Mortal Kombat (2021) is the equivalent of making a film called The Olympics and only showed the qualifying rounds before actual Olympians are appointed.

| Jun 12, 2024

The reboot of the franchise that brought us a couple of gory films in the ‘90s fails to land any solid punches this time around.

| Jan 10, 2024

While far from perfect, Mortal Kombat is still bloody fun, with a solid attempt at adapting the game's insane world.

| Aug 9, 2023

A lawless victory but it’s also not a fatality. Turn your brain all the way off, grab a giant bucket of popcorn & be prepared for gruesome, gory, & grotesque Fights that are all top notch in everyway! Bring on the sequel

| Jul 26, 2023

Mortal Kombat is a surprisingly decent adaptation of the popular franchise, which will leave the most hardcore fans quite satisfied. For viewers with no experience or knowledge about the games, it could be a tough watch.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 24, 2023

More or less, Mortal Kombat is a two-hour-long gorefest packed with over-the-top actions and brutal fatalities.

| Jul 21, 2023

Mortal Kombat commits the cardinal sin of being boring, whereas at least the first MK film was so cheesy it was funny, like the source material itself. This attempt at a “realistic” take on the MK lore fails spectacularly.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 22, 2023

Unlike previous entries hamstrung by the limitations of a PG-13 rating, this film makes full use of the R rating.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 17, 2022

“Mortal Kombat” is very much a movie made for the fans. It takes a lot for granted and expects the audience to either already know the backstory or have a certain willingness to just go with it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 17, 2022

Those in search of bloody, bonkers escapism will be well served by Mortal Kombat, which hits the right nostalgic notes and makes the most of the advances in special effects. Its cinematic fast food that will be just the ticket for the right audience.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 2, 2022

Unfortunately, the positive aspects of Mortal Kombat are not enough to elevate a bland, forced audience surrogate character, a feckless script, and stilted direction with underwhelming acting.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Feb 14, 2022

...progresses into an increasingly uninvolving, wheel-spinning midsection...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 13, 2022

Reserving the title event for sequels that are not guaranteed is a guarantee for the film to overall feel anticlimactic and kind of a waste.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 30, 2021

McQuoid's vision is bland at times, it feels like he is largely relying on the fight sequences and special effects

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 8, 2021

We can't help but compare the new entry's attempts at expanding mythology and lore to the seemingly effortless attempts in the first film.

| Oct 2, 2021

A half-baked gory intro to a Saturday morning cartoon show that we don't even get to see.

| Sep 14, 2021

Certainly better than I originally thought it would be though it did leave me with the nagging sense of wanting a bit more.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Sep 9, 2021

Mortal Kombat doesn't have many visual thrills and has a visibly smaller budget but a few individual beats within the fight setpieces are gorey fun if you're into that.

| Original Score: D+ | Jul 26, 2021

The usual comment of a movie being overwhelmed by its visual effects doesn't hold water here, since there's not really much of a movie to overwhelm.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 17, 2021

If you go to watch Mortal Kombat in the cinemas this weekend, make it for the action sequences and you won't be disappointed.

| Jul 13, 2021