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Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind [4K Ultra HD]
(Manny Jacinto, David Wenham, Ron Yuan, Keith Silverstein, Courtenay Taylor, et al / 4K Blu-ray + Blu-ray + Digital / R / 2022 / Warner Bros.)

Overview: The vicious, power-mad Kano is determined to take over Earthrealm, one soul at a time. Assisted by a trio of cold Black Dragon mercenaries, he embarks on a brutal assault from town to defenseless town. The choice is simple: Kneel or be annihilated.

Kenshi, a rebel warrior, calls on Kuai Liang, the only one powerful enough to challenge the malevolent Kano. But Kuai Liang has given up the ways of the warrior, and Kenshi is too undisciplined to defeat Kano himself.

If Kuai Liang cannot break through the glacier of doubt that holds him back, Earthrealm will fall. The stakes are immeasurable, and the potential konsequences have never been more dire!

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Verdict: Warner Bros. is expanding their 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray catalog offerings this month with the release of the highly-anticipated Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind in the expansive 4K Ultra HD video format this October 11th, 2022.

For my money, this Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital] combo pack sharpness takes a fairly large step forward from others in their 4K Ultra HD catalog and even comes with HDR (High Dynamic Range) for the complete 4K Ultra HD experience, of course.

So, what we have is Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind presented to us as a two-disc combo pack with a sheet for a Digital HD Copy. Other stand out points you should know are: Codec: MPEG-4 AVC, Resolution: 1080p, Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 and Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1.

Featuring Dolby Vision and HDR10 for brighter, deeper, and way more lifelike colors, as with most all 4K UHDs, everything that we watch features these qualities - but somehow, this film gloriously shines within them all.

Noticeably crisp with the overall clarity receiving an obvious boost here on this release, what is more is that it is enjoyably noticeable.

For as well as some new nuances to the somewhat drab palette courtesy of Dolby Vision we also get to witness sudden bright pops of color; such as the whole What Shall I Do With You? scene/moment. Blinded by his enemy, Kano, Kenshi asks to be killed, rather than live like this, and thusly is grabbed by the throat and thrown, alive, down a deep, deep well!

Indeed, the picture enjoys the fruits of the added resolution in terms of bringing out the aforementioned extremely fine facial and some of the yellow graded material. Such as the Where ya headed? scene, where goons beat up an old man, but at the same time perfectly showcases the fact that the former Sub-Zero (aka the old man), if he had really wanted to, he could have still been able to kick all their asses; but he chose to remain silent, so as to not begin a loop of violence.

As for the audio, well we have a veritable smorgasbord of choice here: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit), English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit), French: Dolby Digital 2.0 (192kbps), German: Dolby Digital 2.0 (192 kbps), Italian: Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 (192kbps) and Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 (192kbps).

Overall, this is a very strong 4K HDR Blu-ray presentation, and, for the most part, the audio track remains fairly similar to its DTS-HD counterpart; with much of the action occupying the surrounds with outstanding directionality and placement where effects flawlessly pan between the sides and rears.

As for the movie itself, well, in my humble opinion, Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind is a movie that only die-hard Mortal Kombat fans are going to fall over themselves to have to watch.

Chock full of gregarious amounts of violence and, thankfully, as I personally love a nice tie-in, a generous amount of callbacks to the two recent animated films that came before it, this new story brings us more of a background on, and, as it turns out, a foretelling of a warrior who isn’t as known, as glamors, persay, as those fighters that have gone before him: Kenshi (Manny Jacinto, The Good Place).

OK, sure, it’s a direct sequel to 2021’s Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, but where that one let the viewer/fan down in a few action-unpacked ways, this one makes up for it ten-fold. Crammed tight with pockets of excited energy, it’s actually more akin to Scorpion’s Revenge than Realms, in my humble opinion.

Set several years after the gory conclusion of Battle of the Realms, The vicious, power-mad Kano is determined to take over Earthrealm, one soul at a time. Assisted by a trio of cold Black Dragon mercenaries, he embarks on a brutal assault from town to defenseless town. The choice is simple: Kneel or be annihilated.

Kenshi, a rebel warrior, calls on Kuai Liang, the only one powerful enough to challenge the malevolent Kano. But Kuai Liang has given up the ways of the warrior, and Kenshi is too undisciplined to defeat Kano himself.

Now, the big change of direction here is that whereas Realms was, more or less, a straight forward battle royale between some profound Mortal Kombat big boys, Snow Blind is most definitely, oh and without a shadow of a doubt, a sandy, yellowy Mad Max-styled, post-apocalyptic jaunt; thus giving all its fans yet another alternate video game universe to admire.

But even with Ron Yuan, who previously voiced Scorpion in Mortal Kombat 11, replacing Bayardo De Murguia as the voice of Kuai Liang, and large patches of animated brilliance, let alone some rather tasty cinematic creativity, trying to construct a whole new dimension to the franchise in a sandy arena, and predominantly using only a handful of Mortal Kombat’s lesser-known personalities, well, of course overall enjoy ability will always be hampered.

So whilst centering the plot, for the most part, around Kenshi is a smart move for this new movie, he himself a compelling watch as we follow along on his path from a scrappy brawler to a warrior hardened by adversity, Snow Blind still spends too much time away from him.

So what we get is an impassioned Kenshi, who we grow to not only adore for his principles and strength (both physically and mentally), but along with it is a mired plot that involves left of center acts such as Kano’s downfall, countless brawls between lesser characters (like Ferra/Torr, Drahmin, and Erron Black as well as The Black Dragon’s sub-units), and yet, and hear me clearly here, still the movie manages to keep its head above water and walk tall come the end. [FYI: Erron Black, Ferra/Torr and Tremor have their designs based on their Mortal Kombat X standard costume].

Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind Special Features
Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital

Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind Audio Commentary (Audio Only) – Join producer/director Rick Morales and screenwriter Jeremy Adams for a feature-length audio commentary revealing the creative choices used to bring the all-new animated feature to the screen

Kenshi: From the Video Game to Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind (Featurette) – An in-depth exploration of fan favorite Kenshi Takahashi from his video game origins to his first sword-wielding animated appearance

Adapting Evil: Building the Black Dragon Clan (Featurette) – From King Kano to the evil ensemble of Mortal Kombat’s deep cut characters, the filmmakers reveal the approach to bringing the sinister Black Dragon Clan to life

Deleted Animatics – Get a behind-the-scenes look at a few intriguing scenes that were included in the initial assembly of the film, but didn’t quite make it to the final cut

The film arrives from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack on October 11th, 2022.

Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind will be available on Blu-ray (US $29.98 SRP; Canada $39.99 SRP) and 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (USA $39.99 SRP; Canada $44.98 SRP) and Digital.

The Blu-ray features a Blu-ray disc with the film in hi-definition and a digital version of the movie. The 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack features an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc in 4K with HDR, a Blu-ray disc featuring the film in hi-definition, and a digital version of the movie.

Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind | Official Trailer | Warner Bros. Entertainment

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