I always thought the jonnycage friendship that he always keep an pre sighn autograph on him cause he is busy and when he jump it feel out his pockect. Lol
i'm 29 years old, and today is the day i learned that the Kung Lao they're referring to is another guy-and that it wasn't some mystical time travel thing that brought Kung Lao into Mortal Kombat 2. Thank you Tony!
Reptile wasn't originally in the film, he was added after test audiences complained there weren't enough fights in a movie called Mortal Kombat, that's why he feels rushed and disconnected from the rest of the film.
I assume there's a scene we don't get to see where Scorpion and Sub Zero hand out rule books to all the fighters, and Shang Tsung gives a power point presentation explaining everything.
With Johnny cage though, Master Boyd a.k.a. Shang Tsung in disguise, influences Johnny’s decision to enter the tournament. He’s trusting the word of his master who he respects and trusts his advice.
I assumed Shang Tsung's "Flawless" meant that Art could Could not make Goro fall down...evening with the punches and combo...now Lui Kang, failed miserably because he was getting knocked all over that place lol
I think you missed a very important and very obvious aspect of this movie. Shang Tsung tries to manipulate the best fighters to come to the tournament because he is using Goro to kill them so that he can capture their souls. The souls of great fighters will make Tsung more powerful.
5:15 This was based on real life. In the 80s and 90s, many people claimed Van Damme was not a real martial artist and was in actuality a Ballet Dancer who was faking it.
Great movie essay, loved it -- you raise a lot of good points. I did want to share some insight into some of your qualms. There's a reason Shang Tsung has to seek out the best of the best (and by that I mean, Liu Kang). They are chosen by the Elder Gods as the best representatives of their realms. As host of the tournament, it is Shang Tsung's responsibility to seek out these chosen warriors and extend the tournament invitation to them. How did they know Liu Kang could defeat Shang Tsung but Johnny and Sonya couldn't? They weren't just making brass assumptions. Raiden specifically mentioned, when asked why he wasn't talking to Earthrealm's fighters, "I have looked into their souls, and into yours. One of you three will decide the outcome of the tournament." You can tell he knew which of the three would win, but wasn't ready to disclose that yet. Shang Tsung looked into their souls as well -- and knew which one of them stood a chance of winning (i.e., Liu Kang). So when he challenges Sonya and Johnny, it really is an act of cowardice. Most of this can be inferred from the subtext of the film itself, but it's reinforced elsewhere (i.e., the film's novelization, statements by the film's cast and crew, stuff from the original games, etc.). As your resident MK lore expert I'll by happy to go into more detail about any of this -- any time, anywhere!
"you must kill Sub Zero with that which brings life" my favorite line in the movie. I love how Kitana goes out of her way to not just say water but still basically said water.
Her line actually was "to defeat your next opponent use the element which brings life" You were close though. That was one of my favorite lines as well. That and johnny cage saying: "huh,thank God I didn't ask him to park the car" 😆 Re edit: lol I was slightly wrong too. I looked it up after post. She actually says "to win your next match use the element which brings life"
12:01 FYI: In the 3.0 version of MK arcade, where Reptile was introduced, a double flawless with fatality and no blocks at The Pit was all that was required to get to Reptile. The problem was that it was impossible to get to him as Sonya because her fatality involved using the block button. In the 4.0 version they reworked the code so that one could push block during the match and still get to Reptile just as long as their life bar isn't damaged. But they also added the detail of it only working if a random silhouette travels across the moon.
I always thought since watching as a kid that Shang tsung deteriorated at the end because he's so much older than he looks and when he died all those souls left that sustained his appearance and youth.
That is also when Sonya had faced her fear, which Raiden mentioned earlier, trust issues. It was her trust that Liu Kang and Johnny will come and save her, that made her not accept Shang Tsung's challenge. Had she continue to believe that everyone was only going to get in her way then she would've accepted and lost.
Okay look I pause the video 5 minutes and 33 seconds in to inform you Johnny Cage was based off of Jean-Claude Van Damme and one of John Claude Van Damme's biggest pet peeves was the people did not think he was an actual martial artist it made perfect sense to me that the character in the movie had this issue it was honestly the issue of many 80s action Stars people thought and still think that he was never a real martial artist nowadays you can check facts to a degree that is absolutely unheard of or at least was unheard of back when Mortal Kombat the movie came out yes nowadays you can check and see that he won multiple World Championships in actual martial arts tournaments back then all you had was the word of the person talking possibly an old black-and-white photo and nobody wanted to believe a guy that pretty with obvious background in ballet was a world-class martial artist... Mortal Kombat was originally supposed to be the Bloodsport video game but Van Damme didn't want any part of it so they made their own version of a Bloodsport game with no Bloodsport that kept them from getting sued by the people that made Bloodsport the final move in the movie Bloodsport is the split nut punch which was one of Johnny cages original from the first game special moves and the movie used in the movie to defeat Goro
This was my all-time favorite movie when I was a kid. So it'll always have a special place in my heart. But all of your criticisms are spot-on. Let's hope some of these mistakes are fixed in the reboot next month. One month later: this movie fixed a few mistakes from 1995, and made a whole bunch of new ones.
I never thought that Reptile was thrown into a statue. Seems kinda obvious that it was the corpse of an Outworld casualty that Reptile used as a 'host'. Which would also explain the bugs.... js
Christopher Lambert was actually born in America grew up in France I thought he was French national. Anyways he played a Scottish man in the Highlander. He playing Raiden makes sense I suppose 😅😉
In defense of the shapeshift thing that would be one hell of a mind fuck. Imagine;seeing someone transform right in front of your eyes, Not just into someone else but someone that you once knew and cared about that is now dead. The pure shock of seeing that alone would make anyone freeze and question things.
Too me this is without a doubt the best live action movie based on a video game. The best overall film best on a video game is the street fighter 2 the anime movie
I remember always thinking how cool it was to hear "Reptile" when he becomes human. For some reason it always felt like it was just supposed to be there.
Great video! One thing I always mention about Kano from the movie influencing the games, is that they made him Australian in them rather than a cockney/Londoner like the actor RIP
Man, I got left out. I only got the cartridge and not the box or manual. Back in the day, you could get the games cheaper without the box and that's what most of my family did when they bought me games back in the Genesis era.
I've decided that liu isn't a liar because they had their fight and made it up to the balcony and then round 2 starts when liu is by that light and goes ham on shang. So technically that final bout where liu kang goes ham is a flawless victory.
This basically became the model for the characters personalities. Carrie Hiroyuki Tagawa is still voicing Shang Tsung in the games. He has such a great voice. I will say Sonya was on a team,but she did leave them and went off on her own. So she hadn't quite learned teamwork though she really should have by then
"Not really using twitter at the moment"...... suuuuure. Somehow I recall as a kid accidentally unlocking the Reptile fight even with how convoluted that shit is.
I like to think Reptile’s random fight scene was added as a little fanservice moment referencing when he was an unlockable hidden character in the first game. Still awesome either way.
Nice to see your branching off and doing your own thing. Ill sub and see whats going on here! I remember the games then movies. Never read the comic books though.
Reptile becoming "human" to fight Lu Kang didnt make sense, but a tournament between two realms one of which has magic ninjas and monsters makes perfect sense..👌🏽
from what I understand the Reptile and Scorpion fight were added after test audiences complained that the movie didn't have enough fights, which is why the Reptile fight feels shoehorned in. I could have done without the CG Reptile, but having Shang Tsung have the Humanoid Reptile ambush the heroes in Outworld would have been fine. But, the reptile fight imo, is one of the best fights in the movie, the actors put a lot of hard work into it. The actor who played Liu Kang broke his ribs when he gets thrown into the pillar in that scene.
My headcanon for the reptile thing (when I was a kid) was that the statue was an artificial outworld footsoldier. That in this instance, Subzero and Scorpion were made the same way with abilities dependent on whatever was placed inside the statues that made them (say, some sort of ice spirit and a demon as an example). This is why they have the same uniforms (but with the color swap) because they are all made from the same base form.
Johnny Cage wanting to prove he's a legitimate martial artist makes sense. In reality martial arts movie stars are always being called out as fake. Even Bruce Lee himself was. Anyone can be a bad ass in a fight choreographed for their victory. The question is can they defeat an opponent in actual combat.
agree basically with all of this,with this type of analysing everything-- you could have found some obvious flaws and stupidity in GOTR later seasons,but casual viewers would just slept on it.Anyway,for me main problems are Sub Zero and Scorpion being slaves of Shang Tsung's power,Shang Tsung not showing us at all why is even Goro scared of him,Liu Kang was too much for him with Shang Tsung not showing sorcery, except that stupid shapeshifting and couple of fighters from which he captured souls fighting in some moment against Liu Kang... That didn't convince me that Shang Tsung is more powerful than Sub Zero,Scorpion,and Goro,yet first 2 being slaves of his power,and Goro being scared od him...Still,it's a solid movie.with all those flaws...
Definitely aside from James, you are my fav. I love that you were the one to replace the irreplaceable Bootsy Tuesdays w Mike. Tho It for sure was hard at first to accept the new ScreenWave people.
Not statues... Those are mummified bodies of previous souls consumed by Shang Tsung, reptile which is a generic term to classify a species is actually a chameleon which assumes the body it mimics... No... Wait... That doesn't make sense either... 🤷♂️😅 Or does it? #becausemortalkombat
Its for fun. I thought moslty the same things while watching in the cinema back in the day having read the character profiles, comics and playing the the games the movie had so many weird flaws and plot holes to even a casual 90's mk fan. I still like it then and now. But it is what is and criticism is legit.
I just think that Liu knew that wasn't his brother, but he just got emotional seeing the "ghost" of his brother. I think that when Raiden talked to Sonya about teamwork, he was referring to Sonya constantly saying to Liu and Johnny that she's fine on her own. For Johnny Cage, I can see him needing to prove himself. He does look like a pretty boy. Kitana isn't a waste to me. Since she is the emperor's adoptive, I guess it would just look weird if she was just following Liu. Also, Shang Shung did order Kitana to fight Liu. Shang Shung is a bad guy. He thinks the rules don't apply to him. I have nothing else.
It just never made sense to me that scorpion had a snake coming out his palm when CLEALRY the game shows an arrowhead attached to rope as his spear, but I was a kid at the time so it didn’t really matter to me back then the way it bothers me now
Thanks Tony. I forgot you have a channel. I subscribed. Love all you guys on cinemassecre. Despite it's flaws is still love this movie. I was 9 when it came out..man i miss the 90's
As a kid, we were disappointed because there was almost no blood. Especially, Baraka was my favorite, because TONS OF BLOOD (yes, he was in MK2). Mortal Kombat without blood was so rediculous in our young minds :)
It always felt like some stuff involving Liu Kang was cut out of the film. A training montage or something where someone explains who he's descended from and that he too has the "power" or something. Maybe if you ever meet Robin Shou, you can ask him.
i messed up and said Shang was "de-aged" instead of "aged" I acknowledge this mistake. Please don't leave comments about it.
Tony is a Gangsta !!! Mortal kombat
Down forward back back c !! There now i tured into a drangon and ate anyone one says tony is not a Gangsta!!
I always thought the fireball part was all his anger built up coming out at once !!
I always thought the jonnycage friendship that he always keep an pre sighn autograph on him cause he is busy and when he jump it feel out his pockect. Lol
Why did you say Shang was de-aged, he clearly wasn't.
I always assumed scorpion was a fan and the picture was his.
I thought he had them pre signed for fans. And one just so happens to fall out his pocket 😂
Me 2😆😂😆😂
I thought scorpion was a fan too!
@@genevalong8383 it was only when I was older(20 years later) that the picture was a nod to Johnny cages' "friendship")
Yea I thought scorpion had it inside him or something and came out when he blew up
i'm 29 years old, and today is the day i learned that the Kung Lao they're referring to is another guy-and that it wasn't some mystical time travel thing that brought Kung Lao into Mortal Kombat 2. Thank you Tony!
Reptile wasn't originally in the film, he was added after test audiences complained there weren't enough fights in a movie called Mortal Kombat, that's why he feels rushed and disconnected from the rest of the film.
I like that part
@@ashleyp3662 it saved the movie for me and the reptile fight theme is a bonus
It’s dumb, it’s fun, and it’s fun because it doesn’t take itself seriously.
Liu Kang scored the flawless on the 3rd round
Lmao that’s what i was thinking too 🤣🤣
LOL
To bad fights dont have rounds
I assume there's a scene we don't get to see where Scorpion and Sub Zero hand out rule books to all the fighters, and Shang Tsung gives a power point presentation explaining everything.
LOL! Ikr?
The mental picture of this just made me laugh 😄
Robot Chicken basically did that but it was Ryu organizing Street Fighter.
lololololololol!!!! Yeah im so confused at this bracket system.
There needs to be a spoof of this now lol
That reptile fight was the best fight in the movie though.
Also best song !
Why couldn't Reptile have just been in the human green ninja uniform the whole time?
When I was a kid the reptile scene looked cool like some kind of heavy metal music video
Hell yeah, still awesome now
@@dumahdrummer654 this movie is great
best fight in the movie
The theatre went bananas when that statue turned into reptile. That scene and Cage V Scorpion were the best in the film
4:30 "Flawles victory" quote should be "fatality"...
in the italian dub he actually says "fatality", i was surprised he didn't say it in the original as it would have made a lot more sense lol
*stage fatality*
maybe Rd1 was down in the pit, Rd 2 going up the stairs, Rd3 balcony for the flawless
With Johnny cage though, Master Boyd a.k.a. Shang Tsung in disguise, influences Johnny’s decision to enter the tournament. He’s trusting the word of his master who he respects and trusts his advice.
Lui Kang isn’t the only liar, Shang Tsung is ALSO a liar, he said Goro beat Art with a flawless victory.
I assumed Shang Tsung's "Flawless" meant that Art could Could not make Goro fall down...evening with the punches and combo...now Lui Kang, failed miserably because he was getting knocked all over that place lol
Shang tsung:
😏
My favourite part is when Johnny Cage does the nut shot on Goro
@@markpugh6808 which is odd as you can’t do that to Goro in the game
@@DW3010 yeah the bosses in MK are always overpowered
The fireball was spontaneous, the culmination of the fight and tournament helped bring his abilities out.
I think you missed a very important and very obvious aspect of this movie. Shang Tsung tries to manipulate the best fighters to come to the tournament because he is using Goro to kill them so that he can capture their souls. The souls of great fighters will make Tsung more powerful.
Or use against in the final combat like the one's summoned to fight Liu.
Reptile isn't Kitana's body guard he is stalking her like pray.
5:15 This was based on real life. In the 80s and 90s, many people claimed Van Damme was not a real martial artist and was in actuality a Ballet Dancer who was faking it.
I always wondered how Johnny got out of the NetherRealm!
Most likely Raiden would go and teleport him out of there
Great movie essay, loved it -- you raise a lot of good points. I did want to share some insight into some of your qualms.
There's a reason Shang Tsung has to seek out the best of the best (and by that I mean, Liu Kang). They are chosen by the Elder Gods as the best representatives of their realms. As host of the tournament, it is Shang Tsung's responsibility to seek out these chosen warriors and extend the tournament invitation to them.
How did they know Liu Kang could defeat Shang Tsung but Johnny and Sonya couldn't? They weren't just making brass assumptions. Raiden specifically mentioned, when asked why he wasn't talking to Earthrealm's fighters, "I have looked into their souls, and into yours. One of you three will decide the outcome of the tournament." You can tell he knew which of the three would win, but wasn't ready to disclose that yet. Shang Tsung looked into their souls as well -- and knew which one of them stood a chance of winning (i.e., Liu Kang). So when he challenges Sonya and Johnny, it really is an act of cowardice.
Most of this can be inferred from the subtext of the film itself, but it's reinforced elsewhere (i.e., the film's novelization, statements by the film's cast and crew, stuff from the original games, etc.). As your resident MK lore expert I'll by happy to go into more detail about any of this -- any time, anywhere!
"you must kill Sub Zero with that which brings life" my favorite line in the movie. I love how Kitana goes out of her way to not just say water but still basically said water.
Her line actually was "to defeat your next opponent use the element which brings life"
You were close though.
That was one of my favorite lines as well.
That and johnny cage saying: "huh,thank God I didn't ask him to park the car" 😆
Re edit: lol I was slightly wrong too. I looked it up after post.
She actually says "to win your next match use the element which brings life"
Lol
12:01 FYI: In the 3.0 version of MK arcade, where Reptile was introduced, a double flawless with fatality and no blocks at The Pit was all that was required to get to Reptile. The problem was that it was impossible to get to him as Sonya because her fatality involved using the block button. In the 4.0 version they reworked the code so that one could push block during the match and still get to Reptile just as long as their life bar isn't damaged. But they also added the detail of it only working if a random silhouette travels across the moon.
I kinda remember something like that that moon part anyway
Maybe that’s why I couldn’t get reptile with scorpion his Fatallty requires a block button also
i like this, its informative AND entertaining, ur personality shows alot in this, great video hope to see more!!
Ok, had To stop the vid a 2:36, when the guy said game kung lao isnt great kung lao descendant. Get your facts straight.
I always thought since watching as a kid that Shang tsung deteriorated at the end because he's so much older than he looks and when he died all those souls left that sustained his appearance and youth.
Same. I liked they left somethings to your imagination or whatnot.
Just came across your channel, love the vibes bud.
This movie was awesome when I was growing up
Still is
What doesn’t make sense is the length of Goro’s torso relative to his legs. Who approved that design? He looks like the world’s tallest midget.
When I was a kid playing MK I always thought that sub zero was the good guy and scorpio the bad one
Subzero mythologies kinda had that sort of perspective...
Rayden told Liu Kang that Sonya has to accept his challenge or it doesn’t count. That’s why when she said “no”, it wasn’t a forfeit for earth realm.
That is also when Sonya had faced her fear, which Raiden mentioned earlier, trust issues. It was her trust that Liu Kang and Johnny will come and save her, that made her not accept Shang Tsung's challenge. Had she continue to believe that everyone was only going to get in her way then she would've accepted and lost.
This still one of my favorite movie of all time
Same
Wow
I really lol at apologize to dead shang tsung
This movie needed the 50 year old Karateman from the animated movie.
it had plaid shirt guy instead!
I would have addee a sentient wheel of cheese into the third act.
Okay look I pause the video 5 minutes and 33 seconds in to inform you Johnny Cage was based off of Jean-Claude Van Damme and one of John Claude Van Damme's biggest pet peeves was the people did not think he was an actual martial artist it made perfect sense to me that the character in the movie had this issue it was honestly the issue of many 80s action Stars people thought and still think that he was never a real martial artist nowadays you can check facts to a degree that is absolutely unheard of or at least was unheard of back when Mortal Kombat the movie came out yes nowadays you can check and see that he won multiple World Championships in actual martial arts tournaments back then all you had was the word of the person talking possibly an old black-and-white photo and nobody wanted to believe a guy that pretty with obvious background in ballet was a world-class martial artist... Mortal Kombat was originally supposed to be the Bloodsport video game but Van Damme didn't want any part of it so they made their own version of a Bloodsport game with no Bloodsport that kept them from getting sued by the people that made Bloodsport the final move in the movie Bloodsport is the split nut punch which was one of Johnny cages original from the first game special moves and the movie used in the movie to defeat Goro
In the 90's: this movie is sick
2021: let's make a video about how bad this movie was
Didn't aged well indeed
Liu Kang was my brother's favorite character in the game, DEBUNKED
Fake news! Everyone's favorite character is mokap!
@@HackTheMovies idk I was more of kobra guy i love mk ken
I like Street Fighter over Mortal Kombat, but Liu Kang was my favorite character of the MK franchise.
Liu Kang is the chosen one. I resent this claim he was no one's favorite. I challenge you to Mortal Kombat, Tony!
Remove reptile? That scene was the only redeeming quality about that movie.
Kitana was so hot in the movie!
Agreed and that's why she was in the movie.
@Seth Hultkrantz
I was rushing, to the bathroom. Thanks. 🕹️
Liu believed he can later cuz he believed his destiny, and that confidence built up in his Chi energy and tapped it
This was my all-time favorite movie when I was a kid. So it'll always have a special place in my heart. But all of your criticisms are spot-on. Let's hope some of these mistakes are fixed in the reboot next month.
One month later: this movie fixed a few mistakes from 1995, and made a whole bunch of new ones.
Liu Kang was always kinda pushed as the MK Protag character. At least until they killed him off and made him a zombie.
I never thought that Reptile was thrown into a statue. Seems kinda obvious that it was the corpse of an Outworld casualty that Reptile used as a 'host'. Which would also explain the bugs.... js
Christopher Lambert was actually born in America grew up in France I thought he was French national. Anyways he played a Scottish man in the Highlander. He playing Raiden makes sense I suppose 😅😉
Bestcmovie
Tony clown for for dry humourfunny
@ihate names if real 😎
A lot more charisma than the new one
I loved Christopher Lambert as raiden!
I saw Mortal Kombat at a drive in movie theater....on acid.
It was awesome.
In defense of the shapeshift thing that would be one hell of a mind fuck. Imagine;seeing someone transform right in front of your eyes, Not just into someone else but someone that you once knew and cared about that is now dead. The pure shock of seeing that alone would make anyone freeze and question things.
Who bumbed that theme song wem they was a kid. I remember going to roller land and wen that mkb theme song came out every kid would freak out
🔥🔥🔥🔥
*MORTAL KOMBAT!*
Go old 90's nostalgia 😊
👍👍👍👍
Too me this is without a doubt the best live action movie based on a video game. The best overall film best on a video game is the street fighter 2 the anime movie
The Shang Tsung fight is actually structured like a 3 round fight from the game and in the 3rd round he does achieve a flawless victory
I didn't even know this guy had his own channel. Neat.
Its why I always say Tony from Hack The Movies!
MY ASS has it's own channel to
Why am always the awkward friend that shows up way too early for the party haha.
18:10 he's fighting for Pearl Jamrealm
Bro I know you do short little skits but this was awesome. Hope to see you do more of the longer videos. #✊🏻
I remember always thinking how cool it was to hear "Reptile" when he becomes human. For some reason it always felt like it was just supposed to be there.
did it bug you to see the soul going into Shang Tsung's eye ball? lol
Where was this clip of Goro from 14:50-14:58 from, again?...
The 2021 'Mortal Kombat' movie?...
I totally agree. It's a terrible film, makes no sense, really half arsed story.....but I still love it. And that Reptile fight is my favourite. Lol
Great video!
One thing I always mention about Kano from the movie influencing the games, is that they made him Australian in them rather than a cockney/Londoner like the actor RIP
Tony using a Tony t-shirt. What a legend!
Man, I got left out. I only got the cartridge and not the box or manual. Back in the day, you could get the games cheaper without the box and that's what most of my family did when they bought me games back in the Genesis era.
as a kid I always just assumed the picture came from Scorpion upon his explosion and had it on him because he was tracking him.
I've decided that liu isn't a liar because they had their fight and made it up to the balcony and then round 2 starts when liu is by that light and goes ham on shang. So technically that final bout where liu kang goes ham is a flawless victory.
This basically became the model for the characters personalities. Carrie Hiroyuki Tagawa is still voicing Shang Tsung in the games. He has such a great voice. I will say Sonya was on a team,but she did leave them and went off on her own. So she hadn't quite learned teamwork though she really should have by then
Great vid, Tony! I just subscribed after watching you on Cinemassacre for like a year. Your reactions to stuff when playing with Mike are hilarious!
"Not really using twitter at the moment"...... suuuuure.
Somehow I recall as a kid accidentally unlocking the Reptile fight even with how convoluted that shit is.
I like to think Reptile’s random fight scene was added as a little fanservice moment referencing when he was an unlockable hidden character in the first game. Still awesome either way.
Nice to see your branching off and doing your own thing. Ill sub and see whats going on here! I remember the games then movies. Never read the comic books though.
"Flawless victory" in the 3rd round, yeah. Fans of mk (real fans) would know this by now.
Mortal Combat is a great B movie!
Cross eyed face.
“Your brother’s soul is mine!”
I assumed Scorpion had the Johnny Cage Autograph on him and Cage gave it to him in a scene that I forgot (or that got cut), but did not recognize him.
Hey, HACK THE MOVIES is actually a thing. Who'd a thunk it.
I'm a D. It was a great video, worthy of a sub. Looking forward to more!
Reptile becoming "human" to fight Lu Kang didnt make sense, but a tournament between two realms one of which has magic ninjas and monsters makes perfect sense..👌🏽
from what I understand the Reptile and Scorpion fight were added after test audiences complained that the movie didn't have enough fights, which is why the Reptile fight feels shoehorned in. I could have done without the CG Reptile, but having Shang Tsung have the Humanoid Reptile ambush the heroes in Outworld would have been fine. But, the reptile fight imo, is one of the best fights in the movie, the actors put a lot of hard work into it. The actor who played Liu Kang broke his ribs when he gets thrown into the pillar in that scene.
First good video I've seen on this channel. Been subbed for months, too.
My headcanon for the reptile thing (when I was a kid) was that the statue was an artificial outworld footsoldier. That in this instance, Subzero and Scorpion were made the same way with abilities dependent on whatever was placed inside the statues that made them (say, some sort of ice spirit and a demon as an example). This is why they have the same uniforms (but with the color swap) because they are all made from the same base form.
Johnny Cage wanting to prove he's a legitimate martial artist makes sense. In reality martial arts movie stars are always being called out as fake. Even Bruce Lee himself was. Anyone can be a bad ass in a fight choreographed for their victory. The question is can they defeat an opponent in actual combat.
That Veronica Vahn is one fine piece of ace.
I know from experience, dude.
WR F no you don’t 😉
you are really talented, you write you edit you are front row center during videos! 100% awesome good sir.
Scorpion and Sub Zero were revenants in the 1st movie...did you not see the story from MK11?
agree basically with all of this,with this type of analysing everything-- you could have found some obvious flaws and stupidity in GOTR later seasons,but casual viewers would just slept on it.Anyway,for me main problems are Sub Zero and Scorpion being slaves of Shang Tsung's power,Shang Tsung not showing us at all why is even Goro scared of him,Liu Kang was too much for him with Shang Tsung not showing sorcery, except that stupid shapeshifting and couple of fighters from which he captured souls fighting in some moment against Liu Kang... That didn't convince me that Shang Tsung is more powerful than Sub Zero,Scorpion,and Goro,yet first 2 being slaves of his power,and Goro being scared od him...Still,it's a solid movie.with all those flaws...
I sure miss the Trump to Shang Tsung GIF.
Me too, cracked me up Everytime I saw it. 👻🤑🕹️🦖
Kitana was included because it was too much of a sausage fest.
Your secretly my favorite rental reviewer
Your secret is out!
Definitely aside from James, you are my fav. I love that you were the one to replace the irreplaceable Bootsy Tuesdays w Mike. Tho It for sure was hard at first to accept the new ScreenWave people.
@@JadedJester739 avgn for President
Tony for mayor
Great video, valid points. Love your content
I don't know... I don't see any problems in this movie. But yes, you are right.
Not statues... Those are mummified bodies of previous souls consumed by Shang Tsung, reptile which is a generic term to classify a species is actually a chameleon which assumes the body it mimics... No... Wait... That doesn't make sense either... 🤷♂️😅
Or does it?
#becausemortalkombat
This was awesome Tony I'm down for more vids like this.
This was funny and cool. Good job!
man I cant believe you dont recognize, plaid shirt guy was John Rambo lol
The nitpicking is a bit much here. The film is far from perfect just like this video essay.
Its for fun. I thought moslty the same things while watching in the cinema back in the day having read the character profiles, comics and playing the the games the movie had so many weird flaws and plot holes to even a casual 90's mk fan. I still like it then and now. But it is what is and criticism is legit.
I just think that Liu knew that wasn't his brother, but he just got emotional seeing the "ghost" of his brother. I think that when Raiden talked to Sonya about teamwork, he was referring to Sonya constantly saying to Liu and Johnny that she's fine on her own. For Johnny Cage, I can see him needing to prove himself. He does look like a pretty boy. Kitana isn't a waste to me. Since she is the emperor's adoptive, I guess it would just look weird if she was just following Liu. Also, Shang Shung did order Kitana to fight Liu. Shang Shung is a bad guy. He thinks the rules don't apply to him. I have nothing else.
Great episode toney! MORTAL! KOMBATT!!!
It just never made sense to me that scorpion had a snake coming out his palm when CLEALRY the game shows an arrowhead attached to rope as his spear, but I was a kid at the time so it didn’t really matter to me back then the way it bothers me now
Great video as per usual
Thanks Tony. I forgot you have a channel. I subscribed. Love all you guys on cinemassecre. Despite it's flaws is still love this movie. I was 9 when it came out..man i miss the 90's
16:17 That's where you're wrong, Liu Kang is my favourite MK character
Me too
Down forward back back c
Then scorpion
Bring back mummy cop!
Yeah, no set tournament brackets is the only problem I have watching MK
As a kid, we were disappointed because there was almost no blood. Especially, Baraka was my favorite, because TONS OF BLOOD (yes, he was in MK2). Mortal Kombat without blood was so rediculous in our young minds :)
It always felt like some stuff involving Liu Kang was cut out of the film. A training montage or something where someone explains who he's descended from and that he too has the "power" or something. Maybe if you ever meet Robin Shou, you can ask him.
I’m glad this man feels this strong about this movie to make a 22:35 minute long video on it. Wild.
I've had a lot of free time in quarantine!