Mortal Kombat II

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From New Line Cinema comes the latest high-stakes installment in the blockbuster video game franchise in all its brutal glory, Mortal Kombat II. This time, the fan favorite champions--now joined by Johnny Cage himself--are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

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A self-aware slugfest that plays directly to those who know the difference between Fatalities and Babalities, Mortal Kombat II may not be a flawless victory but it's likely the most roundly enjoyable entry in the franchise yet.

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Karl Urban as Johnny Cage alone is worth the price of admission in this second installment of Mortal Kombat, a gleefully gory victory that delivers faithful lore and bone-crunching fatalities.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

2d

1/5

You’ll really want to punch your own lights out.

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Peter Travers

The Travers Take

2d

2/5

Jokester Karl Urban leads a cast of battling gamer brawlers against a plot that doesn’t exist. No matter. All you need to love it is blind devotion

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Mark Kermode

Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

2d

I was it was generally smashy bashy fun.

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Lee McCoy

DrumDums

2h

6.5/10

Whatever you do, do not look deep into this. Mortal Kombat II is very surface level and knows exactly what it's doing. And that's just fine for some fun Saturday afternoon action.

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Travis Johnson

Blunt Magazine

11h

Ultimately, Mortal Kombat II just makes the grade as a Friday night time killer, but I can't imagine ever bothering to watch it twice.

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Ilan Preskovsky

Channel24 (South Africa)

11h

3.5/5

Mortal Kombat II is much more likely to satisfy fans of the games who are mostly here to see their favourite characters beat the stuffing, blood, guts, and gore out of one another, but it’s a little less satisfying as an actual movie.

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WS

26m

Martial arts is very very weak. Jonny Cage is too old. Other Mortal Combat movies are better

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Felton Kidd

30m

I liked that it centered around Johnny Cage this time. What I didn't like is that the black actor is killed off (typical)

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Austin

38m

I have seen every Mortal Kombat movie, and this was the most fulfilling of them all as an MK fan. The gore is there, but still campy like the games. The one-liners are well-done. Story overall was actually good. Acting was in-line with the tone of the movie. Top to bottom a great experience.

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duvan q

58m

Fantastic movie they came back to the moves and scenery from the game. I kept saying "this is awesome" over and over again. Will watch it multiple times and exited for the next one!!

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Joshua S

1h

All the same characters from first movie. Had some good humor in it. The fatalities from the game. Good story line. It was good. Worth the watch.

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30 or 40 years old

1h

way better than the first one. Great fight scenes, funny script, good pace, never takes itself too seriously

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Synopsis

From New Line Cinema comes the latest high-stakes installment in the blockbuster video game franchise in all its brutal glory, Mortal Kombat II. This time, the fan favorite champions--now joined by Johnny Cage himself--are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

Director: Simon McQuoid
Producer: Todd Garner, E. Bennett Walsh, James Wan, Toby Emmerich, Simon McQuoid
Screenwriter: Jeremy Slater
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster, Broken Road Productions, Fireside Films
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 8, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 56m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1