How Goro Is Different In Mortal Kombat 2021

How Goro Is Different In Mortal Kombat 2021

The Mortal Kombat reboot’s version of Goro is mostly accurate to the video games, but the Shokan prince is changed in a few major ways.

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How Goro Is Different In Mortal Kombat 2021

Mortal Kombat’s Goro is an accurate recreation of the video game villain, but the movie still makes a few changes to him. Heavily promoted in the Mortal Kombat film’s trailers, Goro (voiced by Angus Sampson) shows up late in the movie for a one-on-one battle with the protagonist, Cole Young (Lewis Tan), which the four-armed warrior ultimately loses. He still gets to display some of his signature brute strength, but overall, Goro’s role is cut down from how he’s historically been portrayed.

In the Mortal Kombat video games, Goro is one of Outworld’s fiercest and most legendary warriors. He was first introduced in the original Mortal Kombat arcade game as the sub-boss, fought by the player just before the final battle against Shang Tsung. Goro has since appeared in numerous Mortal Kombat installments, both as a boss character and occasionally as a selectable fighter. His gargantuan four-armed frame made him instantly iconic, and he served as an early model for the franchise’s future beastlike fantasy creatures.

The biggest difference between the game Goro and the movie Goro is the size of his role in the story. In the games, Goro is a nine-time champion of the Mortal Kombat tournament, having won every contest for Outworld leading up to the tenth tournament where the story of the games and the movie begins. He’s a personal favorite of Emperor Shao Kahn, the Prince of the humanoid/dragon hybrid Shokan race, and nearly undefeated in thousands of years of battle.

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Despite all this, Cole defeats Goro easily in the movie. He struggles at first when he only has his human fighting skills, but as soon as his arcana awakens, he makes short work of the Shokan Prince. This makes sense for the purposes of the film, especially since Goro is more of a monster than a proper villain, but it may feel odd for those familiar with the game version of the character to see him be bested so quickly.

Still, there’s a lot the Mortal Kombat reboot does right in regards to Goro. His appearance, animation, and fighting style are all spot-on, and his battle against Cole is at least exciting to watch. It’s an improvement over the 1995 film’s greasy puppet version of Goro, even if his role is reduced this time around. And, of course, since Goro was first created as a Mortal Kombat sub-boss, it makes sense that he’d be defeated before the true climax of the film and the impending tenth tournament.

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