History Awesome / MortalKombat2021

* Sub-Zero's cryokenesis borders on StoryBreakerPower just based on what he does in the first trailer. Freezing a shotgun and its pellets ''as it fires'', creating weapons out of thin air, turning a whole arena frozen, creating a knife from an opponent's blood[[note]]Which was done only once during his X-Ray attack in Mortal Kombat X[[/note]], and, in possibly his most horrifically impressive moment, freezing Jax's arms solid before [[LiterallyShatteredLives completely shattering them]] in a spray of blood.

* Sub-Zero's cryokenesis borders on StoryBreakerPower just based on what he does in the first trailer. Freezing a shotgun and its pellets ''as it fires'', creating weapons out of thin air, turning a whole arena frozen, creating a knife from an opponent's blood (a logical outgrowth of his abilities, but something never before seen by him in the games[[note]]He ''has'' used his power to freeze his opponents' blood before, and even does so in the middle of his Fatal Blow in ''[=MK11=]'', but never made a weapon out of it.[[/note]]), and, in possibly his most horrifically impressive moment, freezing Jax's arms solid before [[LiterallyShatteredLives completely shattering them]].

* This is an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome. Sonya describing how Jax became a champion. He and Sonya were chasing after a fugitive in Brazil that was a champion with the unlocked arcana. Eventually, Jax gets the better of him and kills him, gaining the dragon mark and becoming a champion in the fugitive's place.

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* Creator/JoeTaslim, [[https://youtu.be/j-0nS0tYKwc?t=119 according to the behind-the-scenes video]], was so fast with his movements during filming that Creator/MehcadBrooks was gleeful to note '' they had to ask him to slow down so the camera could keep up''; which according to Brooks had previously only happened to Creator/BruceLee. [[LightningBruiser And this was while Joe was wearing his Sub-Zero armor, which weighed a good 7-10kg]].

* Sonya versus Kano. He has supernatural powers manifesting as EyeBeams, she has Special Forces training and prepared battleground. She basically hands him his ass, popping in and out of hatches leading to crawlspaces beneath her mobile home, and at one point deliberately leaves one hatch open ''just enough'' to telegraph it to Kano, who spams his laser eye at it, only for Sonya to hurl acetone in his face, disabling his laser for a few crucial seconds to close in and pound him. We already know that when it comes to straight technique, Sonya can curb-stomp Kano no problem, and he's significantly bigger than she is (a ''major'' disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat with no weapons).

* This is an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome. Sonya describing how Jax became a champion. He and Sonya were chasing after a fugitive in Brazil that was a champion that unlocked the arcana. Eventually, Jax gets the better of him and kills him, gaining the dragon mark to become a champion in the fugitive's place.

--> '''Liu Kang''': Fatality. For Kung Lao.

** A minor one that can be overlooked, but Kano unlocking his own Arcana (though he eventually turns the discovery to evil thanks to his greed). Throughout the training for the tournament, Kano continually is humiliated, beaten and taunted by his fellow chosen (not that he doesn't deserve it). When Kung Lao calls him a failure, Kano shows he's had enough of it, reaffirming EXACTLY who he is as the Black Dragon and one of the greatest criminals in the world in an epic [[TheReasonYouSuck speech to Liu Kang and Kung Lao]] for judging him. This culminates in him finally unlocking his Arcana in the form of his eye laser.

* Sub-Zero's cryokenesis borders on StoryBreakerPower just based on what he does in the first trailer. Freezing a shotgun and its pellets ''as it fires'', creating weapons out of thin air, turning a whole arena frozen, creating a knife from an opponent's blood (a logical outgrowth of his abilities, but something never before seen by him in the games[[note]]He ''has'' used his power to freeze his opponents' blood before, and even does so in the middle of his Krushing Blow in ''[=MK11=]'', but never made a weapon out of it.[[/note]]), and, in possibly his most horrifically impressive moment, freezing Jax's arms solid before [[LiterallyShatteredLives completely shattering them]].

** A minor one that can be overlooked, but Kano unlocking his own Arcana(though he eventually turns the discovery to evil thanks to his greed). Throughout the training for the tournament, Kano continually is humiliated, beaten and taunted by his fellow chosen(not that he doesn't deserve it). When Kung Lao calls him a failure, Kano shows he's had enough of it, reaffirming EXACTLY who he is as the Black Dragon and one of the greatest criminals in the world in an epic [[TheReasonYouSuck speech to Liu Kang and Kung Lao]]for judging him. This culminates in him finally unlocking his Arcana in the form of his eye laser.

** A minor one that can be overlooked, but Kano unlocking his own Arcana(though he eventually turns the discovery to evil thanks to his greed). Throughout the training for the tournament, Kano continually is humiliated, beaten and taunted by his fellow chosen(not that he doesn't deserve it). When Kung Lao calls him a failure, Kano shows he's had enough of it, reaffirming EXACTLY who he is as the Black Dragon and one of the greatest criminals in the world in an epic [[TheReasonYouSuck speech to Liu Kang and Kung Lao]]. This culminates in him finally unlocking his Arcana in the form of his eye laser.
** Kung Lao gets one at the same time, with only seconds of prep, deflecting the eye laser with his hat.

* Creator/JoeTaslim, [[https://youtu.be/j-0nS0tYKwc?t=119 according to the behind-the-scenes video]], was so fast with his movements during filming that Creator/MehcadBrooks ''had to ask him to slow down so the camera could keep up''; which according to Brooks had previously only happened to Creator/BruceLee. [[LightningBruiser And this was while Joe was wearing his Sub-Zero armor, which weighed a good 7-10kg]].

* During their climatic fight, Scorpion manages to ''wrap Sub-Zero with his chain spear''. ''While locked in close-quarters sword-to-sword combat with him''. He then throws Sub-Zero through a frozen wall.

* Creator/JoeTaslim, [[https://youtu.be/j-0nS0tYKwc?t=119 according to the behind-the-scenes video]], was so fast with his movements during filming that Creator/MehcadBrooks ''had to ask him to slow down so the camera could keep up''; which according to Brooks had previously only happened to Creator/BruceLee. [[LightningBruiser And this was with Joe was wearing his Sub-Zero armor, which weighed a good 7-10kg]].

* Sub-Zero's cryokenesis borders on StoryBreakerPower just based on what he does in the first trailer. Freezing a shotgun and its pellets ''as it fires'', creating weapons out of thin air, turning a whole arena frozen, creating a knife from an opponent's blood (a logical outgrowth of his abilities, but something never before seen by him in the games), and, in possibly his most horrifically impressive moment, freezing Jax's arms solid before [[LiterallyShatteredLives completely shattering them]].

* The film opens with Sub-Zero's massacre of Scorpion's family. After taking out 4 Lin Kuei with his sword, he quickly improvises his famous weapon from a kunai and rope his wife left in the garden and kills ''9 more'' without a scratch.

* Sonya versus Kano. He has supernatural powers manifesting as EyeBeams, she has Special Forces training and prepared battleground. She basically hands him his ass, popping in and out of hatches leading to crawlspaces beneath her mobile home, and at one point deliberately leaves one hatch open ''just enough'' to telegraph it to Kano, who spams his laser eye at it, only for Sonya to hurl acetone in his face, disabling his laser for a few crucial second to close in and pound him. We already know that when it comes to straight technique vs. technuqie, Sonya can curb-stomp Kano no problem, and he's significantly bigger than she is (a ''major'' disadvantage in straight hand-to-hand combat with no weapons).

** On a related note, Sonya unlocks her Arcana almost immediately after getting her mark, Kano, Jax, and Cole had to be seriously pushed to discover it. Despite not being an official champion for most of the film, Sonya was clearly paying attention to the lessons, and unlike most everyone else, she ''actually wants'' to fight for her world in a tournament called Mortal Kombat.

** And Raiden himself counters with his own, showing that he's ''tolerated'' Shang Tsung's presence thus far, but when the God of Thunder has finally had enough, he banishes Shang Tsung from Earthrealm in the godly magic equivalent of an OffhandBackhand.

--> '''Liu Kang''': "Fatality". "For Kung Lao."