He kills Hanzo as well as his wife and son. Bi-Han/Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim) kills the ninja clan led by Hanzo Hasashi/Scorpion. The director makes effective use of some visceral battle fights. It is surprisingly entertaining but a predictable film. Mortal Kombat has been rebooted as a gore laden and a more serious action packed movie. Sadly, that road is usually downhill but maybe it could be a long ride. As it stands, this is a well made B-movie and it's probably enough to continue as a B-movie franchise. It would give this the illusion of an A-list movie. It's an old Hollywood trick but it works. The missing ingredient is an A-list actor or an old action star doing a side role cameo. The story is basic and set up to have more movies in the franchise. It's very competent like the competent acting, action, and designs. The special effects are mostly up to date. It has scraped off the cheese and speckled on some more action. This is a violent, hard-R reboot of the video game adaptation from the 90's. Cole Young (Lewis Tan), Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee), and Liu Kang (Ludi Lin) must defeat the warriors of ruthless Outworld Emperor Shang Tsung (Chin Han). After nine victories by Outworld, they are one loss away from the Earth being conquered.
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