Mortal combat take the power
In 2021, to relaunch the franchise Mortal combat in the cinema, an adaptation of the cult video game series, director Simon McQuoid stages a classic story of clashes between fighters from the Earth Kingdom and the Overworld. We find many of the famous characters of this universe, including Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Sonya Blade and Lui Kang, Raiden and even Jax.
Obviously, Mortal combat features several “fatalities”, the deadly and bloody moves of different characters that make this brutal action franchise so special. But there is something new: the creation of an original character for this new film, Cole Youngplayed by Lewis Tan.
Cole Young is a mixed martial arts fighter, hunted by the assassin of the Lin-Kuei clan Below zero. Wanting to know the reasons for this hunt and protect his family, he finds himself searching for the fighters chosen to defend the Earth Kingdom in the battle between them and the forces of the Otherworld, and discovers that he is the direct descendant of the specter of the Lower Realm , Scorpiowho Sub-Zero had killed earlier…
Added to Netflix on January 30, 2024, Mortal Kombat took leader of the top 10 films in front of Wilderness hunters AND The Old Furnaces.
An ultraviolent film… and a sequel on the way
This Mortal combat, at the risk of shortcuts and some inconsistencies in its scenario, frankly chooses to delight its audience with fight sequences, and most of them impress with its generosity in producing torrents of blood. Despite a main character who lacks charisma and ends up blending in behind the iconic characters of the universe, we are not bored with this film which ends up laying the foundations for a sequel. And a sequel that promises the return of a character absent in this film: Johnny Cage.
Mortal Kombat 2, again directed by Simon McQuoid, recently finished filming and entered post-production. Its release is scheduled in cinemas, but a a date still unknown. Johnny Cage, movie star and martial arts expert, is a fan-favorite character from the series and will be played by Carlo Urbano. The star of the series The boys it will therefore not be out of place in the next film where it will add humor to the gore.
Source: Cine Serie
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