The Horror Returns - The Action Returns - Ep. #35: Mortal Kombat (2021)

Episode Date: May 13, 2021

This episode Brian and Nez team up with Cole Young and the gang to take on the evil forces of Shang Tsung in the 2021 version of MORTAL KOMBAT.   Join The Action Returns Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/841619946357776   Follow The Action Returns on IG and Twitter: Instagram: @theactionreturns Twitter: @action_returns     

Make yourself at home. Yeah, I have. Oh, by the way, you beer's shit, and you're almost out of it. Where is it? You got a pen? You want to ride this down? Get fucked. You kidnapped me.

You tied me up. You threw a knife of my fucking leg on purpose. And then that lizard thing took off half of my face. Lucky for me, you can hardly notice it. I need some action tonight. All right, everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Action Returns. I'm your host, Brian. With me as always, my brother, Nez.

What's up, man? Mortal Kombat, 2021. Oh, man. Finally here, everybody. I know everybody and the mother has been talking about this film already, but we got to wrap it up with, after 1995. And then I don't even know what year annihilation came out. You'll just skip that one.

Ah, annihilation. Oh, man, HBO Max and the theaters. Do you watch this at home, or did you go to the theater? I watched it at home. I kind of got into the mindset of I'm already paying for HBO Max, so I don't really want to go and pay more money to see something I can just see already at home. But we are going to the theater. theater on the next horror returns.

I already got my tickets for a spiral. So I will be back in the theater. Yeah, I'm going to brave the theater and also brave flight down to Vegas. Maybe. I'm not sure yet. Days of the Dead horror convention is happening this weekend. So I might be there and I might not. So if you guys see me, just come up and say what's up.

but I don't know I was pumped like I'm gonna go I'm gonna go but now we're getting closer I'm like I don't know but I don't know we'll see Mortal combat has begun We need a fight before it's too late There's a war coming

It's a lot in theaters and on HBO Max The exact same day We're right I don't think we're really gonna Really get deep into this movie I know you spoke on it on two different shows already. So we'll just kind of give our initial thoughts and likes and dislikes. But of course, got to read a synopsis.

And Google always has to be extra here. It's a long one. Hunted by the fearsome warrior sub-zero MMA fighter, Cole Young finds sanctuary at the temple of Lord Raiding. training with experienced fighters Lu Kang, Kung Lao, and rogue mercenary Cano Cole prepares

to stand with Earth's greatest champions to take on the enemies of our world in a high stakes battle for the universe. IMDB MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth's greatest

champions in order to stand against his enemy the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe. Did he really seek them out? No. This is who directed it.

I believe this was his first movie. Simon McCoyd. I think that's how you say it. Yeah, his first directorial debut is stars Lewis Tan is Cole Young, Jessica McName As Sonia Blade

Josh Lawson as Cano Joe Taslim as Sub Zero Macad Brooks as Jacks Matilda Kimber Laura Brent And here we go With these names

Tataanu Tata adabo Asano Hiroki Sonata Chinhan Ludi Kin Max Huang Sissy Stringer

Mel Jarsson Nathan Jones Oh that was Nathan Jones Oh And Daniel Nelson I already know what you think

Nez but they haven't heard What do you think about Mortal Kombat 2021? I loved it If you guys heard my review on the League of Geeks shout out to Lil and Steve

I gave it a hero I thought this movie was awesome it was more like pre-mortal combat the Nicole Young story but for what it was I mean I wasn't expecting much mainly after annihilation

which was in 98 I think and the awful CGI movie they had I still haven't watched Mortal Kombat legacy I'll get to that. So I was like, all right, another moral combat, cool.

I mean, obviously the CGI is going to be a million times better than the first two films. If you guys did listen to those, man, we were tearing the CGI apart, especially in annihilation. But I thought the movie was what it was. I mean, it was good. I mean, it was rated R. There was

plenty of blood and guts and gore. From what I understand, there is. it was rated NC17 before the rating guys got a hold of it so when it comes out on Blu-ray please put out the unrated version or the NC-17 version that's the one I want to see I thought all the fighting was awesome uh Joe Taslim as uh B-Han a slash sub-zero he's badass and everything he does. So, I mean,

I was kind of shocked when I found out he was sub-zero because I really didn't look into the film. I was like, all right, I'm just going to enjoy it. But then once I saw his face on the screen, I was like, oh, shit. I mean, that was in the very beginning. But everybody in it was good.

Hero Yoki, I mean, he's good and everything. He was Scorpion, A.K. Hanzo, Asashi. He's good. I thought he was badass. I mean, the beginning. I know they released that seven minute, the actual seven minute beginning before the actual movie came out. So I thought that was awesome.

And I was like, I'm on board. If this is how it's going to be through the rest of the film, it's going to be awesome. I wished they would have went more into Sub-Zero and Scorpions deal. I mean, because they were hyping them up to be pretty much the main star. They're on the poster. They're all over the trailer. So I thought it was going to be that, but it wasn't. Again, it was pre-Mortal combat.

That wasn't really an actual tournament. This was, I assume, the months before, the actual tournament. But overall, I thought everybody in it was good. I mean, this Louis Tan guy, did he need to be in the movie? Or, no, no, not that. Cole Young, did that character need to be in the movie? No, he's not in the games or anything. So I'm pretty sure he'll be in Mortal Kombat 12 or 13, whatever's coming next.

Oh, yeah. But it was what it was. I mean, the fighting and everything was in, it was badass. What's his name? Nathan Jones. I did not realize that was him until you just said it. Yeah, I thought it was that other guy that was Zangif and that's who I taught it was. Yeah, and Street Fighter.

Yeah. And he also was, yeah, he was also a leather face and takes the chainsaw. So, I think if I'm thinking of the right guy. Yeah, yeah. But that was him? Yeah. Okay. And the remake, everyone, not the billion other chainsaw movies they did.

But I thought it was good. It was what it was. It was just the Cole Young thing. I wasn't, I was kind of, yeah. I mean, they could have made Cole Young be a character we knew. Or maybe some version of Scorpion. Because he's a descendant from, from Hanzo. So he could have been.

There were, there was many different variations of Scorpion throughout all the games. He could have been one of them. And I don't know. But to me, I think the guy that stole this whole movie was Josh Lawson, Cano. Mm-hmm. Every time he was on the screen, he was badass. I mean, did he look like Cano from the game? No.

But he was still badass. I thought he was good. Just his one-liners and just everything about him. I mean, his whole demeanor and how just badass. and not give a fuck what anyone thinks. So, but as far as dislikes, nothing against Louis Tan, but the Cole Young character,

I just thought that was no need for that. Reptile, I didn't like that at all. Was that reptile? Yeah. One of the big lizard, alligator thing, they were fighting. I mean, that was a cool fight and everything. CGI was awesome,

but I was just like, I wanted reptile. I mean, the reptile from the game or reptile from the first 1995 film. That one was awesome. But Sonia Blade, she had way more big a part in this one than in the first two. She got a lot more fight scenes. So I thought that was awesome. That's pretty much it.

Oh, well, what's his name? Raiden. He was an Asian gentleman in this one. not Highlander or Ajax from the Warriors I assume Shao Khan is going to be in the next one they do kind of hint around about him this one was more Shang Sun so I thought that was cool

I like the actor Chin Han they did there was a lot of Easter eggs in this thing I mean even the reference to the games like cano wins or flawless victory or stuff like that i thought all that was pretty sweet uh it did you knew it was coming and i was just kind of like ha okay but i was just kind of wondering where they were going to throw all that in so i thought they did it in good spots um well i don't know i mean i i just thought everybody in it was good i mean it was hopefully in this next one

it'll be better because it'll be actual the tournament of Mortal Kombat so we'll see I mean as far as I know the budget was 55 million in a box office box office 70 72.5 million

um is are they just counting box office or how are they counting the HBO max stuff uh think by subscribers new subscribers I think I'm not I'm not 100% sure on that all right I mean but overall again I thought I thought it was an awesome movie I'm glad they made it I'm glad I watched it so what did you think of it I had a lot of fun with this one I mean love the original and then we got that second one so for me it was all uphill from here

I do agree with you. I had no problem with the Cole Young character, but did we need them? No. I understand what they did by not giving us a tournament right away because I think the director said they didn't want to re-do the same thing as the original movie. And I kind of respect that, you know, kind of get to know these characters build towards the tournament and the sequel. I thought everybody was was perfectly cast. Yeah, I agree with you. Kano was his name.

Josh Lawson played Kano. I thought he was the standout character along with Joe Taslin as that's my sub-zero from now on. He was cold and badass. And I just liked the whole portrayal of Sub-Zero in this movie. Heroki Sonata as Scorpion, another badass act. I loved his portrayal of Scorpion and they fixed the problem. He did say, get over here, but that's all he said. He didn't say, you know, get down here, sucker.

You know, he didn't say none of that fucking dumb shit. Um, the, I agree with everything you said as far as likes. I did have a couple of issues though, like when they were trying to discover their power, their inner powers that they had. I thought some of them was fucking stupid. Like, Jackson's power was to have bigger mechanical arms.

I mean, really? It was a good thing he had the arms then, because I don't know. And then I felt like when Sonia got hers, she figured her out way quicker than everybody else. And Koyang, I didn't, I didn't really understand what his, his was like, it was an armor or was it, what was it? I assume it was just some kind of upper body armor that just like took all the impacts of kicks, punches or whatever hit him.

Because wherever he got hit, you saw it glow. And then it just kind of went away. I mean, especially when he was fighting Goro. Oh, really quick. Goro was awesome in this one. This was the girl Goro we wanted. I can appreciate the one we got in 95 because that was all handmade and robotic and somebody in it. But he didn't do anything or they did stuff, but they didn't show it.

So I was glad that they did it this way. I liked that fight with him and Cole Young. I thought it was cool. And his death was awesome. because when Cole sliced him up, I know like his cut his hand off, or what was he like, I don't know if he popped his arm out of his socket.

I loved how he did that. Yeah, he broke it. Yeah, well, his other arms, and then he just fixed it and got back into the mix. But when he got his hand cut off, I thought that was awesome when he got cut in the chest and then all his guts started to fall out. I thought that was badass and everything.

So I was glad that Goro got to shine for us. I thought the fatalities were cool I mean the first real one we get is what Kung Lao Yeah With his hat I don't know the character

I think her name was Natara Some kind of like I don't even know if she's from the game or not But Some kind of winged creature or something And then he just had the The hat in the ground spinning and just sliced her in half.

I thought that was pretty cool. Jack's one was pretty brutal because he just was beating a shit out of him and this fucking smashed his head in and then just looked at his hands and was like, yeah, these motherfuckers work. I wish...

Go ahead. I like this, get this, Jacks. I didn't like the version we got in the the one. in annihilation. He was like just going a little too overboard. This, this Jackson at least kind of kept his,

uh, his, his little one liners pretty much to a minimal. Yeah. Yeah, a really quick, a jacks. Um,

what was the actor's name? Cod Brooks. He was good. I liked him. But, but like you said, was that his, whatever they called it,

there's a special power to, to make his arm. Biggs? I mean, what if his arms were just normal? Because he had the little dragon, uh, tattoo, a little jack dragon mark on him. So what if he didn't lose his arms? What is it? Was he just going to get strong arms? I mean, I didn't understand why that was his, his power or whatever. Yeah. The only one that made sense to me was cano. Yeah. Because I was, I was wondering, because I thought maybe he was going to get the eye when he got scratched by reptile, but it didn't mess of his eye. But then later when they were talking about, they were going to have to find their inner power and let

it let it out. I was like, okay, that's how he's going to get the laser eye. And it makes a lot of sense with him. Jacks, no. I didn't mind Sonia's, but I just felt like it was just too quick that she figured out hers. well I figure they they all knew they were getting something they just had to figure out how to how to bring it out of them

so but um uh who I don't know what to say something oh the hint to night wolf I thought that was cool obviously what was that it was um when they went to uh Sonia's

and Jack's trailer or their little compact Oh, it was on the wall. Yeah, when the camera was panning around, there was a little article with a picture of Native American. I can't remember what tribe he is. But it was Nighthawk or Night Wolf. Nice.

So I was like, all right, cool. All right. Any guys that are making this film? Any Warner Brothers people or whoever is putting this together, please cast the Native American actor. Don't get somebody famous that can fight. I mean, just give us that some kind of justice. Yeah, you did us good when you put Lightfoot as Night Wolf in Annihilation.

He didn't do anything, but at least he was a Native American. Speaking for myself, and I'm sure all you Native listeners, that's what we want. But if you ask me who to get, I don't know. I think they will. I think they will. I mean, they gave us an Asian rating. And I don't think that's ever, I don't even think it's been done in the little web series either.

So we did get that. Oh, but I liked all the little, small little references they were doing to the game, especially when Cana was fighting Lou Kang. And he kept doing that with the sweep the leg thing. He goes, is that all you going to do? Or why don't you do something else? We've already mentioned this before. If you got a move that works, keep using it.

I don't care what anybody says. So I thought that was cool. Did you get the sub-zero's little moves to throw his ice stuff that was on the wall during the Toursy Inn? No, I didn't. You were catching a lot that I wasn't. Yeah, I watched it a few times and then I watched those videos on all these are things you missed I caught it all, but I thought that was cool. It was something that I wasn't even looking for.

I watched this a few times already. And I went, I didn't catch it the first time. I think it was like second or third. I went, whoa. And then I was like, cool. But it's just something really that was cool. I mean, if you guys haven't played the games and you just watch the films, I mean, of course, you're going to enjoy him as well.

But, I mean, as far as people that played the game, for me, we've talked about this already. I was only pretty much familiar with the first three games. After that, I kind of just couldn't play him anymore. My son does have the last two. So I want to sit down there and play those with him. He'll probably beat me up because he knows all the moves. of course we got the biggest hint at the end with them referencing

was it Johnny Cave yeah now question there has been a lot of fan casting and I keep hearing two names over and over first one is the Miz what do you think awesome That's what I want.

He's the Marine. Not, not, John Seen is the Marine, but not, he did the second one. Tim Viasi Jr. Yeah, I was about to say. That one was all right. The Ms. Mike, whatever, Ms. something.

I mean, I've always liked him since his MTV days. And he's a good heel. as I assume they can teach him martial arts unless he does know martial art I don't know that's my hang up with that yeah because I know he can he can play the character but can he do the fight I don't know I mean and the other one is um what's his names Green Lantern Deadpool Ryan Reynolds that's what everybody it wants he did he did respond to some of the fans. So I don't know if he's on board with the idea

or maybe he was just, I'm sure he was getting that tweet or whatever over and over and he responded to a few. I mean, I love Ryan Reynolds, but I mean, he did do some fighting. I don't know if that was him in the suit the whole time in Deadpool or um,

you don't, don't don't forget about Hannibal King. Yeah, he did beat up a triple H and Play trinity But I don't know I mean Let's just

Okay let's just say it came down to those two Which which one would you want? I would have to go with them is I think I think The way he He does his in ring stuff I think it would be easy for him to Learn the court fight choreography

And just the way he carries himself as a heel I think would be perfect for Johnny Cage Yeah But they probably won't go with either of them. But if it was up to the guys that are making this, of course they would pick Ryan Reynolds because he would be the draw. I mean, Ms. would get all the wrestling fans in there. I'm pretty sure they're the main ones that play the game.

I mean, Ryan Reynolds is more just eye candy for the ladies. but have you heard the fan casting of van dam uh i've heard but i remember who they want him to be i know he was also johnny k they wanted him as johnny kage but he's too old yeah that's what people are kind of like i think that was for johnny kage this recent one but i'm just like he's isn't he like 60 now or And if he's not, he's pushing it.

So, but I mean, he's, he's got the move. So of course he does. But, um, it's just his age. So I don't, I don't know. I mean, I don't. Yeah. They would have to flip the story to make him like a past his prime action movie star or something. Nah, we want a young, uh, Johnny Cage.

So, um, I was kind of hoping that some of the cast from the other films might have made like cameos in this, but I don't think anyone did. Not that I see here.

I mean, I don't even know if we're getting a second one. I mean, well, I know Joe Taslim's, I think he was signed to like a four or five picture deal.

It doesn't necessarily They're going to make it. I mean I don't know I mean Can you really fairly judge The movie As far as box office

With the way things are now Yeah I mean I don't think you can do that with any movie I mean not just These big blockbuster films But I don't know I mean

Movie theaters are like barely hanging on. I know people are still going, but not as many as before. So, and obviously they can put these on all these different streaming sites or services now. And a lot of people are, yeah, cool, sweet. I don't have to go in or I can just sit in the comfort of my own home. I mean, I enjoy that too, but I do miss the movie theater because, I mean, Brian and I, we went pretty much every week.

for something be a good or bad and but I don't know um we'll we'll just see but I'm pretty sure we'll get another one I just don't know when I mean I would want them to at least take their time and write a good story bring in some new characters but in this one they made it seem like everybody that was in it died but then they also I think it was um uh shang shang sung he was the one that said that not every or was it him or raiden not everyone really really dies yeah it was shang sung i think he said death is just another dimension

or something like that yeah and then you saw all the bodies disappear yeah because i'm like you can't kill all these big characters right from the get-go i mean especially he's sub-zero. I mean, he's got to be in it. So, in Kung Lao, I don't think they should have killed him,

but I don't know. Maybe he'll come back. I mean, we'll see. Or maybe a different version of Kung Lao. I don't, I don't know. I dug that scene. He kind of force choked him all the way

brought him to him, and your soul is mine. Oh, man. I kind of wanted to see Shank Sung at least fight. He didn't do much for kind of just standing in the background, giving orders.

Yeah, we didn't get none of him or raiding. No. We got a couple of moves from Raiden, but nothing solid. I mean, he didn't, like, do his moves. The one that I really liked was,

Cabal. I liked how he He looked. I thought he looked cool. I didn't really care so much for his voice. He just sounded like somebody from New York or New Jersey or something, but I thought he was cool. I loved how he kept doing his moves from the game. His teleportation stuff. And then he pop up here, boom. I hate fighting him in the game because that's all he does. and you're like, ah. So, but I thought that was pretty sweet.

He was voiced by Damon Harriman, and he played Charles Manson in the Netflix show, Mind Hunter, and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Oh, that was him? Yeah, he's the voice. Natara, the winged vampire chick. Is she in the game? If she is, she might be in one of the later ones because I don't kind of remember her. I think, yeah, I think she is in the game.

Natarer made her, that's her film debut. Yeah, I think she's in the game. I mean, I think the thing that I really loved about this film was the very, very beginning, because that took place way back in the 17th century Japan when, what's his name, uh hanzo him and his family he's just living his life him and his wife and his two kids a young little boy and little baby girl i think and then scorpion shows up um i like that because it was like bloody right when scorpion got or uh sub zero got there i thought that was cool and then when hanzo took on uh all those other dudes sub zero sub zero's men or whatever

And he was bringing it to him, man. Stabbed that one fool right in the top of the head. And I loved when he got that little, was that little garden tool, the thing? Yeah, he just made it with a piece of rope. Yeah, he tied that rope in and was throwing on it. The one I loved the move, but I loved in that was when he threw it and it stabbed that one dude. Then he pulled him back and, like, clothes lined him hell of hard. I was like, yeah.

I liked when real martial artists were fighting. I mean, there was times where, of course, I get to do the whole rope thing with them flying around and everything. Yeah, all right. I'm glad they didn't go overboard with that. But that beginning scene was, I wish the whole movie wouldn't went that way of just Sub-Zero and Scorpion fighting each other throughout the whole film. Because like I said earlier, they promoted them as these are the main two that are this movie's. going to be about and then we're introduced to Cole Young but

I just loved the beginning I love those movies that are set way back in that time era so but I mean all those ones well what was I want Tom Cruise last summer yeah I mean that was cool

I mean set in way back in that time but I mean it was in that movie yeah he was I mean they're at least just they were just kind of laying the foundation of who these two characters were. Because Hansa did have that dragon mark on him. Because pretty much the whole movie was, Changsung was sending all his warriors out to kill all the people that had the little dragon mark on him

that were going to participate in the Mortal Kombat tournament. And Shang Song was like, you know what, we've won. The past nine or whatever, and we're just going to keep doing what we're doing. So let's go out and hunt all these people down so we can have a better chance in winning the tournament. So that was the reason for this film. And that's when we're introduced to Cole Young. And he falls into it with Jackson, Sonia Blade. And then, oh, Raiden came.

Was it Raiden came and told him? or no no no they had to search out rating yeah um they were looking for that temple but cano was the only one that that knew where it was so that's why they they strung him along uh to uh help him find him and that's when we're introduced to lu keg what i loved he looked like lukeg from the game uh And we finally got to see him do his fireballs because in those other movies we didn't. So I thought that was pretty cool. Man, that was like the first thing he did, he shot a fireball at Cano. I thought that was awesome.

Yeah, when he made that fire dragon, it was way better than that stupid shit he did in fucking annihilation. But it was cool. Then, I mean, when we're introduced to Cole Young, he's just, I don't know if he was over the hill, MMA fighter just getting beat up and I assume that was his wife. Yeah. And I know that was his daughter. But then he like, he was born with that tattoo with that dragon mark. So, but he never really knew what it was for.

And that was when Sonia came around and kind of told him what was happening and why they needed him. So that was when he probably went, all right. So he went on the adventure. with them because once they got there, Lou King was one to show them

where the temple was and then that's when that was when Raiden came into the picture, right? Well,

for them. Yeah. Because in the beginning of the film after a Hanso gets killed by a sub-zero, he kind of just

flames up and that we didn't know where he went from there. But, um, Raiden showed up. and took the little, his little girl, the little girl, Hanzo's little girl,

because before Sub Zero busted into the house, the mom hid, hid the baby. So Raiden took that baby and, I assume, raised it, and then to keep the bloodline going. But they didn't even really go into that. I mean, I thought that baby was going to be a somebody, but. Yeah. they just only mentioned that the bloodline was like I guess the prophecy that would win the tournament or something like that yeah um all right however an ancient prophecy states that the blood of hansel asashi or whatever however said will unite the new generation of earth realms champions

for champions to prevent outworld victory so all right so that's That's why Cole Young was thrown in into this. But yeah, I liked how once they got to that temple and they actually explained to them what was happening. And they're saying, all right, now we have to train you guys, basically training them to bring out their power. I think it says right here, arcana, what is their inner power? Okay. So why they're doing that This is when Shanksang

Shung shows up with his crew And and it's trying to stop him But sub-zero was the one That was really going after Cole Young Um Because they told him to stop that bloodline To kill him and I assume his daughter as well But

And then I mean they pretty Most of it just took place at that temple while they were fighting so I thought that was cool I think the best fight or the best was Kung Lao when he took out in the Tara I thought that was sweet how he

threw his hat into the ground and it turned into like a little circular like a table saw and he just he jumped on her back and rode her into it and then it just cut her at half I left out of the blood

went all the load of him and then he like wiped the blood off his hands it flawless victory I was like did you need to say that? No, but all right I thought that was one of the best

kills because I didn't think they were going to go that way but if you play the game you know that move so I thought that was really awesome I mean I loved all the them paying homage to the video game so I really loved all that

but I mean yeah that was pretty much the story Changsung trying to kill all them and them just fighting off because this is all before actual Mortal Kombat. I assume they're just going to team all at the end. That first time watching this when Cole is in his little MMA blocker room or whatever, and then whoever owned the gym, we're like, yeah, we're going to come back? He's not going to go to Hollywood. He goes, well, I go.

There's someone I got to find. then the camera pans around you see a poster for a new Johnny Cage movie but you just see his like from the chest down you don't see who the who the faces the first time I was like oh shit

but I was hyped and then the movie was over do you think they already have a Johnny Cage they're just not telling anybody I if they don't they kind of have an idea who they want Um, but most likely they do.

I'm sure they're like, hey, um, we want you, but let's just wait and see how this does before we, uh, start on the next one. So I don't know. I had obviously it's going to be someone that either a real martial artist, maybe an unknown or maybe someone we do know that they got to train. I, I don't know what they're doing. But, um, the fights, the very beginning fight was awesome. the final fight at the end when Scorpion shows up. Like Scorpion.

I thought he looked. I thought he looked badass. I mean, I loved both of their sub-zero and Scorpion's masks. I thought those look sweet. I love the way they both looked in the 95 version and I even liked how they looked in the annihilation.

This one, this version of Scorpion where he has the actual like hood. I I just thought it was tough. And I'm glad he did one of his fatality moves when he pretty much took out sub-zero when he took his mask off and kind of looked like a skull and then just blew the fire on him. Yeah, I kind of liked that because he was breathing fire. And it was like the fire was burning away his face until you saw some of the skull.

Yeah. I do like how it looked in 95. I mean, that's how it looked in the game where he just pulled his mask off and then it was a skullhead and then breathed out fire. I loved how they did that. Yeah, did the C.G. I looked cheesy. Of course it did. But it was still awesome scene. But this one, I liked how he just took his face, his little ninja mask covering his mouth off and blew it.

I said this before talking about all these films. I want one of those scorpion masks. I mean, there's many ones that guys make I see on Etsy or eBay or something But I want one of those I mean, I think those are sweet I mean, especially for all the masks we got to wear right now I think that would be fucking awesome to have something like that

But um that fight at the end I mean, I loved how subzero made his sword out of ice he just And then just like cementing to kick an ass. I mean, I thought that was awesome. And the way Scorpion had his his katana blade and just fucking just all over the place. That was amazing.

I do love this was something in the trailer which really got me juiced is when a sub-zero, I think he cut Scorpion somehow and blood splattered and he just turned it into like a dagger. Frozen and the stab

to stabs. That's like, you're going to stab somebody with their own blood? I was like, oh my God. That was awesome. I mean, I loved it. I wish that fight would have went on just a little bit longer. But overall, I thought the fight was amazing at the end.

I don't really. What else to say? I mean, that was... I think that's it. I mean, it's definitely... In my opinion, the pluses outweigh, the negatives. I think they have something they can build on from here. And I hope they get a sequel. And in the sequel, I think we'll see

more of other dimensions and more characters and the tournament. Yeah. I mean, I want more good characters. I mean, there's a billion different characters for this, for these game series. So, I just kind of have a feeling they're going to throw in the ones the characters from the more earlier games because Kung Lao wasn't

in the first game that I didn't remember he either came in in the second or the third one. I want to say the second one Kung Lao came into it but Cabal he wasn't in the first game. He wasn't

one of the second or third. I want to say the third but I don't know one of you guys are probably screaming it at me but um yeah they gotta have katana i mean can't have malina without her yeah we'll see um as as a fan of the of this movie series i mean going forward don't throw a love story into it i didn't like that lu keg katana shit in the second one to don't do any of that man just concentrating on action and fighting. That's what

we want. There was no love story and then the games. It was just all about killing and everything and kicking ass. That's what we want with these. I hate what movies do that. I always got a shoehorn in some kind of love story.

Well, maybe that's why Cole's in this movie because he has the whole family and they don't have to do that with none of the other characters. Yeah, I'm I kind of want to know why they brought him into this. I mean, but I don't know.

Well, we'll see where it goes from here. I don't see them putting out another one. They give it a few more years before they, excuse me, before they start doing it. But, I mean,

but again, overall, I loved the film. I thought it was awesome. But give me that unrated steel book. Because that that's what I want to see. I want to see that version. that they had to cut up.

It's coming. All right. This is the part of the show when you tell the listeners what you got coming. We just dropped one of the latest E-societies. I don't remember two something. With that, we were going to do a second half, but then we just kind of didn't get to get to it. because we only did

movies because we only had a little bit. We had a shit ton of TV to talk about. And if we would have added that just to the regular show, show probably been four hours. So we said, well, let's just do movies and the regular stuff to end the show. So hopefully at some point we can knock out all the TV.

That'll probably just be one show again as well and not have movies in it. But that's out. We did a quick little first impressions, first thoughts on the new Venom. There will be Carnage trailer. Fuck that movie. I mean, if you guys listen to our ESP at the movies when we did it when that first Venom movie came out, I hated that movie.

That's hashtag not my venom. But I was like, okay, they already did that. Let's see what they're going to do now. I did have a lot of dislikes just with the trailer and everything. To me, I think it's way too early to bring in carnage. And this Venom story is not how Venom came to be. Yeah, I mean, fuck.

Is Eddie Brock and Venom a fucking comedy duo now? I mean, like, what is going on? I hated that whole kitchen scene. I don't know. Of course we're going to see it. You're going to hear more complaining from me about it. The Zisu, man, he's my brother and I love him, but he just looks at things a little bit different. And I just don't think he has a bad bone in his body.

So that's why he's a little more generous to everything. I mean, that's why East Society works with the both of us. I'm the more hatred and I fuck that movie. type of guy and he's the one it's good, it's okay, man, it's still worth watching me. I'm like, don't watch it is bullshit. We'll listen to our review when that movie comes out. But I think those are the last things,

the last two things we put out, other than the ESP horror returns bonus episode when we did the death trip. Yes, death trip. So, but yeah, as far as that, that's all we have so far. But we got more coming. I hinted or I didn't a hint, but we kind of mentioned something, the Brian and I's going to do another one for horror returns,

talking about just movies that we never really ever seen or heard of. So we're going to do that. But then when I was thinking of that, ESP, e-society has spun off into many different little side things, be it up to the challenge or ESP at the movies or, uh, yes, ESP presents fight society. I mean,

all that shit. Um, I want to do a monthly horror thing for, for all you horror fans. Yeah, we talk about horror. Well,

it's mainly me. Anyway, when I do talk about it. Well, if it's not me, it's me and Brian or, or me and Mike or sometimes all three of us, but,

um, I want to start, uh, ESP fright time. That's the, the title we're going to call it. Nice. So,

uh, that'll, be just our monthly horror films. But then, if you guys do listen to show, you know in October, we do the 31 days of horror. So that's going to be ESPs, Fright Time presents 31 Days of Horror this year. So of course you're going to hear me and Brian again. Like you hear us on all these different shows. So that's coming, everybody.

And still in the planning stages, now I've got to find movies to watch. but I do I did I did start a list and just pick the ones you want to do from that list that's only the first 10 so we still got more 20 21 more to pick but we'll see everyone but yeah all you did listen to all our 31 days of horror the last few years thank you but yeah we got more coming um yeah that's about it that that I can think of um But yeah, everyone, I mean, Mortal Kombat, if you haven't seen it, you got HBO Max, definitely check it out.

It's still in theater. So if you do go to the movie theaters and you haven't seen it, go to theater and see it. But either way, whatever you guys want to do, your lives, just be safe out there. I mean, that's the main thing. So as far as that, that's all we got going on. Definitely, we'll hear a friend of the show,

Tim Davis came on, pick some movies for us, and you guys get to listen to the Lans his scores are vastly different from everybody else's. THR percent stream fiends. We got 1984's Cloak and Dagger. The next THR ESP bonus episode will be paranormal prison. And for the next action returns,

we're going to sneak in one more new movie. And it just came on on Amazon Prime. And that's Tom Clancy's no remorse. I think that's what it called. New Michael B. Jordan. Blake? Yeah, we, well, Zisu talked about it.

I haven't seen it yet, so give me a reason to watch it now. All right. And, yeah, we got a lot of stuff coming. Wrestling returns will come sometime next week because of a

WrestleMania backlash. Stupid-ass title. But until then, everybody, stay safe. Excellent!