The Fighting Game Movie Wars Are Here — And Mortal Kombat II Is Already Losing
The sequel reviewed better, cost more, and lost to a fashion movie. The math doesn't lie — and Street Fighter is already waiting.
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The sequel reviewed better, cost more, and lost to a fashion movie. The math doesn't lie — and Street Fighter is already waiting.
Spoilers for Mortal Kombat 2 lie ahead, so don't complain about spoilers if you read ahead.
Lewis Tan isn’t staying quiet after critics slammed Mortal Kombat II, calling out reviewers who “don’t understand” what fans actually want from the franchise.
Simon McQuoid’s Mortal Kombat II doesn’t just raise the stakes — it rips them straight out of its opponents’ chests.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy splashed on the screen and delighted, until Warner Bros. did what Warner Bros. does.
Cole Young almost made the jump from movie newcomer to game canon in Mortal Kombat 1, but a last-minute time crunch shut it down.
Fifteen years later, Mortal Kombat (2011), or MK9, still stands as the comeback that pulled a fading franchise back from the brink.
Ludi Lin’s journey to becoming Mortal Kombat's Liu Kang wasn’t smooth—he literally walked into his audition bleeding.
Jean-Claude Van Damme was considered for Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat.
The latest Mortal Kombat II trailer cranks up the tournament and the fatalities, but Lewis Tan’s Cole Young is nowhere to be found.
Here are Mortal Kombat characters based on real people.
Casper Van Dien wants Warner Bros. to finally “release the Cage” — the long-lost Mortal Kombat: Legacy Season 3 that was filmed, finished, and mysteriously ...
A lost Liu Kang fatality from the original 1992 Mortal Kombat has resurfaced, thanks to Daniel Pesina, giving fans a fresh slice of hidden gaming ...
An unexpected casting choice has created a surprising link between the new Street Fighter reboot and 2021’s Mortal Kombat movie.
Karl Urban teases big Comic Con surprises as Mortal Kombat II trades Halloween chills for a summer box office showdown.
This new Mortal Kombat short series is everything fans wanted from the movies.
The new Mortal Kombat 2 trailer finally delivers what fans wanted the first time: Karl Urban’s Johnny Cage stepping into the fight.
A trailer for Mortal Kombat 2 isn’t even out yet, but Ed Boon says the filmmakers “nailed it”.
The director of The Night Comes for Us says Mortal Kombat II made him cry — and not because it was bad.
Scott Adkins as Johnny Cage in the Mortal Kombat 2 movie was right there.
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