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[SJRB]

They're going all in on having Karl Urban, it seems.

 

[spookyfish]

I just hope it's not "Legacy character is old, will train new character to take the reins, etc. etc. etc." But I still look forward to this.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

So…he's the Raiden figure (read mentor) this time around?

He won't/shouldn't be doing much fighting, right?

 

[March Climber]

Right feeling, wrong actor.

I just hope it's not "Legacy character is old, will train new character to take the reins, etc. etc. etc." But I still look forward to this.

I think it's going to be the 'has-been actor who's also comic relief' role here. I'm simply basing this on how old Karl Urban is.

 

[Kacho]

These purposely campy grindhouse spoofs never work for me.

 

[Stitch]

So…he's the Raiden figure (read mentor) this time around?

But Raiden is still in the sequel

 

[AJUMP23]

I like the fake campy stuff.

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

Most of the time, cheese doesn't work for me, but this is kinda what i expect a MK movie to be, so i'll be watching for sure.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

But Raiden is still in the sequel

Maybe Raiden is the one to get Goro-ed this time around?

 

[HRK69]

I like the fake campy stuff.

Absolutely

I want to see those Cage movies

 

[EviLore]

Karl Urban's great, but I don't know about this casting.

 

[AJUMP23]

Absolutely

I want to see those Cage movies

I would not go that far.

One thing I think it does it allows Cage to prove he is a great martial artist despite the bad movies. I always took him as Van Damme, Much of his movies have all the same beats.

 

[AJUMP23]

Karl Urban's great, but I don't know about this casting.

Karl has had a prolific career. He was very Campy in the Hercules TV show filmed in New Zealand. But his break is I guess LotR, and he is partially type cast by his character in Boys. Sometimes he is a country music star.

 

[Dacvak]

I watched the first one with some friends while we were drinking and I don't remember much about it at all, except that it was good, dumb fun.

I'll definitely be watching this with some buds and brews.

 

[Stitch]

Maybe Raiden is the one to get Goro-ed this time around?

I'm not sure if they follow the game lore, but he should be Immortal. If he wants to fight in the tournament he would need to give up his immortality.

I think the one who won't survive for a long time in the Sequel is this Cole guy.

 

[SJRB]

I watched the first one with some friends while we were drinking and I don't remember much about it at all, except that it was good, dumb fun.

I'll definitely be watching this with some buds and brews.

First movie is such a mixed bag. It starts off amazing but somewhere halfway through it's like the director thought "wait a minute, this movie is supposed to be schlock" and the movie never recovers from that vibe. It just becomes such a goofy, sloppy mess.


This was fucking cool:

 

[xrnzaaas]

I don't get it, the first movie tried to be super serious and now they want to have comedy? Meanwhile the 90s flick had a nice mix of both from the start.

 

[Trogdor1123]

That looked pretty bad ass. The helicopter part was great.

 

[Ammogeddon]

Worst marketing stunt ever. Fuck MK2, now I just want to see Uncaged Fury.

 

[Burning Blade]

Trailer seems like a riff off of Kung Fury

 

[Beretta]

I can't wait, the '95 movie is a classic, Annihilation should have been called Abomination and I really didn't mind the reboot MK. One of the characters has my name and as of a fan of the games since the first one, I can't tell you the excitement of turning on an MK game and hearing them say it, tears of joy.

My favorite is Raiden, though. GOAT

 

[March Climber]

I don't get it, the first movie tried to be super serious and now they want to have comedy?

The first movie was around 70% serious with multiple moments of comedy and camp. The comedy came in the minute Kano entered the scene, and the camp came from some of the over the top fatailities.

 

[GateofD]

Hope they kill off the movie original character at the beginning of II, cause he was the worst and his special ability just being literal plot armor

 

[bitbydeath]

 

[Doom85]

The first film in 2021 was a mixed bag, some good stuff but some lame stuff, but as someone who loves going to the cinema, usually 20-30 times a year (in 2017, I nearly hit 40), it was miserable not being able to go for a whole year. So once I was fully vaccinated, this was the movie that just happened to have opened that weekend, and just the experience of getting to see a movie on the big screen alone was enough to put a smile on my face.

 

[Yerd]

I don't think Karl Urban is the right guy for Johnny Cage.

 

[RagnarokIV]

At least he's Karl Urban and not Carl Urban

 

[Punished Miku]

If he basically plays a cheesier version of his character from The Boys with an American accent the movie pretty much writes itself. I can see it.