Even by the standards of films based on video games this is not good. I've played the games since MK2 so I know the franchise has a stupid story but since the film seems happy taking some big liberties with it it should have been made better, not worse (who TF is the main character anyway and why is his super power having an armoured shirt- there are 80 character on the MK roster there was no need to create Cole blandy Mcbland face).
The historical intro of the film is actually not bad but after that the film's watchability dives off a cliff. I've already mentioned that the story is dumb so it's a cardinal sin that large parts of the movie are also boring. The acting (Apart from Scorpion/Sub Zero/Shang Tsung) is awful, nothing really connects, there is no reason to care about Cole or his boring family, everything is all of a sudden far too easy in the end and all that went before is pretty pointless. Even the fight scenes are not particularly good. I really did not like this.
The historical intro of the film is actually not bad but after that the film's watchability dives off a cliff. I've already mentioned that the story is dumb so it's a cardinal sin that large parts of the movie are also boring. The acting (Apart from Scorpion/Sub Zero/Shang Tsung) is awful, nothing really connects, there is no reason to care about Cole or his boring family, everything is all of a sudden far too easy in the end and all that went before is pretty pointless. Even the fight scenes are not particularly good. I really did not like this.