Top 10 Callbacks and Easter Eggs in Mortal Kombat (2021) 

I gonna say the movie Mortal Kombat 2021 is very violent,epic,funny and awesome

It’s epic it did the game some justice I love it

It was good. But the screenplay could've been a bit better. I think it would be better to make this a show than a film. Or make it not be a cinematic film

The movie is underwhelming & that Cole Young b plot was not needed at all

Question for everyone, would we be ok with Cole becoming a playable character in the next Mortal Kombat game? I could see him playing as a defense heavy, almost tank like character similar to Jax, but he'd be a little bit more aggressive thanks to the tonfas.

I definitely wanted more of that

I wanted to know about how/why Subzero was kept alive so long.

Not really cause they could never kill one of them off...

@@lchambers56 Well, if it really was Bi-Han, and not Quan Chi who directly was involved, then i'd say he made a deal with Outworld - Shang Tsung, more specifically - to be granted immortality (eternal life, not to be confused with invincibility) so that he may become the mightiest warrior of the Lin Kuei, and preserve their legacy through his existence as the Sorcerer's champion. After all, if the Soul Chamber exists still, then I imagine occasional soul spas keep the mortal form rejuvenated, and out of the arms of death for LONG time periods. And even though the asshole's dead......I think it's fair to say we aren't done with him, OR with Prince Goro just yet - not if the Mortal Kombat tournament is still coming, and the movie was ultimately Shang Tsung being the cheating bastard he's always been, and lead an unsanctioned assassination assault against the earthrealmers. Better hope Shao Kahn doesn't find out about it, given Mileena's fate.^^; As for Bi-Han? I imagine the next we see him, he will......be one with The Darkness, as the wraith we know he is destined to become.

True. They, on their own, could carry out an entire story/movie based on the two trying to destroy one another, ending in Scorpion killing Bi-Han......but then hopefully, Quan Chi makes the same mistake as before somehow by leaving a clue that exposes HIM as the orchestrator of the Shirai Ryu's destroyer, and the movie has the Oni and Specter engage in a final clash for Hanzo Hasashi's freedom.

Ikr!!! 🤣

He had all the good comebacks in the movie!!!

Fucking whoops lol

Kano had me hella weak throughout the whole movie lol

Did you not see the obvious coming?

I died laughing at that part 🤣🤣🤣

Very effective in the old fighting games. Sweep the legs. Spam and repeat.

I realized what it was and commented like "don't do anything!let me figure out my moves!"

“Cheesing” so epic!

Old players would easily recognize that moves lmao!

Kung Lao has been killed multiple times I’m sure they’ll find a way to bring him back in the sequel lol

Me too, but it is cannon that he dies in the middle of the story, at least in the reboot.

Well he lived up to his character by dying and being useless

@@x7Koolaid7x lmfao and when he needlessly described his whole family past

Like Sub Zero wasn't or scorpion

It seemed to me that he wore black for all the movie, I've even mistaken him for Noob when he first appeared (so I was a bit confused because I thought "wait, is this movie happening after Hanzo already took his revenge or did I miss something"), so I guess the callback was there since the beginning.

yes I think so first because what Shang Tsung have said when Sub Zero´s body was vanishing and because Joe Taslim was really good in the movie he will be in a sequel as Noob Saibot foe sure

It's not an Easter egg, sub zero doesn't become noob until he's killed by scorpion. Talsim is signed for multiple films. I just hope they get made.

Definitely Noob Saibot

I though the same thing!

Eddie Tobias. What’s next, Bi Han calling himself Noob Saibot in the sequel.

@@Silent_Fool *becoming noob Saibot

Yep and the Chicago reference: Their hometown. They rep our city really well

Legit laughed when he said that. Good nod to both of them.

When you fought Eddy Tobias I was excited lol

I wanna take the time and say good Easter Egg find about reptile I never knew his real name I looked it up and you was right

@@paulrivera5864 Thanks! Reptile has been my favorite character since I was introduced to MK as a kid. His real name was first mentioned in MK X, when Raiden mentioned it while fighting Reptile. I remember my jaw dropping when I heard it the first time.

@@EmileVinesh I liked reptile and manly all the ninjas I just didn't know reptile backstory or real name and it probably skiped pass me when I was playing mkx so we now know for sure that was reptile in the movie

The writer of the movie does know a lot about Mortal Kombat. He even wanted to put a whole lot more lore into the film. Unfortunately, the Director and everyone else involved in the film thought that that would be too much, and take too long, especially for general audiences. That’s the tricky part, making a movie that is what the fans want, but also balancing it enough to make it accessible for everyone else.

Reptile's name wasn't official until MK11, before that he's simply known as Reptile, or Zatteran race

after Tobias left Midway, the MK franchises seems to omit his name at one time. They even remove the Saibot from Noob Saibot, later added back. Ed Boon was the programmer and John Tobias was the graphic designer. I'm happy John Tobias gets to share the co-creator credit in this movie.

I caught that one

yup I caught that too lol

I had the chills when he said that!

One of the articles on Sonya's wall had the name as well.

Was thinking the same

"Call backs And Easter Eggs" No one claimed it was an Easter Egg.

Mojo has a tendency to do serious click bait. Another Easter egg here was “let’s go before we run into other 4 armed monsters” insinuating that the character was referencing the other 4 armed monsters in the game franchise but.....unless the second movie has one, this is not an Easter egg. It was a chance for Mojo to share information sure, but an Easter egg? No.

they dont know the diference between reference and easter egg

Wasn't Blood Sport somewhere in that?

Definitely on Big Trouble in Little China with that lightning guy that served Lo Pan

@@ericvon2561 lo pan was also the inspiration for shang tsung

And from Greece Mythology

Also Ermac was made due to a glitch. ERror MACro. And Rain is a Prince tribute.

I noticed that too

Yup

It set up a franchise.

I wonder if the next movie will focus on LIU Kang since he’s the one who has to win the tournament

How can there be a Mortal Kombat movie without the actual Mortal Kombat tournament?

Bo rai cho showed up in mkda

@@rox-tn1cf and Deception

Fun fact: Bo-Rai-Cho in spanish "Borracho" means Drunk hehe just like the character..

I was so happy when I caught that reference while watching it, Bo Rai Cho has always been one of my favorite characters.

Always loved his puke slip move lol

I found it cool how in the game it's Kano who recruited kabal .. but in this case it was the other way around....

I really liked Kabal.

🐐

He was but the movie didn’t do him justice, he felt like just a henchman and not his own character

@@mattsherman4964 he’s a henchman in the games story mode lmao everybody really expect every character to just a full fledge story in the first movie. He at least got to talk, shit he said more then even mileena.

Kanos probably not dead, he’s going to come back with his cyborg eye

@@causticcoconut715 but Sonya got the mark but who knows

Should've been "this is how you kill a franchise" and just tell people to go watch the movie.

@@alburritox4475 Sure, but this is MORTAL KOMBAT!!! Where almost every Character comes back from Death in MANY shapes or form EVEN tho it's all happening in the same Time line... ALL the DAMN Time!! : )

@@alburritox4475 yeah,but maybe he can make his own with resources from The Black Dragon clan

Ehhhhh, bit of a reach.... but I'll allow it.

Then how would they explain Sonya getting the mark? I agree that MK without Kano would be a shame.

@@adrianchalice I'm sure they can set up a fight scene where he kills someone like Jarek and gets the mark again.

MK franchise has always capable of reviving dead characters, I believe that they will do the same here. We all know that Bi Han will forsure returning as Noob Saibot, Shang Tsung could be planning on reviving Kano and Kung Lao as his own army. Hopefully they bring back Mileena too, she way too underused imo.

@@anxioussamurai9017 Honestly, they don't even need to do that. Remember when they rebuilt Jax's arms, Liu Kang says they contacted other realms for help. It's no stretch for Shang Tsung also having access to similar/better technology to give Kano a cybernetic eye that can shoot lasers plus other augmentations to put him on a comparable level to those with the mark. That would keep him relevant enough in the movies to be involved with the plot and furnish the same comedy, but without making him one of the "main" marked characters. He would be competent enough to help with the plot, then get his ass kicked, but find some way to slink off for next time, like an itch that won't go away no matter how much you scratch.

@@AurickLeru The mark is for all fighters so it's likely that Shang Tsung's fighter have marks as well and he's a wizard so he doesn't need tech to give Kano laser eyes. He'll probably bring some characters back from the dead (Bi Han, Kung Lao) but Kano's whole story in his canon has mostly been around Sonya's revenge against him and that's pretty much already wrapped up. Don't forget Johnny Cage is going to be in the sequel, filling the comedic relief role for the heroes and you really don't need it to be goofy from both sides.

Definitely caught that. Or the fact the training pit is where you learn how to do the "special moves"

In the next movie sub zero has to be kuai liang

I mean, his costume wasn't exactly Blue to begin with... I thought it was Black the whole time...

If they do Kuai Liang might be an ancestor than a brother as Bi Han is from the 17th century by the movies dating and how sorcery and his cryo abilities kept him alive but I did notice his armour being black after being burnt. But I was disappointed that Bi Han never did the spine rip on Scorpion as that is as much associated with his death being burnt alive

When you Google the movie, and it lists the actors and characters , Joe Taslim ha both subZero and Noob Saibot under him.

They need miney to do that 🙄 as much mk games make movies never been their best part so they need money to develop a series

It also would have taken 4 years to do that.

WB also made a RU-vid series.

Agreed 👍

I mean.... They did Sequel Bait quite Heavily in the Epilogue did they not? 🤨

That _is_ smart. BC Now, whenever people want to reference the series, they have to either abbreviate it as MK or call it Mortal Kombat. Thus making it a 'This is what makes our property distinct.' deal.

That's not how the k was created but okay

@@thecultleadersthoughts2519 thats what ed boon said

@@reapster12 no it was because they were worried they couldn't get the trademark so they intentionally did it for that reason and it was great for marketing

@@zachariahsmith9130 if u look up info on it boon recalls it the way i said

Which is a huge disappointment tbh...

@@choloyolo8522 ?

@@choloyolo8522 were you expecting the techno music of the original?

@@brandonbumby2356 we all did.... :(

Jfc that was the whole reason I'm watching this and they missed it???

I saw that too, but I wasn't sure what that direction was referencing... but it was clearly a reference to button commands to execute a game move

Ya they avoided all the ACTUAL easter eggs and just told us plot points and character names.....

Scrolled too far down to see this

I was wondering if I was the only one who would comment on that... Thanks

Who’s delia

When was Fujin brought up?

Delia is the hooded woman in one of the murals, she's the wife of Argus, an Edenian god. Fujin, Raiden's bro, is depicted as the big statue in the temple, the one whose hand gets cut by Kano's laser.

@@everardogonzalez2286 I remember Fujin in MK4

Yeah I think the same

Everyone agrees but Mojo does this sort of thing. That wasn’t an “Easter Egg” That was a fun fact plus speculation.

Yeah I agree. Just like Cole wrapping himself up and so much emphasis on his wraps and look at his arcana. Brotherhood of Shadows next

Yup, especially the way he ended up like a burnt marshmallow lol

Finally some else caught this

Watchmojo seems to have been lax on their researching of late

@@nnamdichukura9521 they’ve always been

yeah coz that mural guy reminds me of Daegon from MKA

Yeah, in the mural, the one laying down was the main character Tevan right?

They legit think subzero-scorpion feud is an "easter egg" 😂

Only thing missing was the yeet into the spikes uppercut on that moment xd

The mKcu

More like the Mortal Kombat Kinematic Universe. Nah that sounds dumb now that I've said it out loud.

@@royaltycomics it has never stopped them before so why start now?

@@royaltycomics I think you're onto something here pal..... The Mortal Kombat Kinematic Universe or MK-KU for short.

@@royaltycomics dude this made me laugh more than I should have but I love it

i wish they could've painted Reiko Face like in the game.

@@jmtstan yes!!! Im happy they put him in but i was kinda hoping hed have his classic mk4 look or somethin close to it. His whole character seemed really reworked. I didnt recognize him until they named him

@@SaikaDeWinter he looked like the MK Armageddon version without the face paint and the spiked shoulder pad

@@jmtstan yea i got that but i think his bulk is what threw me off more than anything. I remember mk4 Reiko more than anything but if i remember right, he was a giant muscled up guy in Armageddon either right??

@Kefla yea. In happy he was there but damn did they butcher his character

They will eventually come back considering that Shang Tsung took the bodies of Goro and SubZero with him, also him mentioned that he would bring a Army to fight Earthrealm.

More like Sub Zero returns as Noob Saibot

Death is a Portal

they did goro so f@kin dirty

I haven’t been playing Mortal Kombat for too long but is it possible that they are in the Netherrealm. Correct me if I’m wrong.

He was so good

Key word... "Was" lol 🤣

@@juliolopez220 😂

They did him correctly.

The "Golden Forest" will forever be etched into my memories.

I thought exactly this , it also helps im currently playing through it at the moment

It also reminded me of the 1980s classic Revenge Of The Revenge 😎

That bird sound in start is one of the reason 😅

I thought I was only one who saw that

What does LP mean?

Low punch

Thank you. I was scrolling the comments to see if anyone else caught it.

Fan service with trash story

For the hardcore fans it disappointed us by a large margin, still an enjoyable movie tho.

@@SolidPain6624 true dat.

Don't get too hyped before watching this, this movie is for Kids actually but they forgot turn off the blood and gore mode 😁. The storyline is stupid AF!

Not really

But would she be in the next movie

Kitana...

@@TheLaron2006 apparently no edenians are going to be in the next movie according to directors

@@nabilahmed579 why

@@TheLaron2006 I honestly have no idea but given that Shang already sabotaged tournament, they don’t need to do the brainwashing Sindel plot, kitana finding out what happened to her realm etc

And the bicycle kick he did

Same missed the kitana fan.

I screeched when I saw it. She was my favorite character.

@@stephiybabii Aiyo help me out here,There was a mural with another blue armored girl(?) Alongside The Great Kung Lao one..Was it Kitana or something else?

Kinda dumb to include her clone then

Extremely idiotic to introduce Kitana's clone before herself since meeting Mileena was one of the reasons Kitana looses faith in Shao Khan. Imagine if a writer made a movie about the avengers, and included Thor Girl (or Torunn, depending on continuity). She's introduced as the Goddess of Thunder, which doesn't make sense, because Thor is the god of Thunder, and for some reason, isn't there himself. Or a better example, imagine if a transformers movie introduced the normal team of Autobots, except they introduce Rodimus instead of Optimus Prime himself.

@@fgl8044 I'm not disagreeing but let's remember that this is a violent action movie based on a video game series with stories similar to a demonic soap opera. I think you may be reading a bit much into it lol who knows what the sequel will bring. Maybe they'll cover Kitana, Shao Kahn, and Sindel in the beginning the same way they did Sub and Scorp. Here's a fun question : who should play Shao Kahn?

And their justification was reasonable imo. Basically, there were already so many people to cover that adding more would have strained the story as a whole. I agree with this since Kahn isn't really brought up. So Kitana didn't need to be either. My guess is Mileena is such a fan favorite for the anime waifu types that they felt the need to add at least one... Uhh sexy, ninja female lol

Mileena has more going on than just being Kitana's clone. I just wish we couldve seen her & Prince Rain together.

He's been around since MK3.

@@michaelmckinley2185 no. He hasnt

@@jacobibarra097 I think he's speaking timeline wise not physically being in the game

@@yezirski3024 in context of my comment still dosent make sense

Oh I misread it i thought you said Kabal.

Theres a rumour/leak that there are kombat packs with 26 more characters for MK11 being released up to half way through 2024

This movie felt like it was possibly setting up Cole being added to MK12.

And it was a real flawless victory unlike the 90s movie

Unfortunately our country censored that part. What a shame

The did kung lao and goro dirty

@@jond8013 it's alright since the one who killed him is one of the strongest characters in MK. I would be pissed if he's killed by the likes of kano or mileena

Speaking of fire...... TOASTY

Scorpion's flame wake them up

@Erik Nurwahab ik it’s just that they almost died multiple times

@@heatfighter2112 ah,i get it.Than the answer is PLOT ARMOR

I see the sonic reference

Yes 👍 totally agree 😺

Yes, my only regret was that this movie was short.

And the Shao Kahn's statue and picture too

Is Rain a sibling to Taven and Daegon too?? I didn't know that

@@jkp3218 yea he's the bastard son of argus, so more like a step brother

Motaros picture on the vase

Sorry to correct you, but Rain's mom is a commoner, not Delia.

Lmao No. Actual MK fans wasn't so fond of this movie

@@shawziiz5031 what did you find wrong with it?

I hated it

@@michaeloconnor9984 Reason?

Isnt Delia And Argus the Gods who make Blaze and do The Armageddon stuff?

Thats true, but Asgard had TONS of deadly one of a kind things laying around in that hallway lol

Wait till kronika comes out in a future movie

Hahaha, "faithful."

@@krizwatcher -most of it

@@pyrs201 I swear

Same man I liked it too At the end of the day a movie is for people to enjoy themselves and have a temporary relief.And this was that good for me atleast so 9/10 for me

😂😂

I think it would’ve been worth mentioning that Sub-Zero basically did Jax’s own finishing move on him by ripping his arms off.

What’s messed up?

@@CalobAdamsInfamous913 if you ever played a mortal Kombat game it’s obvious

This is NOT how you make an MK movie, precisely because of the source material screw ups.

@@thrrax the MCU screws up the original source material too, and that ended up being successful

@@spuddspudd haven’t, just watched the cutscene movies

I laughed outloud when she threw back the GPS to Kano after they met Liu Kang in the desert😂😂

No it's was not ???

Ohhhhhhh

It was but I don't think that's what they trying was going for

*BA BA BA BABA BA BA BA BA*

true XD

He looked like the dude from raid shadowlegends lol

Yesss that’s what I was saying

@@jeanitalien8845 they might of ran out of money

Acting seemed lazy

Xd spot on kinda hard to fit everything in a hr 45 min time frame. I think they did good with what was allowed.

@@nikovz4719 Agreed, plot wise i think they can do better. But in the end it's an enjoyable movie. Character designs were on point👌👌👌

His "finding his arcan" scene will be badass

@@josemiranda9061 Like what? Breaking innocent balls?