Although he leaked shortly beforehand, some Mortal Kombat 11 fans have been confused by the addition of Rambo to the DLC line-up. As many are excited for the Sylvester Stallone character, and it seems likely that the pockets of confusion are due to one fact: long-leaked and fan-desired character Ash Williams from The Evil Dead is still M.I.A.. At one point, his inclusion seemed a given and much more likely than Mileena, and instead of the horror character, fans are getting an action character.
However, that’s a simple beauty in Mortal Kombat. Guest characters are capable of reflecting and easily fitting into the story, even when they don’t add much to it. The same happened in Mortal Kombat X, and it’s clearly in the works for Mortal Kombat 11 as well.
In Mortal Kombat X, there was a total number of 4 guest characters: Jason Vorhees, Predator, Alien, and Leatherface. These characters ultimately fit into the game because they were characters from horror franchises. In a world of Revenants, it made perfect sense that Jason Vorhees would face off with Sub-Zero, Predator with Scorpion, Alien with Reptile, and Leatherface with Shinnok. The overall tone of Mortal Kombat X had a very horror, slasher vibe to it, and these characters played into that easily.
Moving into Mortal Kombat 11, there’s clearly been more DLC and more post-launch support than Mortal Kombat X. Kombat Pack 2, for example, is riding the coattail of MK11 Ultimate, and it adds three new characters to the game: Rain, the fan-requested Mileena, and Rambo.
Yet, it’s worth looking at the guest characters that joined the game prior to Rambo: Terminator T-800, Joker, Spawn, and RoboCop. Practically each character had some involvement for the original actor: Rambo is voiced by Sylvester Stallone, RoboCop is voiced by his original actor Peter Weller, Spawn is voiced by Keith David who voiced him in the animated series, and Arnold Schwarzenneger had a lot of input on the VA for Terminator. Joker stands out, sure, but there’s also been a ton of voices for Joker.
Each of these characters are practically iconic action stars. Terminator, Rambo, and RoboCop are all really buff badasses who have done the impossible in action flicks. Spawn, on the other hand, is indeed a comic book hero, but one who has always fallen into this archetype as well. Once again, Joker stands out, but given that MK characters appear in Injustice, he likely falls into another tradition.
And in looking at the greater context of the story, Mortal Kombat 11 is much more intense and action-packed than MK X. Of course, it’s a fighting game franchise and that has to be considered, but in terms of story and the emphasis on a individual having great power to do the impossible, it fits here more when Liu Kang ascends to Fire God and has to correct the timeline (with help). The story is not as dark necessarily as Mortal Kombat X, so it makes sense that horror film guest characters worked there, as much sense as how action-oriented characters work in Mortal Kombat 11.
As a result, at least in how the guest characters tie into the overall theme of Mortal Kombat 11, Keanu Reeves’ John Wick, Laurence Fishburne’s Morpheus (Matrix, if not Reeves’ own Neo), and more all seem like good choices if MK11 DLC continues on. Thankfully, as much as it is a horror flick as well, there’s a lot of action in The Evil Dead. Fans of Bruce Campbell’s Ash Williams shouldn’t count him out for that, although there has been a lot said about his inclusion in MK11 to the contrary.
Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate releases November 17 on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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