Mortal Kombat II tops opening day, outperforms Devil Wears Prada 2
Mortal Kombat II opened at number one in the US on opening day, beating The Devil Wears Prada 2. The 2025 fantasy sequel to the 2021 film delivers graphic, gnarly kills and relentless fight choreography that reviewers summed up as brutal, dumb fun. Critics praised the film’s confident use of video-game elements and striking set-piece fights while faulting a thin narrative and even the omission of the name Noob Saibot. Directors have already teased a third Mortal Kombat and another Prada entry, so the strong opening could push both franchises forward.
Went and saw Mortal Kombat II That sure is a movie You'd think given the sheer number of attempts at parallel storytelling in it, they'd have succeeded even a single time. But. Nope. They seem to have a purely aesthetic understanding of filmic language? Really remarkable in how blinkered it is.
Megan Fox26Now do I REGRET seeing it? No! It was at least very fun bad. Enjoyable enough time in the theater. Just. Would I recommend it to anyone? Oh, goodness no, not even a little bit lol.
Turfster2Judging by the timeline, there's at least I Can't Believe They're Not Galpals, so that's something to look forward to
McRaeWrites2Does anybody get splits-punched in the nuts?
MORTAL KOMBAT II: Dumb as a bag of hammers, leaps and bounds better than the first, and I kinda fucking loved it? Johnny Cage and Kano are the best things in it, and best fight goes to Liu Kang/Kung Lao. Should have been what the first movie was, but what are you gonna do.
Alan Cerny7I’ve said this before, but: although the lore of MORTAL KOMBAT is silly, the movie commits to it. When you take the lore of the property you’re adapting seriously, you fina that it’s more flexible than you might think and you can have fun with it. Don’t reinvent the wheel; make a better wheel.
I love the fact that the movie embraces it's own insanity/stupidity. Movies are a lot more fun when they do that. For me, personally, this is the Mortal Kombat movie I've always wanted to see since 1995. It's not perfect, but it gave me everything I wanted from a Mortal Kombat movie. I also
