Truth be told, many would agree he would have made a much better Danny Rand because he can actually throw a punch. Lewis Tan hasn’t been in many shows, but we all remember him as the martial arts expert who fought Iron Fist in the Marvel TV series of the same name. Still, Cole’s addition is a fresh take on explaining the long-standing feud between the two realms and groups of fighters. After all, we’re here to see the OG characters fight to their death and few will ever think that a cool dragon marking on one’s chest is a birthmark. Hong Kong action cinema has had it since the 80s, and Hollywood is just learning.įor many fans, Cole’s addition may be an off-putting element. To avoid any spoilers, we can simply say that Cole has a pretty significant role in the feud between Sub-Zero and Scorpion, birthing only the sickest fight scene between the three fighters towards the end of the movie.Īnd this is where the reboot wins the original, hands down, with the amazing fight sequences that shows you what happens when you put real-life martial artists and action choreographers in the mix. Cole, bewildered and confused, does whatever he can to save his family. The movie then introduces Cole and his family at one of his boxing matches right before the family of three gets hunted down by Sub-Zero. It’s a heart-wrenching tale that not only makes sense of Scorpion’s taste for vengeance but also shows off how brutal and cold-hearted (pun intended) Sub-Zero is. As seen in the trailer, the movie starts off with a Scorpion’s backstory and how his feud with Sub-Zero came to be. Of course, McQuoid has put in his own twist with the addition of franchise newbie Cole Young ( Lewis Tan), a stronger focus on the original Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim) as well as the feud that stands between him and Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada). Maintaining the video game’s known lore, where Outworld has won the tournament nine consecutive times, this reboot sees Singapore’s Chin Han take on the role of the vile Shang Tsung, who wants an absolute win and takes things into his own hands and challenges Earthrealm’s fighters in order to invade and take control of the realm once and for all. Each realm sends its best fighters and goes into combat that only ends when an opponent dies. The whole basis of the tournament is to protect each realm from being invaded by other realms. With that, McQuoid has gone ahead to embrace the violence and gore that is a signature of the franchise. Not only does it have to be a good movie, it also has the added pressure of having to outperform the original film – which is essentially the essence of the franchise – a tournament held between different realms, to pick the winner.ĭirected by Simon McQuoid in his directorial debut, 2021 Mortal Kombat has the advantage of better special effects and over 30 years of history, video games, comics, and books to tap on. Which makes Mortal Kombat, the new reboot of the movie franchise based on the recent video games, somewhat of an oddity. Anderson’s biggest cinematic masterpiece, based on the highly successful fighting video game, might not be the best of the lot, but since its release in 1995, it has set the bar pretty high for adaptations that embrace and build upon its source material. Aside from the occasional Pokemon Detective Pikachu, possibly Tomb Raider (the reboot, not the terrible original) and the original Mortal Kombat that is. And the fact that movies based on video games are terrible.
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