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Ronald Young Jr.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

Fair point.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

Yeah.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

It's going to be fun for people who like it and Jordan is evidence of that.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

But if you have no connection to this franchise, I don't see how you'll end up liking this movie.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

I would have been here for it, honestly.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

I would have been here for it.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

Hate him to the point where I started to wonder, do I even like Carl Urban?

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

And then watching this reminded me that he's acting and he's a fairly good actor as well.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

And I said fairly good tongue in cheek.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

I think he's a great actor.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

And I think watching him kind of endeared me to him a little bit more because I started to remember all of the other roles in which I liked him in.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

I remember that he has a whole spectrum of roles.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

He's so fun in this film.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

He's very funny.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

They give him a lot to do.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

But the one drawback I would say is this movie seems to be confused about who the star of the movie is.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

At some point, I'm thinking, is this Katana's story or is this Johnny Cage's story?

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

I mean, it's both.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

It kind of is.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

But at some point, I think towards the end and the climax of the film, I remember watching it and thinking, am I watching a Johnny Cage coming of age story?