Title - Mortal Kombat
Studio - Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring - Lewis Tan, Joe Taslim, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jessica McNamee, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Ng Chin Han, Josh Lawson
Writer - Greg Russo, Dave Callaham, Oren Uziel
Director - Simon McQuoid
Release - 16 April 2020
I did not expect the story and dialogue to be of Marvel movies' standards (although I will say I was secretly hoping for it), and it turned out that the plot was as weak as you would expect from a one-versus-one fighting game.
What I was expecting was some really kick-ass action sequences and fight scenes. And boy, some of those sequences did not leave me wanting more.
Unfortunately, though, the best fight scenes were in the first 15 minutes. Nothing else came close, and that was a real shame because not even the final fight lived up to the expectation set up in the beginning.
Highlights of characters came from Hiroyuki Sanada and Joe Taslim who played Scorpion and Sub-Zero respectively. Their legendary feud was kind of the backdrop for the story, and these two had screen presence for days.
Another real standout in terms of character was Josh Lawson's Kano. He stole scenes constantly, especially when he didn't have to share screentime with either Taslim or Sanada.
I'm very unsure what to think of Lewis Tan's Cole Young and his powers. Is that a suit of armour that he can just conjure up at anytime or does he have to actually take off and put on now? Same goes to his weapons. Why would that be his weapon of choice, too? That was not explained.
One thing that was sorely missing, and I fully expect them to do it in the sequel - which should be inevitable, even without the full box office result yet - was the actual tournament format, like what the game was.
But as an entertaining piece, this movie gave us what we expected. It was properly directed, the fight scenes were choreographed to some of the best action I have seen in a while, and these characters lived up to their original counterparts.
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