#MORTAL KOMBAT REALMS OF STUPID MOVIE#
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Then again, Mortal Kombat: Battle of the Realms went full gonzo during the Liu Kang/ Shao Kahn fight anyway. Honestly, leave that story out for another time instead of trying to cram two mostly separate plots into a single movie. Scorpion and Sub-Zero’s story only detracts from the action of the Mortal Kombat tournament.

#MORTAL KOMBAT REALMS OF STUPID MOVIE#

It doesn’t help matters that the movie tries to do two different plots simultaneously. Sub-Zero doesn’t even give a hoot that Smoke was converted into a robot when he saw him, despite the two being good friends and Smoke saving Sub-Zero’s life earlier in the film. It’s a damn shame seriously…I’d love for Shao Kahn’s minions (Kintaro and Reiko especially) to get more screen time other than as punching bags.Īpart from Johnny Cage, none of the other fighters even seem like they have a damn personality. Most of the characters aren’t really fleshed out at all, giving you no reason to care whether they lived or died. Unfortunately, that pretty much every bit of character development in the movie. While just a few seconds long, the interaction between the two is gold! Speaking of easter eggs, the movie has an awesome one right off the bat.Īs Scorpion prances around in front of the WB Animation logo, Super Shaggy (which is a meme) appears and manhandles him. So cool and a great easter egg for hardcore fans. In fact, some of the stages are ripped right out of Mortal Kombat X (such as the front of the Lin Kuei temple). I’ll be first to admit that the animations and visuals are decent enough. I really enjoyed the Kung Lao vs Shao Kahn and the Shang Tsung vs Stryker fights for their full on violence and brutality.

Thankfully, the fights are brutal and with moves ripped right out of the games (complete with X-Ray sequences to show bones breaking). There’s little to no build up for the tournament matches and they’re over way too fast to be satisfying.

You’d think that when the whole gang moves to Outworld for the final Mortal Kombat tournament things would start to gel. Yes, there is a ton of fighting in the movie and it’s as bloody as you’d expect, but the fights are just there for the sake of being there. Shao Kahn’s invasion gives the movie a ton chances for some truly cool kombat. The core plot is interesting enough, taking bits and pieces from the games and assembling it into an original product. Unfortunately for the movie (and for fans), Battle of the Realms is a tepid, yawn inducing affair with a wafer thin plot that is comparable to Mortal Kombat Annihilation. That should bode well for the movie, right?

Ed Boon, one of the co-creators of the series, even has a Creative Consultation credit in the movie. The animated movie, which has a runtime of approximately 120 minutes, has some pretty recognizable voices behind it especially if you’re into video games. The two plots run parallel to one another and it’s only at the very end that they dovetail together. On the flip side, Scorpion is back on Earthrealm and is being hunted by the Lin Kuei cyborgs (Smoke, Cyrax and Sektor) along with the new Sub-Zero (Kuai Liang) who blames the spectre for the death of his brother, Bi Han. In this sequel, Shao Kahn has begun his invasion and it’s up to Earthrealm defenders (Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade, Jax, Kung Lao, Stryker, Raiden and Liu Kang) to stop them. It continues directly from the events of the previous animated film (Scorpion’s Revenge) which ended on a cliffhanger as Shao Kahn readies his forces for an invasion of Earthrealm. Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms is the second entry in the Mortal Kombat Legends series.

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