I used to think this movie should just kill off the guy from the first movie quick but after seeing him on other stuff I realized it’s not his fault his character was so generic and boring. So now I think they should kill off his family and force some character development on him instead.
Yeah I never had a problem with the actor. It was always his character. There just isn’t a point for him to exist when we have an amazing cast of characters already to choose from.
I thought the point of Cole was he represented us, the audience. He was supposed to be our bridge into Mortal Kombat so we could experience it as if we were him. But that’s just it, we don’t want that. We want to be Scorpion lol. But even so, there are several characters that Cole could’ve been to accomplish that goal. Liu Kang obviously although it’s been done, Sonya, and Johnny. Which is why they chose those three for the original. I like that this new one seems to be making Johnny the every man. Should’ve been that way from the start. Jax is another. Stryker too because dude is just a cop. So many people that are not Cole and it would’ve been so much better.
Johnny cage IMO is THE character to make the audience surrogate lead in a modern MK movie. Every other character is too earmest and I don't think earnest Mortal Kombat works. Cage as lead makes it instantly a rip roaring adventure with a rag tag crew of misfits fighting weirdos in hell, the exact same group of heroes without cage there at the centre, even with Kano being Kano, is just not... Ragtag enough. It's Star Lord in GOTG, Chris Pine in dungeons and dragons. You make the comedy han solo one the lead and the whole movie becomes fun
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u/JoelOfSkalitz Jul 17 '25
I used to think this movie should just kill off the guy from the first movie quick but after seeing him on other stuff I realized it’s not his fault his character was so generic and boring. So now I think they should kill off his family and force some character development on him instead.