TPToA Podcast 447 – Mortal Kombat 2
About this episode
The episode discusses the sequel to Mortal Kombat, focusing on its improvements and character dynamics.
Mortal Kombat 2 It’s been 5 years since the last Mortal Kombat film was almost apologetically released onto our screens in a mid-covid streaming-first market. It was a moderate success at the time and folks were generally taken with the humour , the action beats and the relatively lore-accurate storyline. They were less interested in the new lead character Cole , who had never appeared in any MK story up to that point and whose main power seemed to be getting the seven shades of shit kicked out of him . Director Simon McQuoid has taken his licks on that one and has made the smart decision to follow up on that first story with a very different focus, and a lot of improvements. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation sits at the very top of the pile of worst sequels, and most crushing disappointments ever. Lets hope that this sequel doesn’t need the same tag line “Destroy your expectations”. It’s a 1 vs 1 match tonight with Dion in the red corner, and Quinny in the other colour non-descript corner (he can’t tell he’s colourblind!) we can only assume Peta and Jill are having their own knock-down drag-out fight in some other arena! Synopsis Johnny Cage…
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