Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (Blu-ray)

This Christmas gift is going to make someone very happy & I can't wait to see their reaction.

Shut up and take my money for the next 5 installments please. This was great. Here are my critiques: 1) Katana is a warrior. Why do writers make her out to be so defenseless and dainty? I guess she’s MK’s version of Disney’s “damsel in distress” but I don’t like it. I want to see so much more and better engaging in fighting and actual fighting from her even though she’s a peacemaker. Yes she did fight Raiden and it was one of the best I’ve seen Katana engaged in a fight, but let’s do better with her, creators. She’s a warrior-princess. Not just a princess. Although she is not a mercenary, she is a “warrior with a heart”. 2) Why did Kung Lao perish so easily? He’s the guardian of wind, right? He, too, is made to be weakened and he could be imagined at a much elevated level than what MK usually gives him. They did a good job in MK 11 and MK 11 Ultimate, but c’mon give the man some fight and credit. 3) SONYA BLADE, a mortal, regardless of her peak levels, can withstand the same blows from Shao Kahn as non-mortals and live? Meh! I’m kinda tired of Sonya. She adds no value for me except she’s good for the storyline because she’s an original. I’m not into the military style figures with their guns and brawn and attitude. Just shut up and fight - in my Shao Kahn voice - but do it without all of that. I suppose the “add” because it’d be bland with everyone having superpowers, but be a bit more realistic, please. That part where she fought Shao Kahn and lived was phony at best. I’ll give her credit for the spare with D’vorrah, but I am tired of non-superhumans withstanding the attacks of superhumans like pros and living to tell it with all their health included. That could have been executed better. 4) Johnny was cool. Give me a little bit more storyline, please. 5) Maybe I’ve become disillusioned over the years of it all, but I need to better understand the connection between Quan Chi, Shang Tsung, and Lord Shinnok. I’d like to see them in a movie all together and how that’d work. I often see only two of the three together at any given time. Other times Quan Chi is happily serving Lord Shinnok; other times he’s rebelling and/or out for revenge. Shang Tsung is cunning and usually seems to know how to smooth talk and ally with anyone, so he’s either way with either of them. Anyway, Quan Chi is not in this installment. Just wanted to put my thought out about the connection between the three. 6) All for Liu Kang being “that guy” and being “that guy” in the end, but the dragon and the fight was lame. The whole ending was lame. Do-over with that ending, please. 7) Liu Kang complained about Shang Tsung’s pride and arrogance but he, too, displayed some pride and arrogance that guided as eagerness. Thankfully, Raiden was there as a buffer to guide and stave it off so Liu could see the bigger picture - he was needed in the end not in the beginning or the mid. Overall, great action, visuals, and storyline.

Now we can say Mortal Kombat had a sequel. The 1995 movie did not have a sequel

Good continuation, if not the ending.

MK Legends: Battle of the Realms takes off in it's own unique direction compared to other takes on MK lore, continuing the trend set by the first film of shaking up any expectations. The animation is crisp and the designs are solid translations of their in-game counterparts.My only real gripes are with the story and some design decisions. Some of the changes to the story seem odd and seeing so many MKX callbacks in what is essentially an MK2 retelling can be a bit jarring. I'd personally rather see more liberties taken with the design than the lore. That being said, it clearly accomplishes the goals it sets out to do: "Make a gory, intense WB Animation take on Mortal Kombat."It's definitely worth a watch if you're a fan of Mortal Kombat and violent animation. Which might be likely, if you took the time to read this lol

I'm 34, and grew up playing pretty much all MK games. I loved the reboot games, as they tried to make sense of the convoluted story lines; to my enjoyment, I think they did as good a job as can be expected.When I saw Scorpion's Revenge, I was extremely excited for the next movie. The pacing of Scorpion's Revenge was great, and overall it was an enjoyable experience—I have no problems rewatching it and still getting some enjoyment out of it.Battle of the Realms really suffers in regards to pacing. There seem to be multiple movies competing for the spotlight, and none of them really shine as it all feels rushed. Honestly, if this movie was 2 1/2 hours long, it may have been a banger. Certain character deaths had me scratching my head. I know they die in the game, and how they're brought back—but this movie seems to bring a certain character in just to kill him brutally...I mean, why? What's worse is, if I didn't know who this character was, I wouldn't care at all. There's literally no character development beyond what you saw in Scorpion's Revenge. I get that we're not here for a deep story, but come on, at least pretend to care about your characters. Raiden is arguably the only one who shows an iota of being cared for by the writers.I feel like the characters are here to progress the story, instead of the story progressing around the characters and their decisions. This movie has no soul, and not because Shang Tsung stole it—it wasn't there to begin with.Seriously, make the movie longer and dive deeper into the characters and why they're there. A portal opens to Mortal Kombat and everyone's like "ok, time to go", when a couple minutes ago they were saying "this is a terrible idea, lets figure something else out". We literally get a "no, I've decided for you" and they're cool with it. Idk why some of them went in the portal, as their motivations are unclear beyond "gotta do it to save the Earth", which just reeks of lazy writing.If they would have made this into a two part movie, it could've been better. Hindsight is always 20/20 tho...Save your money and rent it, or wait for it to be free on Prime or something. I wouldn't buy it, as it's probably not going to get watched again, ever.I'm not a professional movie critic, this is obviously my opinion... I'm just a fan of MK and am tired of seeing the story get dumped on when there's legitimate gold here to be shared.

Battle of the Realms isn’t quite on the same level of Scorpion’s Revenge, but fans of Mortal Kombat will still find entertainment in it I’m sure. I guess my only real complaint is that the case came slightly damaged since it was just put in an envelope. I noticed that’s been happening a lot when I order movies from Amazon.

I was truly looking for the DVD version of this movie but oh well. I liked the sequel to Scorpion's Revenge. It's worth watching.

Now I have to be honest and give a honest review on this one lol ,here it goes overall the movie was decent the fight scenes is what i expected to be (really sick ) but the story for the life of me can't understand why they went this route but overall good watch. Looking forward to the next one

As a long time fan of Mortal Kombat, this movie doesn't disappoint. With the amount of lore it goes into, it could do with being longer, so parts of it do feel slightly too rushed, but it doesn't ruin the experience. It has everything you want from a Mortal Kombat movie and feels very similar to Scorpions revenge. I would recommend this movie for all Mortal Kombat fans.

rubbish sequel and a waste of money they have the material to make a good story line but they really couldn't be bothered when you've watched the film you'll see what I mean.

Not a bad film but not good either. Felt it was very rushed and could easily been longer or split over another film

Do I really need to explain further?