@@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
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
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
To add onto Johnny’s minimal screen time, from what i understand, Johnny’s original actor wanted to do a sequel, but dropped out because he felt he wasn’t getting paid enough, and didn’t like the script. (Most of the original actors disliked the script, which is why they all got recast) So what’s the most logical thing to do for Johnny’s Character? Kill him off and forget he was ever even recast. Don’t take my word that this is true, but it’s what I understand from things I’ve seen about this specific film.
I heard that he was interested, read the script, and found out that they had already planned on killing him off at the start. Decided it wasn't worth his time.
@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.
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.
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.)
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)
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'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.
"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 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.
"You can just paint the suit red after you're done with it"...that's literally what they done. The smoke suit was the same one as cyrax, just painted. The main reptile suit was also the scorpion suit repainted.
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.
It's approaching, nearly two years later and it's finally approaching 100k views. Yes, yes, YES. DO IT, GO FOR IT, MAKE IT HAPPEN FOLKS, WE NEED THE SEQUELS. And the rest of the Spider-Man cartoon retrospectives please. But don't be confused about Unlimited referencing some bits in the 94 cartoon cause it never tried to be a sequel or allude to it, it only took a couple of familiar points into their storytelling cause it's easier to follow for those who got exposed to the show prior to Unlimited and it worked for that version but might be confused about changes shown in this show if it made them like the symbiote on the Hudson river. At least Unlimited didn't throw in Rhino and SHOOOOOCKEEEER.
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!!!
That cyborg bit would have actually been almost sort of kind of cool if it weren't for the flipping portion taking so long (Edit) 4:30 Oh. Now I get it😄
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?
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
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.
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😅).
I’d love to see these continue one day because Mortal Kombat is a cool series and it’s history is so interesting It went from a worldwide sensation to mediocrity to garbage and then back into a worldwide sensation
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.
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.
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.
I'll give the movie one thing, it portrayed the younger Subzero far better than the old one in the first movie, sure he's nothing more than a random cameo but at the very least the movie is more accurate to the game's character. Making the original a mind controlled slave in the first movie ticked me off to no end.
I remember seeing the first Mortal Kombat in theaters, leaving the theater I was so hyped up I wanted to kick ass ! Went to see Mortal Kombat Annihilation in theater as well since I looked forward to the sequel, leaving the theater I WANTED TO KICK MY OWN ASS ! 😛🙄🤢
I actually absolutely loved it, both my favourite characters are there and that all i needed at the time. Not the best acting, plot was rushed, but the idea was good, excepting killing Johnny for no F reasons. Sindel's voice and acting was horrible, but in French her voice is perfect. I think the both worse actors in this movie was the new Sonya and Sindel, otherwise the actors did a good job. Sheeva's acting was cliché but thats was the tendance at the time so its awesome. Rain was supposed to have an entire fight scene that was cancel during the filming, and Kabal was also planned to be in the movie, that kind of sad they cut so much content.
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.
The "Raiden vs Reptiles" Scene was most essential to remind the audience that at some level Raiden can hold his own in battle. He no longer has his powers or immortality but more than makes up for it with thousands of years in martial art skills and experience he put to use in that dangerous scenario.
Shao Khan in this movie straight up looks like some generic Brazzers porn star. LMAO
@@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.
@@slckb0y65 does he got any pornos under his belt or no?
@@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
And it...is...GLORIOUS!!!!
He's a great actor you stupid troll!!!
As a 7 year old this movie was incredible. As a 28 year old it’s still incredible but in an entirely different way
Incredibly shit?
Yeah it's incredible as in praise to the makers of this movie for putting in effort to make the worst mortal Kombat movie of all time 😂
Rewatching this cause this video is EXCELLENT
Diego Rivera your damn right 😤!
Don't you mean GLORIOUS?!
Santo Gagliano TOASTYYYY!
Godzillamendoza wins. Flawless victory.
😂 and funny lol
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
Kyle Lambert that city and its being affected by Katrina intrigue me.
Why would they make their shooting location a shooting location
@Stefano Pavone have you seen the new live acthion mortal kombst film from last year
Fun fact: the stunt man for Raiden in this movie is the same guy who played Maul in The Phantom Menace.
Duh i just stated that in my comment ray park also played toad in the first x men movie an it wasnt a stunt man ray was raiden double dumbass
"Shao Kahn just looks like a dudebro"... Really laughed at that one.
He's just a human instead of a monster😒.
I'm not even interested why they made him like this piece of scumbag from earthrealm😡💀.
It's funny 'cause it's true!
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
To add onto Johnny’s minimal screen time, from what i understand, Johnny’s original actor wanted to do a sequel, but dropped out because he felt he wasn’t getting paid enough, and didn’t like the script. (Most of the original actors disliked the script, which is why they all got recast) So what’s the most logical thing to do for Johnny’s Character? Kill him off and forget he was ever even recast.
Don’t take my word that this is true, but it’s what I understand from things I’ve seen about this specific film.
Ironically, quitting midshoot because the script and pay sucked is totally a Johnny Cage thing
I heard that he was interested, read the script, and found out that they had already planned on killing him off at the start.
Decided it wasn't worth his time.
@@king5corpion He only needs...one take
The real question should be what did they pay Robin to convince him that playing Lui Kang again would be a good idea?
@@walker1984 He either
A) got the rest of the prior cast's share of pay
B) knew there were fairly few projects coming down the line for him
C) both
0/10 Not enough call of duty.
-IGN
But at least its better than doom annihilation.
everyone knows sonic will be the best video game movie
@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.
doom annihilation was way better then this. you obviously didnt see the movie .
@@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.
FBI cod mw Doritos and Mountain Dew ad just came up before the vid started for me
I loved the green screen shot of smoke
Had to stop for a bit to calm down
It was still much better than effects in this whole movie
4:46 “Heeeellloooo, I’m the Nostalgia Kritik, I break his spine so you don’t have to...”
I remember watching this movie when I was 7 and just getting into mortal combat and I thought this movie was a disappointment and boring
*kombat
Kombat*
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.
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.)
I have a signed 8x10 of Brian Thompson as Shao Kahn hanging on my wall. It reads, "It's official, you suck!" He's a nice guy.
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)
500 more views please guys i’ve been waiting on the next video for almost 2 years, please just watch it again
Im doing my part!
That extended Smoke flipping had me fucking rolling
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.
It was like childhood fan fiction
“Every stupid chuckle fuck-“
I don’t know why but that made me laugh
That scene with Jax and Rain is hilarious.
That extended sequence of smoke twirling around looks like it could be tight out of the film.
6:36 "What are they kicking? Stop!" Lmao! I was thinking the same thing.
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.
That Smoke flipping around was some of the best shit
Ironically Shao Khan's appearance at the end of the first movie actually looks like his design from the games than what they had for Armageddon.
"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 gonna be thinking about the word "chucklefuck" all day because of this
So..much...flipping why is there so much flipping?!
I want more lol
Just like power rangers did
Take a shot everytime someone flips
Great Review Xavier! And congrats on getting engaged!
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.
14:28
Could've been worse. They could've chosen to use Babalities.
'Originality is dead and we killed it.' That got a laugh. Also, nice cosplay and nostalgia critic reference.
“To bad YOUUU WILL DIE” 😂
I wish Nightwolf had gotten more screen time.
Pete Olivarez I wish Jade was more accurate to the video game aw and also.... dark skinned
Yea nightwolfs design turned out better compared to others too bad he was offscreen as fast as he was onscreen.
@@romeezydabreeze Jade should've
made an alliance with Liu Kang and
Kitana since they're her friends, not
enemies, so WHY BETRAY THEM?!😡
The video is past 100k can we get the next installment now pleaseeee
Back again to politely ask for the next installment! Is it possible to make it a Patreon goal?
"You can just paint the suit red after you're done with it"...that's literally what they done. The smoke suit was the same one as cyrax, just painted. The main reptile suit was also the scorpion suit repainted.
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.
Congrats on everything! Ready for more content
That Smoke cosplay was awesome!
Glad to see Mortal Kombat reviews come back.
Fun Fact: I study martial arts at the same school the original game cast studies at! :)
You should just do mma.
What style do you learn?
Seems like the new flick will make up for this absolutely glorious failure.
The trailer to the new movie got me so hyped that I decided to binge rewatch your MK videos! I’d love to hear your thoughts on it!
“He’s just some fucking dude bro”
1:39 - 1:41: Very pleased to see each movie poster listed in the order in which each story takes places in that cinematic universe.
congrats on getting engaged
Where did he post it?
@@onyxxdrako4648 Twitter
It's approaching, nearly two years later and it's finally approaching 100k views. Yes, yes, YES.
DO IT, GO FOR IT, MAKE IT HAPPEN FOLKS, WE NEED THE SEQUELS.
And the rest of the Spider-Man cartoon retrospectives please. But don't be confused about Unlimited referencing some bits in the 94 cartoon cause it never tried to be a sequel or allude to it, it only took a couple of familiar points into their storytelling cause it's easier to follow for those who got exposed to the show prior to Unlimited and it worked for that version but might be confused about changes shown in this show if it made them like the symbiote on the Hudson river. At least Unlimited didn't throw in Rhino and SHOOOOOCKEEEER.
MK:A still had an amazing soundtrack. Especially those spicy KMFDM tracks
Too bad the talent was wasted on this movie.
5:52
It’s Lam-bear. The ‘t’ is silent. I only know that because that one episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
"Mortal Kombat films? You're alive."
MK films: Too bad WE......will die.
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!!!
That cyborg bit would have actually been almost sort of kind of cool if it weren't for the flipping portion taking so long
(Edit) 4:30 Oh. Now I get it😄
I f*ckin LOVED this movie when I was 8.. I'd watch it get excited then pop in Mortal Kombat Trilogy on the PS1
When I was a kid i loved this shit. Mk on movie? My young mind was blown🤯 I still love it just cause lol
Flawless Victory!! Who else remembers Sal Solo?? Excellent!!
Who heard Kung Lao in 2021??
So just like MK11, it's set not too long after the last instalment, but features different character designs and most roles being re-casted
Im not understanding this comparison at all help me out guys
@@Mugen123456789 Search up MK9 and MK11then compare the two
Ocean Man and they’re both really shit
@Borrachovaquero
Nice job being wrong.
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?
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
You know. When I started watching ur channel I was only into Spidey but you helped me widen my range. Keep making the fantastic content
The filmakers claims that the movie was released unfinished (editing, special effects, etc ). The original script is more consistent.
Please continue this series
THIS VIDEO IS FIRE!!!!! Your Mk videos are amazing
Old title: Mortal Kombat Annihilation of a franchise
New title: The WORST video game movie??? MK Annihilation
0:28 - Funny how that was still better special effects than what was seen in this movie XD
I love your MK kontent bro. Really appreciate the upload👍
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.
"Where you at rain!"😂😂
9:51 I remember how disappointed I was with that one, hopefully the 2021 version does her Justice.
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😅).
I’d love to see these continue one day because Mortal Kombat is a cool series and it’s history is so interesting
It went from a worldwide sensation to mediocrity to garbage and then back into a worldwide sensation
Mortal Kombat annihilation was my childhood movie
“That Reptile fight was bullshit though”. Maybe so but it was one of if not the best fight in both movies.
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.
Exactly they are the two best things about the movie.
Looking forward to seeing your video on the PS2 era MK games. And just going from there
You know what hurts the most, that smoke spinning had parts that looked better than in the movie, what did we like as kids Jesus
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.
The Billy Mitchell crack seriously got me
Can you imagine if this movie was directed by Uwe Boll? It would be the video game movie apocalypse. Get ptsd from it.
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.
Not even a minute in and can already tell this would be a great video just from the Smoke segment alone
Even as a child this was bad ... that’s hard ...
The bomb squad shall bomb this movie for you xavier oh Lord and saviour
A video on that new trailer would be really cool
Awesome job on that smoke cosplay!
I'll give the movie one thing, it portrayed the younger Subzero far better than the old one in the first movie, sure he's nothing more than a random cameo but at the very least the movie is more accurate to the game's character. Making the original a mind controlled slave in the first movie ticked me off to no end.
SUCKERS!!!!
(Most favorite Scorpion line ever.)
Now this is what I call a GLORIOUS FAILURE!!!!
Can't believe this was actually in theaters. I remember seeing posters for it in a mall food court when I was a kid. Lol
I've waited so long for this
My friend once described this movie as an Agnes deMille ballet where the dancers murder each other.
I remember seeing the first Mortal Kombat in theaters, leaving the theater I was so hyped up I wanted to kick ass ! Went to see Mortal Kombat Annihilation in theater as well since I looked forward to the sequel, leaving the theater I WANTED TO KICK MY OWN ASS ! 😛🙄🤢
to be fair the night wolf tomahawk scene was kinda sick. As a kid I didn't see it coming & I was pretty perceptive.
I still am. But I used to be too.
I actually absolutely loved it, both my favourite characters are there and that all i needed at the time. Not the best acting, plot was rushed, but the idea was good, excepting killing Johnny for no F reasons. Sindel's voice and acting was horrible, but in French her voice is perfect. I think the both worse actors in this movie was the new Sonya and Sindel, otherwise the actors did a good job. Sheeva's acting was cliché but thats was the tendance at the time so its awesome. Rain was supposed to have an entire fight scene that was cancel during the filming, and Kabal was also planned to be in the movie, that kind of sad they cut so much content.
Nightwolf is the Indian in the cupboard
0:58 Am i the only one that want's xavier to do a talk show with smoke as it's host now?
Just me?
Ok...
Smoke Ghost: Puff to Puff
Great smoke costume it looks SO DAM GOOD 👌
I actually prefer the recasted Raiden. Can you imagine? Mortal Kombat 11: Raiden vs. Grandma-ma Kronika.
"Just a bunch of flips and not connecting"
Sounds like AEW
Now a proud patron! Costume rulles ass, kudos!!!
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.
Fun fact the actor who plays Raiden in this movie was in the warriors and crusing.
And 2 Fast 2 Furious
Your animality animality animality was a total meme shared between my older brother and I.
The "Raiden vs Reptiles" Scene was most essential to remind the audience that at some level Raiden can hold his own in battle. He no longer has his powers or immortality but more than makes up for it with thousands of years in martial art skills and experience he put to use in that dangerous scenario.