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Mortal Kombat (1 Viewer)
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dkp993
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
. so awesome 
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
It cant be worse than the first one
Desert_Power
Footballguy
"popcorn" movies are a lot better at home with bourbon 
dkp993
Footballguy
Well the first one was the equivalent of taking the bar and burying it 25 feet underground. It’s not hard to get over at that point
ShamrockPride
Footballguy
Think yall are thinking of the second one, which is consistently in the ranks of worst movies ever made. The first was at least respectable.
DJackson10
Footballguy
The snobs who loved the first one are gonna hate it. This one has more subtle to the game references with new characters introduced. My buddy who is a big fan of the overall story loved it though
bigbottom
Footballguy
Osaurus
Footballguy
It's free at home on hbo max."popcorn" movies are a lot better at home with bourbon
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I can’t figure out which responses are genuine and which are sarcasm.
Capella
Footballguy
Lol I watched the first 40 minutes last night before I fell asleep. The scene where sub zero iced the guy’s arms and snapped them off was cool. Not sure I’ll finish though.
I only ever played the original game so I just know raiden, sub zero, scorpion and maybe a few others. So I can’t really follow along with all these randos in the movie.
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Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I’m far from a movie snob - I’ve watched Godzilla v Kong, Hobbes v Shaw, and the 4 hour Justice League movie (twice) in the last month but this looks pretty terrible.
I don’t know the game at all so that probably doesn’t help.
strykerpks
Footballguy
Needed less plot and more techno music imo.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
This is about where I got to, and also the bolded was the only thing worthwhile up to that point.
I guess for people that really love the game and geek about about the fighter's back story and stuff this might be good. For button mashers like I was that just wanted to get to the damn fighting between cool looking characters, this is a bit dull.
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Capella
Footballguy
Capella
Footballguy
Yea maybe the back half has all the fighting. The acting between the guy who had his arms ripped off and the boring boxer guy was alarmingly bad.
bigbottom
Footballguy
Desert_Power
Footballguy
Yep. I watched it last night when I was posting that. Much better than going to a movie theater.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
It was aiiight. The makeup on the bad boss was bad. He looks like Stephen Seagal.
5/10, Would never watch again.
5/10, Would never watch again.
bigbottom
Footballguy
There were parts that were really good and parts that were just terrible.
SPOILER ALERT
The biggest misstep, to me, was the fact that the entire movie is premised on Mortal Kombat, and there was no Mortal Kombat.
(I guess the spoiler tags don’t work any more?)
SPOILER ALERT
The biggest misstep, to me, was the fact that the entire movie is premised on Mortal Kombat, and there was no Mortal Kombat.
(I guess the spoiler tags don’t work any more?)
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STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Capella
Footballguy
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
If by tournament you mean a single elimination fight to the death between all kinds of awesome opponents with cool fighting moves and finishes similar to the video game with the same name then no, no they do not.
Why would you expect that?
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Capella
Footballguy
I have an hour left and not sure I’m gonna be able to do it. That’s the only thing I wanted to see. 
AcerFC
Footballguy
I’m not video game expert, but pretty sure at least one of those dudes was in street fighter.
farfromforgotten
Footballguy
This was the only reason that I would have watched it. I figured with it being rated R and current movies love for shock and gore that they should have just focused on cool fighting scenes that end with different finishing moves, minimal back story. Who cares who lives or dies? It's not like these types of movies need to be a trilogy.
Side note: a fav teen moment of mine is hoarding loads of quarters through out the week and playing the Mortal Kombat arcade with a buddy at the 7-11 on the weekends. I always used Sub-Zero and I remember the 1st time that I performed his finishing move where he ripped the persons head and spine out of their body. Imagine our shock as we didn't even know what the finishing moves were at that time. Lol. Something similar happened when they put in the Killer Instinct machine and my Fulgore performed my first Ultra Combo. Those were the days.
Edit: pardon my not picking up on the obvious sarcasm. I'm tired and not feeling well.
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I didn't have an issue with them not having the tournament. That was kind of the point, they were trying to kill off all the earth realm champions. That said, there was a ton of one on one battles, including one that was actually fought on a bridge like in the game. They even threw in a bunch of well known phrases.
I enjoyed it and it was good enough to watch the next one, especially if it's free again. The R rating served it well.
I enjoyed it and it was good enough to watch the next one, especially if it's free again. The R rating served it well.
Hov34
Eephus's Great Great Great Love Child
This - I kept waiting for the Mortal Kombat and then towards the end it just became an assassination movie. Me thinks they are setting up a sequel.
Osaurus
Footballguy
Tony Jabroni
Footballguy
This was fantastic.
Tony Jabroni
Footballguy
Zow
Footballguy
Totally agree. I kept waiting for the tournament to start - which I actually think the original movie* set up pretty well - and then there wasn't any. I also then got a little frustrated with how easy Goro went down.
I did read an article though that the second movie will have the tournament (with the third movie then being about the aftermath) so I guess that makes sense. I was genuinely enjoying this one though and was somewhat surprised that the movie ended with no tournament. I imagine the writers left out lots of characters so that there are some around for the tournament (bit of a bummer though that it appears that Sub-Zero won't be returning).
*Those of you making fun of the original must have never seen the sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. The original was horribly awesome. The sequel was the horribly horrible one.
Zow
Footballguy
Zow
Footballguy
Zow
Footballguy
It's it a cinematic masterpiece? Absolutely not. But I'd finish the hour. They kind of set it up like a tournament and the last fights are pretty good.
