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Ben Lindbergh

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The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

Yes.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

There's some, I mean, when Carl Urban is actually the one fighting, it's slow, which again, makes sense given his age and over the hillness.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

And there's, there's a, there's a fun flashback to like one of Johnny Cage's nineties movies with like

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

terrible effects and you know it's it's good but since he hasn't fought since then and even that kind of didn't count when he's actually fighting yeah there's some sort of slow paced like the movie I think really picks up speed as it goes along just because there's a little less lore and more just let's get down to beating each other senseless and some of the the fights just the the pace picks up I think too so I enjoyed that more and more as the movie went on the fight choreography and

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

I enjoyed, you know, Cast of Shogun, slumming it in Mortal Kombat movie, just some of the performances here, just really a lot to like.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

And obviously there's going to be more.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

Mortal Kombat 3 was already teased and announced back last fall.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

So unless this thing bombs, which it sure doesn't seem like it's going to, we will in fact have a trilogy completed this time.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

And it is going to be written by the same writer, Jeremy Slater.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

He's signed on to do that thing.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

I guess we can talk briefly about spoilers here.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

So we'll talk a little bit, just a couple of spoiler points, be warned.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

And then just a little bit of what could happen in Mortal Kombat 3 and the Mortal Kombat versus Street Fighter fight, box office fight that's shaping up for later this year.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

So here we go.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

Spoiler territory.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

The first thing I want to point out here is that the disrespect to Cole Young is

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

And invulnerable because he has a magical amulet.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

It was.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

Right.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

I mean, look, I understand why they did this, because Cole Young is an original character for the 2020 run reboot.