Movie Review: 'Mortal Kombat II' Lacks Cheesy Charm of Previous Playthrough

Movie review: 'Mortal Kombat II' lacks cheesy charm of previous playthrough

Every generation gets the chintzy martial arts flick it deserves. From the Jean-Claude Van Damme movies of the 1980s like “Bloodsport” and “Kickboxer,” to the 1995 hit “Mortal Kombat,” based on the iconic arcade game, it’s a tradition that endures.…

Dumb Things In Mortal Kombat 2 That Everyone Just Ignored

No one is going into "Mortal Kombat II" expecting Shakespeare, but even for a movie of its type, these dumb elements were just bafflingly bizarre.

Mortal Kombat II review – Flawed but fun victory

Finally! One of the biggest gripes about 2021’s Mortal Kombat – a reboot of the movie series based on the fighting game franchise – is that it didn’t actually get to its titular tournament. Cheekily, the film stopped short of the competition that pits the human champions of Earthrealm against the typically villainous fighters of Outworld to decide control of the realms through gory, to-the-death bouts of hand-to-hand combat. It’s taken five year…

Mortal Kombat II – Review

Ah, “Get Over Here!” and “There is no knowledge that is not power” are back to strike! All the character shticks with pink energy pulses and buzzsaw sombreros unite! Yes, it’s a reverent depiction of the characters we adored once playing the video games, and now they’re back onscreen to beat the **** out of each other. Perhaps it was ill-fated to claim the 2021 predecessor did not merit a follow-up, as clunky dialogue and tedious direction hurt …