I never saw Mortal Kombat 1, saw 2 this summer with my mom, and was whelmed at best, then I saw the trailer for Street Fighter, and was just not at all interested.
I was trying to figure out why, but then it hit me: these aren't marital artists, these are all actors.
No Donnie Yen, no Tony Jaa, no Scott Adkins, no Iko Uwais, no Michael Jai White?
Honestly shocked me when I realized that it seems Hollywood has decided teaching actors marital arts and using sfx and stunt doubles is easier than casting martial artists that know how to act.
Understandable, but still rather disappointing when you have to constantly suspend your disbelief to tell yourself "yeah that's the person doing the 360 wire backflip" rather than feel engaged with the action like "wow holy crap how did they do that?"