It's not amazing. Don't expect it to take your breath away. But despite issues here and there, it is still fairly decent. Especially for a 40 million budget and rookie director. The fights are predominantly great, some just ok. Most actors fit their characters and do the best job they can. Sub Zero is the ultimate badass, I had chills like from Freddy Krueger in my childhood in a couple of situations when he entered the scene. A handful of characters do their fatalities from newer games and old too which all look awesome. And it appears as if the film deliberately strives to strengthen the plot points where the old movie was weak. Passerby no longer can enter the upcoming MK tournament, you are to work and deserve it. Everyone is training and getting ready, no situation of Cage and Sonia lured into the tournament, unaware of what did they get themselves into. They introduce a new concept to avoid specifically that. In the future this will lead to no "ordinary people fights against trained outworld killers with superpowers" who in the old movie had to make questionable decisions, stand still at some point of the fight and await death (Sub Zero and Scorpion). And finally the story from MK1 of the two just mentioned is told in full.
The issues are editing near the end of movie, kind of rushed, uneven pacing and the nominal protagonist Cole Young. He's an alright actor and fighter, a likable, not irritating character, but nevertheless feels unnecessary. His family is rather cardboard. And of course Raiden and Shang Tsung are pale shadows of themselves from 1995. Can't even blame the actors, no one can match Lambert and Tagava and they ain't got much to work with here. Raiden's character is very different from Lambert's though so not easy to compare. He is dead serious in most of his scenes and for a reason.
Overall, it is a decent effort and I rather recomend to go see it than not. Just don't overhype yourself.
The issues are editing near the end of movie, kind of rushed, uneven pacing and the nominal protagonist Cole Young. He's an alright actor and fighter, a likable, not irritating character, but nevertheless feels unnecessary. His family is rather cardboard. And of course Raiden and Shang Tsung are pale shadows of themselves from 1995. Can't even blame the actors, no one can match Lambert and Tagava and they ain't got much to work with here. Raiden's character is very different from Lambert's though so not easy to compare. He is dead serious in most of his scenes and for a reason.
Overall, it is a decent effort and I rather recomend to go see it than not. Just don't overhype yourself.
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