SPOILER WARNING. I really enjoyed the movie, the fights and special moves were perfect, I can get on board with the cinematic approach (the whole part about the dragon marking) I didn’t mind this part as much because I thought it was a way to make sense of the human characters having special abilities. It feels like the fast forward button is pressed once Kano gets his eye lazer, doing a fight montage for the big final sight sequence was such a weak editing choice. When it got to the end my friend and I were texting each other saying their had to be more to the film. There was zero explanation why Raiden took Hanzos baby......did he just drop it off somewhere and forget about about the bloodline? Shang Tsung could have done something at the end of the movie, don’t spend the whole movie building up a tournament that never happens, especially if we aren’t going to get a big boss showdown w/ Shang Tsung. Are there any consequences on the elder god level of Shang Tsung trying to kill off the earth realm fighters before the tournament? Cole could have had some cooler powers other than getting body armor, why not just make his character play Takeda? I liked the movie but Kano was the only character w/ personality. Would still recommend it, strong fights but weak character development and story, still 4 stars though lol.