Stanislav Korolev

Okay, first of all, this movie isn't about Scorpion. It's about most of MK character cast. You have a couple of flashbacks dedicated to Sonya Blade, Jax, Kano, even Shang Tsung's story is hinted to be in there. And NONE of them relate to Scorpion in any way possible. In fact, Scorpion is the worst cut out character of all of them! You can hardly believe his motivation as soon as they strap that mask on top of his face (and his forehead becomes The Thing for some unbeknownst reason), I mean, sure, I could dig that Sub-Zero killed his family, that he went to the afterlife, but as soon as Quan Chi mentions "returning his family from the dead", instead of relating to them, the guy says, literally "Don't call me Hasashi anymore. Call me... SCORPION!" Um, what? You just said that you want your family back, what does this all have to do with your nickname (aside from being true to MK)?!? Seriously, who wrote this?! Anyway, despite the plot being flawed A LOT, animation is good for most of the parts (if you don't count Jax's face/Sonya's arms... well, come to think of it, it borrows heavily from Japanese anime styles, and while this is understandable, I can't say I didn't laugh HARD at some bits), especially those late Sherlocky-Holmesy bone breaking close up effects. Sound quality is fine and all. It's a watchable flick, I guess, 18+ but watchable if your kids are into MK. My problem really lies with the plot vs the title... ARGH, I can't decide which one I hate more. 3 stars.

I can't say it's either "good" or "bad" or "okay" or anything. This movie SHOCKED me, simply put, I can't understand why it was even made. It simply shows its audience a madman and wants us to sympathize him just because. It has NOTHING to do with the actual Joker, who has always been depicted in canon story as a brilliant criminal mastermind, not as some local psycho who has several conditions and kills people who make fun of him. You wouldn't ever make fun of the ACTUAL Joker, you would respect him, that's how good this character is. This is some nutjob having usual nutjob problems that I don't need a movie for, I see them everyday in public. So why is this such a big thing again? Also, Scorsese style? You serious?!?