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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
Just give me more Hanzo/ Bi-han leading up to the opening of the first film.
The first 5 mins set the bar incredibly high and then the rest of the film was just meh, along with limiting Max Huang's( Kung Lao) talents to just a few mins on screen. |
re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
Originally Posted by dex14
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
Scott Adkins would be perfect. He has Hollywood star looks and wouldn't have to trained to movie fight, but I do understand that they are looking for a bigger name. With the right training and some Hollywood magic Laurence Fishburne looked decent on screen.
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
I enjoy Karl Urban's work as an actor but I don't seem him as Johnny Cage.
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
Karl Urban is a much better actor than Scott Adkins. Johnny Cage is one of the few well known Mortal Kombat characters who can really benefit from characterization and performance as opposed to just looking good in fight scenes. Linden Ashby did a great job in the 95 film and I'm sure Urban can deliver what the director has in mind.
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
The 2022 movie has grown on me a bit. It’s a good background movie while you’re doing something else. Enough cool parts to watch while ignoring the rest. Things like Sub-Zero making an ice dagger out of someone’s blood and stabbing them with it is just great stuff for MK fans.
I’m down for a sequel with a better script. The world they built looked great. . |
re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
Originally Posted by candyrocket786
(Post 14268994)
Just give me more Hanzo/ Bi-han leading up to the opening of the first film.
The first 5 mins set the bar incredibly high and then the rest of the film was just meh, along with limiting Max Huang's( Kung Lao) talents to just a few mins on screen.
Originally Posted by Draven
(Post 14269360)
The 2022 movie has grown on me a bit. It’s a good background movie while you’re doing something else. Enough cool parts to watch while ignoring the rest. Things like Sub-Zero making an ice dagger out of someone’s blood and stabbing them with it is just great stuff for MK fans.
I’m down for a sequel with a better script. The world they built looked great. . I am glad we are finally getting Johnny Cage. He (or Sonya, Jax, or Liu Kang) should have been the POV character, instead of Cole Young (I had to look up his name, he was so forgettable, despite liking his actor from Into The Badlands). Hopefully the latter character fades into the background and is forgotten. |
re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
Originally Posted by RocShemp
(Post 14269377)
I am glad we are finally getting Johnny Cage. He (or Sonja, Jax, or Liu Kang) should have been the POV character, instead of Cole Young (I had to look up his name, he was so forgettable, despite liking his actor from Into The Badlands). Hopefully the latter character fades into the background and is forgotten.
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
Originally Posted by Draven
(Post 14269378)
Even someone like Kitana could have been the lead.
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
I want more dialogue zingers like the first one had. "It's a birthmark, he was born with it." :sarcasm:
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
Hopefully they handle Cole the same way they did Johnny in Annihilation.
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
Originally Posted by DaveyJoe
(Post 14269493)
Hopefully they handle Cole the same way they did Johnny in Annihilation.
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
The 2022 movie wasn’t great but I didn’t hate it like so many. A sequel with a better script should make for a solid little action movie hopefully. Glad to see Johnny Cage is being incorporated.
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
I question anyone who says the 2021 movie was bad but loves the 90s movies. The original Mortal Kombat might have been good at the time but it's aged poorly and Mk Anihilation is still one of the worst movies ever made.
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
Originally Posted by Bluelitespecial
(Post 14269522)
I question anyone who says the 2021 movie was bad but loves the 90s movies. The original Mortal Kombat might have been good at the time but it's aged poorly and Mk Anihilation is still one of the worst movies ever made.
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
I think the CGI in MK(1995) aged badly plus the puppet Goro is cringe.
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
Originally Posted by Bluelitespecial
(Post 14269632)
I think the CGI in MK(1995) aged badly plus the puppet Goro is cringe.
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I only know her from Uncharted. I'll try not to hold that against her.
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
I don't know that actress but I'm sure she'll look the part just fine.
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re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
New Line has rounded out its cast for Mortal Kombat 2, with Martyn Ford (Red Sonja), Desmond Chiam (Joy Ride), Ana Thu Nguyen (Suka) and Damon Herriman (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) coming aboard for roles. Ford will play villainous Outworld emperor Shao Kahn, with Chiam as Edenian King Jerrod, Nguyen as Queen Sindel and Herriman as Netherrealm demon Quan Chi. New Line’s latest follows up its hit 2021 action adventure Mortal Kombat, based on the blockbuster video game franchise created by Ed Boon and John Tobias, which was released simultaneously in theaters and on the platform now known as Max in April 2021. Amidst an industry hit hard by Covid, the original opened at number one at the box office and went on to gross over $84M worldwide theatrically, also coming in as one of the most-watched titles in Max’s history. While Mortal Kombat followed MMA fighter Cole Young (Lewis Tan) as he faced off against Outworld enemies in a high-stakes battle for the universe, details as to the sequel’s plot are under wraps. In addition to Tan, returning cast includes Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Josh Lawson as Kano, Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden, Mehcad Brooks as Jax, Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Chin Han as Shang Tsung, Joe Taslim as Bi-Han and Sub-Zero, Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi and Scorpion, and Max Huang as Kung Lao. Other newcomers set to appear alongside today’s group, as previously announced, include Karl Urban as Johnny Cage, Tati Gabrielle as Jade and Adeline Rudolph as Kitana. Simon McQuoid has returned to direct from a script by Jeremy Slater. Producers are Atomic Monster’s James Wan and Michael Clear, Broken Road Productions’ Todd Garner, McQuoid, and E. Bennett Walsh. |
re: Mortal Kombat 2 (2025, D: McQuoid)
I think that was my next big question was who was going to play Shao Kahn. Ive seen the pictures of Martyn Ford and I'd say he's a good choice for the role
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I'm guessing the movie will release in the spring or summer next year.
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I like the logo on the clapper slate.
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