Mortal Kombat 2—the film, not the game—released earlier this week and reviews were mixed: games outlets like GamesRadar and IGN were generally favorable, but it copped a flogging in most other quarters. AV Club called it "dreck", The Hollywood Reporter called it "tacky", and Vulture called it "depressingly rizzless".
It's a familiar story where game-to-film adaptations are concerned: we saw a similar split with the recent Mario movie. But Todd Garner, producer of Mortal Kombat 2 and its predecessor, doesn't want to have a bar of it.
"Some of these reviews are cracking me up," he wrote on X. "It's clear they have never played the game and have no idea what the fans want or ANY of the rules / canon of Mortal Kombat."
He goes on: "One reviewer was mad that a guy 'had a laser eye!' Why the fuck do we still allow people that don't ha...
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