Wednesday, 24 December 2025

Mortal Kombat 2021 by AverageMansReviews

Mortal Kombat 2021 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/impaling/burning/dismemberment/cutting/decapitation/disfigurement/robotics/transformation/electrician/burning/disintegrating/decomposing/squashing/medical/reference to Russia

For the Lin Kuei: briefly; in 1617 Japan Bi-Han/another name [Joe Taslim:] he is an assassin for the Lin Kuei and alongside these other assassins their mission is broadly speaking kill the house of Hasashi, to stop this foothold life path from coming to pass so this is what they did: but obviously  Hanzo Hasashi/another name [Hiroyuki Sanada:] he is a relatively quiet and happy man with his family, but also highly skilled in the way of martial arts, so of course he wasn't going to go down without a fight with a bloody encounter ensued Bi-Han was victorious. But he didn't kill everyone; as Lord Raiden [Tadanobu Asano:] he is a thunder god that is an overseer/protector of Earthrealm; he cannot get directly involved in Mortal Kombat, but as you will see he will help whenever he can also with wisdom; he finds this baby girl and many decades later if Earth lose the next Mortal Kombat tournament that would mean Outworld has won 10 in a row, so the fabric between the realms would fall and humanity will go with it.

Generally speaking: the script, framework and pacing of this 110 minutes film is excellent; it invites its audience into this galaxy of different places that providing you were around in/starting 1992 that most of us grew up with this franchise, hopefully most of you will be happy with this interpretation.

Art and action; they really did go into town on creating these worlds/realms as these landscapes are truly amazing it from Japan 1617 Earthrealm with these two iconic characters doing combat or anywhere else they really did have a clear idea for this franchise to come alive again and because the action is of a graphic nature I can only put in a little bit for an example; Jax Briggs [Mehcad Brooks:] he is an US Special Forces, that does his part to find out more about Mortal Kombat vs. Reiko [Nathan Jones; yes the ex-WWE wrestler:] he is a General in Shang Tsung's forces that tries to take over Earthrealm before the next Mortal Kombat tournament. But back to this sequence of events; we see it intermittently as there are other action sequences taking place simultaneously, but we do witness Briggs pulling out one of his fatalities known as "Head Clap" here is a basic description; he uses is hands/arms to squash the individuals head like a pancake, where broadly speaking as a moment of comedy he also acknowledges to himself that these newly acquired accessories can stay: very briefly back to the artistic temperament/visions they do the combat sequences just as in all of their graphic glory which on one hand I am going to give high praise for obviously, but also on the other hand just say may be; be a little selective who you show this film to and make sure they are the right age; even though on some research in the UK it has a 15 certificate in other countries it is subject to change and they have the stomach for it.

Character developments, performances, voice performances and comedy; yet again all these components are spot on, full disclosure I am not too up-to-date with the newest characters, but other than that my knowledge is wide and vast; so I am very delighted on how these characters/performers have turned out, these performances and voice performances are very much spot on and how these characters should be seen in a live action interpretation; for one example Kano [Josh Lawson:] he wants was the leader of the Black Dragon clan, but nowadays he a is mercenary for hire, he also is the comedy component, which also plays into his character developments; he does have a habit of saying what he likes when he likes in any way he likes, which then again feeds into his character and the person he is; as he is fully aware of how to push people's buttons, but be aware he also has a temper. I am paraphrasing here for another example of the comedy as he is drinking the beer "You're beer is poo and you are almost out of it."

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; for the way it has been set out and it's sense of realism within this world of realms and not forgetting beginning this franchise with your two oldest and legendary characters one of Ice and the other of Fire sets things up perfectly, I hope they keep the narrative of the  Lin Kuei going I know they have to focus on other storyline component, but all I am hoping for is just keep Lin Kuei narrative spinning, because if you know they themselves have a rich history within the Mortal Kombat franchise, but we will have to wait and see in this sequel Mortal Kombat II 2025. But this film also has some awards accredited to its name; 4 Winner that include but not limited to Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards 2021 AACTA Award Best Production Design in Film Naaman Marshall and Best Sound in Film Robert McKenzie James AshtonDes Kenneally Adrian Medhurst Jed M. Dodge Phil Heywood. 9 Nominees which include but not limited to and from the same award ceremony/event Best Cinematography in Film Germain McMicking and Best Visual Effects or Animation Chris Godfrey Prue Fletcher Avi Goodman Nicholas Tripodi

 

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