@DHARMAGTA LMAO, it wasn’t too scary to me, I was the same exact age. The soul steal of the black dude that fought Liu Kang was pretty unsettling though.
I felt so sorry for Chan. Arm broken, spine crushed, and his soul taken. However I will say this scene established Shang Tsung as a villain that is dangerous and should be taken very seriously.
Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa was the filmmaker's first and only choice to play Shang Tsung. He was depicted as relatively younger in this movie 🎥 to avoid the excessive make-up that would've been required to duplicate his aged appearance in the first game. 🎮
I couldn't watch Street Fighter without JCVD acting like a ego dick. Guile and Cammy would've been more understanding of Chun-Li's plight since they shared the same enemy in M. Bison.
When I was a kid and saw this movie, I didn't get why the room was green. Then when I visited the Philippines when I was 19, I woke up to thunder and it was raining so hard outside that the white fluorescent light from the streets looked green coming in the window and my hotel room was exactly like Liu Kang's.
Shang Tsung definitely isn't the merciful type. Breaking Chan's arm was bad enough but then he went and broke his spine just because he wanted to hear Chan cry out in pain as Shang Tsung enjoys making his enemies suffer before he takes their souls.....
Well, the facial expression from Shang Tsung when he threatens Liu Kang that he is coming for him next can be a bit difficult to intimidate someone as it looks slightly laughable. But the facial expression Shang Tsung makes after his human face shifts into an undead one is inarguably inhuman and terrifying.
I love that green hue in the room. I remember that scene stuck with me as a child. That room looked so cozy with the green lighting and rain dripping down the window.
This really is an amazing recreation of a nightmare. The ominous atmosphere, the blue tint hanging around in the environment --filled with the absolute sheer horror and dread of a nightmare. Where all you can do is be completely at the mercy of whatever is transpiring in the dream; totally victim tp whatever is taking place. Especially with the way Lui's broth Chan calls out his name one last time before Shang Tsung descends upon Lui in the dream as he decays away into a putrid demonic entity. Man i really appreciate this. This and the nightmare on Elmstreet dream sequences really get the concept of nightmares.
This is one of those cases where the actor and overall appearance on screen does not match with the original source in any way, but still looks menacingly stylish. You don't see an old wizard, but you just KNOW immediately that is Shang Tsung. So happy they brought him back for MK11.
Shang Tsung changes ages throughout the series. He starts as old in MK1 but is made young again in MK2. After that his age corresponds to how much power he currently has so he can become old when he is weak but become young again by consuming souls. So it's actually canonically correct just not strictly to the timeline of the first game. MK2 was already out by the time this movie released and we were seeing press for MK3 so young Shang Tsung was indeed a thing by the time of this movie.
Damn. I remember watching this first scene in home theatre. Didn't expected the movie to start like this, brutal as f**k, dark and schocking. At the very beginning i could say: OK, this movie isn't jokes.
@@ladyfire44 you know that movie gets so much heat for not being as good as the original but its not as bad as people made it out to be maybe because i saw it as a kid in theaters the plot just didn't bother me overall and the plot wasnt all that bad either with some twist and unexpected turns which they would have kept the original Raiden though . I would still take annihilation over most of these action films today lol
My Tae Kwon Do instructor took our whole class to see this movie. Interestingly enough he was a huge video game and comic fan, so he promised us to see it if we all did well at a tournament the week before. We all placed at the tournament! It was cool having the whole theater to ourselves.
gfan84 Yours too? I was 4 or 5 during the time,but I'll never forget seeing this movie.We used the main song of this movie for a lot of our patterns as well.
Reminds me of when my sibs was new to Final Fantasy 7, and we had no clue on how leveling up (or grinding) worked. We made it to the second arc of the first disc, and every enemy would give us hell. Good times lol
Well, for me, both, Mortal Kombat movie from 1995 and Sonic the Hedgehog from 2020 are the best video games movies of all time. And the intro song from Mortal Kombat always gets me to dance to it's rhythm.
Fun Fact: in the novelization of the movie it's explained that since Liu Kang had left for America. The Order of Light named Chan as The Chosen One to represent them in the tournament. Shang being the boss that he is decided to pull up and shut all that down while everybody was sleeping and Chan was the only one outside sweeping and challenged him. And you see the result right here.
Shang Tsung knew that Chen wasn't the chosen one. He did everything he could to take the easy way out by fighting and killing Chen, to kidnapping Sonya in attempt to get another easy win. Shang Tsung did not want to fight Liu Kang at all! This is why I love MK '95. Despite a few cheese moments, the story was deep and the action was good.
I have two fond memories about this movie: Aside from being ultra hyped for it, I remember going to see this on opening night. I was 13 and I went with my little brother Chris and my cousin Jason (who I was named after). It was in Puerto Rico in a theatre inside a mall called Plaza Del Caribe. We had a ball watching it. My other memory was that they use to play movies for us at lunchtime in my junior high. It was to give us options. Either, we could stay in the lunch room, do whatever in the yard or we could watch movies in the auditorium. They only played 3 movies for us: Speed, The Mask & Mortal Kombat (and occasionally The Pryde Of The X-Men tv pilot). I remember that the kids cheer loudly for the Scorpion/Johnny Cage fight. I miss being a kid.
There’s no other movie to hype you up like this intro. Even without the gore the movie was still a 10/10. They literally hired the best actors for each character
This is why Shang Tsung wouldn't make a good martial arts teacher, he'd cripple or kill all of his students as he'd forget that he's only training people, not engaging them in mortal kombat.
For everyone 30 and under I wish you were there to see how insanely epic this was! People in the audience were jumping out of their seats, cheering, raving and doing flips. I was only 11 at the time and I'll never forget how great this was! This movie was Pure Badassery!
Disagree. This movie IS a masterpiece. The casting was perfect, everyone gave it their all and knocked it outta the park; Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Trevor Goddard being honorable mentions. People and the makers of MK loved his Kano so much they retconned the character in honor of Goddard’s take. The fights were amazing, the music, the set pieces and the vista. It all was perfect But, to each their own 🤷♂️
Same here. Seeing a well meaning but foolish kid try to take on Shang Tsung only to get broken physically/mentally before being killed and having his soul taken by Shang Tsung was upsetting to say the least.
I doubt the actual fight happened this way. This is just Liu's mind exaggerating. I personally believe that Chan fought and died like a man instead of begging like a kid.
@@ShadowDancer_ I hope you're right, I'd hate to think that Chan begged for mercy and was pathetic in his last moments. Sure, he was likely destroyed in the fight but I hope that Chan died defiant. Perhaps Shang Tsung altered how Chan behaved during the fight to mock Liu Kang and to build himself up as powerful in that he can make strong people beg for mercy.
It seemed like the Shang Tsung actor (Tagawa) took it more personally he was facing a Chinese fighter (Steven Ho is also Chinese descent) and beat the hell out of him
Chan is like when someone cheeses their way to Shao Khan with uppercuts just to realize the glitch doesnt work on him and gets beat like the scrub they are
Mortal Kombat from 1995 is not the greatest video game movie of all time. But, Mortal Kombat from 1995 is one of the greatest video game movies of all time, along with Sonic the Hedgehog from 2020.
@@IgorSalaj3578 agreed and that’s what I meant that the 1995 movie Is one of the greatest video game movies of all time. Not the new Mortal Kombat movie that just came out. I did think the new movie was good but not great if that makes sense.
@@IgorSalaj3578 agreed. The only thing they got wrong was scorpion and subzero being slaves to Shang Tsung. Sub Zero was there to assassinate Shang Tsung because the Grand Master saw Shang as a threat to the Lin Qwei. Scorpion (at that time) before his story was more fully fleshed out, was simply there to get revenge on Sub Zero. He didn’t care about the greater war. Liu kang also didn’t have a brother and fully embraced his role to stand against Shang Tsung and fully trusted in Raiden. Other than that the characters and script were extremely faithful to the games and the actors nailed the characters.
That mongolian throat singing is amazing. So much detail that I missed. This film was amazing ! it really captured the essence of the first three MK games.
Wow now thats what you call a flawless victory. Chan didn't get a single hit in. Even that kick at the beginning completely missed the mark despite Shang Tsung being right in front of him . Clearly Chan was trained by Grand Master Scrappy Doo and Grand Master Mister Magoo.
Kung Lao: "We never should have left the academy." Liu Kang: "Do not blame yourself for Chan's death." Kung Lao: "He was my brother too, Liu!" Scorpion: "You too carry the flames of vengeance?" Liu Kang: "Shang Tsung killed my brother before the first tournament." Scorpion: "He and Quan Chi will burn for their crimes!" Johnny Cage: "So your brother and Jin aren't a thing?" Liu Kang: "He understands Jin's interests, but does not share them." Johnny Cage: "Social Media ain't going to be happy hearing that." Liu Kang: "I appreciate you helping me free Chan's soul." Kitana: "How else am I supposed to receive his blessing?" Liu Kang: "Haha...fair enough." Cassie Cage: "So the chosen one's got a little brother?" Liu Kang: "What's with that tone in your voice, Cassandra?" Cassie Cage: "Oh, nothing to worry about." Shang Tsung: "Your brother's soul is mine." Liu Kang: "Release Chan's soul now!" Shang Tsung: "ONLY through Mortal Kombat!" Liu Kang: "Why didn't the gods protect Chan?" Cetrion: "Why didn't his older brother?" Liu Kang: "I can't be everywhere at once." Thot-del: "The Chosen One's brother would make an excellent concubine." Liu Kang: "Mileena shan't lay a finger on him!" Thot-del: "Who said anything about Mileena?"
So did Robin Shou as Liu Kang. You can tell that as Liu, Shou channeled the conflict that he faced in running away from his destiny along with the guilt over not protecting Chan and the anger he felt for Shang Tsung. Trevor Goddard also did a good job bringing Kano to life despite the fact that in the games, he was Japanese American. They changed him to Australian.
this fight does a GREAT job at showing you what this will be, mortal kombat. like the blows here from shang have weight behind them you feel the dudes pain
![Liu Kang vs Shang Tsung [Part 1] | Mortal Kombat](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/SHR0hkwEtGo/mqdefault.jpg)
![Liu Kang vs Shang Tsung [Part 1] | Mortal Kombat](/img/tr.png)
you gotta admit that this opening was the coolest thing on earth back in 95
@DHARMAGTA LMAO, it wasn’t too scary to me, I was the same exact age. The soul steal of the black dude that fought Liu Kang was pretty unsettling though.
Still is
Hell yeah, we saw it in the theater, packed to the rafters. That music came on and everyone cheered.
@@garyfrombrooklyn The first MK film had awesome music throughout the whole film.
heck yeah still is to this day a classic
I remember being 11 years old in the theater, when the song yelled Mortal Kombat at the beginning the audience went insane, dancing, and cheering.
What was the dancing like?
@@jblasutavario9549 Probably doing animations from the games.
Everyone probably stood up and did the Finish Him motion, spinning around in a daze
@@romeo_alpha0176 awww im sad I wasn’t born in the 19s
@@romeo_alpha0176 but I still enjoyed it watching it on tv
The Actor of Shang Tsung in this movie is now playing Shang Tsung in MK11.
What a great day.
Lucidly Lucid never seen this I'm exited to watch ittt
“IT HAS BEGUN!”
I hope they added that version of that Shang Tsung on the game having a slick back hair with his long trenchcoat
@@chimeraking5286 yeah I was thinking the same thing that would be dope as hell
Talk about coming full circle
I felt so sorry for Chan. Arm broken, spine crushed, and his soul taken. However I will say this scene established Shang Tsung as a villain that is dangerous and should be taken very seriously.
So true
Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa was the filmmaker's first and only choice to play Shang Tsung. He was depicted as relatively younger in this movie 🎥 to avoid the excessive make-up that would've been required to duplicate his aged appearance in the first game. 🎮
He shouldn't been challenging Shang Tsung to begin with.
@@ladyfire44 he was severely outmatched.
Yup menacing face and words
And This my friends is how you start a videogame movie
100% agree
Tekken the Motion Picture also began with a Nightmare scene
Pattiaesthetic *then the next movie ruined it*
It’s how u start ANY movie. So epic
No. You have to cater towards the Fortnite demographic. Like End Game did.
This movie was actually pretty good. Far better than Street Fighter.
MegaAshWilliams ain't that the fucking truth I hated that street fighter movie
I couldn't watch Street Fighter without JCVD acting like a ego dick. Guile and Cammy would've been more understanding of Chun-Li's plight since they shared the same enemy in M. Bison.
I still have the sound track on CD lol, also ripped to .wav :P
Hahahahahahahaha.... Good luck with that.
What van Damm in street fighter that film was epic to mortal Kombat movie.
i always remember liu waking up in that green room from my childhood, good memories.
Maybe it was an allusion to his green dragon fatality. Also like the fax mesasge "Brother Dead, Return Home". Straight to the point.
When I was a kid and saw this movie, I didn't get why the room was green. Then when I visited the Philippines when I was 19, I woke up to thunder and it was raining so hard outside that the white fluorescent light from the streets looked green coming in the window and my hotel room was exactly like Liu Kang's.
Same
I've always needed an explanation of that
Hi Hater hey...
Who's here after the MK 11 DLC
shang Tsung reveal. 👹👍🏽
I'm here just to see, "YOUR SOUL IS MINE! "
That shit was cold same camera angle
Me XD
Me
Lmaooo me after I watched the trailer I had to watch this scene real quick 💀😂
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa did quite an awesome job when he brought the character Shang Tsung to life.
Andy Szwejda true I definitely agree
Keyno Johnson So did Christopher Lambert when he brought Rayden to life.
Andy Szwejda
I DEFINETELY AGREE to both of you..
Clark Medina Thanks for your feedback. Basically the opening scene is a reminder to all who would challenge Shang Tsung without paying their dues.
Yep. They did a great job casting him as Shang Tsung.
Damn. I forgot how fire that intro song! MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!
Shit gets you up punching and kicking lol
2:30
"Brother dead. Return home. Grandfather."
Ain't nobody got time for nothing else.
Because they would charge per character for telegrams
Shaolin life has enfeebled his mind. Too much meditation.
"Ain't nobody got time fo that!"
@@natedoggcata youngsters won't understand what a telegram is.
Reject humanity. Return to Monke. Monke.
This is not only the first movie of MK, it's the best one. I wish it was complete
wish the sequel was as good as first movie but is hard to mantain that level
The reboot is better. ACTUAL fatalities.
Wow. That was just brutal. Shang Tsung showed no mercy. Tore up Chan's arm and crushed his spine.
Yep. This scene is a warning to those who challenges Shang Tsung directly without paying their dues.
Shang Tsung definitely isn't the merciful type. Breaking Chan's arm was bad enough but then he went and broke his spine just because he wanted to hear Chan cry out in pain as Shang Tsung enjoys making his enemies suffer before he takes their souls.....
I remember in the theater, people groaned when he crushed his spine. I said "that had to hurt."
keun chung well it’s gonna be his turn. I’ve nailed him more times.
And Liu Kang tore his ass up at the end and beat Shang within an inch of every life he had.
The intro is everything I can’t help but smile as my eyes light up with joy hearing MORTAL KOMBAT!!!
When movies from the 80s or 90s have better quality and style than what we have today
That is true
LIKE THIS BECAUSE THE SHANG TSUNG DLC TRAILER JUST DROPPED!!
Skym1ke Me .
Fuck you
@@hotepkiller1180 no fuck you
Even the faces he makes as he beats Chan makes Shang Tsung look inhuman. Great acting from Mr. Tegawa
Well, the facial expression from Shang Tsung when he threatens Liu Kang that he is coming for him next can be a bit difficult to intimidate someone as it looks slightly laughable. But the facial expression Shang Tsung makes after his human face shifts into an undead one is inarguably inhuman and terrifying.
@@IgorSalaj3578best villain ever in mortal kombat sorry shao kuhn but Shang tsung won this
His facial expressions crack me up. And I love the way he says “mine”
Rhyperior Ranger You will be necks.
Save your poty for the weak!
Imagine if he said ur brothers ass is mine lmao
You Imbecile. Follow him. Finish him!
I'm impressed with the graphics of this movie of its time and age
me too. the way tsung morphed into a corpse after the killing was intense.
There are aspects that have aged, such as Reptile, but most of the set design still looks awesome.
Dude. The sound of his back breaking is literally burned into my memory. It was the only part of that scene I remembered.
I feel like they picked the perfect actors for Shang and Liu for this movie.
Even Cage, Sonya and Raiden
@@ladyfire44 And maybe Goro, Kano and Scorpion as well.
well Liu was literally the character model in MK3
@Will Coppock well actually goro is a robot
Basically every actor in this movie are perfect for these characters
Breaking his arm and his spine, damn Shang was doing X-ray combos MK 2011. lol but seriously tho that was a flawless victory.
Damn right it was! Shang Tsung destroyed Liu Kang's little brother in 30 seconds and didn't get hit once!
Actually, Shang Tsung took some block damage. So no flawless victory.
Beta mmmmm
Beta oh! It’s also called Parry attacks too. Well you know that right?
Beta k
Who else is hope that this movie will be showed at the cinema next year as 30 anniversary??
Oh I am praying cause this is one of the few movies I would kill to see in theaters
I'm hoping some smart theater would do that. I didn't see this movie on the big screen.
I remember seeing this opening weekend and we were so damn excited!!!!!!! My older cousin took me to see it and we had a blast. Good times!
I love that green hue in the room. I remember that scene stuck with me as a child. That room looked so cozy with the green lighting and rain dripping down the window.
One of the perks of being sorted into Slytherin
This really is an amazing recreation of a nightmare. The ominous atmosphere, the blue tint hanging around in the environment --filled with the absolute sheer horror and dread of a nightmare. Where all you can do is be completely at the mercy of whatever is transpiring in the dream; totally victim tp whatever is taking place. Especially with the way Lui's broth Chan calls out his name one last time before Shang Tsung descends upon Lui in the dream as he decays away into a putrid demonic entity. Man i really appreciate this. This and the nightmare on Elmstreet dream sequences really get the concept of nightmares.
Liu
When he back handed the poor little guy, that was dark. I love how the movie did not shy away from showing its audience how brutal the fights were.
This is one of those cases where the actor and overall appearance on screen does not match with the original source in any way, but still looks menacingly stylish. You don't see an old wizard, but you just KNOW immediately that is Shang Tsung. So happy they brought him back for MK11.
Shang Tsung changes ages throughout the series. He starts as old in MK1 but is made young again in MK2. After that his age corresponds to how much power he currently has so he can become old when he is weak but become young again by consuming souls. So it's actually canonically correct just not strictly to the timeline of the first game. MK2 was already out by the time this movie released and we were seeing press for MK3 so young Shang Tsung was indeed a thing by the time of this movie.
Who else is here after the reveal trailer?
MMA History & Highlights meee
Me definitely!!
Me
🙋🏻♂️
Which one? ;)
Seeing that New line cinemas logo was so epic during the 90s. Mortal Kombat, The Matrix, the lord of the rings (early 00s)
Damn. I remember watching this first scene in home theatre. Didn't expected the movie to start like this, brutal as f**k, dark and schocking. At the very beginning i could say: OK, this movie isn't jokes.
Too bad MK: Annihilation didn't follow the first movie's dark theme.
Maybe just expected to have more blood and gore like the games did, but that didn't happen.
@@ladyfire44 you know that movie gets so much heat for not being as good as the original but its not as bad as people made it out to be maybe because i saw it as a kid in theaters the plot just didn't bother me overall and the plot wasnt all that bad either with some twist and unexpected turns which they would have kept the original Raiden though . I would still take annihilation over most of these action films today lol
Normal parents: "you're grounded. no screen time. go to your room"
Asian parents:
Latino parents: “GET OVER HERE!!!!”
Russian parents: no more vodka for a week
That New Line logo opening with the MK theme is so iconic.
"And the award for the best opening credits goe..."
"MOORTAL KOMBAAAAT"
This is Nostalgia #nostalgia #ностальгия
Best intro ever "your brother soul is mine " shang tsung the actor brought shang tsung to life awesome 💥💥💥💥💥
My Tae Kwon Do instructor took our whole class to see this movie. Interestingly enough he was a huge video game and comic fan, so he promised us to see it if we all did well at a tournament the week before. We all placed at the tournament! It was cool having the whole theater to ourselves.
gfan84 Yours too? I was 4 or 5 during the time,but I'll never forget seeing this movie.We used the main song of this movie for a lot of our patterns as well.
THAT'S EPIC!
Cobras would’ve kicked ur collective asses, lol I’m jk I sincerely had to
@@joshgard205 haha! That's a good one, I was waiting for a comment like that.
@@gfan84 nice sensei
When you’re at the final boss and you only have a spec of life left.
Reminds me of when my sibs was new to Final Fantasy 7, and we had no clue on how leveling up (or grinding) worked. We made it to the second arc of the first disc, and every enemy would give us hell. Good times lol
Ever since I saw this movie as a kid, I just wanted a badass nightlight like Liu Kang has.
Best video game movie ever, and that song is fucking legendary.
Well, for me, both, Mortal Kombat movie from 1995 and Sonic the Hedgehog from 2020 are the best video games movies of all time. And the intro song from Mortal Kombat always gets me to dance to it's rhythm.
@@IgorSalaj3578mk is way better than sonic.
First time I saw the opening I was like damn that was violent and brutal.
the little you know
He got bitch slapped
Petro_Dubz Twice.
Thoughg he was gonna take my soul threw the tv screen 😭😢😟😞
@@thaaffguy the way he ads a lasting effect on the mine part always creeper me Your Sole is MIIIIIIIINE
I actually thought someone in the theater yelled mortal Kombat when I first heard the opening theme song.
Fun Fact: in the novelization of the movie it's explained that since Liu Kang had left for America. The Order of Light named Chan as The Chosen One to represent them in the tournament. Shang being the boss that he is decided to pull up and shut all that down while everybody was sleeping and Chan was the only one outside sweeping and challenged him. And you see the result right here.
Shang Tsung knew that Chen wasn't the chosen one. He did everything he could to take the easy way out by fighting and killing Chen, to kidnapping Sonya in attempt to get another easy win.
Shang Tsung did not want to fight Liu Kang at all! This is why I love MK '95. Despite a few cheese moments, the story was deep and the action was good.
After years... i admit , this movie was good game adaptation
Mary Jane yeah!
the first Silent Hill movie was also a good game adaptation
Just the opening of this being related to a video game is pretty epic, totally makes a good eastern Asian honor thing.
The green lighting really brings back vivid memories.
I have two fond memories about this movie: Aside from being ultra hyped for it, I remember going to see this on opening night. I was 13 and I went with my little brother Chris and my cousin Jason (who I was named after). It was in Puerto Rico in a theatre inside a mall called Plaza Del Caribe. We had a ball watching it.
My other memory was that they use to play movies for us at lunchtime in my junior high. It was to give us options. Either, we could stay in the lunch room, do whatever in the yard or we could watch movies in the auditorium. They only played 3 movies for us: Speed, The Mask & Mortal Kombat (and occasionally The Pryde Of The X-Men tv pilot). I remember that the kids cheer loudly for the Scorpion/Johnny Cage fight. I miss being a kid.
(After a divorce)
“Half of what you own is mine! Your visitation rights will be next!”
Lol nice!
Adam Board That’s probably how Shang Tsung gets all that gold. 😹
LIU!!??
At 1:10…you knew he wasn’t playing. He reached back so far to give him a incredible back hand.
There’s no other movie to hype you up like this intro. Even without the gore the movie was still a 10/10. They literally hired the best actors for each character
Your soul is mine.
edgar brown When you sing your prenupcial agreetments. 😂
Fingol firn lol
FATALITY!
edgar brown That’s the Same pose on MK 11. Holy crap!
YU SOO IS MAH!
This is why Shang Tsung wouldn't make a good martial arts teacher, he'd cripple or kill all of his students as he'd forget that he's only training people, not engaging them in mortal kombat.
pretty much Shou Kahn to Shang Tsung
That opening had me hyped!
When the new movie comes out and if there isn't a single person that yells Mortal Kombat in the theater, I'm going to be so disappointed
For everyone 30 and under I wish you were there to see how insanely epic this was! People in the audience were jumping out of their seats, cheering, raving and doing flips. I was only 11 at the time and I'll never forget how great this was! This movie was Pure Badassery!
@@bennysum8252 but u can show them gey stuff...
I do wish the sequel had more of the original cast.
I wished the sequel didn't kill Johnny Cage. Have Jade join the side of the Earth realm after learning the truth in what Shao Kahn did to Outworld
So many years later, this film hasn't been topped in MK films. This is the only good live action MK film. It pains me to say that.
This movie is by no means a masterpiece, but If we go by this objectively, this was one of the best video game movies ever made.
Yup
How about prince of persia movie?
Just wait until you see sonic and its sequel
this movie is a masterpiece
Disagree. This movie IS a masterpiece. The casting was perfect, everyone gave it their all and knocked it outta the park; Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Trevor Goddard being honorable mentions. People and the makers of MK loved his Kano so much they retconned the character in honor of Goddard’s take. The fights were amazing, the music, the set pieces and the vista. It all was perfect
But, to each their own 🤷♂️
◾ *Liu Kang* (Older brother)
- Alive
◾ *Chan Kang* (Younger brother)
- Deceased
Whos here when tge mk11 kombat kast dlc came out
After four years nobody😂
1:11 when the teacher says its a easy test but you get a 99
your brother soul is mine
best line ever
for the new generation, this was the avengers for us when it came out. this movie was huge
Avengers has been around longer than the games and movies
This scene broke my heart.....Shit.
Same here. Seeing a well meaning but foolish kid try to take on Shang Tsung only to get broken physically/mentally before being killed and having his soul taken by Shang Tsung was upsetting to say the least.
I wanna eat your shit
@@terrymay9488 😂😂😂 bruh chill
I doubt the actual fight happened this way. This is just Liu's mind exaggerating. I personally believe that Chan fought and died like a man instead of begging like a kid.
@@ShadowDancer_ I hope you're right, I'd hate to think that Chan begged for mercy and was pathetic in his last moments. Sure, he was likely destroyed in the fight but I hope that Chan died defiant.
Perhaps Shang Tsung altered how Chan behaved during the fight to mock Liu Kang and to build himself up as powerful in that he can make strong people beg for mercy.
Who's here to see "who's here after Shang Tsung DLC reveal" comments?
Me
0:54 when you see your teacher in public.
I came for the nostalgia
This is Nostalgia #nostalgia
ahhhh the 90's man..golden days
that's how you make a MORTAL KOMBAT movie ladies and gentlemen.
1995 was an awesome year. Great cartoons, great video games, great movies...so much fun.
When you try to fight the final boss at lv. 1
1:48 "LIUUUUUUU!!!!!!!"
You will be next!
That's what I scream after eating a curry 😉
The one rare time looking directly at the movie camera for the cinema aspect and it works perfectly.
Lui’s brother was basically China in WW2 in this scene, and Shang Tsung was imperial Japan.
Good one
It seemed like the Shang Tsung actor (Tagawa) took it more personally he was facing a Chinese fighter (Steven Ho is also Chinese descent) and beat the hell out of him
Tagawa has been in so many martial arts movies and then you had lambert from the Highlander. Made for an epic cast.
Chan is like when someone cheeses their way to Shao Khan with uppercuts just to realize the glitch doesnt work on him and gets beat like the scrub they are
I will always love how this movie starts off. Less than 5 minutes in we're given a banger theme and then Shang Tsung decimating some kid 😂
Greatest video game movie of all time. Hands down without a doubt.
Mortal Kombat from 1995 is not the greatest video game movie of all time. But, Mortal Kombat from 1995 is one of the greatest video game movies of all time, along with Sonic the Hedgehog from 2020.
@@IgorSalaj3578 agreed and that’s what I meant that the 1995 movie Is one of the greatest video game movies of all time. Not the new Mortal Kombat movie that just came out. I did think the new movie was good but not great if that makes sense.
@@IgorSalaj3578 agreed. The only thing they got wrong was scorpion and subzero being slaves to Shang Tsung. Sub Zero was there to assassinate Shang Tsung because the Grand Master saw Shang as a threat to the Lin Qwei.
Scorpion (at that time) before his story was more fully fleshed out, was simply there to get revenge on Sub Zero. He didn’t care about the greater war.
Liu kang also didn’t have a brother and fully embraced his role to stand against Shang Tsung and fully trusted in Raiden.
Other than that the characters and script were extremely faithful to the games and the actors nailed the characters.
I started watch this movie since year 2000.
New Line Cinema was a thing long time ago 😢
1:00 that kick wouldve fucked someone up lol. Chan seems to be skilled in his own roght but obviously went up against the final boss 😂❤
Little brother stepping up to Father:
Father reminding me who’s in charge:
YOU WILL BE NEXT!!
BIG BROTHER:☹
That mongolian throat singing is amazing. So much detail that I missed. This film was amazing ! it really captured the essence of the first three MK games.
no one will ever say the iconic line better
We want Another Mortal Kombat movie with the same Cast & New Story ✊🔥
Let’s hope Shang has this awesome skin the game💪🏼
I'm hoping for Liu Kang and maybe Raiden to have movie skin for DLC!
When you're Chinese and get an A- on your report card.
Wow now thats what you call a flawless victory. Chan didn't get a single hit in. Even that kick at the beginning completely missed the mark despite Shang Tsung being right in front of him . Clearly Chan was trained by Grand Master Scrappy Doo and Grand Master Mister Magoo.
He was also unprepared to deal with Shang Tsung.
This is unironically one of the best intros to a movie I’ve seen.
As a kid I used to think if you played against a mirror match as Liu Kang, the recolor was his brother
That would actually be a cool detail for MK 11. Though I know they won't do it.
Kung Lao: "We never should have left the academy."
Liu Kang: "Do not blame yourself for Chan's death."
Kung Lao: "He was my brother too, Liu!"
Scorpion: "You too carry the flames of vengeance?"
Liu Kang: "Shang Tsung killed my brother before the first tournament."
Scorpion: "He and Quan Chi will burn for their crimes!"
Johnny Cage: "So your brother and Jin aren't a thing?"
Liu Kang: "He understands Jin's interests, but does not share them."
Johnny Cage: "Social Media ain't going to be happy hearing that."
Liu Kang: "I appreciate you helping me free Chan's soul."
Kitana: "How else am I supposed to receive his blessing?"
Liu Kang: "Haha...fair enough."
Cassie Cage: "So the chosen one's got a little brother?"
Liu Kang: "What's with that tone in your voice, Cassandra?"
Cassie Cage: "Oh, nothing to worry about."
Shang Tsung: "Your brother's soul is mine."
Liu Kang: "Release Chan's soul now!"
Shang Tsung: "ONLY through Mortal Kombat!"
Liu Kang: "Why didn't the gods protect Chan?"
Cetrion: "Why didn't his older brother?"
Liu Kang: "I can't be everywhere at once."
Thot-del: "The Chosen One's brother would make an excellent concubine."
Liu Kang: "Mileena shan't lay a finger on him!"
Thot-del: "Who said anything about Mileena?"
Liuuuuuuuuuu!!!
lol
I always die laughing at that lol
Luke Skywalker - Someone is calling me
And then he died
You will be next!
Ah when I was 4 years old... My interest in martial arts expanded further
No body says “Your soul is MIiinnee” better than Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa. He is the perfect Shang Tsung. 👌
Yep. Bruce Locke was nowhere near the intimidating level that Tagawa was as Shang Tsung.
@@ladyfire44 I agree. I reckon they should even have Tagawa play the older Shang Tsung in the new MK films too.
I first saw this film on video. My cousin, who was in high school, wanted me to see it. I was barely 11 and I loved it!
That fucking trench coat is the absolute BEAST! I must have it.
New line cinema makes so many great movies! Rush hour 1-3 and then you have this legendary movie Mortal Kombat 1995.
Dude, He just stomped his fucking back!!!
The hype for this was simply unreal
Shang Tsung carried this movie, to be honest.
Cary did a fantastic job with Shang Tsung. Maybe the best performance in the movie but the whole cast was excellent.
Johnny cage did
@@HOTBOYHOTFINDS eh cage was ok but without shang tsung this movie would be forgotten
So did Robin Shou as Liu Kang. You can tell that as Liu, Shou channeled the conflict that he faced in running away from his destiny along with the guilt over not protecting Chan and the anger he felt for Shang Tsung.
Trevor Goddard also did a good job bringing Kano to life despite the fact that in the games, he was Japanese American. They changed him to Australian.
Letting the theme start at the New Line Cinema logo was a genius move. Never forgot this studio because of this. Lol
Every real life fight battle needs to start with this song
this fight does a GREAT job at showing you what this will be, mortal kombat. like the blows here from shang have weight behind them you feel the dudes pain