Mortal Kombat 2021 Is Worse Than Even *I* Expected (feat. @GodzillaMendoza)
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Can I ask you guys to not be dicks to Xavier over his opinion on the film? What kind of a dipshit do you have to be to think I'm gonna let that slide if I see it?
I get crapping on you, but Xavier actually was respectful about his view, even if I disagree with it.
Who the hell goes after *that* guy?
The4thHater your video is 100 useless because you called Raiden "Smol Raiden" instead of "Kidd Thunder" or "Little Thunder"
@@Clockwork_Shadow Damn, that's actually pretty good...
@@The4thSnake for someone who has some valid criticism and has some answers for plot points, you really do pass as an hater of your favorite franchise.
@@bwahbid He wants it to be better. Thus the frustration when things that are small that could improve things are either outright ignored or worse, the opposite is done.
I'm there with him, I just lean towards apathy, rather than annoyed cynicism.
Roaring brute Goro is something this franchise needs to get over. Goro is the champion of a martial arts tournament, not the Rancor from Star Wars
Goro is smart, dignified and honorable. Yes he's a beast in a fight, but he's not mindless or else Great Kung Lao would have beaten him since Great Kung Lao was a Shaolin Monk who would have seen how predictable and stupid his opponent would have been. Goro HAD to be smart, had to be skilled, had to be everything to be the 9 time Mortal Kombat Champion.
@@legionbeast Right? I'm not even saying he has to be smart, just not a braindead monster. Arrogance should be his defining feature above all else
He can roar to intimidate or for his own reasons (personal Kiaia? Lols?) without having to be a bootleg Hulk outside of battle.
The funny thing is I felt the 95 version did him pretty good. He was built up as a monster and we saw he actually had a brain and personality. Yea he roared but only in combat where thats ok since hes in the middle of battle getting hyped up. Fucking Reiko and Goro were the same character in 2021 mk only difference is one has 2 extra arms.
@@saloz9483 95 Goro was alright if you can get past the animatronics. His banter with Kano in the mess hall was pretty funny
Seeing Goro come out of a tiny shack just gave me Shrek flashbacks.
someBODY ONCE TOLD ME COLE YOUNG WAS GONNA KILL ME, I'D RATHER CAGE PUNCH ME IN THE BAAAALS
Someone needs to edit the song into that scene
@@CynicalWarlockI was playing around with your reply and realized that it matches the beat of the song.
@@eseehCgiBehT Guess I'm a natural.
Besides how bad he looks, besides he gets killed in his first fight by a literal nobody, a friend of mine made me realice he almost has no lines...the prince of the shokan, one of the most iconic characters in gaming history, reduced to a brute who is there just to show how "cool" Warner's original character is.
The funniest line surrounding the movie is when the director said he respected the source material
He probably meant the first 7 minutes of the film.
@@spider-manunknown9193 you mean when we were introduced to Cole young? Yeah no buddy 🤣
Learn what words mean before you use them!
RESPECT? WHERE!?!
@@Ramsey276one you talking about me or what the director said? It was just disrespect All the way through
@@zerr0432 The Director
And a few VOCAL MINORITIES out there too, but it’s Current Year, so...
XD
Not sure why they left Kitana out of the movie, yet Mileena is just hanging out with Shang Tsung and the other bad guys.
Because who needs to care about and honour the source material am I right?
@@you-5-iver804 They thought that when we said "we want johnny cage" that we were saying we wanted him to be the main character. Completely misunderstanding that what people wanted was johnny fucking cage. If Liu Kang was the protagonist we would've been happier, and if Johnny was there too it would be even better
Unless they’re gonna make Kitana black or change Mileena’s entire fucking story… they just used her to die
Are they gonna make Kitana black in the sequel? Lol
For a movie like this, you are not "supposed" to think. Just clap at mediocre fan service and flashy fights. Kinda like The Rise of Skywalker. Too stupid to enjoy.
So like....is he born with it??? XD
Daddy Reptile and Baby SonicHaXD
This movies biggest sin was having no KK in a wheelchair or sassy pole lady
Yes
You can get it by taking it or being born form with it
The entire Mortal Kombat 2021 movie but everytime there's a different camera shot there's a earrape version of the Johnny Test whipcrack. Make it happen.
I was pretty upset on they wrote Nitara & Reiko. It just like MK hating on the 3D Era as usual unless it's Kenshi.
Yeah, only brought them back to just kill them off like basic hoes, since respecting characters is not for this movie. That's toxic fans stuff, we don't do that here.
They are going to bring back everyone except for 3D era characters I bet because fuck the 3D era am i right neatherealm fan boys?
@@vaclaw1177 I'm getting sick of MK giving The 3D Era the middle finger
we need good 3d era entries.
Did someone gave two fucks about Reiko anyway? Lol
Goro sure gets his ass kicked a lot in this franchise for someone's who's the original champion
Fr, which is why I like the OG timeline.. OG Goro fights for honor, he wants to prove his worth, after his defeat by Liu Kang he went into hiding thinking he wasn't worthy of his Shokan brothers and sisters. In returns in MK 4 to help his Shokan race fight the Centaurs only to be confronted by Kung Lao who was seeking revenge for the Great Kung Lao, instead he slash him and left Goro a scar and the 2 had a truce... 2 characters, 1 pivotal history....killed off like it was nothing in the movie
@@leonunez8335 *Fucking WHOOPS*
@@codyman5540 "whoopsie"....from screen rant 😭
Especially considering how legendary he was back in the arcades for how bullshit difficult he was. He needs to have this aura of intimidation like in the original mk
@@shawklan27 he was every quarters nightmare
My favorite part was when the directors said "they respected the source material"
I was so hyped with that statement until I watched the movie only to realize that it was done by a 5 year old who just know MK for fighting and gore 😭
I like how cole young only is able to best goro when he gets actual plot armor.
All the villains were jobbers and got killed so easily and had zero personality asides from kano and kabal.
Kabal really was my favorite character even though he had like no lines.
"he's about to get his soul **SUCCED**
Kabal had the best personality and dialogue in the entire film (perhaps me simply being a Kabal fanboy) but then again he was the only antagonist besides Kano with actual fucking sentences so it's not like he had any competition.
My favorite part of the movie was just Kabal trolling people, since he’s my main in MK11 and that’s exactly how I play him against my friends
@@Patrick-pc3vq Ikr
Scorpion, Sub Zero, and Kano were just jobbers in the 1995 movie.
God I saw like seven tiktoks of.people.saying
"What's the story to mortal kombat,you just liked beating people up."
The nerves of such idiots.
Let that be why I don't fuck with tik tok
@@javiersoriano671 the writers of mk11 and this movie are probs tiktokers, it explains their stupidity
5:52, if this was a movie for longtime fans, they would have NEVER had an OC as the lead, nor would they have inverted roles for established characters, so that's a very fair point.
Yes.
Yes, precisely yes.
Mediocrity is the "new normal."
1) a first-time director whose only previous experience had been directing commercials (I guess he was cheap)
2) asinine poorly developed script
3) uninspired casting choices (except for Scorpion)
4) they axe the character of Johnny Cage, apparently due to "woke" sensibilities and yet the most entertaining character is the white Australian male Kano
5) they add wholly unnecessary "woke" elements like Kung Lao holding back Sonya Blade
6) they created a bland soulless "Cole" character to walk you through the cinematic experience more disliked than Shujinko
7) bland male characters except for Kano and Scorpion
8) insufficient or nonexistent character development
9) bland choices of locations and insufficient number of locations
10) failure to sufficiently expand upon the lore as well as lore "modifications" that were downright silly (dragon tattoos & arcana)
Excuse me but kung lao was perfect casting
@@sabbathjackal I agree with Kung Lao casting being good and Liu Kang I liked the guy playing him from Power Rangers and when I heard it was him doing it I was happy, BUT It didn't show well in the movie. Just didn't work for him, so that was a little disappointing. But next to Cole it really wasn't that bad. But Sonya Blade was bloody horrific and I rather she was skipped altogether compared to what we got. Outside that I actually agree with all 10 points in @boricuafeliz list.
"The film just expects you to be familiar with the versions from the games"
While simultaneously changing them from the game versions. This movie is a mess.
I’m glad someone else is making the plot armor joke.
@Meat wad Thank you, Meat wad
It's weird Johnny Cage and Kitana wasn't in this movie at least Kitana was reference but why Mileena in this movie and not Kitana? So backwards.
They didn't want her to upstage Cole and let's be honest here, they would've been called out for making Kitana a different ethnicity compared to just her clone.
Johnny cage is basically replaced by Cole
@@abandonedaccount3864 I don’t think you have seen the movie
Well the guy in charge of writing and directing this film said he didn't feel comfortable having a "white guy." And what he claim is supposed to be a Asian centric film. Then he tried to double back by saying that he's trying to do things like MCU and says Johnny Cage will appear in the sequel. Which honestly I hope Johnny cage is not in the sequel I hope there's not a sequel because they're going to do his character dirty. Simply because his character is white. According to the guy in charge of the creation of this film had already said.
@@slj3332 that is a good fear to have. I never thought they would do Johnny wrong. I’m excited for the 2nd movie Im
Mortal Kombat 2021 made me have more respect for the original 95 movie since it’s the *ONLY* MK movie was made out of respect for the franchise!
how well did the 95 version portray the Lin kuei and shirai Ryu?
@@AuthorityKaaK how well did this movie portray them? the lin kuei are only mentioned by subzero one time and we never get to see scorpions clan aside from the guard guys at the beginning the movie, mk 95 literally couldn’t portray the lin kuei or shirai ryu since the film was about liu, johnny, and sonya
@@AuthorityKaaK the lin kuei and shirai ryu were only fleshed out quite after the first movie. Mk 95 came out around mktrilogy and focused on the first game toenamen and specifally lui kang
Scorpions revenge was also pretty good.
@@AuthorityKaaK They are not the main characters. They never were. Relax.
"This is a movie made for the people that love guest fighters" is so poignant a line to describe the mentality of those that were going 'The movie is great!'
Those are the worst kind of people. I bet they're easily influenced. Easier to manipulate.
@@GODCONVOYPRIME i love guest fighters, but i dont see any reason to watch this movie, it looks like crap, and has pretty mediocre fatalities that make MK9s look cool
2:10 I was waiting for the part you compare Cole to Alice as both are original characters for a game movie that steal the spotlight and feats of the game’s own characters
funny thing is, Alice is a lot more fun to follow in the 1st RE movie than Cole Young would ever hope to be.
And to think both the 1995 Mortal Kombat movie and a majority of the live action Resident Evil films were from the same director
@@JoseMorales-oh3do it's because Anderson met Milla Jovovich.
I went into this movie with extremely low expectations and was STILL disappointed! I'd rather watch Annihilation, and I'm not even kidding!
MK95 = Mortal Kombat
MK97 = Annihilation
MK2021 = Abomination !
Same
@Azure Dragon so true
At least Annihilation FELT like Mortal Kombat with its fighting and cheesey costumes, unlike this movie which is basically an Avengers origins story with a Mortal Kombat texture pack slapped on it
Jax was fun, the cyber ninjas were highlights, and stupid as it was, it at least had color and charm. This one is gonna be remembered pretty much only for Kano.
Kano was a better point-of-view character in this movie, because he was the one asking all the questions and trying to figure out what the f was going on. Cole was just like "oh a four-armed man is trying to kill my family, I guess it's time for another fight"
"But I still liked it" attitude is the reason why producers and writers felt so emboldened to put Cole Young and Arcana in the movie in the first place. What incentive do they have to do better when there's such a large audience whos ready willing and able to throw their money at them purely because its Mortal Kombat.
You say that like I had a choice? I'm still very aware of its flaws and actively acknowledged them, but I can't control the fact that I still found the movie entertaining as just a dumb action film. I even said I want them to try harder next time because this wasn't as good as ot could be. Like, maybe 20% of what I said is what people seem to be latching onto here.
You "having a choice or not" is not the issue, @@GodzillaMendoza. The issue is that saying "I want them to try harder next time" is not a real way to put pressure on producers/writters to actually do so if the people saying that are still going to give them their money when those products (games/movies/whatever) are released, and even worse if they continue stating that they still like them, regardless if more effort was put into those products or not.
And so, I ask this question: what real motivations will producers/writters have to do better if there's no actual pressure on them to do so?
@@kndyDX How do you want me to put pressure on them? Start a social media campaign to get them fired if the next movie isn't up to standard? I kind of figured just criticizing it would be enough but apparently I wasn't negative enough? That's the dumbest shit I've ever heard, you're acting like it's my responsibility to force them to do their job better somehow by being more angry. You guys take this shit WAY too seriously.
I'm not asking YOU to do something nor take responsability @@GodzillaMendoza . I see I didn't explain myself well enough, and I apologize for that.
This is not an issue of one person (so don't take it as someone calling you out), it's an issue of the vast majority of the fanbase, who is big enough to (in many cases doing so unawarely) give the people in charge of making adaptations the certainty that "Hey, we don't have to really try, enough people are gonna give us money and like what we'll do regardless."
So, I want to try to express my point again, and hopefully better:
It's one thing that some people like this kind of things, since they're free to do so and it can't be helped, but when a big enough chunk of the fanbase does so and it contributes to give producers/writters the idea that they can make good money with low effort products, it doesn't bode well for the future.
Hope I could make myself clearer.
@@cactusmalone Every human in this day and age is a brainless moron consumer including you, including me, including anybody who even remotely lives in a home and purchases literally anything in their life time.
Ain't no telling how they'll do Sindel if she gonna be in any of these movies.
Well there is no Edenians coming into the sequel according to the directors
I also highly doubt there getting Kitana or Jade or anyone edenian related. Just Johnny Cage and anyone who died in the first film. 😒
@@nabilahmed579 Hopefully the sequels are not made and the series can get another reboot in another 5-10 years
@@nabilahmed579 well that means Mileena is not part Edenian then since Kitana doesn't exist in this universe. Respecting the source material my ass.
@@darkemperortheobscureone694 was edenia even mentioned at all in this movie? I barely remembered since I ended up skipping half of the movie lol
John Tobias needs to write the next game/film. Also it is available to rent on Sky Store
7:07 That's... Honestly one of the saddest thing I've ever heard. I'm not a Mortal Kombat fan, but hearing thoughts on the franchise and story is interesting. But to me, what I hear is:
"Yeah, the series is in the gutter with no one in charge of the IP actually caring about their work, but I'm so used to it I'll just eat it up anyway"
It's the most defeatist thing I've ever heard, and that's just sad.
Yknow what be funny! If you have a decade old protagonist of a franchise and almost don’t use him and instead use some made up boring character no one cares about! :D
Would be really insane if WB would do that wouldn’t it? Hahaha right? Hahah.. guys?..
So there's no Paul Anderson this time around, but they centred the movie around an OC.
Guys. Of all the cues to take from a previous director, why that one?!
It's super ironic.
The few things that the MK movie did well is not enough to save it. In fact, watching the movie reinforced my issues with the series ever since the NRS era.
@@scottchaison1001
You really got him there.
@@Wiki1184 Left me speechless.
Yeah like not enough Scorpion smh...
@@shortyg1018 That's not the least of it's problems.
"It was a bad movie but I don't care because it was a spectacle."
That mindset is why so many movies, especially franchise and video game movies, are total crap. People's expectations are so low that they will throw money at a movie just because it didn't suck *too* bad. As long as people like GM excuse stuff like this because it was fun enough and had enough fan service, studios will interpret it as a success and continue this slide downward.
Translation of GM "I got distracted by all the pretty and cool shit happening on screen". Shit like this is why we keep having trash like Fast and Furious.
I wonder how many people who have this opinion of the movie actually paid money to go see it instead of having a HBO Max subscription.
people are gonna enjoy movies they like 👌
Yes they're called action movies. Transformers, the MCU, Arnold Schwarzenegger..
What was the point of Nitara being in this movie?
Cheap win for Kung Lao
Because she's a lesser known kharacter they can pretend they care about the source material by throwing her in as cheap fanservice like "Ooooh look everyone Nitara what an obscure reference only a true fan would know about this we totally care about the games (wink wink)" insert RedLetterMedia "I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!" clip here
Because she is a character in the 3d era and:
3d era character=Flesh to be slayed
@@shawerful5209 The 3D era deserves more respect smh.
From what I've heard when you talk about Mortal Kombat, it seems like this series has an immense amount of untapped potential to create an extremely complex and interwoven storyline that's just hiding underneath the surface of the modern canon.
From how you talk about mileena and other characters, to the worldbuilding, it really does feel like this could be one of those names that could go down in gaming and literature history as one of the greats.
But this is just a take from someone who isn't THAT familiar with this series, so please take it with a grain of salt.
Long time fan of the series here and I'll tell you that everything you said is on point. It frustrates me that the Mortal Kombat series is mostly well regarded for it's violence and gore which is fair enough as that's a big part of what makes MK stand out from other fighting game franchises but I seriously feel that not many people dive into the series lore as I think MK has some of the most unique and interesting lore in any fighting games which unfortunately has been ruined by the constant retcons especially since it was rebooted. I honestly don't see why it's so hard for most of today's writers (not just Netherrealm Studios) to write a good story with all the characters and previously established lore. I feel like they really had the chance to further flesh out the characters in the rebooted timeline especially the 3d era characters since they weren't utilized all that well but instead they sideline them for a boring and uninteresting next generation type story with a new protagonist who I honestly had hard time taking seriously as the new earth realm hero like seriously Shinnok a fallen elder god who is more than centuries old gets his ass handed to some young, hip, military chick who posts selfies online with her dead enemies like it's totally not nsfw. Also take the original 1995 MK movie for example it was far from perfect but it overall did a solid job telling a compelling story with the characters and lore they had at the time hell they would even later use some of the Movie's lore in their games like Kano being Australian and the characters meeting each other on the ship while on their way to the tournament....
Oh and the fact that this new movie decided to introduce a new character that was never in the games and make him the hero just felt like a slap to the face but hey most of this is just my own biased opinion so don't have to take my word but just felt like I had to say it.
@@JoseMorales-oh3do I can sorta understand what they did for the new characters in MKX, but it still feels a little contrived to make Cassie able to beat Shinnok. Mostly because it almost felt like NRS tried to write themselves out of a corner
@@JoseMorales-oh3do Instead of the cinematic story approach they should just do what every other fighting game does and give every character their own set of multiple cutscenes within the towers mode to better flesh them out. From what I play most of the tower endings are non canon. Why not just make them... canon.
I think The Critical Drinker review of this movie perfectly describes what this movie is. And I saw so many reviews saying “tHe lOrE dOeSn’t mAtTeR wHeN mAkInG a mK mOvIe”. Even tho I enjoyed the movie, the lore matter a lot and there were big flaws with the movie
Edit: Would u rather watch the MK11 Story Mode and Aftermath or watch MK 2021?
no one is saying the lore doesn't matter they are referring to the story.
@@AuthorityKaaK same as lore, there are reviews also that say the movie is “dumb fun”
@@HorrorCritical Is it not?
MK11's story mode!
@@mr.magpie2 well, there not wrong, if u push aside the flaws of the story in the movie, then u can probably enjoy it without using ur brain
Remember when Liu beat goro in MK9 but loses to him in the scorpions revenge. But Cole is able to beat Goro in the 2021 movie.
So... Liu Kang(MK9) > Cole young > Goro(MK Movie)
So Liu is strong in games but weak in the movies
They love doing liu dirty in the movies
He's only weak in the recent movies
He was a beast in MK 1995.
@@shortyg1018 I think the characterisation of him there was better. I acc wanted to root for the guy
Yeah goro gets washed now
I didn't like the movie either, Mortal Kombat isn't primarily about gore and hidden plot points - Midway games still did it better. And I prefer the old movies over what we got any day.
First Mortal Kombat live action film forever the greatest.
gotta b trolling
Period
Finally a UA-camr not drinking the 2021 MK Juice. 👏🏽
Idk where you been but at least 70% of the reviews have been saying the movie is trash....
@@artofmartialcinemaamc5334 where I’ve been 90% have been sucking off that trash. I’ve done a lot of unsubscribing 🤣🤣
Cole Young's armor "arcana" looks like instant cup noodles before you add the water. They could've at least given some leg armor to match.
Kano and the Easter eggs were the best parts of the movie excluding scorpion vs sub zero
You basically explained everything wrong with this movie in a nutshell, and you did it in 9 minutes.
This puts a smile on my face😁
And now 2 or 3 sequels will be made
I’m hoping they just retcon all the terrible stuff they added into this movie. I know they won’t.
Well I hope they don't retcon Sindel original story.
Considering this is before the tournament, they are probs gonna retcon so many things in the first tournament
I would be hopeful for the sequel if they:get a new writer who actually respects the lore, retcon a ton of shit from this movie(nitara was actually just a random outworld demon, mileena was actually one of her clones, reiko was just a really strong soldier of shao’s army, and shang tsung sent a random shokan to kill cole instead of goro, and they don’t call it mortal kombat 2
Change the Mileena actress first.
"What is this!? Halo: The Fall of Reach!?" 😂
I felt that so hard
Why did Warner Bros actually think it was a good idea to have mk movie based on a character that no one needed?(aka Cole Bra)
'cause hollywood never learns that showing OCs in adaptations never benefits anyone, neither the fans nor the newcomers - everybody complains about how boring the result usually is. and no one wins, but the execs keep persisting.
@@JahlisMan The director admitted that he didn't put Johnny Cage in the film because he didn't want a white guy being the lead in a martial arts movie. Though it does beg the question why doesn't he just make Liu Kang the protagonist instead.
@@harlannguyen4048 because "new take", a.k.a "it's my first time writing a script so I have no idea how to write characters and their motivations", I guess. that's no joke, btw, this is his first project. being a fan, as he claims, doesn't mean your script won't be mediocre.
Because warner bros is the problem?
The director said he felt it was okay because that's what he saw the games do, like with Shujinko and the Kombat Kids. MKX literally did the same thing with Cassie Cage that the movie did with Cole when they had her defeat Shinnok. It's sad how even the source material was a bad influence on this adaptation.
This movie has no respect for MK and its straight Clickbait
The one thing that wasn't a let down regarding this film: 4th Snake's take on it.
Been looking forward to this!! Thanks man!
So....if Jax hadn't lost his arms, would his "Arcana" still be mechanical arms? How the fuck does that work?
I'm actually glad Kitana and Jade weren't in this movie they weren't ruined like everyone else and also......FOR ELDER GOD'S SAKE LEAVE KUNG LAO ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!
4:05 The sad thing is that some people think that MK is all about spectacle.
"The deaths feel pointless"
So...basically MK in a nutshell?
Every time someone died in the story it was for a purpose, at least in the Midway timeline. Johnny Cage was to showcase that not only was the invasion a grave threat, but that none of the heroes were safe. Literally anyone could die even on our side. When Liu Kang died in Deadly Alliance it shook the series from then on. Not only was there no set MC, but Earth was shown to have lost one of its greatest protectors.
What purpose do these serve, other than for people to go "Oh neat, he just killed that guy!"?
Man, every time Spoony comes up I feel a wave of a deeper depression.
Spoony? Who's Spoony?
@@sebastianfeuerstein9306 He's the guy holding up FF8 in the video, big name game/movie reviewer who joined up with TGWTG crew during the initial wave of DMCA disputes on UA-cam. He's had some solid reviews but since his last review in 2015 he's fallen quite a fair bit due to a truckload of issues of his that he refuses to try and fix himself.
If you want to know more, Down the Rabbit Hole has a good overall history on his rise and downfall.
@@SapphireCarbuncle009 thanks, I'll check him out
8:29 you got some good friends there mate
"What is this Halo the Fall of Reach?"
See for a second I thought he was referring to the book of the same title and completely forgot they made that weird animated thing of the same name.
"We've accomplished less than Jin did in that god-awful Tekken movie!"
He's out of line, but he's right.
Literally "Why would you say something so controversial, yet so brave?"
I like how Nitara's whole character motivation in her debut was to free her realm & her people from Shao Khan's dominion & that translates into her being a villain in the film, as well as Armageddon despite her alignment being good in her bio.
“He’s the leader of a PlayStation exclusive” 🤣
You would think just playing a tournament arc as a movie straight would hold up on its own... but noooo, we can apparently never do that.
Kabal is my favorite mostly because he said "he's gonna get his soul sucked"
Thank you so much for this video. I honestly was rolling my eyes the whole time at how everyone keeps saying "who plays MK for the plot" or "the 1995 movie is trash, new one is better because modern". The whole speel you had about MK only allowed to be spectacle with a poor plot really resonated with me lol.
When I criticized the movie for its plot being an excuse, but someone told me that godzilla vs kong's was an excuse, yet I enjoyed it. That's because GvK's is an excuse, yes, but at least it made me care for the characters and the fights were quite memorable, unlike mk
Also there aren't plot holes and inconsistensies with hat happened. Godzilla breaths atomic fire. Okay. But imagine if they gave him lightning hands out of nowhere.
GvK is made with love and care. MK2021 is made by comitee
@@glock16 A comitee of dingbats.
The way I would have taken the film if I made it:
-I would have treated it like characters with interesting characterisations that at least could have developed in interesting plot lines, kind of like what the CASTLEVANIA ANIMATED SHOW DID, it was made with interesting take on a clear chapter in the series with very strong characterisation.
-I would have Johnny Cage being the main character who is the MMA fighter who Cole Young could be the Krillin of the film, where he is easily defeated but has a lot of enthusiasm which would generally provide some stellar comedy with great banter, plus strong chemistry that the audience will engage with him, to be fair, him, Sonya and Cassie I have in the film.
-Cut out all the other characters except for Raiden, Liu Kang, Sonya, Jax, Sub-Zero, Hydro, Kano, Kabal, Shang Tsung and Goro. Only adding Kitana, Reptile, Cassie (Though she would be seventeen to be fair with her attitude from MKX though without the will to rebel, mostly sparky with good intent) and Baraka in the film. Kabal would be fighting fir Earthrealm, with his style of fighting be fast flurry of punches and kicks who would leave the Black Dragon Clan so he could redeem himself as a genuinely decent person who regains his honour. Kind of like what MK9 was going for but more developed.
-The plot armour and dragon marks I would never do, just would not. Instead have a strong emphasis on martial arts, quick flurry attacks while combing the powers, and also have creative camera movement with the action while having every scene between each fight being important to the story, like Scott Pilgrim vs. The World did with their fight choreography.
-Make Raiden someone who likes to put his champions to the tests with very fun dialogue played by a charismatic actor (I would pick Jackie Chan personally as he would be a legit great pick to play the thunder god), he would actually have a pretty funny banter friendship with Cassie as he loves her spirit and will to kick the outworld's threats asses though Liu Kang would be the definite winner, defeated both Goro and Shang Tsung. (Which yes, Shang Tsung would fight and would actually kill some fighters, mostly no named fighters whose existences is to be beaten by Earthrealm or Outworld, which I think should be fun because Mortal Kombat should be like video games are at core: fun.)
-I keep the Scorpion and Sub Zero fights but Hydro and Johnny would be involved with Scorpion teaming with Johnny. (Yes, I have seen the Wasted Plotential, and as usual, it's great.) Plus make the chemistry between these heroes strong so we the audience, should care for them, be interested in them and hope they win the fights for Earthrealm. Though Outworld side should have some fun scenes, mostly ones with Reptile, Kano, Hydro, Sub-Zero, Baraka and Goro. Have Goro be the only one wanting to proudly fight for his realm of Outworld, while the others love to fight and do not care about anything other than the thrill of Mortal Kombat, Baraka would want to see how his opponents have strong resistance with his blade attacks, Kano looking to beat them down mercilessly, painfully and slowly, have Hydro be one to make his opponents have tests against his water capabilities and Reptile wanting to see how much his opponents get tested against his camouflage abilities and acid attacks before brutally eating them. Make them wanting to have fun with the Earthrealm fighters to get the audience ecstatic which then delivers in face-pacing, high adrenaline building, brutal combat that would be beautifully choreographed by the same one who did the Kingsman films who did an excellent job on the films and the style of combat can greatly suit the martial art style of Mortal Kombat with that amazing action choreographer.
That is just the tip on how I would do the film to be honest. I hope you enjoy it.
How can one man making a comment on a UA-cam video make a better story than a team of professional writers. btw good idea
Awesome ideas.
The overall problem with Netherrealm’s treatment of Mortal Kombat is they made the violence the only thing that separates it from other popular 3D fighting game franchises. Street Fighter has better designed and more iconic characters, Tekken and Dead or Alive have better fighting animation and choreography, and Soul Caliber tells a better story. Take away the violence of Mortal Kombat, and what do you have left?
Well, I can’t wait for your Wasted Potiental on MK 2021
Me too!
Who else here wants a critique of this film like he does to the games
This movie is one of the rare examples where that kind of dissemination is unnecessary. The movie's flaws are clear even on a surface level. It's not like the Star Wars prequels where you might be tricked into liking them if you turn your brain off - this movie fails at every aspect that could make a Mortal Kombat movie fun to watch
@@smokey3504 as a dumb action movie, it will be fun to watch I will admit. But as a mk movie, it is terrible and I can’t even have fun, that’s just me tho
I think they should have just made it a show, instead of a movie franchise.
The moment I knew about Cole Young that's when I was like "ok this movie is in danger of sucking."
Now I know this movie is bad when it comes to it being a Mortal Kombat movie. Seriously I feel like I could have made the movie better. Also Goro doesn't even feel like Goro seriously you can easily just retcon Goro and say that the Shokan Cole Young fought was not Goro and nobody would care.
Agreed. if the people who made this were called directors and writers, then almost anyone could be called directors and writers, and I think everyone else could have been better that the people who made this. cause seriously, I've heard 8 year old kids talking to each other in arcades telling stories that are better than this movie and I don't even think they know the game or the characters better than I do.
@@setsunakoikogeki182 not to mention the actual directors gave advice about respecting the source material but then they go and throw it into an active trash compactor. And throw that trash compactor into a black hole.
@@chadpeterson5698 I really thought James Wan was supposed to be the director I was even very happy hearing it, boasting it to my twin brother because were both big fans, that the movie already seems great then at almost few months before it releases I don't even recognize any names written in to it.
I lost hope when I heard about him, so much that I completely forgot he was still gonna be in the film. Then my hopes came back up.
And then they were lost again when I read the summary and remembered him.
This is why I wish The4thSnake could be involved in future installments of the series, games AND movies.
Liu Kang haven't beat Goro outside of the MK games.
"Literal plot armor." Just reminded me how bad this movie really is.
Nice to see the differing opinions. It was actually heartwarming to hear that this started because of a collaboration of people with different opinions.
Still, ugh, just when I was thinking that video game adaptations were escaping the curse thanks to Castlevania, Detective Pikachu and Sonic.
I'm not surprised, hence why I didn't waste my money on it as I'd have to get the subscription for HBO Max and then pay for the movie, which is not worth it for a film that doesn't respect the source material with how much they changed it, especially with ugh Cole of all people getting his ego stroked all film.
You didn't have to pay extra to see the film. The film is included with your subscription to HBO MAX. It's not like Disney Plus.
I watched it for free on lookmovie
Xavier's section wasn't very valuable to be honest. No, this isn't me talking shit for him having "the wrong opinion" or anything. It's just a matter of it being purely a subjective viewpoint with nothing really of substance to say. Like "yeah all of the criticisms are valid, this movie has massive flaws but I still like it because I had fun," just really doesn't add much to any discourse. Like totally, it's good for him that he enjoyed it. It's okay to like movies that aren't very good, everyone has at least one movie like that. But like, no offense but it's just not a very valuable counterpoint or anything.
...though describing Nitara as a "3D era character no one remembers the name of" bugged me a little, heheh.
I could not find the right words on how I felt about the markings until I saw your vid so thank you and nice review.
I actually agree with the whole birthmarks thing. I wish they would have gain their markings through the brink of death by kombat.
This movie released on my birthday....... so did MK11....... I THINK IM A CURSE
If the next game/movie does, and its bad, we'll need to have a talk about what to do with you, I'm afraid.
MKX was my first MK game
And I am loving researching all the lore from the past games
Goro is the reigning champion of the back yard shake Shack 🤣
I agree with everything you said, 4th Snake. This movie seemed geared more to fans who complained that the 95 movie was bad because of the lack of blood or gore, despite the fact that the 95 movie did have few fatalities, but since I guess they weren't spitting blood nd guts everywhere it doesn't count. *sighs* Also, Liu Kang's fireball towards Shang Tsung at the end of the 95 movie, a perfect way to show him accepting his place as the Chosen One and accepting his brother's death, was ten times better than all the fireballs, teleporting, and throwing hat tricks the 2021 movie dished. I'm sorry, but that is just how I feel.
I'm 33 years old and I've been a fan of Mortal Kombat ever since I started playing it back on the Sega Genesis, believe me I wanted more than anything to like this movie, but I have to be honest it was just bad. I saw some interview with the director before the movie released and he said that Goro would play a significant role because somebody asked him a question and mentioned the fact that Goro has kind of turned into a big scary monster and they steered away from his whole Prince backstory and everything, the director said that Goro would play a significant role in the movie and that his story was important or something along those lines. Sure enough he was just a big dumb scary monster.
By the elder gods, this movie was liquid ass.
All I remember is Reiko yelling. Did he even have any actual voicelines?
I think he said "Gotcha" at one point.
They could've made Cole TURN into Scorpion rather than tag team with him (and I don't mean in a "Hulk" way, I mean ceasing to exist to become scorpion's vessel), that would not only get fucking rid of cole but It would be a fresh explanation on how Scorpion has a new living body
Bad things about this movie:
1. Cole Young should not exist;
2. this version of Raiden sucks;
3. no Johnny Cage;
4. Kung Lao's death scene was moronic;
5. Cole Young should not exist;
6. Kabal got treated like a crap... again;
7. 70% of the characters are just glorified cameos;
8. Cole Young should not exist;
9. whole "birthmark" thing is crap;
10. why is there no Mortal Kombat tournament?;
11. locations are bland as fuck;
12. Cole Young should not exist.
Good things about this movie:
1. Sub Zero and Scorpion fights were good;
2. Kano is entertaining;
3. Sonya is hot.
And one more thing... Cole Young should not exist.
you forgot to add one more reason why this movie was bad
"Cole Young should not exist!!!"
Excuse me, how was Sonya hot?
Here's my pitch for the MK movie:
First things first, no Collen Young or new exclusive character protagonist of the story. Liu Kang is the main hero. The opening could introduce him as young shaolin being trained by bo' rai cho, who would tell him and Kung Lao about the Mortal Kombat, and how one of them might be choosen to participate in the future. After the title, the movie jumps some years later, showing Liu Kang and Kung Lao completing their training. This would serve to establish both their distinct fighting styles as well their personalitites: Kung Lao is pridefull and impulsive while Liu Kang is more pacifist and soft spoken. After finishing their final test, they would be summoned by Raiden and the shaolin monks, who would choose Liu Kang to be their champion, which Kung Lao wouldn't take very well.
As he goes with Raiden to Shang Tsung island, the movie would introduce the other participants: From Earthrealm we have Sonya Blade (who wants to find Kano and avenge her partners that he killed), Jax (Sonya's oldest friend) Johnny Cage (a movie star and the movie's comic relief), Sub Zero (a Lin Kuei send by the grandmaster to infiltrate Shang Tsung tournament and kill him), Kano (who is secretly working for Shang Tsung to help Outworld win the tournament) and Kung Lao (who infiltrates the tournament so he can battle Goro and avenge his ancestor). From Outworld there would be Goro (the Mortal Kombat champion who is looking for some wothy opponent), Kitana (Shao Khan's daughter), Jade (Kitana's friend and bodyguard) Mileena (who would participate in the tournament to earn her father's love and respect), Ermac (a mysterious warrior who would seem to have a connection with Kitana) and other warriors (ex: Baraka, Reptile). There would also be Scorpion, who would want to fight against Sub Zero, who he killed days ago avenging the death of his clan.
During the tournament, Liu Kang would developt a rivalry with Shang Tsung due to the fact that the shaolin, unlike the other participants (except for Johnny Cage), refusing to kill his opponents, knowing that Shang Tsung wants this so he can absorb the loser's soul and become more powerfull. This is also why the villain choose participants such as Sonya, Scorpion and had no problem with Kung lao presence, because he can use their desire for revenge to manipulate them to give him more souls. This would give the MK movie a theme about pacifism vs violence, with Liu Kang trying to win the tournament while overcoming Shang Tsung attempts to make him kill his opponents.
In the end, Johnny Cage helps Jax convice Sonya to do the right thing and arrest Kano instead of killing him, Scorpion defeats Sub Zero but choose to spare him after discovering that he is actually Bi Han's brother Kuai Liang, making him feeling regret for killing his brother , Kitana and Jade are inspired by Liu Kang heroism to join him (with Kitana developing feeling for the shaolin monk) Kung Lao learns some humility after losing to Goro, who doesn't kill him because he sees potential in Kung Lao to become even more strong, and Liu Kang is able to defeat Goro and later Shang Tsung, when the sorcerer tries kill Goro as punishment for losing. Defeated, Shang Tsung returns to Outworld and Liu Kang becomes the MK champion and savior of Earthrealm.
The post credit scene would have Shang Tsung meeting with Shao Khan, who tells him to prepare his soldier for invasion, hitting in a sequel adapting MK 3 (Yeah, i wouldn't do MK 2 and the outworld tournament because the plot feels very similar to the first game and having Shao Khan being defeated twice would damage his image as this big threat)
I like your pitch. Though I wonder how are you going to fit all those fights in a roughly 2 hour long movie? Granted, I never seen films like Blood Sport or even the original MK movie so maybe I'm just being ignorant.
@@harlannguyen4048 Quite simple actually. There would be a montage of fights showing the development of the tournament. Only when the fights are important to the story that they would take longer, dedicating time for the characters arcs and developments. For exemple : Sub Zero vs Scorpion would explore their rivalry; Sonya vs Kano would deals with Sonya struggle between following the book or her wish for revenge.
Between those fights, there could scenes of the characters interacting and developing both their bonds or their rivalries (building up for a conflict in the end).
This pitch sounds like an improved version of the 95' film and if done correctly would be great.
@@redsunthewarrior Yeah. For the first film, much like the 95's I would take some inspirations from the first game, although, there would be some elements from MK 2 such as Kuai Liang would already be Sub Zero and participating in the tournament to avenge his brother , who was killed by Scopion some days ago before the Mortal Kombat (allowing the movie to explore the theme about overcoming rage and vengence), and the post credit scene would have Shao Khan already planning the invasion of Earthrealm from MK 3 instead of doing the Outworld tournament from MK 2 (which, if adapt in a sequel, could make the movie feel way too repetive).
Infinitely better. 👍
I can’t believe some people are saying this is the best Video Game movie (UncagedGamez the boot licker)
The 1995 movie is still top dog for me, The Sonic movie was 10 million times better than this mess, and even Scorpions Revenge was better than this. I had someone recently tell me Mk stories always sucked especially the 3d ones, he then went on to tell me the worst was “Dark Alliance” I correct him and told him why those are my favorites, he never responded... modern MK fans everyone. Also Hey Xavier! Good to see ya
Reiko looks like Will Ferrell, in this.
What do you think Shao Kahn will look like? John C. Reilly?
@@Gemidori Brilliant!
And yeah, wouldn't put it past them.
3:26 yeah, that is a smol Raiden, even tho in games he's a fucking giant, taller than an Elder God on heels
WHAT DID YOU EXPECT? CITIZEN KANE?
I legit saw someone say that "Oh look, someone else that wanted Shakespeare writing and plot out of a series about blood and fighting." on one of SonicHaXD's videos.
First...No. Asking for a plot that doesn't seem like it was written by a four-year-old isn't nor should be considered asking for much. Secondly of course, very little of the actual post was typed correctly, including Shakespeare's name, which makes bringing him up immensely hilarious for several reasons. Thirdly I love that we went from "Wait until the movie is out!" to "You guys are just haters, the movie is great!" to "LOL, expecting plot out of Mortal Kombat!"
Like...guys. I sincerely hope that you're getting paid for this constant push-back, because otherwise this is just sad. It's genuinely ok to have liked the movie. There were parts I liked, after all. But it's also ok to have not liked the movie. Its also ok to allow those of us that didn't to say that. I'd likewise tell my fellow "haters" the same in regards to your views of positivity.
@@MysticEle Yeah, just remind them that Shakespeare wasn't six years old when he wrote his stuff. Even his stories were full of holes anyway.
It also cracks me up when the fans admit that MK is shit and that's why the movie is somehow less shit. Crazy stuff :P
Funnily enough I actually saw the original comment lol.
@@reloadpsi Shakespeare plays don't have any plotholes lol.
But yeah, I'm sick of fake MK fans defending the 2021 movie as if it's great.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees that it wasn't just bad, but it actually compares to MK Annihilation, and how sad it is that some viewers are totally cool with that, anyway. This is why the movies don't get any better. If the fans don't respect Mortal Kombat, why should the filmmakers?
4:43 so in other words every Super Hero show on the CW
The fact that they didn't have Siro in this movie was the reason I had a bad time.
The greatest aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh mortal kombat character
Siro has to be in MK12 together with the OG Kung Lao plus that other bug lady, she can be Dvorah's grandma
@@redacted2275 As well as the weird Sub-Zero that feels immense pain any time he uses his ice abilities, he can be the ancestor of Bi-Han and Kuai Liang, and the true origin of the title Sub-Zero... they're technically not 3D-era characters so there's a better chance than them, at least.
(crumples paper) THAT'S IT!!!!!!!
My two favourite youtubers in one video sweet
I am just so sick of Liu Kang being sidelined in everything. The dude is the hero of the series and the best fighter earthrealm has. Yet he's rarely done justice. Liu Kang should have a demanding presence everytime he's on screen. The enemies of earthrealm should fear his name. I mean this is the dude who has saved earthrealm multiply times almost single handedly. He's literally beaten the devil. Stop treating him like he's nothing... he's the chosen one for a reason!
This guy gets it
Too bad most people I see deemed him boring.
He's really not though. Plus 4th snake said it best "Liu Kang may be a bit boring, but so is superman. It's not that uncommon for the protagonist to be not as interesting as the supporting characters, but they still desve respect" or something like that.
@@Vergil666. I know, and I also don't find Liu Kang boring. I respect Liu Kang and his importance. It's just fans think he's overrated, this leads to writers playing favorites, and have Liu Kang get the shaft in some works.
I wouldn't say feared. The MK1 Comics written by Ed Boon and John Tobias had him clearly as an underdog type figure since he was basically the youngest fighter in the tournament.
Around the 5:30ish area is what has happened to not just Mortal Kombat but my other favorite franchises in a nutshell for half to most of the new content
They made it for the gamers especially when they pulled reiko outta no where cuz why not
Even the games did a better attempt on character development. This movie was a lazy cash-grab
Also Nitara which they botched as well. Poor girl she got slaughtered without a proper fight didn't even deserve the treatment she got.
@@darkemperortheobscureone694 it was that CGI budget
Seeing some of the responses in here, especially regarding the whole "it's a fighting game movie what did you expect" makes me curious what Snake's stance on when it comes to people who think fighting games can't or shouldn't have stories
He has expressed his hatred for these statements before and as a kaiju fan who appreciates lore and good writing I understand his frustration.
The Live Action Tekken film is Shakespeare compared to MK 2021 lol.
Been waiting for this
It's called Mortal Kombat without A GOD DAMN TOURNAMENT imagine that people ☠️
My girlfriend and I watched this a few months ago and we both agreed that the movie made no sense and was generally shite. We both enjoyed every moment Kano was on screen because he's legit the best character in the movie.
I was waiting to see your reaction to this movie.
When are you going to do the critique video on Scropion's Revenge.
One thing I hate is how they tried to justify Cole by saying that every iteration of MK had its original characters. That's true, but that's not how you do it! You don't put the original character as the protagonist, you put it as a supporting role, and then if the character is liked enough you expand on him and eventually promote him to main character.
For instance that's what they did in the Malibu comics! They had all the original MK1 characters in the tournament and only added a bunch of original ones like the members of the Special Forces or the Shaolin warrior Siang, just to fill the gaps and have a few disposable contestants! Then as the second arc played out most of them were forgotten but a few managed to return, most notably Siang, having earned his role as a more important character.
Instead they added their original fanfic character as the protagonist and used actual main characters from the series as disposable, a complete reversal!