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Ronald Young Jr.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

Okay.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

So I think this movie is way better than the first one that came out in 2021.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

However, I don't think the first one was very good.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

So that does not bode well for my opinion on this one.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

I didn't like it, the movie itself, that much.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

However...

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

jordan sitting in the theater and listen to everyone else enjoy it was a really good time and listening to the target audience tell me that they liked it is enough for me to justify its existence and to say make a hundred of these i hope they make a billion dollars because for all the quibbles that we'll get into that i have with it i have no issue with a movie like this existing because at times when it was fun it was fun but if you think about it for

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

Even just a little bit, just like one slight second, you start to realize two things.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

One, this movie makes no sense, but also the game really doesn't make any sense.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

And it was really just about gathering with your friends and having a good time on your Super Nintendo Jordan.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

That's true.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

Just don't do it and you're fine.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

Fair point.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

Yeah.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

It's going to be fun for people who like it and Jordan is evidence of that.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

But if you have no connection to this franchise, I don't see how you'll end up liking this movie.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

I would have been here for it, honestly.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

I would have been here for it.

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

Hate him to the point where I started to wonder, do I even like Carl Urban?

Pop Culture Happy Hour
Mortal Kombat II and What’s Making Us Happy

And then watching this reminded me that he's acting and he's a fairly good actor as well.

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