Geek God Karl Urban Makes ‘Mortal Kombat II’ a Bloody Good Time - The Boston Globe
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Mortal Kombat II (United States/2026). Address: Simon McQuoid. Screenplay: Jeremy Slater. Photography: Stephen F. Windon. Music: Benjamin Wallfisch. Publisher: Stuart Levy. Cast: Karl Urban, Ludi Lin, Martyn Ford, Jessica McNamee, Joe Taslim, Hiroyuki Sanada, Adeline Rudolph, Tati Gabrielle, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks, C.J. Bloomfield. Duration: 120 minutes. Rating: restricted for children under 17 years old. Distributor: Warner …
Since 1992, Mortal Kombat, the video game created by Ed Boon and John Tobias, not only redefined the genre of fights, but also turned the ultraviolence into pop language with its fatalities, rivalries, shouts of “Finish Him!” and an aesthetic that mixed martial arts, comics and series B cinema. A whole digital coliseum that marked an entire generation. Mortal Kombat refuses to die That spirit came to the cinema in the nineties with Mortal Kombat…
Review: Karl Urban Almost Saves 'Mortal Kombat II' From Itself
The sequel to the latest reboot is a surprising improvement and does what the first film couldn’t. Ahead of the Mortal Kombat II screening, I had to run back the 2021 film, which was the first installment in the third reboot of the video game franchise turned movie series. To be real, I remembered liking the potential of the first film, but the execution just didn’t feel like Mortal Kombat the video game. I don’t want to sound like the current c…
Mortal Kombat II Review: Karl Urban's Johnny Cage Can’t Save Gory Sequel
Ludi Lin, Karl Urban, Jessica McNamee, and Mehcad Brooks in New Line Cinema’s ‘Mortal Kombat II’ (Photo © 2026 Warner Bros. Ent) Earthrealm needs saving and only a handful of warriors – and a washed-up actor – might possibly pull it off in Mortal Kombat II, the sequel to the 2021 movie adaptation of the popular video game. The action thriller opens with little Kitana being forced to watch her father die a horrible death fighting the emperor of O…
Sammis Reyes stars in a spot inspired by Mortal Kombat II and challenges Johnny Cage before the film premiere.
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