Film Review – Mortal Kombat II

“Mortal Kombat” returned to screens with a do-over in 2021, and producers were intent on making a movie that played more like the video game that inspired it. Instead of candied action, there was blood and guts, and a major attempt by the screenplay to generate world-building capable of sustaining a fresh take on an old franchise. The picture did well, surviving pandemic release blues, but I wouldn’t fault any viewer out there who’s now a little hazy on the details of a feature that came out five years ago. “Mortal Kombat II” isn’t quite as concerned with the specifics of all the universe jumping, trying, at least for the first half of the offering, to explore the tournament setting promised at the end of the last effort. “Mortal Kombat II” offers no noticeable creative gains in screenwriting, but it remains an entertaining endeavor, returning to the violence of it all with a more capable lead actor in Karl Urban. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com