![]() Lawson gets to crack jokes and pop on the screen, but everyone else doesn’t have much of a pulse or even a character to speak of. This leads to a film that never seems like anyone outside of Lawson, playing the comic-relief Kano, is having a good time. This is in addition to saddling the film with the blandest protagonist possible in Cole, who has no arc and the thinnest motivation of fighting for his wife and daughter. This makes for disjointed and lethargic affair with strong “ When are they going to get to the fireworks factory?” vibes. The movie goes out of its way to deny the audience what they want-the Mortal Kombat tournament-and instead settles on a convoluted structure where Cole and his pals amble along, have an occasional fight, and then near the end of the story you get a fight montage where it’s like they forgot that a Mortal Kombatmovie should have the fighters killing each other so it all got stuffed into the third act. RELATED: 'Mortal Kombat's Joe Taslim Reveals He's Signed on for Four Sequels as Sub-Zeroġ995’s Mortal Kombat would seem to be a case of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” but screenwriters Greg Russo and Dave Callaham are determined to “fix it” by excising the goofiness of the premise and even the sound structure of copying Enter the Dragon. However, the forces of Outworld have no intention of fighting fair and hope to eliminate the champions before Mortal Kombat can even take place. ![]() ![]() Sucked into this tournament for the fate of the world, Cole teams up with special forces soldiers Jax ( Mechad Brooks) and Sonya Blade ( Jessica McNamee) as well as dirtbag mercenary Kano ( Josh Lawson) to find the temple of Lord Raiden ( Tadanobu Asano) where they can fight alongside fellow warriors Liu Kang (Ludi Lin) and Kung Lao ( Max Huang). That birthmark is an invitation to a tournament known as “Mortal Kombat” where champions of Earthrealm must defeat the forces of Outworld led by the nefarious Shang Tsung ( Chin Han). Cole is a failed MMA fighter, but he has a special birthmark of a dragon. Fans will recognize these two as the progenitors of franchise stalwart characters Scorpion and Sub-Zero, respectively, but then we cut to the modern day and are introduced to new character, Cole Young ( Lewis Tan). The film starts off with a prologue in 1617 Japan where Hanzo Hasashi ( Hiroyuki Sanada) fights Bi-Han ( Joe Taslim), a member from a warring clan who has the power to create ice and use it as a weapon.
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