@@HoboKa_AlexShtokalko his name is actually Brian Thompson, and if you check his imdb www.imdb.com/name/nm0859921/ you'll see he's been in a whole bunch of cult classic movies and tv shows, he was even a recuring character on X-Files.
@@tylerwaynes2107 i truelly don't think so, he was already an actor back in the days of terminator 1, he was among the 3 punks being killed right at the beginning
First of all - that's an amazing Smoke outfit, you're really really good at cosplay. Second, the flips in the beginning we're so accurate i thought the movie started. Welcome back MK reviews once more, we're nearly done. And holy cow your movie references are great
@Stoneryoda 937 In terms of a movie it was decent but coming from a video game movie perspective, or a doom movie perspective it didn't live up to what it was supposed to be.
@@mjxbox It was a pretty close call for me, and if you like Doom annihilation better, that's okay. In my opinion Doom could have been great if handled differently and this ended up being somewhat better.
Fun Fact: There WAS going to be a third MK movie that was gonna start shooting in 2005, but the shooting location they picked was New Orleans. So...yeah, that never happened. There’s also a lot of stuff behind the scenes wise that happened during Annihilation’s development and I highly recommend checking out Matt McMuscles “Wha Happun?” video on MK: Annihilation because of it
They did try to reboot it in the mid-2000s, but the shooting location was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. It's been in development limbo ever since. But now we actually have a movie to look forward to.
the moment I saw the lousy effects in this movie, I knew I was in for something special, but the fight between Exedra-Kahn and Dragon Liu-Wang made me feel like I was in another dimension.
I remember me and my buddies watched this way more times that I'm willing to admit back in college. Each time we watched it, we noticed more goofs than before (there's one scene where you can clearly see Scorpion waiting for his cue)
Hey Xavier I hope you haven't abandoned this lookback at the Mortal Kombat series. I went back and started rewatching a lot of your vids lately, and these vids along with a friend of mine have gotten me interested in really getting into Mortal Kombat. I understand you're busy a lot nowadays and the visa are getting expensive to make, but If you ever have the desire I still wanted to let you know I wouldn't mind at all seeing more MK in the future if you want a break from the comic topics, (which I of course am still a fan of as well.)
"To succeed they must survive, the most spectacular series of challenges any human or god has ever encountered" They were forced to survive the entire movie.
I'm 15 years old enough to realize that they were not fighting, they were dance-fighting and that, it's trash😒. It's atleast not compared to the first novie.
Yeah that Jade casting was hilarious. At least with Kitana, her character sprite's skin complexion left enough room for interpretation as for what ethnicity she could've been despite her design having clear Asian influence, but Jade was a major duh. Like they at least could've gotten an Indian chick or something lol
The actors for Johnny Cage and Raiden did not want to come back because they didn't like the script. This movie had TWO actors for Raiden because the first one left mid-shoot. Sonya's actress was busy with other things at the time.
1. 4:43 Nice choice using the Plinkett method 2. Knowing that Larry Kassanoff, the writer and producer of this film is also responsible for FoodFight, should really explain the CGi effect quality, and why the writing is downright dreadful.
Why on earth would Jade betray Kitana if she's her bodyguard in the first place? And WHY did the director and the filmmakers wasted so MUCH potential on Scorpion and Sub-Zero??? WHYYYY?
This movie is an absolute mess, but a beautiful one in my opinion. Every time I watch it, I always laugh my ass off. And I have to admit, I really like the guy playing Jax. Him and Lui Kang seem like the only people having a good time.
13:40 lmfao. Your video was awesome man and very true. I have always advocated the best thing for mortal kombat is a rated mature series on Netflix. Just like the punisher. Only way to get the full chronicles.
Personally I like MK:Annihilation but man was this video funny af!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 When you put the two Jaxs' up side by side, your commentary had me in tears lol!!!!.......Did you notice how in Annihilation while Liu Kang was helping Sub-Zero, Scorpion was ducking down behind the wall, & popped up behind Kitana as if he teleported? Lol!!!
Part of me really likes the costume design since it's exactly what was used for the games but at its worst (and there's a lot of that) it ends up making the film look like a bad episode of Power Rangers stretched out to 90 minutes.
And it DID it's justice!!! I'm not gonna tell you any spoilers because you wouldn't want to watch the movie after being spoiled so, watch it yourself on HBOMAX or EVOTV and stay safe (that's why I didn't mention the theathers when I gave you the choices to watch the movie😅).
xavier i’ve been waiting for a year and you’ve noticed one of these comments before, well it’s finally time. three more views, i was the 100,000 view that i begged for
My only defense for MK1 reptile 🦎 scene is I think they was trying to bring that video game feel for reptile just popping up on you I believe that’s how it happened on the game mk1
I can't tell you why sonya and raiden's actors couldn't return, but I do know why Linden ashbury couldn't return. Its because he read the read the script. I'm not joking about that, Linden read the script and quit immediately after.
The reason Linden Ashby didn't return as Johnny Cage was because he hated how he got killed off so early in the movie, and Christopher Lambert dropped out because he was busy with the 1999 Beowulf movie. I don't know if that makes sense or not since that movie came out two years later unless it had a really troubled production.
Mendoza, there is another vid that actually explans the behind the scenes trouble for this hell inferno film. Wha happan MK annihilation from matt mcmuscles. You should check it out dood. (Assuming you haven't seen it) either way, great vid man.
I saw this movie at the premier in Hollywood as a youngster. A family friend worked for the studio is some minor capacity. I remember leaving the theater trying to figure out what the fuck I just saw. It was the first time I had ever been disappointed by a movie. I remember my dad trying his damnedest to make the whole thing seem fun. Fuck you Mortal Kombat Annihilation.
Reptile v Liu Kang purpose = fanservice But really, it just wraps up the Reptile-spy threat. They just didn’t make the cgi lizard ominous or problematic enough.
Annihilation of a Franchise? Kidding right? lol it was poor for a sequel(like most movies) but first movie still holds up and as disappointing as this movie was, still better than the SF movies lol
Never thought I would live in a world where people unironically question why the studio couldn't pay the star of a successful first franchise installment enough money to return to the bloated, poorly written, garbage sequel - with first time director - to be unceremoniously killed off in the first two minutes. Guess it's all these Marvel movies, where you kind of _expect_ to see your favorite character for like five seconds of screen time, because it'll be slightly amusing if you do. Like when people kept complaining about not seeing any of the Avengers in Agents of Shield. The fact that people would even _think_ to complain about that with sincerity shows how different Hollywood is because of streaming, and the internet. It's wild.
