from the austin powers movies, ensuring that no one gets confused, although if truth be told, i did get confused a bit. kano wins! also along for the ride isjosh lawson s impressively obnoxious kano, a loudmouthed australian, as opposed to all those quiet australians, who accompanies cole and sonya to an otherworldly tournament encountering laser eyes, freezing stares, robotic arms, killer lizards, on demand fireballs and lethal frisbee hats. really. while previous mortal kombat films have felt rather toothless, this reboot is an impressively blood splattered affair, packed with much enjoyably squishy violence and moments of utterly gratuitous gore that left me feeling nostalgic for the good old days of the video nasties. gamers will doubtless argue over the presence of some favourite characters and the absence of others, but with a sequel in the pipeline, this hasn t finished the franchise. there s still time for any absentees to get a look in. on the downside, this reboot i
throughout history, different cultures all over the world reference a great tournament. enterjessica mcnamee s sonya blade, who spends a lot of time doing an impression of basil exposition from the austin powers movies, ensuring that no one gets confused, although if truth be told, i did get confused a bit. kano wins! also along for the ride isjosh lawson s impressively obnoxious kano, a loudmouthed australian, as opposed to all those quiet australians, who accompanies cole and sonya to an otherworldly tournament encountering laser eyes, freezing stares, robotic arms, killer lizards, on demand fireballs and lethal frisbee hats. really. while previous mortal kombat films have felt rather toothless, this reboot is an impressively blood splattered affair, packed with much enjoyably squishy violence and moments of utterly gratuitous gore that left me feeling nostalgic for the good old days of the video nasties. gamers will doubtless argue over the presence of some favourite chara
starring bob hoskins and the ill fated street fighter, which teamed jean claude van damme with kylie minogue for reasons no one could fully understand. by comparison with these stinkers, the original mortal kombat movie, directed by paul ws anderson and starring christopher lambert, wasn t bad. not great, but not terrible either. the same could not be said of the sequel annihilation, a flop which effectively killed the live action franchise. first learned about this seven years ago on a mission in brazil to capture a wanted fugitive. now, more than two decades later, we have a new mortal kombat movie. produced by saw and insidious co creatorjames wan and co written by greg russo, a devotee of the games who promised to stay true to the existing mythology and to give fellow fans a faithful screen adaptation. get over here! now, that s all well and good, but the film still needs to work for audiences unfamiliar with the games, so we get lewis tan as new character cole young, a c
results of a booster shot just as health experts warn how bad things could get this fall and winter and not only because of the unvaccinated. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin with the crisis on the border that just keeps getting worse. these are live pictures of del rio, texas, a town that borders mexico where almost 9,000 migrants are currently camping out, mostly refugees fleeing the devastation of haiti. up to 30,000 more could be joining them coming to the united states through south and central america. of course all eyes are on the biden administration as border patrol agents are aggressively threatening migrants. all of this as the border town bursts at the scenes, hundreds of migrants being sent 430 miles west to el paso, just to be flown back to haiti. senator chuck schumer is pleading with biden to immediately halt the deportations. cnn s rosa flores is in del rio. president biden said today we re getting it under control. where you are, does the sit