I will continue to update this post as reviews come in.
Rotten Tomatoes: N/A
Critics Consensus: N/A
| Critics | Score | Number of Reviews | Average of Rated Reviews |
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| All Critics | % | 0 | |
| Top Critics | % | 0 |
Metacritic: N/A (0 Reviews)
Sample Reviews:
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.
CAST:
- Karl Urban as Johnny Cage
- Adeline Rudolph as Kitana
- Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade
- Josh Lawson as Kano
- Ludi Lin as Liu Kang
- Mehcad Brooks as Jax
- Tati Gabrielle as Jade
- Lewis Tan as Cole Young
- Damon Herriman as Quan Chi
- Chin Han as Shang Tsung
- Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden
- Joe Taslim as Bi-Han / Noob Saibot
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
DIRECTED BY: Simon McQuoid
SCREENPLAY BY: Jeremy Slater
BASED ON THE VIDEO GAME CREATED BY: Ed Boon, John Tobias
PRODUCED BY: Todd Garner, E. Bennett Walsh, James Wan, Toby Emmerich, Simon McQuoid
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Michael Clear, Judson Scott, Jeremy Slater, Ed Boon, Lawrence Kasanoff
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Stephen F. Windon
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Yohei Taneda
EDITED BY: Stuart Levy
COSTUME DESIGNER: Cappi Ireland
MUSIC BY: Benjamin Wallfisch
CASTING BY: Rich Delia
RUNTIME: 116 Minutes
RELEASE DATE: May 8, 2026
by chanma50
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Alright the moment of truth. Can this actually get a good score and is it better than the last movie?
65 with 4 reviews 👀
Already off to a good start
Oh boy, I am actually anxious for this one. Will we have another toasty or will a fresh score be uncaged?
Woof, critics are giving this a
Well, today is the first thread with Rotten Tomatoes’ official critic average score being back, after it was absent for 13 months.
59 MC with 5 reviews, it’s…aight I guess. Let’s see how it fares further
Another video game film where I don’t think reviews matter. It just needs fan service like Mario, FNAF, Minecraft and people will be happy.
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Expecting 52-53%
Jeremy Jahns said it’s a good time if your drunk. Oof. That subscriber group would be it’s main audience too.
So far reception seems to be better than the first one, but not great
I expected sub 40. Good job!
It’ll be 50ish% RT, this is very much a fan service franchise made for a specific audience.
“and the cheesy dialogue has enough groan-worthy one-liners to inspire a thousand drinking games”
Im not writing off this review but I do view this as a ringing endorsement rather than a negative. Give me 1,000 cheesy one liners.
Just hope Jeremy Jahns doesn’t give this a “Worth Checking Out on Streaming” rating again. All I wanna know is where it lies on his rating system.
Sounds like the fifth straight WB movie in a row to land in the 50-65% range this year… Pam & Mike’s 2025 run really came crashing *hard* this year, didn’t it?
Lemme guess. Critics are going to hate it!
Debuts at 61% barely this side of fresh. I don’t know if that’ll be enough to help the film. In a running theme with the reviews it’s better than the last one but still not great. Let’s see if the score increases or decreases.