Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge is a direct-to-video animated martial arts film based on the video game fighting series, Mortal Kombat. The movie is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and NetherRealm Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge is written by Jeremy Adams and directed by Ethan Spaulding.
The story is the aging warlock Shang Tsung holds a tournament called Moratl Kombat, where the victor can change the fate of their homeworld. But deep below the Netherrealm a sorcerer named Quan Chi makes an offer with a vengeful soul and brings him back to life. This soul was once named Hanzo Hasashi but now he goes by Scorpion.
Initial Reaction
Since I'm a fan of Mortal Kombat, naturally I would be excited for this movie. Especially after two things, 1) that red band trailer and 2) after watching/reviewing Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins this movie really needed to come out to act as a nice palate cleanser from that dreck.
Cons
I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.
Middle Ground
The mix bag for this movie is the story. Now we do indead get Scorpion's revenge but there are times when we move away from that story. Yes, that was to be expected since the trailers showcase there was also going to be a Mortal Kombat tournament. The issue is for some parts we do just move away from Scorpion in favor of the tournament and the fighters i.e. Johnny Cage, Liu Kang, and Sonya Blade.
Pros
Now let's talk about the positives such as the action.....HOLY SH*T! Talk about scenes that get your heart pumping! Usually I tell which one was my favorite but in this case I can't. All of the action sequences were awesome, and if any of you back in 1995 we're hoping for some bloody violence for the live-action movie but didn't get it, don't worry this movie's got you covered. Another thing I liked about the movie was the voice acting. Everyone was great with the characters they voiced, like the voice they gave just fit perfectly. No one sounded horrible or made me think "Yeah, this actor doesn't work for this character." The other part of Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge that made it a good movie was the animation. I liked everything about, especially a certain bit of animation that paid homage to a certain attack introduced in Mortal Kombat (2011) and later used in Mortal Kombat X. If any of you played the games you may have an idea about what I'm talking about. The last thing I'll talk about is Johnny Cage's humor. It works. Everytime he was giving a moment to be comedic I laughed.
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge is definitly worth watching. It was awesome action, great voice work, nicely done animation, and the humor from Johnny Cage works. The only thing that could have used more work is the story.
My final rating is Good
So yeah guys, if you want to watch a direct-to-video film watch MK Legends: Scorpion's Revenge. That's going to do it for me, come back on Monday, Apr 20th because I've got some news regrading my Road to Scoob!. Until then enjoy the rest of your day.
P.S. I really hope they make a sequel. I'm thinking either Sub-Zero (Bi-Han) or Liu Kang.
Since I'm a fan of Mortal Kombat, naturally I would be excited for this movie. Especially after two things, 1) that red band trailer and 2) after watching/reviewing Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins this movie really needed to come out to act as a nice palate cleanser from that dreck.
Cons
I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.
Middle Ground
The mix bag for this movie is the story. Now we do indead get Scorpion's revenge but there are times when we move away from that story. Yes, that was to be expected since the trailers showcase there was also going to be a Mortal Kombat tournament. The issue is for some parts we do just move away from Scorpion in favor of the tournament and the fighters i.e. Johnny Cage, Liu Kang, and Sonya Blade.
Pros
Now let's talk about the positives such as the action.....HOLY SH*T! Talk about scenes that get your heart pumping! Usually I tell which one was my favorite but in this case I can't. All of the action sequences were awesome, and if any of you back in 1995 we're hoping for some bloody violence for the live-action movie but didn't get it, don't worry this movie's got you covered. Another thing I liked about the movie was the voice acting. Everyone was great with the characters they voiced, like the voice they gave just fit perfectly. No one sounded horrible or made me think "Yeah, this actor doesn't work for this character." The other part of Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge that made it a good movie was the animation. I liked everything about, especially a certain bit of animation that paid homage to a certain attack introduced in Mortal Kombat (2011) and later used in Mortal Kombat X. If any of you played the games you may have an idea about what I'm talking about. The last thing I'll talk about is Johnny Cage's humor. It works. Everytime he was giving a moment to be comedic I laughed.
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge is definitly worth watching. It was awesome action, great voice work, nicely done animation, and the humor from Johnny Cage works. The only thing that could have used more work is the story.
My final rating is Good
So yeah guys, if you want to watch a direct-to-video film watch MK Legends: Scorpion's Revenge. That's going to do it for me, come back on Monday, Apr 20th because I've got some news regrading my Road to Scoob!. Until then enjoy the rest of your day.
P.S. I really hope they make a sequel. I'm thinking either Sub-Zero (Bi-Han) or Liu Kang.
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