Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match fully embraces the personality of its self obsessed title character and it makes this entry the best since they started these. This has such a unique personality to it, helped by the fact that it's focusing on the best character. The one off story approach really works for these, so far.
Joel McHale remains a great choice for Johnny Cage, it's his third and best time as the character. He once again nails that complete lack of modesty and it's particularly impressive that despite being the lead as well as narrating the whole thing, he never becomes grating.
Ethan Spaulding's direction is helped massively by the 80s setting which allows him to imbue everything with so much more style than the previous ones (lots of neon in this one). The score by John Jennings Boyd and Eric V. Hachikian also benefits a lot from the 80s setting, giving it the opportunity to go very synth heavy.
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match
2023
Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match
2023
Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy
Plot summary
In 1980s Hollywood, action star Johnny Cage is looking to become an A-list actor. But when his costar, Jennifer, goes missing from set, Johnny finds himself thrust into a world filled with shadows, danger, and deceit. As he embarks on a bloody journey, Johnny quickly discovers the City of Angels has more than a few devils in its midst.
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October 14, 2023 at 09:17 PM
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Makes sense the Johnny Cage one is the best
Well I'll be - I never liked Johny Cage too much... Now I love him!
Holy freaking heck.
How does these guys make animated movies better and better every freaking time? I have no idea! But I think 5.8 at the moment is a LOW offer. The movie has massive amount of references and easter eggs, and is super funny too! I loved watching it.. and especially because t was first animated movie with Retrowave theme! It was absolutely awesome!
I never really would choose cage to start with, so although of course its a popular character in Mortal Kombat games and in the first movie... I wouldn't think there can be as awesome movie to make about him. I am much impressed! Congratulations to the studio, and thank you!
Cheesy fun action!
Cheesy fun action. The film is hilarious! I hope they make more Cage films!
When i sat down to watch this i had no expectations of what to expect, i went in totally blind and it blew me away. The voice acting is great. The writing is fun cheese, don't go in expecting a heavy drama or anything like some people have oddly bemoaned. The creators knew exactly what they wanted to make and made it. The fighting is furious and fast, though this is definitely more of a komedy than a pure action film.
The 80's style was fun. Animation was solid. I liked the use of colors. Some of the music was riffs of classics, which was a bit odd, but maybe the budget didn't allow for eye of the tiger.