Review of Mortal Kombat (2021) by Kagekirazuul — 23 Apr 2021
This movie was made for the fans of the games.
If your not an mk vet but like action movies, you’ll enjoy it.
If you’ve played the games, you’ll love it.
From classic fatalities, to spamming the sweep, in game references galore.
Not to mention Hiroyuki Sanada as Hasashi Hanzo was perfect on so many levels. He brings a level of grace to the character that MK X and MK 11 equally captured.
Asano Tadanobu was also a great choice for Raiden. There has always been a criticism of the God of Thunder being white washed. Asano has the cynicism that echoes the Christopher Lambert portrayal so well.
Saddened over the recast of Shang Tsung but Cary-Hiroyuki can only be so young. Maybe they will recast him as old Shang Tsung, though Goro already died just outside a barn so that was weird.
All in all, a wonderful film to sit through, discuss on the fly, and oooh and ah.
This review of Mortal Kombat (2021) was written by Kagekirazuul on 23 Apr 2021.
Mortal Kombat has generally received mixed reviews.
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