#Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden

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Movie: Mortal Kombat (2021) | dir. by Simon McQuoid

Zub-Zero moves Cole Young away from the portal, so Kung Lao stays and defends him, but he is left unprotected, and that is taken advantage of by Shang Tsung.

Shang Tsung restrains Kung Lao, and ruthlessly sucks out his inner power, killing him in front of Cole Young and his soul brother Liu Kang, who desperately tries to save Kung Lao, but it's too late...

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モータルコンバット ザ ミュージカル（1）

Mortal Kombat THE Musical（1）

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Mortal Kombat Brasil @MK11BR

MORTAL KOMBAT x 2021. (from twitter)

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MORTAL KOMBAT (2021) dir. Simon McQuoid ››› Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden

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I want a sequel of Mortal Kombat so much, because I really enjoyed that movie. But if I'm being honest, is mainly because I've been following the majority of the cast in instagram and they like each other so much!! They are constantly commenting each other posts and creating posts just to appreciate the members of the cast. It's so wholesome, that I want a sequel just for this group of friends to be reunited.

I'm a sucker for casts that genuily like each other.

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Already showed Hela, but I present: Long Haired Lord Raiden!

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Mortal Kombat will be released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on July 13 via Warner Bros. Best Buy will carry an exclusive 4K UHD Steelbook. The 2021 martial arts fantasy film is based on the game of the same name.

Simon McQuoid makes his directorial debut from a script by Greg Russo and Dave Callaham (The Expendables, Wonder Woman 1984). Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Chin Han, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada star.

Special features are listed below, where you can also see the Steelbook packaging.

Special features:

From Game to Screen: The Making of Moral Kombat featurette

11 Mortal Kombat: Fan Favorite Characters featurettes

Fight Koreography featurette

Intro the Krypt: Easter Eggs of Mortal Kombat featurette

7 Anatomy of a Scene featurettes

Deleted scenes

MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld's Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down. Fearing for his family's safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who bears the same strange dragon marking Cole was born with. Soon, he finds himself at the temple of Lord Raiden, an Elder God and the protector of Earthrealm, who grants sanctuary to those who bear the mark. Here, Cole trains with experienced warriors Liu Kang, Kung Lao and rogue mercenary Kano, as he prepares to stand with Earth's greatest champions against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe. But will Cole be pushed hard enough to unlock his arcana—the immense power from within his soul—in time to save not only his family, but to stop Outworld once and for all?

Pre-order Mortal Kombat from Amazon.

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Mortal Kombat “Meet the Kast” Featurette

“MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld's Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down.  Fearing for his family's safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who bears the same strange dragon marking Cole was born with.  Soon, he finds himself at the temple of Lord Raiden, an Elder God and the protector of Earthrealm, who grants sanctuary to those who bear the mark.  Here, Cole trains with experienced warriors Liu Kang, Kung Lao and rogue mercenary Kano, as he prepares to stand with Earth’s greatest champions against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.  But will Cole be pushed hard enough to unlock his arcana—the immense power from within his soul—in time to save not only his family, but to stop Outworld once and for all?” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

New Line Cinema’s Mortal Kombat film is directed by Simon McQuoid. The screenplay is by Greg Russo and Dave Callaham from a story by Russo and Oren Uziel. The film stars Lewis Tan as Cole Young, Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Josh Lawson as Kano, Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden, Mehcad Brooks as Jackson “Jax” Bridges, Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Chin Han as Shang Tsung, Joe Taslim as Bi-Han and Sub-Zero, Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi and Scorpion, Max Huang as Kung Lao, Sisi Stringer as Mileena, Matilda Kimber as Emily Young, and Laura Brent as Allison Young.

Mortal Kombat hits theaters and HBO Max (for 31 days) on April 23, 2021.

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Movie: Mortal Kombat (2021) | dir. by Simon McQuoid

While Jax saves Sonya, Lord Raiden summons Cole Young for the final fight, and when he arrives, he sees the leader Shang Tsung and his fighters, including Sub-Zero, they attack his friends… Lord Raiden wanting to regroup his group of fighters, moves them to another place, but…

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Have a nice holiday!

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映画情報 オスカーノユクエ @oscarnoyukue

“人気ゲーム「モータル・コンバット」ハリウッド実写映画化の全米公開日が来年4月16日に決定。劇場公開＆HBO Maxでの配信同時リリースとなる。日本からスコーピオン役で真田広之、ライデン役で浅野忠信が出演。「アクアマン」のジェームズ・ワンがプロデュースし、過激描写を含むR指定で公開される。” (from twitter)

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Mortal Kombat 2021 Review

So I saw Mortal Kombat the 2021 reboot on HBO Max and it was awesome. One of the most brutal and action packed movies I had ever seen. Unlike the original two Mortal Kombat movies where they were rated PG-13, this Mortal Kombat movie is rated R with lots of blood, violence, gore, killing, and bad words. The story of this film is pretty much about an MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth's greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe. I really don’t find the story of this film to be anything that special but there are some exciting moments though. The special effects in this film I think are very good and better than the effects of the original Mortal Kombat movies. I can tell that some of the characters like Goro are used in motion capture. The environments, some of the fires ,and  superpowers are all used in CGI. The action scenes in this film are so brutal, hardcore, and gruesome to watch. It definitely captures the spirit of the Mortal Kombat video games. Now for the acting, directing, and music. Let’s start with Cole Young played by Lewis Tan. I pretty much have mixed feeling on this character who is MMA fighter that has a wife and a daughter. While his material art skills are cool, his acting is not very memorable. Scorpion played by Hiroyuki Sanada I think did a wonderful job playing that warrior who is an undead ninja that wants revenge on Sub Zero for destroying his home and killed his family. However, while it is very cool to see Scorpion’s origin story in the beginning of this movie, we don;t really see him until the last minutes. Then there’s Lord Raiden played by Tadanobu Asano who was best known as Hogun in the Marvel Cinimatic Universe is the god of thunder and master that trains to all those fighters to fight their enemies in the Mortal Kombat. I think he did even better job than the Highlander himself Christopher Lambert who played Raiden in the original Mortal Kombat film. Also appearing in this film are Sonya Blaze played by Jessica McNamee, Kano played by Josh Lawson, Jax played by Mehcad Brooks, Liu Kang played by Ludi Lin, and Kung Lao played by Max Huang. Sonya Blaze is Jax’s partner and a female fighter who in this film is a veteran that has spent years researching the Mortal Kombat tournament and its related dragon markings as well as becoming allies with Cole Young, Liu Kang, Lord Raiden, and Kano Lao. Kano is the criminal leader of the Black Dragon that has one red eye and is a loud mouth. He is kind of a comic relief in this film. Liu Kang and Kung Lao in this film are cousins and masters of the new fighters. Liu Kang can bend the fire just like the firebenders in Avatar The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. Kung Lao can used his sharp hat as a weapon kind of like a saw and a boomerang. Jax is Sonya’s close partner that has two robotic arms. Now for the villians, Sub Zero played by Joe Taslim who was from Fast and Furious 6 and Star Trek Beyond, Mileena played by Sisi Stringer, and Shang Tsung played by Chin Han who was from The Dark Knight, 2012, Contagion, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Sub Zero is a warrior that has the ability to control the ice and like the original source material, he is the enemy of Scorpion. Mileena is another female figther who uses a pair of sai as her primary weapon and in this film, she serves Shang Tsung. Shang Tsung is an evil powerful sorcerer that has the ability to take peoples souls. While I do think Chin Han did a good job playing that evil villain, he’s not nearly as wonderful as Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa who plays the original Shang Tsung.  Simon McQuoid I think did a very good job directing this movie especially he made this movie more faithful to the video games. The music of this film is very catchy that almost sounds like the music of the first Mortal Kombat film. Overall, this is one of the most entertaining violence movie I had ever seen. It feel so good to see that we are finally having good movies based on a video games. Although there are a few video game movies that are guilty pleasures for me. In my opinion, this is the fourth best video game movie I saw after Pokémon Detective Pikachu, Sonic The Hedgehog, and Mortal Kombat (1995). I actually like this video game movie the same way I like other video game movies such as Prince of Persia, WarCraft, Rampage, the original 2001 Lara Croft Tomb Raider movie and the 2018 Tomb Raider reboot. It’s definitely better than that god awful and ridiculously second Mortal Kombat movie Annihilation. If you’re a fan of Mortal Kombat, you will have a wonderful time with this movie. So I give this movie 3.5 out of 5 nuclear bombs.     

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A Review of “Mortal Kombat (2021)”

I am a huge fan of the Mortal Kombat games. They have very creative gore and fatalities but another thing that makes it special is the lore, story and characters. Video game movies are starting to get better so I had some hope for Mortal Kombat (2021) especially since it was going to be R Rated. The premise is "Hunted by the fearsome warrior Sub-Zero, MMA fighter Cole Young finds sanctuary at the temple of Lord Raiden. Training with experienced fighters Liu Kang, Kung Lao and the rogue mercenary Kano, Cole prepares to stand with Earth's greatest champions to take on the enemies from Outworld in a high-stakes battle for the universe". So is this a flawless victory or fatally flawed?

Firstly, I love the casting choice. Joe Taslim as Sub Zero and Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion is phenomenal casting as both embody their characters. John Lawson steals every scene he is in as Kano. He is hilarious and genuinely some of the best parts of Mortal Kombat (2021). Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Max Huang as Kung Lao, Mehcad Brooks as Jax, Jessica McNamee as Sonya is all also great casting as they resemble the characters from the game perfectly. Tadanobu Asano is very majestic as Lord Raiden and Chin Han is very sinister as Shang Tsung. I also really appreciate having an Asian be the main character with Lewis Tan as Cole Young. It's great that the director, Simon McQuoid, is giving Asians more representation in mainstream media and I can appreciate that.

A lot of video game movies don't work because it is clear the director and writers are not fans of the respective game. However, this is not the case here and this clearly shows within the movie. They have authentic casting so characters that were Asian in the game are played by Asians in the movie, characters act and resemble their game counterparts, gruesome fatalities and a lot of game references. Additionally, the first 10 minutes is amazing and is such a great start to the movie. The last 15 minutes of the movie is also really good which is down to the fact that any scene with Sub-Zero and Scorpion is great. The score by Benjamin Wallfisch is also quite good at times when orchestral instruments are used.

However, sometimes the score can be quite odd such as when electronic sounds are used in the 17th-century scene which doesn't sound right. Furthermore, the editing of certain scenes is quite bad. Despite casting an actual martial artist who can fight, the director still uses a lot of quick cuts in fight scenes that just ruin it. It even happens during sparring fights which just makes it very disorienting. The most jarring editing comes around the middle where multiple fights are occurring with different characters and the scene just keeps constantly swapping between all of them. Instead of just focusing on one fight at a time which would result in a more pleasant experience. On that note, the action scenes not concerning Sub Zero or Scorpion lack a lot of brutality, grit and damage. You don't feel like the characters are getting hurt enough as during fights it feels like they are just slapping each other about. Where are the broken bones, bruises or physical impact in these fights?

Another major flaw is the main lead Cole Young as he is very bland and uninteresting. The only thing about his character is he a chosen one and he has a family that he cares about. It's boring. The supporting characters are not that great either since there are way too many characters and not enough time exploring them. Liu Kang and Kung Lao appear but are pretty much just the strong yet generic Asian guys. Jax and Sonya are just initially there to get the plot moving and then fight some people which is all there is to them. Mileena, Goro and Kabal are in the movie but are just there to be fodder for the heroes. We get absolutely no information about them, not even an explanation on why Kabal has super speed. Raiden is a good powerful guy and Shang Tsung is a bad powerful guy. Both barely appear and when they do it is when the plot needs teleporting stuff.

MINOR SPOILERS HERE Following that, the story is a mess. It starts in the 17th century with Scorpion and Sub Zero. Scorpion's family gets murdered and he dies as well but goes to hell. However, his thirst for vengeance for his family being murdered by Sub Zero will bring him out of hell and that alone is an interesting story. Such a shame we ignore that and just focus on boring Cole Young. The marketing plays up Scorpion's role but he is only at the beginning and the end. He also just randomly appears at the end with little to no explanation. It's very baffling even to me, a Mortal Kombat fan. Throughout Mortal Kombat (2021) there is a lot of build-up for this tournament. It feels like the movie will conclude with the tournament but it does not which is kind of annoying. They spend two-thirds of the movie leading to it but then decide in the 3rd act just to forget about it. This is where Mortal Kombat (1995) does better as the 1st act is the setup and the 2nd and 3rd are the tournament which is way better.

Overall, Mortal Kombat (2021) does a lot of right in satisfying fans but doesn't do enough to bring new people in. It feels like they were just ticking boxes instead of making a cohesive and good movie in general. Mortal Kombat has great characters which are why the movie should've just focused on one of them instead of just bringing in as many characters as they could. The movie has a fair amount of things better than the 1995 version but a fair amount that isn't as well. The only conclusion that I got out of it was that at least it was way better than Mortal Kombat Annihilation and honestly that is a huge win in my book.

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Mortal Kombat (2021)

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Kole Young (Lewis Tan) makes a living earning two-hundred dollars in MMA fighting arenas until he is recruited by Lord Raiden (Tadanobu Asano) to partake in a battle to save the Earth from the Outworld’s Shang Tsung (Chin Han). Kole is grouped with Earth’s other champions: the loudmouth Australian Kano (Josh Lawson), the military expert Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee), her former commander Jax…

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Mortal Kombat “Kombat Evolution” Featurette

The latest featurette for Mortal Kombat focuses on the fighting skills and knowledge of the cast and filmmakers.

New Line Cinema’s Mortal Kombat film is directed by Simon McQuoid. The screenplay is by Greg Russo and Dave Callaham from a story by Russo and Oren Uziel. The film stars Lewis Tan as Cole Young, Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Josh Lawson as Kano, Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden, Mehcad Brooks as Jackson “Jax” Bridges, Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Chin Han as Shang Tsung, Joe Taslim as Bi-Han and Sub-Zero, Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi and Scorpion, Max Huang as Kung Lao, Sisi Stringer as Mileena, Matilda Kimber as Emily Young, and Laura Brent as Allison Young.

Mortal Kombat hits theaters and HBO Max (for 31 days) on April 23, 2021.