Daniel Nelson – Kabal
Mortal Kombat fans have waited a long time for another movie. The original 1995 live-action movie based on the iconic fighting game franchise of the same name was by no means a classic; but at least it represents the possibility that a film based on a video game can actually be kind of good. Sadly, fans of the games have endured a wide range of awful adaptations when it comes to the Mortal Kombat franchise, from bad TV shows, such as
Mortal Kombat: Conquest, to the downright ugly
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. While the new live-action
Mortal Kombatfilm has building blocks and certain elements that would have served a better film, the results are largely bad.
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The actor also recalls agonizing over her self-tape to win the role, and shares what she knows about where her character goes next, should there be a sequel.
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Mortal Kombat
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Jessica McNamee was so determined to play Sonya Blade that she kept making self-tapes until she found that winning formula. While there have been many iterations of Blade since her introduction in 1992’s
Mortal Kombat video game by Midway, McNamee’s decision to add a bit of levity to the character proved to be a deciding factor. In Simon McQuoid’s R-rated relaunch of
The diverse international cast of
Mortal Kombat includes Joe Taslim as Sub Zero; Ludi Lin as Liu Kang; Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade; Josh Lawson as Kano; Tadanobu Asano as Raiden; Mehcad Brooks as Jackson “Jax” Bridges; Chin Han as Shang Tsung; Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion; Max Huang as Kung Lao; Sisi Stringer as Mileena and Lewis Tan as the leading character Cole Young.
Inspired by Midway Games’ best-selling video game that was based on the original idea by Ed Boon and John Tobias, the film centers around MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage or why Outworld’s Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down. Fearing for his family’s safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who bears the same strange dragon marking Cole was born with. Soon, he finds himself at the temple of Lord Raiden, an Elder God and the prot
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