this was a sad money grab using the Mortal Kombat franchise. The main character is nothing more then someone new to add to the roster of the next game. Anyone who is an actual fan of this franchise, knows the previous movies never met the expectations or did service to the games but were hopeful that this might do the franchise justice. That being said, there is so much wrong with this movie that I almost feel as if should be part of the DCU.
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Shang Tsung, is trying to win the next Tournament before it even starts, by killing off Earth realms champions. He even says at one point that they can't be discovered cheating, or there will be consequences. Then like 5 minutes later he invades with his group of killers, admits to Raiden that he's cheating and nobody can stop him.
Severely disappointed by yet another movie based on a franchise from my childhood, overhyped and sold as something it wasn't. IMHO the 1995 MK movie was better then this blatant money grab.
And seeing the number of positive reviews on google tells me that the production company behind this trash has been paying for positive reviews. The 1 star in my review is for the special FX team. The direction, plot, and writing all deserve a flaming toastie