Review of Mortal Kombat (2021) by Tim Grierson for Screen Daily — 22 Apr 2021
Bloodier but not better, the rebooted Mortal Kombat is a far more violent affair than the 1995 original, hewing closer in spirit to the gory video game which inspired the film franchise. And while there’s some fleeting gross-out glee in watching the martial-arts carnage — pulverised heads, severed limbs, a beating heart torn from a victim’s chest — the overkill only underlines how feeble the storytelling is otherwise.
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This review of Mortal Kombat (2021) was written by Tim Grierson and published by Screen Daily on 22 Apr 2021.
Mortal Kombat has generally received mixed reviews.
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