetic upgrades for Jax, Sonya & Kano or having Outworld being the reason why some of the fighters getting powers like MK9 as well as setting the film before the actual tournament but hey at least it's not like the Resident Evil films, well past Resident Evil Apocalypse.
@@GODCONVOYPRIME because I’m a mortal Kombat fan who likes the story of games also includes the gory violence and the film delivered (to an extent) but I like said it’s does have its cons but the pros outweigh the cons for me. Also it’s a video game adaptation into and most of them are dogshit so keep your expectations low
Man, this movie was, as you say, so close to good... Nailed Sonya, Sub Zero, Liu Kang, Kano and so many others. Then we had our protagonist being an exported create-a-fighter from a recent UFC videogame, and they completely botched Scorpion. He moved great, but the literal fire demon of rage sounded like he'd just come from the Realm of Valium Overdoses.
A four-armed humanoid should have four pectoral muscles, four "bosoms" (whether male or female), and four scapulae, as well as all the other musculoskeletal bric-a-brac. That is, unless they're an arthropod. So basically one upper torso on top of another. The original Unreal got it right. 9:44 Cool (heh) and clever effects shot, but the pellets wouldn't be spreading like that. In fact, not only would they not be spreading at all, but every single pellet would still be contained in the wad. Still, I give them style points for originality. 24:08 How and why are they now symmetrical? Before, he had a bit more of a left stump. Yes, in the game, they're symmetrical, but this movie made it a point to show that his right arm was gone up to the shoulder joint (because of the way he fell), whereas there was still a bit of a left stump. 24:22 That's a good point. That's a detail that's often overlooked in cyborg fiction.
I will never understood why so many video game movies never do a reasonable copy of the games. Or heck,just act as a spin off if you want to test the waters instead of going full power
@@CuidightheachODuinn Everyone that played MK and isn't brainless, dummy Some people like story with their fighting games, probably why it lasted 30 years
@@CuidightheachODuinnI’m guessing you’ve never played the ps2 games and their KONQUEST MODE. If you’re gonna talk trash about people interested in MK lore you should probably know what the hell you are talking about.
Mortal Kombat Annihilation was a master piece, I'll not hear a word otherwise. Few things more enjoyable than this selection for movie night with friends, and just Bagging on it the whole time.
I did a livestream going over how I would fix most of the problems the movie has. A sequel could fix some of them related to Raiden mostly, with his decision making and tactics. The fighting was atrocious. This is where Annihilation beats this reboot without question. The arcana is confusing on many levels, but this is an element that can be changed to simply mean it's an invitation, not a power unlocker. The unlocked power themselves are confusing. Jax has strong arms but how could the rest of his frail body lift that much? Sonya instantly having her power without training of any kind? It's a broken element. Cole killing Goro is probably the biggest mistake in the movie. If this was meant to close to how the original games were, this simply didn't need to happen. Overall, as a fan of the franchise and a tattoo to prove it, this was a massive disappointment. I hope they fix a lot of issues with the sequel, or I'm done with modern live action MK movies.
Its an OK movie but the Cole Character is just NOPE LOL. The symbol thing with the birthmark to me was just dumb. An when the trailers first came out it made you think Scorpion would really be seen a lot in the movie but other than the start an ending thats pretty much it hopefully the sequel will be better. Old school MK movie is the Best in my Opinion Great Vid
Yeah, Cole's armor was nuts, it looked like it transferred the kinetic energy of hits he took into energy for his attacks. And given the fact that Goro couldn't overpower the armor with his strength I don't know if there's a MK character that could.
I enjoyed this movie enough, but having a new character as the protagonist was a misstep in my opinion. 2 different fixes would have been 1) Cole’s powers should have been him become scorpion Or 2) erase cole and make Sonya the main character (with her partner Jax being the one obsessed with the tournament) And when Jax loses his arms, they set out to find Raiden
MK actually always had a decent amount of care for its stories and lore since 1. It was a leader in story (telling) for fighting games in general today and even back in the first iteration with prologues and ending text dialogue which you didn't really see many other games at the time especially in arcades. The other co creator of MK John Tobias is also a comic book artist so he wanted to make backstories and lore for all the characters and settings which he did until his departure from Midway. He even has an unpublished story for where and what would've happened post MK4 had he stayed making MK games. The thing they don't really care about especially these days but even back then was consistent backstories and details on various characters and lore stuff. They seemed to always reimagine the backstories or smaller details back then and what stays typically is what is popular, like Australian Kano. Kano was originally imagined as Japanese American but the 1st movie Kano did such a fun portrayal of Kano as Aussie it became mainstay.
It's crazy how Hollywood managed to make movies on 2 franchises that no one plays for the story, meaning they could do almost any story they want........and managed to screw them both up. All you needed to do for Monster Hunter is "village exist, attacked by Elder Dragon, hero/heroine fights a few monsters to get gear, fights Elder Dragon, yay the end, post-credit scene of another Elder Dragon". Simple and is literally the story for like 99% of the games. For Mortal Kombat......literally just a tournament with characters using magic and hyper-violence......that's literally it.
Reptile the Ninja and Reptile the reptile are two different characters. They changed his look in MK 3 but fans didn't like it so they later retconed it that they were two different creatures and went back to classic Reptile in later games. The Reptile in the movie is ment to be the Reptile from MK 3.
Reptile's appearance didn't drastically change until MK4. He took on the "lizard-man" look in MK5 and kept it until Armageddon. MK9 changed it again to look more like a hybrid between creature and human ninja more akin to the MK4 design. Reptile has always been Syzoth as we know him now in different developmental stages.
@@StCerberusEngel ah too many games hard to remember what all the changes are😔. Though I do remember someone saying there were two people with the name reptile one being not very popular hence why they used him as a throw away villain for this movie...then again they also treated goro like a throw away villain too for some reason.
@@trueblaze84 I think you might be referring to Sub-Zero. There are two Sub-Zeros: the older brother Bi Han, who died in MK1, and Kuai Liang, who first appeared in MK2 and had a major unmasked redesign in MK3.
Great Review Decker! I had recently watched the new MK 1's Story Mode and honestly it feels like cinema most of the time, kind of amazing what Netherrealm pulled off.
MK Annihilation is the last adaptation along with Conquest & Defenders Of The Realm (and to a much lesser extent, The Journey Begins) that I actually defend. It’s all downhill from there with Federation Of Martial Arts, Legacy Seasons 1 & 2, this turd, and all 4 of the Legends films including the absolute *worst* out of all these adaptations: *Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle Of The Realms* More of a reason why I’d love to come on for one night as a guest appearance on Live & Wired since I’ve been a fan for a long time, but recently burned out as a fan due to my endless frustration with these modern games/adaptations.
How can you defend Annihilation, that's an abomination and a distaster. So many characters just show up for one scene and then go off and are never seen again for the rest of the movie. Why even have Nightwolf, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, alike in the movie where they add nothing to the story and just up and vanish after their one scene. The movie's effects look awful with THE WORST MONSTER FIGHT EVER IN HISTORY at the end, god those models were ugly. Johnny Cage is killed off right away which is just dumb. Almost everybody was recast to straight up downgrades from the first movie's cast. Shao Khan sounds like he's about to cry everytime he freaking says something. Shinnok is lame, making Raiden and Shao Khan brothers is just beyond stupid. Yes the fights all generally look good but there's so much of it that all the fights blend together into my brain.
This movie has a simple formula is Hanzo or Kano are on screen the movie is great. If anyone else who's from the game is on screen it's tolerable. If Cole Young is on screen then it gets bad. Also I just remember explaining the lore of Mortal Kombat to a friend which convinced her to watch this movie and she was disappointed that half the shit I told her about didn't happen or was never mentioned.
It's pretty sad that MK lost it's identity. The content coming from the unholy alliance between WB/NRS out of greed has caused the franchise to turn into a steaming pile of dragon poop. The creators only expect people to consume the poop just for the sake of consuming. You'll either adapt to the mediocrity or they'll find ''new fans''.
Omg im so happy to see someone else acknowledging that kano was WAY over done! Everyine else claims he saved the movie. In truth NOTHING saves this movie. It has NO redeeming qualities.
You know the writing of a movie is bad when the only way for the protagonist to actually do his job is for the writer to give him the power of LITERAL plot armor.
I think you are the only channel that I am subscribed to that NEVER shows on my feed. I have to manually check for you videos otherwise I NEVER see them coming... This is fucked up man!
It's just good to see that Weird Al was able to parlay his music career so seamlessly into a RUclips review show.
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I’m convinced that Kano was the only one who knew what movie he’s in
Yeah pretty much
Yeah the Sub-Zero appearance at the beginning was the best part of the movie to me.
I personally loved Kung Lao's table saw treatment of Nitara. Though that I had to very carefully edit around, like I'm trying to convince RUclips this R rated brutal action flick is a PG-13 style affair.
@@DeckerShado You managed to get the Saw series up, I think you'll be fine.
The first scene with Sub-Zero vs Scorpion in Japan is my favourite part for sure. I used to enjoy the final fight more, but not when I rewatched it recently. I’ll still watch the sequel to this but it feels like nothing will beat the 1995 movie for me.
@@DeckerShadoKeep up the good work Decker. I have watched your old videos so much over the years. Off topic but have you played Texas Chainsaw Massacre the game yet ?
The prologue was the only good part for me.
fun fact about Lewis Tan, Cole's actor: He was going to play Kung Lao in season 3 of the web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy, before it got cancelled.
It was Kung Jin actually
Fun fact: the actors doing the Scorpion Subzero fight had to do their fight scene multiple times because they kept moving too fast for the camera to keep track of them.
Thats gotta be the most badass reason ever. They where so fast that machines couldnt keep up.
@@miguelortiz8350 This is old. Bruce lee did this back in his days. They always told him to slow down.
That’s so cool! The same thing happened with Ewan mcgregor and Hayden christenson in the revenge of the sith!
Fun fact : movie still trash
@@thewolf01x95 Fun fact: no one cares about your opinion.
I really enjoyed watching this movie but it does make me laugh that they had to give Cole literal plot armor as his power
90s MK movie is way better.
@@aweigh1010 It's a massive guilty pleasure.
@@aweigh1010I’d have to disagree. It’s about the same quality for different reasons. The editing was absolutely atrocious and it’s script isn’t great which is its biggest flaws. They should have doubled down on the monster movie aspect of Sub-Zeros character and the entire film should be way less serious in tone and be aware of itself enough to be campy but that first film is basically Fists of Fury meets Big Trouble in Little China but like instead of being as awesome as it sounds because it instead of taking that concept and running with it they made a very by the numbers generically competent film and being PG-13 is a ginormous let down. The cast is stellar in that original film but I’d have to say that the cast in the new one is also pretty great even if the script isn’t as great. This film suffers from a lot of the same problems as the original. The whole concept of how and why they develop superpowers was a bad concept that was handled very well but being a concept that shouldn’t have been a main plot point
@@aweigh1010Raiden was handled much better in this film too. I like the idea of him being disappointed and fed up with the state of his champions. He’s just as serious as he should be given the context and he’s actually Japanese not a Highlander
That’s some MK 11 sh1t
This movie would've been so much better without the main character whose name I've forgotten.
Plot Armour Guy.
No it wouldn't have because almost everything about that movie sucked besides the concept it has going but the execution was beyond horrendous. They need to reboot it
I'm pretty sure his name was Slick 🤔
@@artofmartialcinemaamc5334much better without cole
Babe, wake up! Decker Shado, the Internet personality with the BEST hair, uploaded a new video!
Movie would've been better if they didnt feel the need to create a new main character. Liu Kang deserved better
They made Liu Kang so weird in this movie. Even Kano was like wtf.
This is one of your best reviews, Decker. I usually put on your old ones and fall asleep to them, so I'm glad that you are still churning them out! Although, I miss your old couches!!
The couches, me too. Especially, at the beginning of each video when he plopped down and said "Aaaaaaaaaaaaah". Pure gold. 😂
@@CeanHerzfield Very true!
The Entire beginning is the Best part hands down Hiroyuki Sanada did a fantastic job as Hanzo/Scorpion
If you liked that, there is a Mortal Kombat Web series, made mostly by fans, but with decent backing. It's probably the BEST version of the Mortal Kombat story. It's called Mortal Kombat: Legacy. Check it out.
90s MK movie is way better.
Dude is like 56 yrs old! I swear, MK fans will accept literally ANYTHING. Sanada isn't even physically capable to move in a sufficient way to portray Scorpion the way he SHOULD be in a movie.
Id say the Subzero entrance and Jax fight was fire too and then it goes downhill from there
@@WhatDoesCoreyThinkman, when you are starved for content, anything will do
They had a dinner scene in a film that is not a thriller, coatume drama, or romance. A sign that writers have no clue as to where the story should go.
Broooo, haven't seen a vid by this dude in FOREVER, Awesome that he kept the same intro and is still going
Yeah, I haven't stopped. Just been doing my best to convince the algorithm to actually tell people I still exist. 😅
@@DeckerShado hell yeah man, keep going, your reviews are really good and definitely better than mass produced reviews by giant companies that are popular now
I remember watching and liking this movie when it came out but upon a recent rewatch, it has a lot more problems than I remember.
Thank you
Still has a special charm to me especially with that fantastic openning with Scorpion. Overall I feel like having a movie focused on him would've been fine. Although the random added MC that was supposed to be a proxy for the audience felt unnecessary
Um he has a name 🙄and its Cole😂
90s MK movie is way better.
@@BestCupidThe original it was Johnny Cage. When the game rebooted it was also with Johnny Cage. You can have an audience stand in character but it isn't always needed..
I like the first Mortal Kombat movie from the 1990s and of course the arcade game. I was in the US Army when the first movie came out seen it at the Post Theater.
Bit of a fun fact about Reiko's actor Nathan Jones, he's a retired pro wrestler who used to wrestle for WWE.
He was also in Mad Max and Troy.
The opening scene made me think we were watching "Revenge of the Ninja" by accident.
Which, incidentally, you should totally check out. Tons of ninja kills, tons of ninja gear employed for said kills, and it even ends with an MK-style fatality.
I never thought Id enjoy watching Weird Al review a Mortal Kombat movie, but here we are.
Imagine Sub-Zero slow-mo walking in, while the music is Ice, Ice, Baby!
I miss the techno in Mortal Kombat and not just the theme. During the Reptile fight in this movie, there should've been a remix of the Reptile fight music from the first movie. That song still slaps.
Not that easy. Reptiles theme from the first movie was an instrumental to an already existing song. They'd have to get the rights for that song, which wouldn't be as easy as getting Techno Syndrome
Reptile theme from the first movie was awesome - I like to play it from time to time
As an Australian, added points for correct use of the phrase "Maccas"
Those first few minutes are the best part. You can miss the rest of the film and your life will not be worse in any way.
Hero of movie: "I was born with this weird birthmark, I don't know what it means"
dude in his 50's: "It means your parents where wicked pot head that loved video games "
This was filmed here in Adelaide, South Australia (same location as Talk To Me), and the actor who played Jax was staying across the road from where one of my friends was living at the time
Indeed. Sonya's place is in front of the Torrens Island power station, the opening sequence was in Mt Crawford Forrest and the Gym was in the old Woolsheds in Port Adelaide to name a few locations. One location in Adelaide city (the alley Jax follows Sub-Zero down) is just off Rundle mall and was disguised as council works.
Gotta love that they gave the MC literal plot armor...
I agree: I liked Reptile more as the green ninja
The goro in this version of mortal kombat was horrible & weak af The 1995 1 to this day With the animatronics is the best goro ever him an Johnny cages scene lives on in infamy lmao 👹🕶🥋😂
"Whenever Johnny Cage isn't on screen, the audience should be asking 'Where's Johnny Cage?'" BECAUSE WE ARE!
Kabal is physically portrayed by Daniel Nelson. But he’s actually voiced by Damon Herriman
Ahh.
Oh how I wish RUclips still had annotations...
I like how people think this is important.....lmfao
@@ParaplegicKeanuReevesactors deserve to be credited don’t they? Even if it’s voice over it is their work.
I really like how Decker improved his reviews, not that he was bad but it is quite improvement. Good job
One of my favorite Halloween memories was dressing up as Reptile in 1997.
To be fair, out of 12 games 4 feature the Tournament itself. And only 3 of them does it matter. But then again, all the semi-reboots start with one.
Otherworld: "We have super powers."
US Military: "That's nice. Are you bullet proof?"
You are forgetting one thing: the military aren't able to do shit unless the plot needs to be dug out of the latrine hole the writers put themselves in ...by making the military incompetent in the first place.
The "toasty" was worth all the likes and subscribes! Well played sir...well played lol
Parts of this movie were excellent. Also i don't get why they didn't make the main character a guy who throws fights for money rather than a guy who sucks at martial arts.
Also am I the only one who wants to play Cole in a game? I love the idea of a character who's entire fighting style is based on blocks slowly powering him up.
Looking forward to Mortal Kombat 2 simply because we are getting Carl Urban playing Johnny Cage.
he should have been Kano from the beginning saying that, that would never have saved this movie
Karl**
That's the exact reason why I'm not looking forward to the next movie, how does one look at Karl Urban and think "man he would make an excellent Johnny Cage".. only someone who has never played Mortal Kombat would think that
@@TheHorny4boost Unfortunately, Pierre Kirby has been missing for decades so they had to go with Urban.
Really glad you did a review on this movie! Especially since you know the lore and the games. ❤ I actually liked Kano, he's another merc with a mouth 😁
Can’t wait to see the sequel with Karl Urban Johnny Cage.
1995 mortal kombat is a timeless classic.
The first movie was made by and for MK fans, and it showed.
The sequel was made for money and it showed.
This movie was made because reboots are a big thing right now, and it shows.
I honesty like this film but yeah the film does have a lot more problems that hurt the final cut of the film, like having Cole Young as the protagonist when it should have been Johnny Cage and the "Arcana" (God that's so stupid) being the reason why the fighters getting their superpowers instead have chi for Liu Kang and Kung Lao and having mechanical/ cybernetic upgrades for Jax, Sonya & Kano or having Outworld being the reason why some of the fighters getting powers like MK9 as well as setting the film before the actual tournament but hey at least it's not like the Resident Evil films, well past Resident Evil Apocalypse.
Why do you like this movie?
@@GODCONVOYPRIME because I’m a mortal Kombat fan who likes the story of games also includes the gory violence and the film delivered (to an extent) but I like said it’s does have its cons but the pros outweigh the cons for me. Also it’s a video game adaptation into and most of them are dogshit so keep your expectations low
You recommended a Dead Meat video. This can only mean one thing...an eventual crossover between you, Dead Meat, & FoundFlix. Oh how amazing that'd be!
I look forward to watching your reviews every week 🤘
Man, this movie was, as you say, so close to good...
Nailed Sonya, Sub Zero, Liu Kang, Kano and so many others. Then we had our protagonist being an exported create-a-fighter from a recent UFC videogame, and they completely botched Scorpion.
He moved great, but the literal fire demon of rage sounded like he'd just come from the Realm of Valium Overdoses.
A four-armed humanoid should have four pectoral muscles, four "bosoms" (whether male or female), and four scapulae, as well as all the other musculoskeletal bric-a-brac. That is, unless they're an arthropod. So basically one upper torso on top of another. The original Unreal got it right.
9:44 Cool (heh) and clever effects shot, but the pellets wouldn't be spreading like that. In fact, not only would they not be spreading at all, but every single pellet would still be contained in the wad. Still, I give them style points for originality.
24:08 How and why are they now symmetrical? Before, he had a bit more of a left stump. Yes, in the game, they're symmetrical, but this movie made it a point to show that his right arm was gone up to the shoulder joint (because of the way he fell), whereas there was still a bit of a left stump.
24:22 That's a good point. That's a detail that's often overlooked in cyborg fiction.
I will never understood why so many video game movies never do a reasonable copy of the games. Or heck,just act as a spin off if you want to test the waters instead of going full power
Because it's a different medium...? Who in the flying fuck is out here playing Mortal Kombat for the plot, the thing you see movies for?
@@CuidightheachODuinnI know right? I couldn't give a f about the bad plot
@@CuidightheachODuinnDid you ever hear of the ancient devices called 'books'?
@@CuidightheachODuinn Everyone that played MK and isn't brainless, dummy
Some people like story with their fighting games, probably why it lasted 30 years
@@CuidightheachODuinnI’m guessing you’ve never played the ps2 games and their KONQUEST MODE. If you’re gonna talk trash about people interested in MK lore you should probably know what the hell you are talking about.
Mortal Kombat Annihilation was a master piece, I'll not hear a word otherwise. Few things more enjoyable than this selection for movie night with friends, and just Bagging on it the whole time.
"Jax is boxing in the Special Olympics" is crazy lmao
Toasty! (in the classic sing-song!)
I did a livestream going over how I would fix most of the problems the movie has. A sequel could fix some of them related to Raiden mostly, with his decision making and tactics.
The fighting was atrocious. This is where Annihilation beats this reboot without question.
The arcana is confusing on many levels, but this is an element that can be changed to simply mean it's an invitation, not a power unlocker.
The unlocked power themselves are confusing. Jax has strong arms but how could the rest of his frail body lift that much? Sonya instantly having her power without training of any kind? It's a broken element.
Cole killing Goro is probably the biggest mistake in the movie. If this was meant to close to how the original games were, this simply didn't need to happen.
Overall, as a fan of the franchise and a tattoo to prove it, this was a massive disappointment. I hope they fix a lot of issues with the sequel, or I'm done with modern live action MK movies.
Surprising you were able to resist saying that Subzero Disarmed Jax, especially after calling them weapons.
Exactly how I felt about this movie, well put!
7:18. Do NOT be drinking water when Decker speaks about Tonya. Thankfully I salvaged things before the laughter stopped.
Its an OK movie but the Cole Character is just NOPE LOL. The symbol thing with the birthmark to me was just dumb. An when the trailers first came out it made you think Scorpion would really be seen a lot in the movie but other than the start an ending thats pretty much it hopefully the sequel will be better. Old school MK movie is the Best in my Opinion Great Vid
From exciting cave, into another exciting cave, then a foggy place, and a dark place...
@10:25 decker missed a saying of “fatality sub zero wins!” I know Jack doesn’t die in the film but that scene was so calling for it to be said.
Given the context, " 'Kink' in their armor" was an excellent choice of wording😉
Professor Decker, back to brighten my day. Long time fan and still love your content!
Honestly this could not have landed at a better time. My week really did need that pick me up.
Thanks.
Lol "it's not a tattoo, I've had this birthmark since I was born"
Dude! I've got assmark too!
For a second I thought that was Weird Al
Yeah, Cole's armor was nuts, it looked like it transferred the kinetic energy of hits he took into energy for his attacks. And given the fact that Goro couldn't overpower the armor with his strength I don't know if there's a MK character that could.
Well sub zero was able to cancel out the energy build up right before scorpion showed up to help.
@@godzillamaster34 maybe because of the whole fire and ice thing between the bloodlines?
Dude that toasty was chef's kiss 😂
I enjoyed this movie enough, but having a new character as the protagonist was a misstep in my opinion.
2 different fixes would have been
1) Cole’s powers should have been him become scorpion
Or
2) erase cole and make Sonya the main character (with her partner Jax being the one obsessed with the tournament)
And when Jax loses his arms, they set out to find Raiden
MK actually always had a decent amount of care for its stories and lore since 1. It was a leader in story (telling) for fighting games in general today and even back in the first iteration with prologues and ending text dialogue which you didn't really see many other games at the time especially in arcades. The other co creator of MK John Tobias is also a comic book artist so he wanted to make backstories and lore for all the characters and settings which he did until his departure from Midway. He even has an unpublished story for where and what would've happened post MK4 had he stayed making MK games. The thing they don't really care about especially these days but even back then was consistent backstories and details on various characters and lore stuff. They seemed to always reimagine the backstories or smaller details back then and what stays typically is what is popular, like Australian Kano. Kano was originally imagined as Japanese American but the 1st movie Kano did such a fun portrayal of Kano as Aussie it became mainstay.
The opening scene of this movie instilled so much promise for a reboot to the franchise, then I watched the rest of the movie. And it was BAAAAAAAAD.
Glad to see you still putting out content.
It's crazy how Hollywood managed to make movies on 2 franchises that no one plays for the story, meaning they could do almost any story they want........and managed to screw them both up.
All you needed to do for Monster Hunter is "village exist, attacked by Elder Dragon, hero/heroine fights a few monsters to get gear, fights Elder Dragon, yay the end, post-credit scene of another Elder Dragon". Simple and is literally the story for like 99% of the games.
For Mortal Kombat......literally just a tournament with characters using magic and hyper-violence......that's literally it.
I suck at fighting games, so never got into the MK games. BUT WHAT'S THIS?! I was entertained watching this movie... and this review.
Oh God yes Mortal Kombat 2021 review? Put it into my veins
Really made the “toastie” count 10/10
Reptile the Ninja and Reptile the reptile are two different characters. They changed his look in MK 3 but fans didn't like it so they later retconed it that they were two different creatures and went back to classic Reptile in later games. The Reptile in the movie is ment to be the Reptile from MK 3.
Reptile's appearance didn't drastically change until MK4. He took on the "lizard-man" look in MK5 and kept it until Armageddon. MK9 changed it again to look more like a hybrid between creature and human ninja more akin to the MK4 design. Reptile has always been Syzoth as we know him now in different developmental stages.
@@StCerberusEngel ah too many games hard to remember what all the changes are😔. Though I do remember someone saying there were two people with the name reptile one being not very popular hence why they used him as a throw away villain for this movie...then again they also treated goro like a throw away villain too for some reason.
@@trueblaze84 I think you might be referring to Sub-Zero. There are two Sub-Zeros: the older brother Bi Han, who died in MK1, and Kuai Liang, who first appeared in MK2 and had a major unmasked redesign in MK3.
Great Review Decker!
I had recently watched the new MK 1's Story Mode and honestly it feels like cinema most of the time, kind of amazing what Netherrealm pulled off.
You had me at “Mortal Kombat”
Thank you, Less Weird Al. I forgot this even came out.
Haven’t tapped in here in a while - glad to see the internet personality with the best hair is still doing his thing.
I miss the old sofa :P
MK Annihilation is the last adaptation along with Conquest & Defenders Of The Realm (and to a much lesser extent, The Journey Begins) that I actually defend. It’s all downhill from there with Federation Of Martial Arts, Legacy Seasons 1 & 2, this turd, and all 4 of the Legends films including the absolute *worst* out of all these adaptations:
*Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle Of The Realms*
More of a reason why I’d love to come on for one night as a guest appearance on Live & Wired since I’ve been a fan for a long time, but recently burned out as a fan due to my endless frustration with these modern games/adaptations.
How can you defend Annihilation, that's an abomination and a distaster. So many characters just show up for one scene and then go off and are never seen again for the rest of the movie. Why even have Nightwolf, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, alike in the movie where they add nothing to the story and just up and vanish after their one scene. The movie's effects look awful with THE WORST MONSTER FIGHT EVER IN HISTORY at the end, god those models were ugly. Johnny Cage is killed off right away which is just dumb. Almost everybody was recast to straight up downgrades from the first movie's cast. Shao Khan sounds like he's about to cry everytime he freaking says something. Shinnok is lame, making Raiden and Shao Khan brothers is just beyond stupid.
Yes the fights all generally look good but there's so much of it that all the fights blend together into my brain.
Cole gains litral plot armor as a power.
Kano is why I like the movie and I hope to see him back with the red robot eye
This movie has a simple formula is Hanzo or Kano are on screen the movie is great. If anyone else who's from the game is on screen it's tolerable. If Cole Young is on screen then it gets bad.
Also I just remember explaining the lore of Mortal Kombat to a friend which convinced her to watch this movie and she was disappointed that half the shit I told her about didn't happen or was never mentioned.
Thumbs up for the TIME KILLERS reference.
It's pretty sad that MK lost it's identity. The content coming from the unholy alliance between WB/NRS out of greed has caused the franchise to turn into a steaming pile of dragon poop. The creators only expect people to consume the poop just for the sake of consuming. You'll either adapt to the mediocrity or they'll find ''new fans''.
7:50 Well to be fair "FRIENDSHIP! FRIENDSHIP?" is important part of MK, even MK11.
Kano was the best part of this movie. Johnny better be just as good
Omg im so happy to see someone else acknowledging that kano was WAY over done!
Everyine else claims he saved the movie. In truth NOTHING saves this movie. It has NO redeeming qualities.
Why do people insist on supporting crap are they just stupid?
Kid: Mom can I get Weird Al. Mom: No, we have Weird Al at home(this guy)
You know the writing of a movie is bad when the only way for the protagonist to actually do his job is for the writer to give him the power of LITERAL plot armor.
And even then, he still needs help.
Idk why we even needed Cole in this movie, as if MK somehow has a shortage of rich characters lol
This film was released on My 30TH Birthday & love it.
I think you are the only channel that I am subscribed to that NEVER shows on my feed. I have to manually check for you videos otherwise I NEVER see them coming... This is fucked up man!
They did Melena dirty . Kinda odd to have Jade and Kitana in the sequel without her.
the MK games story/lore is absolutely cared about 😂 i love MK9/11/1’s story modes
Watched it twice still think its a fun movie to watch and glad they didnt PG it like they did the 90s movies
I didn’t even know that this movie existed. Cheers Decker
The original is one o me favorites. I never saw this one and probly won't. Great review 🤘y'all have a badass day🤘
Japanese sentences are subject, then object, then verb, so the correct syntax is “Anata wa funben o tabemas.”
I dont know if it was on perpouse. but i think Decker's japaense was wrong here.
it was suppose to be "anata wa, aunben wo tabemasu"
Tonya Harding........ Seriously we're going there??😂😂😂😂😂
Decker Shado, Elder God of Liking, Sharing and Subscribing.
Why does this guy give me “RUclipsr with a dark secret ending up on the news” vibes