In case you missed it, the unique 1995 Mortal Kombat film just lately celebrated its 25th anniversary, and as a part of the event, director Paul W.S. Anderson went on the record once again wanting again on the movie. While he was pretty optimistic typically, he admitted that he thinks the film nonetheless holds up thanks largely to its wonderful fights.
“We delivered one thing contemporary and thrilling that hadn’t been seen earlier than in American cinema, and I feel that stuff nonetheless holds up,” Anderson told EW. “Two actors who actually know methods to struggle going at it, that is a factor of magnificence that holds up whether or not it was performed 30 years in the past or three weeks in the past. That’s one thing Mortal Kombat has in spades, which is why I feel it is cool.”
The authentic 1995 Mortal Kombat starred Robin Shou as Liu Kang, Linden Ashby as Johnny Cage, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras as Sonya Blade, Talisa Soto as Kitana, Christopher Lambert as Raiden, Chris Casamassa as Scorpion, Francois Petit as Sub-Zero, and Trevor Goddard as Kano. The 1997 followup movie, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, was extensively panned.
The upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot movie is at present scheduled to launch on January 15, 2021. It wrapped filming late last year. The known cast contains Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Mehcad Brooks as Jax, Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion, Josh Lawson as Kano, Tadanobu Asano as Raiden, Joe Taslim as Sub-Zero, Chin Han as Shang Tsung, Sisi Stringer as Mileena, Max Huang as Kung Lao, and Lewis Tan in an unnamed function, which some speculate to be Johnny Cage. You can try all of our previous coverage of the film right here.
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