For those who are unfamiliar with the lore, not everything will make sense. Mortal Kombat, however, falters when it comes to the story. Apart from Taslim and Sanada, Tan and Lawson are the highlights.
The film is unapologetically cheesy in a self-aware way. Even the music is familiar and will make you giddy with joy at times. The iconic rivalry between Sub-Zero and Scorpion - Taslim and Sanada are both eerily credible in the role - is done really well.Ĭallbacks to the games, including fatalities and catchphrases, are all there. Justice is done to each and every character and that will make the fans happy. Its relatively sparing use works in the movie’s favour. Blood sprays, intestines tumble out and characters are cut neatly in half. The film also has oodles of gore - no surprises here. The scene in which Sub-Zero freezes Scorpion’s spurting blood into a knife and proceeds to stabs his foe - with his own frozen blood - is certainly going to be remembered for years. Real stunts are well complemented with visual effects and CGI. It doesn’t hurt that many actors - including Lewis Tan, Joe Taslim and Hiroyuki Sanada - are action heroes and, it shows. They eventually end up in an ancient temple of Lord Raiden, an Elder God and earth’s protector, with Kano (Josh Lawson), a belligerent foul-mouthed Aussie who is the sole comic relief in the movie.īeing inspired from a fighting game, Mortal Kombat offers an abundance of richly designed and performed action scenes, and in that sense it is a pretty good martial arts movie. Realising that the entire world, including his wife and daughter, is in danger, Cole agrees to join forces with Sonya and Jax. It’s not allowed, but when have evil men followed rules? It’s Scorpion vs Sub-Zero.
Sub-Zero was tasked by Shang Tsung, the sorcerer ruler of Outworld, to kill all the earth’s warriors before Mortal Kombat can take place.