Well, color me surprised! After writing a whole article about why I'd rather watch the 1995 Mortal Kombat movie over the then-new Mortal Kombat flick, I thought I'd stay with that belief for pretty much the rest of my life. And guess what..
.I probably will! However, after rewatching the 2021 movie in preparation for the new one , I actually now believe that I was way too harsh on the film back then. I don't know if I'd now call it one of the best video game movies of all time , but I definitely think that people who weren't too fond of it the first time around should give it another watch like I did.
Here's why. I Actually Now Like How They Handled Scorpion And Sub-Zero's Roles In The Film Anybody who has kept up with the MK mythos over the years knows that series mainstays Scorpion and Sub-Zero have had a..
. well, let’s just call it an interesting relationship. In the early years of the franchise, neither was really considered a “good guy,” but Scorpion was usually portrayed as being the worst of the two, with Sub-Zero even getting his own solo game in Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero .
In this title, we learned about him being Bi-Han, who wasn’t always a bad guy, but later would become one (or perhaps it is Noob Saibot who is the bad guy). This is in contrast to his brother, Kuai Liang, who is often seen as a heroic Sub-Zero. Scorpion, on the other hand, was the hellspawn in the early titles, and would later have his story fleshed out to the point where you could.
