Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020)

[DR Herbert West]

Once a generation, a tournament is held to between the champions of Outworld and Earthrealm. This tournament will determine the fate of Earth and all its citizens. Lord Raiden, protector of Earthrealm, must gather the greatest fighters of his realm to defend it from the evil Shang Tsung in the battle to end all battles - Mortal Kombat!

Extras:

From Epic Game to Extreme Animation
The Weapons, Wardrobe and World of Mortal Kombat Legends
Mortal Kombatants
Filmmaker Commentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnFTl4MzCXY

[DR Herbert West]

Review

[Adcatalano]

I really enjoyed this movie. Super brutal, wasn’t expecting it to be so hardcore violent. I definitely want more of these.

[Randy Miller III]

Thanks for creating a thread and linking my review. Really enjoyed this one!

[omahajon]

I'm watching here soon. Can't wait!

[Animatic33]

Popped this in this morning to my Panasonic ub820. Menu was glitched and hidden... anyone else have this issue? I finally got it to display properly by fiddling with the arrow buttons on the remote.

[DR Herbert West]

Down to $9.99 on Amazon.

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Down to $9.99 on Amazon.

Worth every penny. Tells the well known tournament story from a different point of view. Ultra violent and bloody. Great voice acting. Lots of references to the entire series. Even after all these years the MK lore is still there. 4/5.

[vertigop1ayer]

Hmm. You all are making me want to pick this up. My wallet weeps. I need to stop browsing the forums.

[dakidbanks]

Should I grab the reg blu for $10 or wait for the 4K to drop in price? I’ve never watched a cartoon 4K would be that much of a difference

[dr. wai]

I liked this. It was nice that they kept it R-rated. I hated that they had "shaky-cam" during the fight scenes. That is one place where you don't have the camera shaking all about because you want people to see the fight scenes. Other than that, I really liked it. I hope they do more.

[jignat]

I got the Mortal Kombat: Scorpion's Revenge film on Steelbook Bluray for Xmas.



Pros:

Art/animation is great especially during the fights.


This is one of the more gory "Western" animations Ive ever seen- multiple decapitations, bisections, et al. X-ray style profile shots like in Mk 9/10.! There are fatalities from the games.

Lots of easter eggs and references to the games and the 1995 movie.

Voice Acting was on point. Scorp and Sub had VA's from the games (MK 10). Joel McHale was the funniest Cage ever!

The 5.1 soundmix is one of the most active Ive heard from a WB direct to video animated film in recent memory.



Cons

The Biggest problem with the film is despite being called : Scorpion's Revenge, it is 85% a retelling of the Mk1 game story or first movie.

There is a 10 minute opening summing up Hanzo's origin and a few quick scenes throughout and the last five minutes are Scorpion centric.

The majority of the screentime is on the trio of Liu/Johnny/Sonya ascending through the tournament.

I am a casual MK fan (I have played MK 1-6, 9,10, but don't remember everything story wise, yet I knew most of the twists and backstory in this already.)


Outside of his action, Liu is a bit bland. Even the 1995 movie had some bits like dropping Johnnys bags in the water or his grudge against Shang to liven it up for a bit.



Overall: 7.5/10


I think it is good and the second best after the 1995 live action , though that is a low bar to cross.

[Frank@Chicago]

I picked this up at Walmart for $12 today.

That's a bit more than Amazon, but I wanted a good slipcover.

The hype for all things Mortal Kombat is building fast now.