Mortal Kombat (2021) - Angry Spoilers Discussion! 

Anyone notice that kano stole shinnoks amulet. Lui kang tells him to put it back but they never show him do that. In the game shinnok uses the amulet to escape from the nether realm. If there's a sequel this is how kano will be back

Back + Low Kick spammers gonna relate hahahahhahaha

I felt kano and took that personal lmao

Seriously. It was a great reference. When we were kids, it's all sweeps and uppercuts. Lol.

I really wanted to hear a Dan Forden cameo... TOASTY!!!

I literally just said that to my Wife lol. It went from excellent to low budget c movie in a matter of minutes

@@THEMAGG Exactly

Shitttt that doesn’t give me hope lol damn I loved the first 7mins

They should legit just make a Sub-Zero vs Scorpion movie that can go deep into their backstory and rivalry, and call it Mortal Kombat: Fire and Ice.

good observation. The starting scene was between two trained martial arts actors while other scenes are just scenes with cgi, wire work and other dumb shit. I had a feeling they would fuck this up. I pirated the movie and still want my money back

No it doesn’t

Yeah doesn't even seem like it's from the same movie.

Agreed!

I thought the first 7 minutes were not that good tho

Best part of the whole movie

Same exact thought I had when they mentioned the fight music. For the life of me I don’t remember it at all.

I noticed it once...a cool beat like 20seconds...thats it

There were fights?

Smh

Is it just me or does goro look like other joe

@@vectorwithavector1682 LMFAOOOOOO

He kinda is, he's just strong and has 4 arms. They displayed that pretty well i thought

@@phatymcdaddy he's a shokan one of the strongest races in outworld and hes the prince who is also a warrior who got bested by a MMA fighter...... an MMa fighter who gets his shit beaten every fight

"Literal plot armor" that's fantastic ❤😂

They should never write again.

It was also a callback to the beginning of the movie where they alluded to Cole's focus on attacking and not defending. Then he finds his arcana when he truly has something to defend. It's not original, it's not clever, but it's effective. Unfortunately they don't seem to have put as much thought into the other characters' arcana so Cole's character development seems like an accident.

cause killing off all the main characters will just make it sooooooooooooooooooo awesome.... ugh...

@@HansYuan feel likes that the excuse the writers used as well all I can say is lameeeeeeeeeeee

Watch the first 5 mins again, scorpions actors face is cgi on the stuntman

Maybe he thought Sub Zero was just a super powered vigilante looking to punish people for not wearing masks and social distancing in public.

That was about mortal kombat not that people have powers and shit

It seemed to me that the pacing of the story was so bad, that Cole almost accepted it too fast, and by the end he's rattling off the names of the enemies, and i was wondering how the hell he knew any of that

Yeah they always get sidelined sadly.

I thought they did both of em so dirty

I feel that. Tbh, I thought the same thing. Honestly didn’t mind Cole tho. I expected to hate the character but ended up kinda liking him by the end. Also was pleasantly surprised by the twist that he’s a descendent of scorpion. Kinda cool they gave more shine to Scorpion/Sub-Zero this time around.

Totally agree they gave me the vibe of Ryu and Ken on the street fighter live action movie

@@brifo3394 Not in the games. Liu Kang really shined massively in MK11.

I think he teleported using Raiden’s lightning. I don’t think he did it himself

He teleported once. That was the best part. Kung Lao and Kano were the best casting choices. Jax was good too.

@@superjlk_9538 nah its his hat trick. He has the power to teleport into his hat

Killed off like nothing lol

He'll be back, one way or another, probably resurrected

Aquaman vibes

@@someguy3789 glad it wasnt just me then lol. Movie had a great start but some of the design later and casting really ended up dragging it down. When im more satisfied with the movie that came out before i was even born thats pretty bad. They even gave scorpion that pretty badass outfit in the end, why not a slightly better one for Cole too ?

I thought Cole was cheesy. I didn't know if he was a new MK character in the lastest games or what. I also hated seeing Sub Zero get double teamed.. That isn't a fair fight at all.. The rest of the movie was cool..

Its actually suppose to be his skin. Not armor. Even tho it looks like dog shit armor it is some way some how his skin according to the asshat directors. They also suck at creating a character; like what should his powers be? Well he can just take spine shattering damage from a 10 foot yaked out giant monster and redirect the opponents energy back at them because... reasons. I can literally think up a cooler character with better dialog, back story, powers, actual moves, and motivations paired with a way more interesting way of accessing his powers.. in like 10 minutes. Which the whole they need to "unlock their powers" and giving their powers some weird mystical naming with no fucking explanation was the dumbest shit ever. They don't need a reason for having powers or to fucking unlock them... they are mythical beings for the most part. Imagine playing MK and all you get are basic kick and punches with every character until you play for a set amount of time and unlock your powers by getting your ass beat... The game would've flopped end of story. Cause its the dumbest shit ever.

@@outlawgt3045 cole to me was a cheap way of making the story feel like it had more substance than it really ever needed tbh

Surprised to see u here lol but yea I actually thought he sounded just like him

He sounded just like Kabal in MK11, everything from the way he spoke to the writing of the dialogue itself.

Kabal has always been one of my personal favorites, I’m surprised AngryJoe didn’t like him lol, I thought he was on the level of Kanos role in the movie

I liked Kabal’s voice, I hate Kabal being a full-blown villain instead of a conflicted anti-hero like he was before MK11.

Damon Herriman did the voice of Kabal.

@Racist Person liu explains he got his arcana pretty much at the same time he got his dragon marking

@@michaelmalia4567 liu also explains he got it when he found his purpose through his life experiences. sonya just gets it. its called bad writing

@@kay_keik7842 no i get that! just saying the instant arcana is not just for sonya.

@Racist Person It was just bad writing. That shit has been done with male characters as well.

@Racist Person your bait is weak

At one moment I thought Smoke was in when Jax went to confront him! Only to be Subbie

Ikr, I got horror movie vibes from Sub Zero, you just had to seen when the window was slightly frosted over, the characters didn't acknowledge it but in your mind you're just thinking of snap. :O

I couldn't stop thinking about that either, his suit also looked way more like smoke's as well since its so dark.

You wouldn't, really

He's smoke for sequel I bet

He did help out several times.

@@fightingmedialounge519 When? Cole never got his powers until his family was in danger. Never found the heros until it was too late. Got his ass beat by Kabal until he was able to win by plot convince. And did nothing but suck off Raiden the entire movie. "Oh my lord Raiden"

@@Darkbloom006 it's odd you brought up Cole since liu kang had nothing to do with him. He found jax and helped and took him to get patched up, he's the one who actually showed the other three where the temple was while they were lost, and it really doesn't make since to say he was loosing to kabal when the fight was interrupted meaning it could have gone either way.

I really wish I didn't agree with you. :/

I feel like smallville might have better writing though

Your saying Marvel actors are Trash? Ok

I agree

Perfect.

I agree, I thought he was funny and thought they did him well. Hopefully he will also get revived in the sequel

He had more swag than Liu Kang and Cole combined .

I liked kabal

As a Kabal fanatic for 25 years, when he started to talk I said... What? These guys definitely didn't watch Defenders of the Realm

@@fernandocamada lol which is a decent cartoon given 90s and a kids show for saturday morning, what, he doesn't talk ? or sounded different ? i liked em in this movie

eh no honor in killing a helpless civilian.

@@nope53926 Yeah, but wasn't Mileena a blood-crazed mutant created from Kitana's genes to be a killer, and not a honorable warrior?

@@nope53926 Mileena never had honor to begin with

Marrkix Mileena pressed the button Y to Shame

No how about the unnecessary flip before it?

That’s got you but not the fact the he was speaking Japanese to cole when they fought bi-Han and cole just seems to understand even though he’s an orphan from chicago.

@@andrewalvarez4975 what got me was how little this film focused on setting up MK through the sub zero scorpion clan drama. They wanted to make a movie for new fans with some stuff old fans want to see and pleased no one . It had some cool moments but few and far apart

@@andrewalvarez4975 I mean, I know that Americans in general don't bother with second languages, but plenty of Americans still learn multiple languages (Japanese being a popular choice) and it wouldn't be too surprising if Cole Young decided that due to his heritage, he would give learning Japanese a shot.

2 months left. Might be spot on lol

That part I can forgive but bi Han randomly speaking English for literally no reason at the start was brain numbing

Goro has won 9 tournaments. Couldn't beat some one who doesn't have powers.

They talked about the tournament, yet ignored that Goro is literally the champion of the past 9 tournaments! He's undefeated in over 500 years. And some random Joe beats and kills him?!

That pissed me off so much.

Too me they probably saving a lot of stuff for the other films that are coming. that’s just my opinion

@@Azhrei2000 Goro could've easily torn cole apart that fight shouldn't have been long at all , hell a casual attack from goro could easily wreck a human body, Goro defeated the "Great Kung Lao" a martial arts master" but couldn't beat COLE 😶

omg so true

facts

Holy shit that’s so accurate lol

If you listen closely he whispers "get your free champion today" to cole right before he dies

He looked something I see on CW DC shows. Like the Flash had King Shark or Grodd, he was about that realistic.

I said the same thing in my review. It's an ok movie, but man if everyone acted their characters with the same enthusiasm that Kano was acted this would have been amazing for sure!

imo scorpion and sub zero carried

He did at first but after awhile it got annoying to me

‘LAZER EYES!!!! THAT’S BETTER THAN FIRE BALLS YOU PUSSY!!!’

Maybe through the first like 25 percent, then he just became annoying.

The thought is mutual! I had this movie at 6 but know it's a whole 5/10.

the only time he really needs to consult the elders gods he doesn’t, damn screenwriter

I had it at an 8/10 it's got great fights and references and Kano made every scene he was in that much better. But it's more of a 7/10 to me. I'm not a hard-core MK fan but I have plenty of family and friends that are so I know enough about the story to ask stuff like "Why did they waste Goro like that when they could have brought in a weaker sub-boss type character like Moloch or Motaro?" So I was pretty excited. But Cole was as interesting a character to me as Mokap

The thing is he doesn't need to consult the elder gods when they literally come to HIS realm. The Raiden from the games would've incinerated them all where they stood.

Duuuuuuude 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Literally "machine of the gods' because Raiden IS a god.

@@xenxander it’s actually “God of the machine”

@@xenxander ​ @Etowah Willis You are both wrong, it is "God out of the machine". That's because it comes from roman theater where at the end of a play, a god would be lowered down from the ceiling (via ropes and pulleys) and would resolve all the problems with a wave of his hand.

We might need to check up on that swift.

@@SwiftNimblefoot but how did ancient romans know what a machine was? Just asking because I thought your answer was interesting.

I know the squealers when I see them

LOL nice!

Yooo the whole movie I was waiting for a tournament to start, then the credits came.

Exactly, if they make a sequel, no forced family dynamic from cole, no training, just give me fights, blood and savage fatalities for 2 hrs

@@mrsanatra1 I say 2 hours and 30 minutes lol

That’s been a big problem with attempted franchise films lately. They get so preoccupied with setting up an ongoing series of films that they forget to make the actual film they’re making really good and something people want to see more of.

Oh yeah that’s what I want to see! Set it up the first for a prequel and make a sequel and make it longer.

Easily why Chris is soooo much as Raiden than the new guy. That and the "Ah ah" To Shang Tsung's army then the " I don't think so."

I was kind of expecting that when Raiden put the shield up he would say "I must consult the Elder Gods. Dont die while i'm gone."

And then proceeds to go eat popcorn watching his soaps while his fighters are attacked everyday until the tourney.

There’s a whole story arc of Raider going back in time to trick outer realm to be disqualified and punished by the Elder gods. The whole point of the tournament is to allow Goro to go to earth and destroy everyone. Hey let’s just have goro go in anyways before the tournament and instead of he kills everyone he just gets killed by a guy armed with a frying pan

Kabal and the beginning of the film was the best parts of this movie imo

Perfect way to describe this movie "the fuck?!"

I would bet that Kano’s lines were mostly improv seeing that the rest of the dialogue writing was horrible

@@Nico.c.morales kabal was trying to feed off deadpool vibes a little too strong for me. Maybe it was their rendition of how they would want a slade or something for DC. Idk

Nah

Well he is australian...

Well its perfect to me

Guess you could say they were “egging” him on. Lol. I took it as he had to channel his inner anger and rage in order to discover his arcana.

@@juanlargacha1502 Well you have horrible taste

@@donaldhysa4836 i mean thats its so perfectly hilarious to me

Lmfaoo he and his dumbass family ruined the movie and honestly I watched it last night and it wasn’t that good 5.5/10

"I'm gonna give him shiny golden armor that glows orange sometimes"

That the people that lived in the game their entire existence rely on to solve all their problems for them even though you showed up literally hours ago...

That’s pretty much what he was.

And his power is literal plot armor.

Callback to MK11?

Not a scratch either

Tbf, MK story is very basic and filled with plotholes, don’t let nostalgia blind you. GoT is way better and much more intricate

@@pedrorenault5335 there's a lot of interesting ideas and concepts to explore. The cyberization of the lin kue, johnny learning humility, sub zero and scorpions whole dynamic, Shao Kahn and his oppression, reptile, kano, and kabal in general. Now ill admit the mk games are good dumb fun but there is potential. Though honestly I'm still fine with turning my brain off (even though I think the movie is trash)

This movie needed to be a whole series.

Mortal Kombat is best when they lean into the ridiculousness.

Like pretty much every Godzilla movie then. Nothing new lol.

@@DarkStryder360 the thing is, this isn’t a Godzilla movie.

If they had put Cole fewer people would have bothered to see it.

Scorpion and metal muscle suit guy had to double team Sub Zero to win

Yeah cus it’s a cash grab

Take a shot every time Scorpion takes off his mask lol

lol at that point he might as well not even put it back on

also sub zero

Right after he charred sub-zero, he put the mask on and literally turned to Cole and immediately took it off again to speak

I think it was mostly to breathe very well

And we never picked cole throughout the game

Exactly. On top of that, even the fighting was very true to the game, adding the Fatal/X-Ray moves

I literally said the same damn thing bro

I would argue that this movie in writing isn’t as bad as the directing. But still it’s full of plot wholes plus the directing is terrible and some fight scenes are good but too many of them are shaky and all over the place

Should HAVE*, not "should of". It's a common mistake that is easy af to fix 👌

Motaro will appear in the sequel and eat Cole for fuhking breakfast.

@@flightofthebumblebee9529 nah if they did that to prince goro lol! Motaro is no exception. They disrespected goro and alot of these characters 👇

@@thecool1ne85 yep at this rate cole is gonna have a saddle on Motaro while his family rides him smh....

@@thecool1ne85 why dont you cry about it

@@thecool1ne85 Maybe I missed it, but we didn't even see Goro fight at all before fighting Cole. It didn't make sense for Cole to lose to everyone except Goro. 😂

Best fight scene of the movie imo 😂😂😂😂 love being trolled by my movies

If they didn't add the "flawless victory" nod to it, it would have been more egregious, so I'm pleased they found a means of doing it.

@MCV That “flawless victory” was corny as hell

@@123darkpassenger It's a video game movie, it was bound to be corny lol

But hey at least she got a great fucking fatality which seems enough

Because it's literally at the end. It had no affect whatsoever on this film. It's irrelevant.

cause the next movie will never happen

the end of that fight annoyed the crap out of me. When they teleported in and I saw their location I was like "Ooooooo Jax gonna upper cut this fool onto the spikes." and then he just smashes his head instead. What a missed opportunity for a beloved easter egg.

@@shazmodeus2795 you know what they should've done, instead of Reptile getting killed by Kano, one of the main characters goes to the bottom of the pit and finds reptile hiding out down there, as a little nod to the arcade game.

input the wrong command ... went for the personnal fatality instead of stage fatality , that s why ... Tips for JAXX actor , it is down+ mid punch (Y button on xbox) :D

And why the fuck was Reiko some dumb brute barbarian?

@@zashimi1345 because that is what he looked like originaly before being redesigned in the game :P

Yeah, I kept thinking whether or not this director was trying to land the directing gig for Taken 4.

Liam Neeson jumping over a fence scene still gives me a good chuckle

The Sonya and Kano fight was ruined because of it.

again?it´s not reptile just a randon lizard in the same species even in the credits it says shang tsung elite guardian....even the director just say it...probably in the sequels we see reptile the true one

@@tiagoalves2056 awww

She sounded completely normal, tf you talking about. Like too normal.

@@colinjensen8303 Can you explain what you mean by "normal"?

@@CKRlll Like, a normal human and not an otherworldly monster with an insane set of teeth.

@@colinjensen8303 but... she IS an otherworldly monster with an insane set of teeth

@@megamask3158 Yeah, that’s what I was saying bruh. They made her sound too normal.

I'm sure it will you know they be milking the shit out of movies these days

Budget of only 55 million, doesn't have to do very well at all to warrant a sequel.

Yeah also think there will be a sequel. I want a really good MK movie. Finally. Change the writers and put people in there who actually played the games and know all Finishes, friendships, fatalities, brutalities etc. 2nd movie we need more gore like the Kung Lao head scene.

The whole movie was actively trying to set up a sequel to a flaw cuz the real climax was the last scene wen we see cage therefore convincing everyone a sequel is coming

There is zero consistency to where and when the champions can use their powers.

Raiden could have just literally teleported everyone of his champions to safety the moment the killings started.

This crapfest was written by the co-writer of WW84, enough said...

Well, yep. Exactly. The plot was horrible.

@@donemu9096 Raiden would've literally killed them where they stood because they invaded his realm, the one from the games at least.

LOL OMG brah for real...weird cuz i still enjoyed this movie...but i was just pissed at it...guess ill go back to the Original MK movie today.

BTW Raiden already has the Amulet of Shinnok in this movie, not too early?

Yeah the director has no vision and just piled all this crap into the movie pretty sad that 90s movie is still better than this

Right? I felt like Kung Lao was the only-other toon that they could of had play things off as epically as the Subzero/Scorpion scenes. Just with the teasers in the training, him utilizing the hat for offense/defense and then premeditated with the saw in half move. The Same way moves are utilized after the "Get over here" scene. It's as-if they know what's good and what works, they just don't..lol.

@@jaredadams620 why would they even kill him tho? It doesn’t add anything to the story at all. He barely had any build up either

Kano will be definitely back in the sequel (if it comes out). He got his right side of face first scrached by reptile, and the got stabbed in the right eye by Sonya, which obviously set ups his robotic eye. He also stole an amulet from the temple, which as someone else pointed (can't confirm, I'm not that deep into lore) is a Shinok amulet that can be used to escape hell.

I knew he looked familiar

Thank u i was killing myself trying to figure out who he was.

Dude was also in Independence Day: Resurgence and Ghost in the Shell movie

Im berry goo with calculation

He was also the cricket minister in Marco Polo series on Netflix. He was a badass Kung Fu fighter

probably but for sure Second Movie will have Johnny Cage it was foreshadowed by the poster at the end of the movie

I thought so too at first but now I don’t think so because Sonya ends up taking his dragon mark after she stabs him in the eye

@@bombay523 Kano isn't dead and its not certain by the movie that Sonya got the mark. Kano will no come back with the classic plate on his face and bald 😉

@@G0lg0-13 the mark only transfers when they die he is dead now que up the million man theme song

He can come back as a wraith, easily.

They should have added in Quan Chi. Idk why they wouldn't add him in?

@@angelofiron4366 I agree, without adding him in Scorpion would never have his redemption. I dont understand, they had the entire blueprint for a mortal kombat movie yet they didnt use it

Another problem was they added Mileena before Kitana which is a fatal mistake since Mileena is suppose to be a clone of Kitana

@@regular-sizedman5329 if anything it clearly says that these guys are clearly willing to bend some of the MK lore. But Quan Chi is one of the big main villains. Who has been pulling the strings since the beginning.

lol

That plot armor may be too strong

Lmao

He’s basically Kobra but an MMA fighter with plot armor LOL

Lmao best comment on here 🤣🏆 that's what everyone is thinking after watching the movie

Watching him being so amazing on screen just hurts more because he had so little screentime. Look what we could've had the entire time!

Him having little screen time made his finale entrance more meaningful to me

@@Lowrentfilms fair and that’s true I was just kinda mad with how much they hyped up scorpions casting to only have one scene with him

bait and switch. which is funny because the recent animated movie that was supposed to be about scorpions revenge had a lot of time rehashing the original tournament (worse than the original movie). although at least the scorpion parts of the animated one were great. this 2021 movie was just crap.

How’s that any different than origin films like Batman begins? It’s called Batman but he’s not Batman till the last 15-20 min.

And was he also the dad of su yung the lil girl in Rush Hour?

To be fair that's kinda mostly been his role in the games lol But still I would have wished him and Shang Tsung duked it out for a bit.

At least in the original Shang Tsung was semi-afraid of the Elder Gods. In this film when he ditched the rules, Raiden should have defended earth realm.

As always bruh

As he always been...mk "fans" complaining about mk things 🤣🤦 Ppl expect a literal god to fight superhumans 🤣🧢

Liu Kang's role as savior was given to Cole Raiden's role as wise mentor was given to Liu Kang Raiden became pointless This is why you dont create a self insert character to lead an established franchise

There’s no insult in the world that can dim the shine on Kung Lao’s hat

That little scared rabbit said what? 😁

That line about speaking Spanish was pretty funny

@@manoz6194 yeah, this movie has some little gems...

I hate quick cut fight scenes

Yes, that was one of the issues I had.

Bro, he took it off to say something then put it back on. Turned around and immediately took it off again. I was like, uhhh lol

I'm glad I'm not the only one that realized this..

@@alexbunge6168 Yeah, he should have done that "remember my face" thing right before he burns Sub Zero and let that be the only time he takes his mask off.

@@MNGN101 Would have fit way better there... There wasn't even any reason to talk until then.

Lol

People keep stealing this comment and posting it everywhere lol

Sujinko

And it shall be repeated as it should be. This is such an obvious joke that I'm dumbfounded any studio would leave that in a movie. Even for WB.. they are seeing how lazy they can get, and it's working

First thing i thought was he stole the black panther armor

My bad, I didn't even look at the comments. It was just the first thing I thought of when I saw it.

The squealer!

Wow...

"The main bad guy" 🤣🤣🤣

OH FUCK YOU! ....now making me want Erron Black....

They should have made her say, “Jax, you got new arms. NEW ARMS! Magic arms.”

@@Zarryon12 i mean, she was on the clock. The mission comes first.

And Jax literally risk his life to save Cole and his family.. then the next time they see each other, Jax is stretched out with no arms and Cole just leans on the wall like he's at a boring ass party. No "thank you dude!" at any point.

@@lordlemond1350 yea cole could of stayed and helped jax fight subzero. But the plot didn't allow it

Man I hope they make him come back to life

@@happyhoildays2010 duh, he only got his eye hit.

@That's On Point! so does that mean he’s going to find a champion to kill and take their mark? Could be a pretty cool way to establish that they’re back from the dead in the sequel.

@@ethanhoard524 well, if we judge by the end teaser, he could return so he can hunt down Johnny Cage.

@That's On Point! wrong! Sonya said Kano slit the throat of the other champion. It wasn't Kabal. Stop making things up.

nearly everything is better in an amimated movie or series like resident evil, etc. But: I finally wanna see a really good Mortal Kombat movie with real persons. Please find some good writers and just give us the Lore from the games and the Brutal kills. All you need is there in the games, it's always a fuc*ing Hollywood thing to explain everything to a wider audience. Just stop that normal guy stuff and give the Fans what they want. Same would be for a Starcraft movie. Or a 2nd. Warcraft movie - just use the Story thats in the game, dont add stupid shit to it.

It's the magic of Cole. Original character, do not steal. Also, are you just going to ignore Jaxx getting robot arms via the ancient magic of modern robotics, right when he needs them? Or the literal plot armor, when Cole needs his power? It's a shit script, that relies on deus ex machina every single time. Whining about Sonja? Seriously? You guys do a terrible job of hiding your real agenda.

@@juststatedtheobvious9633 what agenda? They mention Sonya because once she got the mark, she just got her powers instantly, she did nothing after she got the mark. The other ones got them right when they needed them but they actually struggled, didn’t feel that organic either but Sonya was the worst offender since she did nothing. Kano was the only one that got his powers naturally.

@@megamask3158 Nothing? All that special forces training was nothing? All the combat experience she had was nothing? Face it, she was ready to be a Kombatant the second she got the mark. You guys are just throwing a tantrum because the bad writing benefited a woman, for once. (Although really, the scene was about saving Cole's ass, again.) All the other women were jobbed out, so I'm not sure what you think you're accomplishing by bringing politics into it. Nobody's fooled by you guys making up new rules about when characters can level up. Especially since this isn't Pokemon.

@@juststatedtheobvious9633 Every single person in this movie is a highly trained combatant you fucking 🤡

"Unlike everyone else???" Except Liu Kang of course, who, when explaining how to unlock them said that his were unlocked the day he killed the man who bore his mark. Did nobody actually watch the film???

no shit, that’s the point of new canon characters

Worst character ever. So generic, boring, literally garbage. MK has SO MANY characters they could choose from for MC yet they decide to pull one out if their asses and use it instead

@@BillyLndn i mean he isn’t a hardened veteran like lui kang and jax. so of course i he’s going to be that “new guy”. just imagine if they made him just a OP as raiden. people woulda threw a fit

i think they kill him off in the next movie after fan criticism.

@@y3ee3e yea especially if they are introducing Johnny Cage, people are going to focus more on Johnny than Cole, that’s my opinion at least.

Most likely. It was almost as bad as Annihilation

Lmao I said the same fucking thing!!!

Someone’s nephew’s best friend who claims to have been a fan of the games since the very first game.

Definately. The dialogue and delivery of lines were cringy af

He was only 11 years old.

Agreed. Out of all the characters in the movie, only King Lao made me yell out whenever he made the pose with his hat before beginning the fight with Cole.

Oh Was It, Now Thats 🔥 Taven And His Brother Fight To Obtain The Power Of Blaze Only To Be Pushed Aside As Everyone Fought And Eventually Led To Raiden Reseting The Series. Interesting

Fr I feel like cole young should actually been like taven this whole time cause it would have set up all these other movies plot and boom it makes cole more important cause he is a son of Argus and the key to stopping Armageddon in like mortal Kombat 4 or 7 idk how many movies they would have done

They destroyed his character in this film.

Yeah the ending set it up for a sequel with cage though

This comment deserves more likes

Hah good to know I'm not the only one saying this

I thought the same exact thing

The same thing came to my head

Hear, hear lol

Without the weapon it was sorta like Black Panther 's suit .

@@eltoroboyd371 Just spray pain it in black and you won't know the difference.

Only Aria Stark and Jon Snow had plot armor to rival Cole’s. At least they didn’t literally wear it, though.

🤣

@@attilaracz2626 episodic television series' now have budgets that end up rivaling studio releases and, in my opinion, the movie industry just cant keep up. movies have always required pretty substantial suspension of disbelief. for instance, luke and han becoming really close friends in about 1 hour of screen time in A New Hope. back in the day, that was fine but when there are so many tv series where relationships are built up over time, i think it makes many of the film industry's storytelling tools obsolete. I would have no clue how to take the script for this movie and write it a more competitive way.

Yeah raiden kinda sucked lol

Not only that he was just an asshole to everyone

I'm pissed that he didn't consult the elder gods.

@@annabanana7659 HE DIDNT SAY THE LINE I DIDNT EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT

@@evanbrown46 He's not the real Lord Raiden!

Yeah everything about that scene was stupid. I mean they're going to send Goro, the strongest badass in the tournament to assassinate some useless character that fled and didn't even his powers? It just made zero sense.

And also portrays the Chinese side as the bad one.

Asian hate?? What do you mean

Johnny could have done all that and more. Lol

Then give out orders to people after saying 2 words the first half of the movie.

@@user-sp4sp2qd6p "I know we lost, but what if we win this time."

@@Ticketman99 exactly!

And he was there to push the trope that he was. Everyone knew how and when he would unlock his ability. It meant absolutely nothing to the audience when it happened.

And it's not even that complicated of a plot that they need an audience surrogate. Fantastical fighting tournament. Weird monsters and fighters. Evil sorcerer. Bam, done.

It’s the Resident Evil movies all over again. We didn’t need or want Alice in RE and the same applies for Cole in MK. Both games have tons of characters and lore to explore. I hope that Cole dies or fades away, but I’m worried they gonna take the same route as RE and make him OP just like they did with Alice.

That actually wasn't the writer's choice, it was the studio exec's.

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@@genevieveachilles4662 I hear you there. Jill, Claire or even her brother could have just as easily been the main RE character.

He was right, the story is stupid

@@Felhek Yea like the original movie was stupid as well

Lol. Thank god. That voice he decided to go with was just terrible. Had he smoked a carton of cigarettes the morning of the first day of shooting and then just leaned into hit?

He hated the original series so much he choked himself to keep from being offered future Mortal Kombat films......Too soon?

The movie made Raiden a total pussy.

It owned the ham that made Mortal Kombat what it is and pumped you up!

yea that pissed me off. I wish they would stop killing her off. It already pissed fans off when she died in the game. Now she dies in the movie right after she fully opens her mouth =(

@@KaiPurge she’ll probably be back in the 2nd film because she is a clone after all

@@imillyrockonanyblock3280 true but only if the director is smart will he keep the whole clone aspect of her character.

Lmao I understood that reference.

I like how people are surprised of people's death in mortal kombat. A lore that people dont stay dead for long.

That shit pissed me off

I think the actual Shaolin temple might not like you saying they aren't human.

@@scottneil1187 I think what he is pointing out is that the temple was using magical knowledge to build the arms

That being Arcana was stupid. MK having a mystical vs tech aspect was always a better power system.

I legit laughed out loud when they grew 😭