8 Miscast Video Game Movie Roles That Ruined Great Characters

5. Keith Cooke - Sub-Zero

Sub Zero Keith Cooke
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Speaking of fresh-faced individuals, how about not getting someone who looks like Justin Long to play one of the most physically intimidating and well-known badasses in the history of video games?

Literally a warrior from a clan of ninjas who's mastered the very art of freezing your blood solid so he can rip your entire skeleton out in one go, anything less than a walking mound of muscle and intent was going to be a laughing stock.

Cut to the scene where Cooke's replacement Sub-Zero (the original died in the first movie and this is his brother) turns up and whips off his mask to reveal one of the neatest scars I'd ever seen, and even the Power Rangers conversing with one another has more weight.

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