Atomic Monster
Broken Road Productions
New Line Cinema
Mortal Kombat (Reboot) Collection
Mortal Kombat
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Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.
- Original title
- Mortal Kombat
- Language
- EN
- Country
- AU,CA,US
- Budget
- $20,000,000
- Revenue
- $84,426,031
Joogle83
Jul 21, 2026 · via TMDB
A Flawed but Fun Fatality-Filled RideMortal Kombat (2021) - A Campy Yet Great Remake of the Franchise Mortal Kombat (2021) is a love letter to fans of the long-running fighting game franchise, embracing its over-the-top action, brutal fatalities, and cheesy one-liners while delivering a modern take on the saga. It may not be a flawless victory, but it's a bloody fun ride that understands the essence of Mortal Kombat.A Nostalgic Yet Fresh Approach Unlike the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, which leaned into PG-13 territory, this remake finally unleashes the franchise's signature gore with R-rated brutality. Director Simon McQuoid crafts a film that respects its source material, giving fans what they've always wanted-faithful character designs, iconic catchphrases, and jaw-dropping fatalities ripped straight from the games.While some story choices may be divisive (Cole Young's addition feels unnecessary), the film does a great job at reintroducing classic characters like Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and Kano in a way that feels fresh yet familiar. The opening battle between Hanzo Hasashi (Scorpion) and Bi-Han (Sub-Zero) is a highlight, offering a gripping and beautifully choreographed fight that sets the tone.Campy Charm Meets Brutal Combat This movie doesn't take itself too seriously, and that's part of the fun. Kano (Josh Lawson) steals every scene with his crude humor, perfectly embodying the kind of campiness fans love about Mortal Kombat. While some dialogue is laughably bad, it adds to the film's charm rather than taking away from **** action sequences are the true star here, delivering satisfying, bone-crunching fights. Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim) is a standout villain, using ice-based attacks in visually stunning ways. The film builds toward a climactic battle that feels like a straight-up boss fight, with Scorpion's arrival delivering the ultimate fan-service moment.Final Verdict: Flawed, But Fun as Hell Mortal Kombat (2021) isn't perfect-some characters feel underdeveloped, and the tournament itself never actually happens-but it nails the tone and spectacle that fans crave. It's a campy, bloody, and action-packed reboot that leans into the franchise's strengths while setting the stage for bigger battles to come.Final Score: 7.5/10 - A Flawed but Fun Fatality-Filled Ride.
james4715
Jan 7, 2025 · via TMDB
Enjoyed it overall but the story was meh. Loved that they had goro and other characters and that they also alluded to characters like kitana by showing off her fan and stuff. I wish that there was a tournament in the film and they stuck closer to the Mortal kombat story. Cole Young was not a very good character in my opinion.
The Movie Mob
Jan 13, 2023 · via TMDB
<b>Mortal Kombat shows off some amazing design and stunt work, but the writing keeps it from everything fans wanted it to be. Hopefully, the sequel will learn from these shortcomings.</b> I would be lying if I said Mortal Kombat (2021) was everything I had hoped. But I also enjoyed it and hope the sequel does happen someday soon. <blockquote><b>Pros:</b> * The character roster was pretty big for a first outing, and I appreciated seeing so many of my favorites right off the bat. * The costuming and aesthetics were stunning. I immediately recognized each character because their designs held true to the games while still being updated and modernized. The attention to detail was incredible. * Josh Lawson surprised, making Kano undoubtedly the most entertaining part of this movie. * Casting some true martial artists like Joe Taslim and Hiroyuki Sanada gave the action more skill and grit. * The R rating was the right fit for Mortal Kombat, allowing the gore-filled fatalities fans have come to love in the games. </blockquote><blockquote><b>Cons:</b> * With a massive payer of characters to choose from in the Mortal Kombat universe, the addition of Lewis Tan’s Cole Young was unnecessary and annoying. A dozen existing characters could have served as the audience’s perspective. * Adapting a fantastical and violent video game to a feature film is no simple task. However, Kevin Tancharoen perfectly grounded the Mortal Kombat story while keeping the magic and fantasy roots in Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2011). Unfortunately, Simon McQuoid struggled with that balance, resulting in a script that felt like the CW team wrote. * The whole Arcana superpower thing stripped the need for skill from some of the fighters, becoming a disappointing dues ex machina. I would have preferred better writing.</blockquote> All in all, there were more pros than cons, but the cons took what could have been great and made it decent. All the pros give me hope that Mortal Kombat 2 can fix the cons and make a much better sequel. Fingers crossed!
GenerationofSwine
Jan 11, 2023 · via TMDB
OK... my wife is the Mortal Kombat fan of the family, and the fighting game fan of the family. So this should really be her review... because I'm just going to trash it. The problem here is plot, as in they actually tried to add in a real plot. Mortal Kombat is a fighting game. You play it to peacefully beat your friends to a bloody pulp... and that is where the fun is. But they added a plot. In Twister, the star of the show was the tornado. The plot was there to move the view from tornado to tornado. And in Back Draft, it was the same... with fire. Mortal Kombat thought it had to be deep. It thought it had to be something more than it a tournament. It thought the characters had to have more than surface level depth. THE DIDN'T. The Tournament should have been the star. The plot should have only been there to move you from fight to fight with a climax that shouted "FATALITY!" and left it at that. Instead they tried to add depth where no depth was needed... and that killed the fun of Mortal Kombat. Not every movie needs to have a plot and characters, some movies work best as mindless popcorn munching escapism.
tmdb28039023
Aug 28, 2022 · via TMDB
Mortal Kombat is not just too long for a movie based on a fighting video game; it’s actually too dumb to even be a movie based on a fighting video game. On the one hand it does a Resident Evil, introducing a new character and making him the hero, instead of giving this role to an already established character – preferably one that is, you know, popular among the franchise’s fan base. And on the other hand, it dips into the same old MK well, kicking off with the Hanzo Hasashi Family Massacre – Kombat’s equivalent of the biblical Massacre of the Innocents. Only last year the animated Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge covered the exact same ground, and did it a lot better. The intertitle that follows the prologue confirms that we are not about to see anything new (Earthrealm blahblahblah Tournament blahblahblah Outworld blahblahblah). MK21 contains exactly (sub)zero surprises. The first time we see Jax, we know he is going to lose his original arms and have them replaced with cybernetic prosthetics (the only surprising thing about this is that the character's first replacement arms are quite underwhelming. Jax eventually gets something more in line with what we’re used to; the question is, why does the movie do in three steps what it should do in two?). Similarly, Kano's true, treacherous nature is no secret. We already know all this. We know it like the backs of our hands. If we don't know it from playing the game, we know it from watching the 1995 movie – speaking of which, MK95 is 10 minutes shorter (it wasted little time with pre-Tournament antics, and it didn’t even bother with a Training Montage; in contrast, MK21 includes what is best described as a tutorial, not the way you want to go about evoking a video game feel), which is to say 10 minutes better. It also had better effects; its Goro was clumsy and awkward – something like the Cryptkeeper on stereoids – but when Johnny Cage punched him in the balls, I felt it. Conversely, when Cole (Lewis Tan), the aforementioned brand-new character, fights Goro in MK21, it’s like he’s shadowboxing, and his shadow happens to be a four-armed man-mountain of pixels. All things considered, what’s the point of watching a movie where we can anticipate every important event, and anything we don’t see coming a mile away turns out to be unnecessary? For example, it's cool – pun intended – when Sub-Zero makes it hail, but that’s just a gimmick – nothing more than smoke and mirrors.
Martha
Jul 26, 2022 · via TMDB
I've played Mortal Kombat since it first came out. I watched the original movies in the theaters. I had high hopes that maybe a reboot would make it feel fresh and maybe establish it as a darker genre like the games are. The only saving grace in this film is the Scorpion and Sub-Zero Feud. I felt disconnected from Raiden and Shang Tsung because they were so emotionless and hollow. I did like who they got to play Kabal because I felt like that character was really well-written. I usually don't like Sonya Blade but this movie made me like her. I don't like Liu Kang I never will so it didn't much matter who they cast in that role because that character to me is too generic. I did not care one way or another for Kung Lao or Kano. The guy playing Jax has been the best Jax so far. I hate how they made Milenna look in this one and it just didn't suit the purpose of what her character really is. Goro felt copied and pasted from the original film. All in all this could have been much better but I doubt we get to see anything past this due to how generic and unfeeling this film actually felt. Sad excuse for a Mortal Kombat reboot.
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Lewis Tan
Cole Young
Jessica McNamee
Sonya Blade
Mehcad Brooks
Jax
Josh Lawson
Kano
Ludi Lin
Liu Kang
Max Huang
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Angus Sampson
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Damon Herriman
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Audience Fight Scene (uncredited)
Michael Coward
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Bingchen Ye
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Yasushi Asaya
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Calen Vanstone
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Saba Mazloum
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Germain McMicking
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Peter McCaffrey
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Cappi Ireland
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Tara Macken
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Ben Siemer
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Brad Buckley
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Chris Anderson
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David Chea
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Isaac Bernauer
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Michael M. Foster
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Robbie Clissold
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Yasushi Asaya
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Zia Kelly
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Ed Boon
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John Tobias
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Simon McQuoid
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P.J. Voeten
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Keiran Lee
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Dan Lebental
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Dawn Michelle King
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Rich Delia
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Lawrence Kasanoff
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Michael Clear
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Richard Brener
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E. Bennett Walsh
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James Wan
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Simon McQuoid
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Todd Garner
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E. Bennett Walsh
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Benjamin Wallfisch
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Robert Mackenzie
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Robert Mackenzie
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Glenn Melenhorst
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