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lol the fights were terrible

posted 8 years ago by alienlion
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Just watched this again after many years and was surprised at how awful the fights were.

For one, it doesn't seem like anyone actually knew any martial arts. Limden Ashby doing that swipe, in the fake movie scene was hilarious, and then he barely caught his balance after a roundhouse kick that followed.

The only guy who seemed to have the moves was the nameless thug who got blasted by sub zero.

Reptile fight was not the worst but you could barely see anything, and they touches were too obviously light.

Scorpion fight was just mostly a great looking scene, until again, you couldn't see anything.

Too bad because the movie could have been great for a MK movie.

[–] redban (6779) 5 years ago

The fights rely more on images, not an actual display of skill or athleticism. The Scorpion fight was the best one.

[–] Cognoscente (2778) 4 years ago

Pat Johnson is a lousy choreographer who got by on title affiliation (he worked on Enter the Dragon for Roper's first fight before finding more fame with The Karate Kid).

Robin Shou's choreography made this movie better (the Scorpion and Reptile fights).

[–] CoachGainz (453) 4 years ago

True!

The Reptile and Scorpion fight far exceed the rest. I'd give the Sub Zero fight a distant 3rd. What's actually pretty impressive is how well Linden and Tagawa looked in their fights. Scorpion/ Sub Zero Reptile and Liu were all portrayed by expert martial artists.