The fight between Liu Kang and Sub-Zero was wack, yes. They could've done SO much more with it. ALOT more.

Kitana and Liu Kang were fighting in the tournament because they were opponents. Earth vs. Outworld. Kitana had to go along with it to make it look like she was on Outworld's side as she should be, and not secretly helping the Earth warriors.

PsychoFight Wrote: The fight between Liu Kang and Sub-Zero was wack, yes. They could've done SO much more with it. ALOT more. Kitana and Liu Kang were fighting in the tournament because they were opponents. Earth vs. Outworld. Kitana had to go along with it to make it look like she was on Outworld's side as she should be, and not secretly helping the Earth warriors.

Makes more sense now.

The Liu Kang Vs. Sub-Zero fight was short, but it wasn't bad imo. I liked the part in the beginning, before they started fighting, when they both took their fighting stance. That moment of stillness before they exploded into kombat was tight!

And as for the Liu Kang Vs. Kitana fight, this fight was nicely choreographed by Robin Shou. He made it so Liu Kang's fighting fit his character. Liu Kang never attemted to hit his female opponent (he did the same for Liu's fight with Jade in MK Annihilation as well), instead just blocking and throwing. This showed Liu Kang's purity as a warrior. Very tight how Liu Kang and Kitana both went into the same fighting stance before they began fighting as well. And I believe Shang Tsung was there to watch because he was already suspicious about Kitana's loyalty and wanted to make sure she would not aid Liu Kang in any way. He knew Kitana was out to aid the Earthrealm fighters from the start, he just couldn't do anything but keep an eye on her and make sure he kept her away from them.

Liu VS Sub Zero should have been longer, but I thought it was cool. I thought Bridgette Wilson's fight scenes were the worst, and she was pretty unconvincing, unless she's gonna pout Kano to death.

When the credits started to roll.

I would have to say the Sonya Vs Kano match in Mortal Kombat movie. It didn' t look believeable. Sonya and Kano looked like neither of them could fight. Overall time the weakest link in MK1 in the movie. To me the weakest scene in the movie.

Kano looked like he could fight, just more like a street fighter as opposed to a martial arts expert.

liu kang vs that guy with the dreads..who the hell was that any way...and the fact that there was no fatalities sucked too

isk8element21 Wrote: liu kang vs that guy with the dreads..who the hell was that any way...and the fact that there was no fatalities sucked too

Yeah I hated the no fatalities as well. It is rumored that originally, when the movie was being made as an R feature - both Sub Zero and Scorpion performed fatalities at the 'Demonstration' scene. Sub Zero was to freeze his opponent and the do his 'spine rip' fatality, Scorp was going to shoot his spear into someone. You can see that scene has been edited 'cus Scorpion joins Sub Zero in leading out the fighters, but is not seen again until his fight w/ Cage.

MK
- Sonya vs Kano
- Liu vs dreadlock guy
- Jax's weak presentation
- The way Liu Kang fought many battles while Cage only had two and Sonya had one.

MKA
- The way Jade was killed in MKA. What was that thing that killed her anyway?
- The way they never told us what Ermac, Noob, Baraka, Cyrax, or Mileena's name...how was the casual viewer supposed to know who they were?
- The scene where it was revealed Kahn and Raiden were brothers.
- Noob Saibot coming from Ermac's body.
- Cyrax and Smoke going after people other than Sub-Zero.
- Rain being killed off so fast.

isk8element21 Wrote: liu kang vs that guy with the dreads..who the hell was that any way...and the fact that there was no fatalities sucked too

Sorry, but I loved that fight! It was a great fight to kick off the tournament with. Short but sweet. This wasn't really the kind of fight that was suppose to last long anyway. It was meant just to get the tournament rolling. And the fact that Liu Kang's opponent was an unknown fighter was just to show that there are other fighters in the tournament besides the main heroes and villians.

Even though this is a good movie I would have to say the fight scene between Kano and Sonya. We don't get much background except that he killed her partner. Kano was a badass and it should of not even happened.

The Scorpion -v- Johnny Cage fight was good even though Cage "destroyed" Scorpion. We find out though in MK:A that you can't truly kill a Spectre.

I'll have to agree and say the Sonya/Kano fight. It didn't look impressive or even believable, and both characters came across as pretty pathetic fighters.

Trevor Goddard (Kano) wasn't too bad. Not really a martial artist, but at least he looked intimidating, like he could fight.

Unfortunately, Brigette Wilson was indeed useless. She can pout, and... uhh, that's it.

I found the Reptile vs Liu Kang scene very odd because Liu was beaten senceless by Reptile but suddenly Liu was winning and Reptile couldn't even stand up straight.

Also the scene where Lius is sticking his foot on the camera to execute Reptile was to laugh at. It made him seem like a sissy (shouting in the way he did)

I agree with your statement about the Reptile fight...Reptile was kicking Liu Kang's ass then all of a sudden Reptile could barely stand up and Liu kicked his ass.

The second disapointment for me was the Sub-Zero Kang fight. It was cool but way to short. I suppose that could be because of time restrictions for the film.

ScorpionsBrother Wrote: I found the Reptile vs Liu Kang scene very odd because Liu was beaten senceless by Reptile but suddenly Liu was winning and Reptile couldn't even stand up straight. Also the scene where Lius is sticking his foot on the camera to execute Reptile was to laugh at. It made him seem like a sissy (shouting in the way he did)

ScorpionsBrother Wrote: I found the Reptile vs Liu Kang scene very odd because Liu was beaten senceless by Reptile but suddenly Liu was winning and Reptile couldn't even stand up straight. Also the scene where Lius is sticking his foot on the camera to execute Reptile was to laugh at. It made him seem like a sissy (shouting in the way he did)

Well, Reptile probably caught Liu by surprise initially when he morphed into human form and started to attack. However, Liu Kang's character was beginning to become more focused on his true mission in the tournament at this point, and his determination became much stronger half way through the fight. Once Reptile made the careless move of jumping at Liu, that's where he messed up. Liu Kang won because, as Kitana said, "You're finally learning Liu Kang." The chosen one was in the process of understanding his true goal, and now had the will to fight for his cause, which was no longer blinding vengence. I believe it was this will that gave him the strength and focus to defeat Reptile, and ultimately Shang Tsung. I think this was a deeper level the film had that some people may have neglected to notice.

The Liu Kang Vs. Reptile fight is one of my favorates though. Very fast and high energy! Robin Shou deserves the credit for that, and many other fights in the film. From my observation, Robin Shou made more contribution to the success in the first movie than any of the other actors.

I don't know, if you are right it should have been done much better because it looked like crap, we all see that liu gets beaten up pretty bad. Far worse than any other fighter in the entire movie. And Reptile hasn't had that much to worry about in that fight, because he was winning. It's true that Liu was learning and all that, but that wouldn't explain why reptile transformed from a winner to a loser in half a second, he didn't even block anymore.

I also agree on the Liu - Sub fight, way to short, if they wanted to save time they should have deleted that fight between Liu and the Black guy in the beginning, Shang could easily take someone elses soul to set an example

ScorpionsBrother Wrote: I don't know, if you are right it should have been done much better because it looked like crap, we all see that liu gets beaten up pretty bad. Far worse than any other fighter in the entire movie. And Reptile hasn't had that much to worry about in that fight, because he was winning. It's true that Liu was learning and all that, but that wouldn't explain why reptile transformed from a winner to a loser in half a second, he didn't even block anymore. I also agree on the Liu - Sub fight, way to short, if they wanted to save time they should have deleted that fight between Liu and the Black guy in the beginning, Shang could easily take someone elses soul to set an example

Well, the Liu Kang Reptile fight looked great to me. Yeah, Reptile appeared to be winning in the beginning, but he messed up right when he made that careless jump at Liu and got thrown to the ground. Maybe if Reptile had just calmed down. lol But once Liu got the upper hand, he was putting down some heavy blows on Retile.

I don't think the Liu Vs Sub fight was short because of time in the sense of film run. I think it probably had more to do with concern for moving the story along, as American audiences are not use to long fight scenes like you'd see in a Hong Kong movie. That being said though, MK The Movie had some pretty impressive fights for a Hollywood film in terms of length, style, and number of fights. And there is no reason to delete that first fight with Liu Kang and the Dreadlock guy played by Ahkim Alston. That fight was tight!

By the way, some side info, Robin Shou also fights Ahkim in his film 'Red Trousers' I believe. I haven't seen this documentary/movie yet, but Keith Cooke (Reptile MK Movie, Sub-Zero MK Annihilation) is also in it. I've heard good things about this movie and can't wait to get the DVD.

~Jason Rainwater

The whole Sonya vs Kano fight was horrendously done. It seemed as if they decided not to train Brigette Wilson to fight properly as her moves were horribly executed and her form was just atrocious.

i agree that sonya's fight was the weakest in the movie, but it wasn't that bad considering they didn't put actors through the tough training procedures then that they do now. movies like tomb raider, charlie's angels and catwoman have their leading ladies training at least three months before the first shot of the movie is even filmed. they probably made bridgette do a little stretching before each take and that was it. bridgette wilson's acting and attitude made it seem like she could really kick your ass if you pissed her off. i think that's what made it a little believable.

Besides Subs n sonyas fight scene the rest of the movie was pretty much spot on. I really liked it and think it was a good debut movie for Paul Anderson.

krsx66 Wrote:Most Disappointing scene from Mortal Kombat: The Movie???

The moment it started.