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Mortal Kombat
February 3, 2021 | Leave a Comment
With studios taking a more serious approach to live-action video game adaptations and finding decent success with the likes of Tomb Raider and Sonic the Hedgehog, Warner Bros. will look to do the same with their reboot of the...
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
July 18, 2019 | Leave a Comment
Warner Bros. looked to tap into the video game adaptation market with the popular, but controversial, Mortal Kombat series in the mid '90s. Although Paul W.S. Anderson’s 1995 film is generally viewed as one of the best vide...
Shang Tsung – Robin Shou (Mortal Kombat)
June 6, 2019 | Leave a Comment
And here we are with the film’s central big bad. Originally portrayed by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Shang Tsung is an Outworld (a different dimension) sorcerer who steals the souls of warriors he defeats. An interesting choice t...
Mortal Kombat Reboot Fan Casting Choices
June 6, 2019 | 2 Comments
The Mortal Kombat media franchise is nearly three decades old now since its debut in arcades and home consoles in 1992. In the 27 years since, the franchise features 11 main line games, several spin-off video games, a TV seri...
Godzilla vs. Kong remains box office champ for third weekend
April 18, 2021 | Leave a Comment
With no new competition at the box office, Godzilla vs. Kong again topped the charts for the third weekend in a row. Check out what else made the top five!
Familiar moves, new perspectives in Jiu Jitsu – movie review
January 26, 2021 | Leave a Comment
Though it features a familiar premise with its sci-fi setting, Jiu Jitsu has more than enough surprises and offers strong bang-for-your-buck entertainment.
Baraka – Yayan Ruhian (The Raid 2)
June 6, 2019 | Leave a Comment
As a Tarkatan (a humanoid creature from another dimension with blades extending from his arms), casting a recognizable actor in the role of Baraka isn’t a priority. Instead James Wan can focus in on an actor with pure marti...
Mileena – Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service)
June 6, 2019 | Leave a Comment
Though the character made her live-action debut in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, her appearance was nothing more than a glorified cameo with her entire backstory thrown to the wayside. Originally played by Dana Hee, the charac...
Jackson ‘Jaxx’ Briggs – Trevante Rhodes (The Predator)
June 6, 2019 | Leave a Comment
This is a casting choice that may be tough one to swallow for some as the most popular fan choice for Jackson "Jaxx" Briggs has always been Michael Jai White. Though he has portrayed the character in the Mortal Kombat: Legacy...
Kung Lao – Daniel Wu (Into The Badlands)
June 6, 2019 | Leave a Comment
Though the character of Kung Lao didn’t appear in the two ‘90s feature films, he was the central character in the TV series Mortal Kombat: Conquest and was played by Paolo Montalban. However, the popular ancestor of Liu K...