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adamwatchesmovies · 1 year

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Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2011)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

If Mortal Kombat: Legacy writer, director and producer Kevin Tancharoen sees my score for this movie, he'd surely object. “Come on, Adam! This isn’t a movie; it’s a YouTube series meant to lead into a game! It doesn’t belong on your movie blog!” He'd be partially right. This has no business calling itself a “movie”, but nobody told the distributors. I did not find this… anthology (?) film online. I found it on Blu-ray, packaged together with Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat: Annihiliation. How was I supposed to know that my next 90 or so minutes would be spent with a “story” that has no protagonist, plot or resolution?

Serving as a prequel to the 1992 arcade classic, Mortal Kombat: Legacy follows Sonya (Jeri Ryan), Kano (Darren Shahlavi), Raiden (Ryan Robbins), Johnny Cage (Matt Mullins), Scorpion (Ian Anthony Dale), Shao Khan (Aleks Paunovic), Kitana (Samantha Jo), her twin Mileena (Jolene Tran), Cyrax (Shane Warren Jones), Sektor (Peter Shinkoda) and others on their way to Mortal Kombat, a tournament that will decide the fate of our world.

Some of the criticisms I had as the picture began I’m going to declare moot. The special effects are so-so but considering this is a YouTube film, they’re impressive. While the camerawork in the first two segments make the action look phony, that’s the exception. Overall, the cinematography is well done and the action easy to follow and engaging. For those who know the Mortal Kombat lore and have always wanted more, this is what you’ve been wanting for. Sorta. I’ve never played the games but I have seen the other films. I thought this would be enough. I was wrong. Kitana has a twin sister, who’s actually her clone, but it’s half the same species as her, and half demon and then Kitana’s mother committed suicide so she could transplant her soul into her daughter. It doesn’t make much sense to me. More than once, backstories are needlessly convoluted. Almost as if these characters were just concepts thrown into a game with a thin story and were never meant to be developed further…

Some of the segments nevertheless work alright as mini stories. Others, not so much. The story of Jax, Sony & Kano is nothing but a barrage of action clichés, while the single animated segment, the story of Kitana and Mileena sticks out like a sore thumb. Then there’s the Raiden segment, which is preceeded by a message from Tancharoen. He explains why this story isn’t part of the normal continuity of Mortal Kombat. If they were worried fans would go ballistic over a tweaking of their beloved characters, why tweak it? Actually, I think it’s one of the best stories, as it feels genuinely inspired instead of a fanboy’s rendition like so many of the others do.

Things get real nutty, the mythology is this soup of random threads and the performances vary in quality. Matt Mullins as Johnny Cage entertains thoroughly. His story is the one that has a genuine – and welcome – sense of humor about itself. Ultimately, however, this is a big letdown because you have 9 episodes… which lead to NOTHING. I know there’s a second season, but what kind of series doesn’t have a climax? It sows seeds which never grow and, since none of the non-two parter stories connect with each other, it doesn’t matter in what order you watch these or even if you miss half of them.

I wouldn’t be as harsh but I watched Mortal Kombat: Legacy on Blu-ray with no warning. I know not everyone will have the same reaction as me, but I'm sure many will be just as stunned as I when Mortal Kombat: Legacy abruptly ends. Hopefully if this does interest you, your experience with it is better than mine. (On Blu-ray, October 6, 2018)

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Twin Peaks (1990-2017)

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The Assault on Fort Mercer

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Paulette Goddard and Noble Johnson in The Ghost Breakers (1940)

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Day 588

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— TWIN PEAKS, season one.

Pilot, Part One and Two.

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'for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf' by Ntozake Shange, «Playbill», Equinox Theatre, Houston, TX, November 19, 1977 [Marjorie Randal National Women's Conference Collection, Box 1, Folder 11, UH Libraries Exhibits, University of Houston, Houston, TX]

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