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Trivia: Actor and stunt performer Steve James was reportedly cast (or at very least was the favorite pick) for the part of Jax, which was originally meant to be a larger role. Tragically, he passed away from cancer nine months before filming started. The part ended up going to Gregory McKinney.

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Trivia: The producers desperately wanted the techno and electronic dance music featured in the film, but reportedly many record companies fought against it and turned down the project. One record company even suggested that instead of techno and EDM, Janet Jackson should provide most of the music, and that it should all be pop based. The producers persisted, and it eventually worked out - they got the music they wanted and the soundtrack album ended up going platinum.

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Trivia: Reportedly, Tom Cruise happened to be near the set one day, and wandered over to see what they were shooting. A medic who worked for the crew reportedly got in Cruise's face and refused to let him pass. The cast and crew were both mortified but also highly amused when they found out what happened later on.

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Trivia: After defeating Baraka, Johnny Cage quips the word "Toasty!" This is a reference to an Easter-Egg from the video-game series, in which sound designer Dan Forden would appear in the corner of the screen and say "Toasty!" in a high-pitched voice. (The word came from Forden playfully taunting his friends at video-games. He used to say things like "You're toast!" or "I predict toast!" when he was doing well. It eventually morphed into the catchphrase "Toasty!").

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Trivia: The vampiric woman who snarls at Johnny is a cameo appearance by Nitara, a character from several of the games.

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Trivia: In one scene, two people are trying to break anvils with their hands. This is a reference to the "Test Your Might" mini-games from the original video-game.

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Trivia: Despite the video-game series being quite bloody and gory, this is actually the first "Mortal Kombat" movie to receive an R-rating.

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Trivia: Vincent Price reportedly signed on because he was impressed with the script. However, shortly after signing on, the script was hastily re-written, and the final draft bore little resemblance to the one Price had read when he signed on.

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Trivia: Whereas the first "The Fly" was in color, this sequel was actually filmed in black-and-white. This was reportedly a cost-saving measure, similar to how the film re-used many of the same sets from the first movie.

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Trivia: The script was specifically written to be set almost entirely in the same locations from the original "The Fly," as the studio wanted to get more use out of the sets before they were scrapped.

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Trivia: The film took nearly a decade to make. It was repeatedly placed on hold during production due to financial issues, and was slowly pieced together over eight years.

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Trivia: The film is comprised over over 180,000 individual hand-drawn animation cells, in addition to digital and 3D animation.

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Continuity mistake: During the Jax vs Cyrax fight, at one point Jax accidentally punches his arm into the wall and gets stuck. In the first shot, you can see dust or smoke shooting out of the hole, but in the very next shot, it all vanishes.

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Revealing mistake: During the Jax vs Cyrax fight, pay attention right after Jax says "Yeah, now what?!" A few shots later, Sonya is hit in the face with a weapon by one of the extermination squad members. But you can see plain as day that the weapon completely misses her. It actually goes over her head, but she still reacts as though she's been hit in the face.

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Revealing mistake: During the Liu VS Baraka fight, pay attention when Liu and the Barakas are swinging around on the chains. Several times, you can see safety-wires attached to the chains and actors. It can be hard to catch, but there are at least three or four shots where they are visible.

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Revealing mistake: When Sheeva is crushed by the cage, pay attention to the first shot as we see the cage falling towards her. You can see the cage actually come to a stop right before it cuts to the low-angle shot looking up at her screaming. (Since it would be rigged to stop above the actress so it wouldn't actually crush her. They unfortunately just cut the shot too late).

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Continuity mistake: During the chase scene with Robotnik's robotic vehicle, at one point an EMP device is launched which misses Tom and Sonic's pickup truck and instead latches onto a minivan in front of it. Except just a few shots prior, there was a wideshot of the road, and you can see that Tom's pickup truck and the robotic vehicle were the only cars on the road. The minivan just sort-of... appears.

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Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, we see a portion of the climax where Robotnik is chasing Sonic. At one point in the very first shot, he runs up the side of a building, onto the roof, then back down. However, when we see the complete chase at the end of the film, he never runs up that building.

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Trivia: In the beginning of the film, young Sonic gives Longclaw a flower with spiky petals. This flower is actually based on a flower sprite from the original "Sonic the Hedgehog" video-game for the Sega Genesis. (00:02:16)

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Trivia: When Dr. Robotnik is picking out a song for the dance scene, you can briefly see the band "Crush 40" listed among the artists and playlists on his holographic projection. Crush 40 did music for the "Sonic the Hedgehog" video game series.

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