56 KEY Differences Between MORTAL KOMBAT (1995) and MORTAL KOMBAT (2021) 

I still like 95 more. Maybe the new movie will grow on me. I liked Kano a lot, and SubZero and Scorpions fights.

I want 2021 to be better than 95 but unfortunately not.

2021 is great 95 is nostalgic and anyone that says its better then the 2021 movie is smoking rocks lol

2021 lacked everything 95 had such as character development and a fucking plot, 95 just lacked the effects and brutality.

Can’t beat 1995 reptile scene with the music.

I don't think we will see night wolf. Cuz you see his picture in sonya's place talking about past generations. Katana is dead melena, is a general in shang sung army so that means she's killed her sister. My theory

@@Romasu_ Death means nothing in Mortal Kombat lol

@@fearless3073 actually I think she ran away from outworld and she asked raiden to hide her as she is technically heir to the throne of outworld so she would be a powerful piece to keep hidden away.

@@Romasu_ Not a bad theory.....if death had any lasting consequence in Mortal Kombat. I know you probably know this stuff already, but it is a relevant reminder to illustrate my points. You see, Nightwolf isn't just one person: he is a shaman warrior who is chosen by the Spirits of the Matokah tribe to succeed the one who came before. There was even a female Nightwolf at one point before she was killed. It's a spiritual mantle passed down through the generations, which means we may see OUR Nightwolf, the modern one, appear next movie. And with all due respect, just because Mileena is a general in Shao Kahn's Outworld army, and Kitana is nowhere to be found save for her bladed fan, that doesn't mean Mileena killed her - there's no evidence to prove this. Hell, the blade fan might not even be hers: it could be an Edenian relic recovered from its ruin after Outworld's invasion claimed it. There are other theories I myself have regarding Kitana's fate, since she's too important a character to not even have mentioned: she's likely staying by her "father", Shao Kahn's side to remain his body guard as she was trained to be while still ignorant of her past. Or, she learned the truth of what Kahn did to King Jerrod and drove Sindel to do, and she COULD have tried to fight him, and failed because she was either killed (possibly by Mileena......though I doubt it, because if so, then Mileena would then become Kitana physically), or she was driven away when her assassination failed. She went to Raiden, and he offered her Sanctuary somewhere neither Shao Kahn no Shang Tsung would find her. The fan is possibly a keepsake offering, and thanks for Lord Raiden's aid. Besides, she's also Liu Kang's love interest, and the two have always been together in some capacity: can't have Mortal Kombat without one of its staple characters playing a role somewhere, now can we?

This makes sense for Kuai Liang's resentment towards Bi Han. Bi Han was a brutal killer and ultimately turned Kuai Liang away

My hearing and vision has gone.

I commented the same thing lmao

*CNI DOG

Your going to need to see an Eye Doc lmao his name is Night wolf 😂😂😂smfh

I came to the comments after watching that part and was confused until I turned up the volume 😂😂.

Bro same 😂😩

I caught that too...

The words Night wolf are literally on the next page after the picture.

He had me second guessing myself...

It’s night wolf I also remember from the games

People who say "true fans" are idiots.

This movie screwed the Lore

@@delycan4912 not really it combine lore from all stories but they mixed him up and added some

@@ny8956 and people that agree with you are dumbasses .

People who say “true fans” are true fans.

There's actually more to it than that. In the original arcade version of Mortal Kombat, that was the easiest way to beat Kano. It didn't matter when you fought him, as the first opponent or right before Goro, once you swept him, he would never block it and you would win.

@@chrisbunnjr.2860 lmao nice catch !

@@chrisbunnjr.2860 The leg sweep is legendary, I remember being a teen and noob at video games and the backsweep was basically my bread and butter move

@@nkznkz3800 yeah the leg sweep was vicious back in the day, but the best double moves on MK was Liu Kang's flying kick right after a fireball or jumping kick and Sonya Blade's leg throw after a jumping kick. You could never block those after the first move connected.

First thing I noticed! Kanos jump to avoid it...I laughed. Reminded me of playing it as a kid.

Also, Liu Kang says “Flawless Victory” after defeating Shang Tsung in the original.

Kabal said Fatality not Lui Kang

@@paulbertie67 kabal never says fatality lmfaoo

@@benhirsch2255 yeah cause he also says "for Kung Lao"

@@maxlahoud that always annoyed me because it wasn’t a flawless victory. Also Shang Tsung says it after Goro kills Johnny’s friend even though he got some hits in. It was like the writers didn’t know what it meant and just threw it in because it was from the game. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Agreed!

you would think, " if were going to give him a metal eye anyway why not just make hims getting it be where his laser eyes power come from and write it off as some sort of advanced stolen tech" that would make more sense for him than the whole arkana BIZ.

You mean a metal socket with a laser beam.

Then how did Sonya get his dragon mark?

@@Kalmah-ic5nf probably revive him with other villains.

Classic but shitty lol

Classic was way better. This one seemed to be rushed to fit everything in with bad acting and bad one liners.

The Godfather of video game films...I said what I said👏🏽😎

@@Stephensouraski completely agree the acting of a few was really bad & it was very rushed,but the gore lives up

I love 95 Version. Was great

Lmao i was going to comment the exact same thing!

What he call him? T. Wolf? Or night hawk? Looooool

this dude can’t even pronounce half the characters names lol

its funny because at 6:20 the old shang tsung also says nighthawk,maybe they messed up the lines?

Or if the film fails, you’ll just see him in other WB films to honour his contract.

It's going to do well. Theatre was packed and a lot of showtimes I checked were too. There will be a sequel despite the backlash. I'm happy

Why would noob Saibot be in the first tournament?

@@brandonfairse7021 the last Jedi did well until the drop off rate due to word of mouth. I think people are saying it's good when it isn't so that they could get a sequel so that they can destroy the lore even more. Like they did with star wars. who are you working for?

@Jkong Hong the movie sucks. You're just salty we're calling it out.

Hanzo hits subby’s balls in the begging soo...

It’s cause Johnny’s white learn your facts

@@manuelroberts7379 Lmao, race-baiting Moron. Johnny wasn't included in this one because in Canon, Johnny Cage doesn't show up and get relevant up until the actual Tournament starts. Johnny Cage is slated to be introduced in the second movie, and rumours are that the Miz from WWE might play the Role, given that Ed Boon already gave him his blessing. Hence the poster at the End of the Movie.

If Goro has 4 hands, shouldn't he has 4 balls too? I guess only Jonny Cage can tell the truth.

No because he's CGI not real like the 95 was lol

whatttt??

It's nitewolf, am I missing something?

The details on the new one are outstanding but I agree, there is just something to the old one that makes you have to change your underwear

He actually kills someone in the old film where here he gets destroyed by Cole, a new character

in the first film he was actually a prince and MK champion, in this new movie I think they used him to fight Cole just as an fan service, he has no story or importance

@@sanjosesharkrock ya the new goro fight sucked,he was doing pretty good but cole kills him with plot armor......that was just a boring way to win,just take punches that dont hurt you load up energie spwan blades and puch back,that was just lame. in the mk1 goro fight it was cool seeing johny outsmart goro and take advantage of his ego.

Old Goro looked like Kai Greene

I agree

@Shoutmon DX 2 If the box office is the biggest reason why movies are good then why Marvel movies aren't winning any major awards like Golden Globe or Oscar?

@Shoutmon DX 2 Marvel didn't win any major reward in any major category like best actor, screeplay, best picture, etc... Golden trailer award isn't a major award.

@Shoutmon DX 2 Dude you got me all wrong I rly don't have anything against you if like MCU. Your taste not mine.

@Shoutmon DX 2 Well I would say imo one franchise is amazing other isn't but hey if you like both more power to you.

This!!!!

I just wrote a comment on this if I would have seen yours I would have just gave it a thumbs up

Lui Kang said "Fatality" for Kabal

@@johnfrost835 No he said for kung Lao because Kabul was a reason for the death of kung Lao

Man same things I said this dude sucks at reviews da fuq

I just dont get it. With so many characters from MK they make some NEW guy which turns out to be one of the main characters, gives him some shit powers/weapons, then ends up killing a Prince who has killed hundreds and ends up dying by some weapon I still have no idea what it is. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

@@breadfan9 so far his power is basically black panthers suit but crossed with clayface(weapon forming). It can disperse the kinetic energy or form weapons (idk if the weapons form from the kinetic energy or are just constructs like green lantern)

@@breadfan9 I'm glad that I'm not alone in thinking this too. Literally, they have so many characters with fleshed out story that they could've focused on. I really hope for the sequel that they just cut the cole character out and have character focus similar to MK10 and MK11. Even though I'm not too crazy about the actual stories of both games, I liked how they would focus on segments of certain characters and their development..

@@linkmeuplink they casted pretty weak actors. Lui Kang needs to grow some balls and get him more involved. Raiden wasn't my favorite either.

🤣🤣🤣Bro

I thought the murdered Bi Han/Sub Zero resurrects to becomes Noob?

@@MrLdevelle you couldn’t be more wrong. Cole is not Scorpion, this was specifically said by the creators and writers of the movie. He is what they said he is, a descendant. At the end of the movie when Scorpion “kills” Bi-Han, you can immediately see his soul being brought to the netherrealm. This is where he is resurrected and becomes Noob Saibot. It isn’t mentioned how or if this version of Sub Zero even has a brother. If he does, they’ll probably do it like how they did it with Cole, he’s an ancestor of Bi-Han and not a brother. More than likely when they go to Hollywood to find Cage, they’ll probably go look for Kuai Liang as well.

@@MrLdevelle also if Bi-Han had a brother, he wouldn’t have been born in this time period, which means his brother is also powered by Shang Tsung’s magic. Which in turn means he’s probably already the second sub zero, which wouldn’t make any sense to the continuity.

There were definitely things that the old one did better. That being said I didn't hate the new one either. Saw it with my girlfriend last night and even she enjoyed it (she's a scorpio, they tend to be into dark movies).

No cap they were the best cast of the 1995 film and the classic theme.

Liu kang was better Sub zero ice ball was better. Now he is trowing snowballs

@@clumsywebhead5871 free country dude. I'm sure you believe in shit that I would probably would think is stupid yet I'm not going to judge you so don't judge me. Personally I think there's something to it, you don't want to believe in it, then cool. I don't really give a shit either way but don't tell me what to believe in.

@UCav_0xHpgdvUMUoMI_BoH3w if it makes you feel any better, I'm a Taurus too. So maybe it takes one to know one Chief.😉

same!!!!

Orbital were the essence of actually good 90's electronic music.

Oh hell he coming for sure. After seeing a revenant form since MKX, I’m sure they won’t hesitate doing so, although I personally expect it to be after a few movies, but that’s just me 🤷🏽‍♂️😅

Lol it is Nightwolf, Shang Tsung said “You’re going to need a seeing eye dog” not “You’re going to need to see Nighthawk”

i know

Night wolf is a title passed down to the chosen one of night wolfs tribe

There's a picture of Nightwolf in Sonya's trailer house when she's showing Cole around her pad

Cause he doesn't say that. He said "eye dog"

Absolutely. I'm a huge mk fan and that comment pissed me off so much. Ty for the correction

Youre going to need to see an eye doc?

eye...dog?

@@hallu7477 calling a blind persons service animal a “seeing eye dog” was/is pretty common I’m surprised more people aren’t familiar with that phrase

Either way his name’s Nightwolf. lol how’d he screw that up?

Saammmmeeee. I hate how they always skip over his lore and character and make him banta fodder basically. I'll be excited for the next film. But us MK fans want our ninjas!

Keith Cooke was awesome as reptile in the original

Damn, Goro passed your "that's ok" test ?!?💩💩💩💩

@@artofmartialcinemaamc5334 well cgi goro design was cool he just didnt have the impact he was suppose to have and he was wasted on cole story plot armor power

Right 👍

30 years of lore they didn’t even try to pack it in could have at least tried to get something right

@ quan chi disguised Bi Han killed scorpion and his family so he could corrupt his soul when he went to the Netherrealm. He manipulated scorpion into revenge killing bi Han so he could then corrupt him changing him to noob saibot. Scorpion eventually learns the truth. This story is told In mortal kombat 10 but is part of the lore a huge miss in this movie.

Have you not see Scorpions Revenge lmao the movie just didnt want to stick to the lore.. they kinda ruined it... but the animated movie pretty much covers the lore in an 1hr and half.

@@obedreyes7737 exactly! When bi Han was walking off after killing hanzo (right before the scene ended) they could have made him change into Quan chi and not said a word. I would have been happy even if they didn’t explain a thing.

@@yeahriightt24 yup. That and they spent too much time on Cole Yung, I dont mind them creating a new character but technically his story arc shouldve been Johnys. Also I didnt like the fact the movie starts with him getting his but kicked by a regular guy and he manages to beat Goro the 9x Mortal Kombat Champion before the tournament.

you stole this. You have thief armor.

WB created that character basically and once again fucking movies up

🤣

Disagree. Cole is cool.

Disagree. Even with the armor Cole would've died against Sub zero. It was Hanzo's blade that saved him.

You had to realize the 1995 movie was cheesy cause the 90s itself as a whole was a cheesy fun decade. Everything either got boring or goes downhill once the 90s ended.

Always a classic 😎

@@axxjazz. and every fight ended with 1 or 2 moves at best other then the 2 scorpion vs subzero fights. It seems to me like they decided to make a scorpion vs subzero movie and sprinkled a few extra plot lines and characters in for time filler. And why in the hell did create the Cole character? They could of used any one of the 80 characters in the mortal Kombat series to fill that role. I would been happier if they used Stryker then them just creating a character out of thin air who ironically has the super power of armor. Basically literal plot armor.

Practical fx rock!

What

That's not what he meant he meant they gave him the guys name he want and killed him

Lol, he killed that guy and got the dragon mark. Lmao.

Wait what? Did I hear it in the movies wrong? I thought he said he killed him and got the mark instead of the name...

ACTUALLY it is nighthawk. Night wolf is his later name. After he is empowered with his ancestors

Shang Tsung says flawless victory in the 95 version. Not Liu kang

@@loslakers530 Actually Liu says it after throwing Shang into the spikes.And it's correct because it was Round3 of the fight and it was a Flawless Victory.

Exactly, made their deaths useless

_Death is really nothing in Mortal Kombat they could get resurrected._

Goro, general of Outworld's armies, dies at the hands of random dude and his wife in their backyard.... i just pretend like that didn't happen.

@@siltstrider6812 you say that like he didn’t die from getting hit in the nuts goro was always meant to to die dude

@@liamlol753 But that happened WAY too soon. Also, the fact that the fight between JC and Goro was way too short in the previous movie, does not justify this. I expect it to be based on the games. Not on the previous movie.

This 2021 film was mainly just to set each character backstories the next movie should have a more better storyline

@@kingjoe3052 thankkkkkk youuuu someone finally says it

@@kingjoe3052 that makes more sense if there is another movie. We are talking about Warner Brothers here. Which I would pay to see another MK movie anytime anyplace.

@@kingjoe3052 What backstory like I won't lie when I saw your comment I laughed by brain's out because there was never a backstory other than Scorpion's

2021 fight scenes are choppy bro? Felt like taken 3

Naw 95 had very dark fighting scenes on where Liu fought reptile or where cage caught goro and where Liu fought sub zero all dark lighting wise

That's the classic Christopher Lambert laugh.

@@billyreid8088 Sorry lol

Classic

@@E.R225 He pretty much laughs like that in every movie he's in.

They never had powers Jax just had metal arms, Sonya has her wrist things and Kano had his metal eye so get out of here you non-mortal kombat fan

@@SprayCannon. You kind of people truly are the Tool fans of mortal kombat. That is NOT a compliment.

@@JoeJoe-jw3kl First of all mate I hate Mk11 and Mk 2021 and also am I the only one that knows they don't have powers and one more thing the dragon marks are stupid because Sonya is a capable fighter and doesn't need powers

Example every mk game

@@SprayCannon. Ok yeah, you don’t even know what you’re mad about lmao.

Agreed. There are things that I like in both. It will be interesting to see who will end up fighting in the tournament.

So that Subzero with the scar, he is not showing up? I think he is in MK trilogy.

Yep, that was cool

i enjoyed it, but the "use your uppercut" killed me. sooooo dumb.

🗣😆😆😆

wtf, movie was wack. Bad acting and bad one liners.

@@Stephensouraski what did you expect? Oscar worth performances? For a Mortal Kombat movie it was actually pretty good.

Nah, the movie was meh at best. The editing and acting was all over the place. The Hanzo vs Bi Han sequences is clearly where the money was spent. All of the rest looked like something you'd see on a straight to DVD release. The actress playing Sonya Blade delivered her lines like something from one of those cheesy SyFy Saturday flicks. They even botched up the end theme with this generic dance dubsteb version of Techno Syndrome. No one clapped no one yelled... people actually kinda just got up and walked out like Meh.

@@Bronwyn031 LMAOO how old are you? Who even claps in theaters anymore

@@Stephensouraski ikr trash

Came here to say the same thing.

No it's only said once by Liu Kang. Kung Lao says flawless victory after he takes out Nitara.

kung lao only says “flawless victory”

@@benhirsch2255 yup! Now watching it again I was totally wrong! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@@peterlenham6904 you’re right! 🙌🙌

And sub zero brother. ( Good subzero)

​@@dennisthemenace8825AAAAARGHHH... i always forget that the masked SZ is the evil one....

kobal isnt dead tho... he will be back...

Says???

@@delycan4912 theyalready have 4 more sequels in the works. sub zero is coming back as well for every sequel. it's already confirmed... n besides this was just the prequel. they didnt even have a tournament yet...

Bi-Han is gonna come back as noob saibot

@@savagekeyz408 They said that if the movie succeeds in sales, then we can expect the sequals.

If you look at the cast list for this movie, the actor who plays Sub-Zero is listed as both Sub Zero and Noob Saibot.

That’s exactly what’s going to happen in the sequel lol

😭😭

@The Tyro of Toriyama he is not

@The Tyro of Toriyama scorpion is an ancestor of Cole young

The Tyro of Toriyama bruh... Cole Young is Scorpion descendants, wtf are you on about?

Shang Tsung probably use some sort of magic on him to make sub zero young.

@The Tyro of Toriyama Did you really watched the movie? Scorpion's son died, his daughter lived, Raiden rescued her.

@Racist Person they will it will be a 500 pound whale claiming fat is healthy and only men are overweight

Maybe in the secuel

@Racist Person In the 1995 version was the same

@Racist Person she'd need to be wearing a one piece swimsuit to be sexy?

Or she’s dead as her fan blades on display in the sky temple

It’s sprinkled throughout. There’s even a gentler, quieter version at the end of the opening sequence, as Hanzo is dying...

There is still Kintaro and Sheeva left to replace him

@Sami Gibbons Maybe they will. I know for a fact Goro and Bi-han will. Goro might not even have been dead, given a shokan's incredible resilience, and was unconscious: a quick visit to the soul chamber may fix him up good and right in time for Mortal Kombat. As for Bi-Han? Nah, that fucker's dead as daylight. And given that fact, the only resurrection he's getting in terms of undead is as Noob Saibot. Though Mileena's possible, since Shao Kahn would NEVER allow his favorite daughter to die. And it's possible with the others, but we have to wait to be sure. If not, then there are plenty others to replace them.:D

@Sami Gibbons Ah. Glad you're open-minded about the idea. And remember the small facts that are part of MK's lore. Shang Tsung invested too much in Bi-Han to let him stay dead, and Goro is still the tournament's reigning champion. Not to mention Mileena IS Shao Kahn's daughter out of favor - since he doesn't give a damn about Kitana, and never did - and is a definite resurrection must. But you're definitely right about Kuai Liang: in fact, that's what i'm hoping for more than anything, because Tundra is the one, true Subzero of this series, and successor to the name. Above all else, I want to see how he fits into the story, what his relationship is to Bi-Han is if they aren't still brothers, and what dynamic will come between him, Noob Saibot and Scorpion. Hopefully, they'll follow MKX's example, and while they do fight they don't kill each other, and they end the feud between their clans - or at least each other. Because Hanzo is more of an older brother to Liang than Bi-Han ever was.

@Tony 2 Toes shut up kid it was better then any movie ever

@@memaborges8494 that sounds like something a kid would say lol 😂

That fight pretty much had 3 rounds.

I wasn’t as disappointed. I kinda knew something was wrong from the trailer, but I’m still bummed out. A Mortal Kombat movie that’s just entertaining isn’t good enough for me.

Nah

Nighthawk was animorphs

Actually wouldn’t be a bad twist on the sequels story. Something tragic happening to Cole young. There’s no true need for him he’s shined and the story should keep moving forward into other realms and etc

@Tony 2 Toes actually they won’t do that because they don’t want people beating it. Meat that is.

Mocap

In MK9, Kabal was in Stryker's team and not a black dragon-like in MK21. After burnt by Kintaro his still-living body was taken to the outer world and healed by Kano

@@user-ev9gk4vp8x he was on the swat team but was previously part of black dragon. That's why Kano saved him. So in the new movie when kabal said kano's the reason he lives in an iron lung... did he mean kano burnt him or that Kano helpped him like in MK9?