Mortal Kombat: Legacy continues to expand its creative boundaries with its fourth episode, highlighting the origin of "twins," Kitana and Mileena.
As if the last episode's dramatic focus on the life of washed-up actor, Johnny Cage wasn't enough of a change from the bruises and blood from the first few episodes, this one brings the series into a completely different realm -- literally. With this chapter, all of the head-splitting hokum about mystical realms about Outworld and Edenia that's laden throughout the mythology of the Mortal Kombat video game series makes its debut.
We are now quite deep into the fatality-dealing freaky mythology from this point forward, and there is no turning back.
Check out the action below.
While this episode is held together by the unifying theme of the origin of Kitana (Sam Tjhia) and her evil clone, Mileena (Jolene Tran), it's also an important gateway to where the series appears to be heading, which is apparently WAY past where one might have initially thought. They actually accomplish this ambitious feat pretty admirably (and cost-effectively, mind you,) with a montage that cuts between live-action and animated sequences.
With our first glimpse of ultimate MK baddie, Shao Khan (Aleks Paunovic), we know we've moved beyond a series about smugglers trafficking robots. While he doesn't look like Lord Zed from Power Rangers as he did in the games, he's clearly a powerful badass that will have his sights set on Earth soon enough. (Well, unlike Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, at least they won't try to tell us that he's Raiden's brother.)
The series has definitely come a long way from the "realistic" character interpretations of the once-mysterious trailer for the series. In fact, we now get to see the most notable liberation from that trailer with the abandoning of the "Mad Scientist Body-Modifier" origin which they attributed to the grotesque, arm-blade wielding Baraka (Fraser Aitcheson.) In here, he's pretty much what he's supposed to be; a rabid, inter-dimensional raider with a lust for power.
Also, if the series continues following the game's canon this closely, then I wouldn't expect this to be the last we'll see of Queen Sindel (Beatrice King).
How are you liking the huge turn this series just made in this episode?
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sarid
well..it could have been better...you know...more action and less anime >_>
not that i have anything against anime but when you start a series based on live action...you just dont switch it like that
Infinius
I am really enjoying this version of Mortal Kombat. It is hard to wait a week between episodes.
BLUDCRIMSON2
Thought this series was supposed to be like that original short bringing them all into the real world? This looks nothing more than a take on the new video game.
jjp999
wtf as soon as i got into tht it went off smh all the more reason for a movie
koolboricua
Is not bad, I mean, we did had some horrible movies. It's being going the right steps, the only problem is that i do not understand how it when from Jhonny Cage to the Outworld. I think it moved to fast. They should have focus a bit more on those current character and evolve them a bit more while bring others to the story. I know the direct has a set of ideas but he needs to understand he just can put them all in one episode so quick especially when they are 9mins long at best.
thejoker959
i liked it! i wish they could've made baraka look a little more alive he looks like a zombie (pale f%cked up skin) i just wanna see sub zero and scorion, reptile also, oh and cyrax. i cant wait for this series to develop. raiden too! lu kang, kung lao! it goes on and on
TONKAROBOTS!
I must say that I find this series to be very disappointing and this latest episode did nothing for me to change my mind. I know the budget isn't the highest in the world, so it can't be the best looking show out there but the worst offender here is the writing. The dialog on average is sub-par. Everything is so forced and pretty predictable overall. I also find the action scenes to be a bore; there's no creativity or real sense of danger or actual graphic violence. And being that this is a series based of a video game that is infamous for the blood and gore it contains, you'd think they would try to honor that in the fights.
I'm still interested to see the interpretation of Scorpion and Sub-Zero but I'm not going to be holding my breath in anticipation for the future episodes.
Raisinbman
Was awesome!
Marino13
Disappointing...... I really liked the previous 3 and the way of the original trailer, bringing it into the real world with a totally different concept. This looks like its just going to turn into the original movie. I hope this isn't the direction its going.
Griever2112
Honestly... I didn't care for this episode... I liked the first 3, how each of the Earthrealm fighters were starting out... but this seems just out of place... especially since Outworld is yet to be mentioned, and we've only seen Shang Tsung for a moment at the end of Episode 3. I woudl have rather seen an episode focusing on the Earthrealm fighters rather than a very short history lesson about Outworld, Sindel, Kitana and Mileena.
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