The Mortal Kombat 2 movie comes out Friday May 8, and early reviews have begun emerging from the portal. Does the sequel right the wrongs of the first film, which oddly didn't even feature a Mortal Kombat tournament? Is Karl Urban an improvement over… uh, whoever that main guy was in the first movie? Does someone else get cut in half lengthwise by a hat?
Let's find out. Not by going to the movie itself—I unfortunately couldn't make it to a press screening—but by seeing what some other outlets thought of the sequel. Early opinions seem pretty mixed, with some reviewers liking all the action but others unhappy to find a distinct lack of anything but action.
On the plus side, this easily feels like a film where the audience scores will wind up much higher than critics scores, so even if there are some negative reviews out there, Mortal Kombat fans might still wind up having a fine time.
Awarding it a score of 3/5, Jordan Farley says the sequel "lands some killer blows" but is "far from a flawless victory." Farley says MK 2 is...
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