Mortal Kombat: Legacy II Is Fun If You're Just in It for the Fight Sequences
Turn the sound off when people are talking, though
TV execs should take note of how well Mortal Kombat: Legacy II showrunner/director Kevin Tancharoen can do what they're paying millions of dollars for, using in this case what looks like six bucks and a couple of colored filters. The script here is not great ("If you only knew how fucked-up it's been!" Yeah, that sounds intense, bro) but the budget fight choreography is surprisingly good and more or less everything in the first episode of Machimima's Mortal Kombat sequel is a trick shot or a really smart practical effect.
Things take a turn for the more expensive once the supernatural characters get deeply involved in episode 2—Kung Lao, Raiden and pals appear and disappear in neat-looking flashes of black smoke, and there's some good makeup and monster effects—and as a small-scale version of some of the sillier action movies (say the Underworld franchise, for example), it's fine.
It ain't great,...
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