![]() ![]() The sequel is helmed by returning director Ethan Spaulding, working from a script by Jeremy Adams ( Supernatural, Justice Society: World War II). Meanwhile, Scorpion must find the ancient Kamidogu before it's used to resurrect the One Being, which would bring certain destruction of all things in the universe. Earth's heroes must travel to Outworld to defend Earthrealm. Our team of heroes are under attack by the enemy forces of Shao Kahn, which forces Raiden and his group of warriors into a deal to compete in a final Mortal Kombat that will determine the fate of the realms. Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms picks up shortly after the previous movie. The Fatal Five) as Kung Lao Paul Nakauchi ( Carmen Sandiego) as Lin Kuei Grandmaster and Emily O'Brien ( Constantine: City of Demons) as Jade Debra Wilson ( MADtv) as D'Vorah. New cast members are Matthew Mercer ( Justice Society: World War II) as Stryker & Smoke Bayardo De Murguia ( Tiny Pretty Things) as Sub-Zero/Kuai Liang Matt Yang King ( Justice League vs. Mitchell ( Call of Duty) as Raiden, Kintaro & Sektor Ikè Amadi ( Mass Effect 3) as Jax Briggs & One Being Grey Griffin ( The Loud House) as Kitana, Satoshi Hasashi & Mileena and Fred Tatasciore ( Robot Chicken) as Shao Kahn. Other returning cast includes Jordan Rodrigues ( Lady Bird) as Liu Kang Patrick Seitz ( Naruto: Shippuden) as Scorpion & Hanzo Hasashi Artt Butler ( Her) as Shang Tsung & Cyrax Robin Atkin Downes ( The Strain) as Shinnok & Reiko Dave B. Just as a single example: In one fight of Kung Lao vs Shao Kahn, Kung Lao takes a tumble along the ground, and instead of his hat flying off him, as you’d expect it to, it just kind of folds into the ground, only to be completely straight in the next scene, which elicited an unintentional laugh out loud moment out of me.The Mortal Kombat cast is once again led by Joel McHale ( Community) and Jennifer Carpenter ( Dexter) as Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade, respectively. The animation does its job well enough, with some fun fight choreography that is full of small nods and references to the game, though there are certainly some rough edges. I’m not a big fan myself, though I can see the appeal of the stylized look, especially with how well it meshes with the ultra-violence. The character designs are far more polarizing, characterized by heavily angular faces with chins that often look just as sharp as some of the weapons they wield. ![]() The backgrounds are gorgeous and do a great job of replicating the looks of locations from the games, like the Lin Kuei Temple from MKX and Kahn’s Arena from MK2. Visually, Battle of the Realms is also a bit hit and miss. Kung Lao, who is supposed to be like a brother to Liu Kang, barely exchanges a single line of dialogue with him Stryker just shows up without any explanation of how or why a normal-ass police officer found himself in a battle against supernatural monsters, and Kitana says she doesn’t have a choice but to follow Shao Kahn, but we never get to see that toxic father-daughter dynamic that leads her to want to side with the forces of Earthrealm. ![]() It feels like there could have been four Mortal Kombat Legends movies that each focused on a single subplot, but instead, they were all mashed together into a single movie, and as a result, every character feels flat. Then while that’s going on there’s also other completely disconnected subplots involving the Lin Kuei and the cyber initiative Kuai Liang and his desire for vengeance against Scorpion for the murder of his brother Shinnok’s scheming in netherrealm to retrieve the kamidogu, and it’s all just a lot, especially for a movie with a less than 90-minute run-time.
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