Well, it's finally here. The second Mortal Kombat of the Cole Young saga has been released. And just like the video game of the same name, it's a major improvement over the first installment. // General Review One thing I appreciate about this movie is that it doesn't even wind up; there's a brief introduction and the tournament just starts. The movie expects you to either be already deep in the lore, or already caught up with what's going on (it is a sequel, after all). And the first scene before the introductions is a pretty deep cut of MK lore that's only recently been portrayed in the modern games. A beautiful call-back to the 2D games. As for the surface-level visual details, they are pitch-perfect. All of the characters and locations are practically ripped from the source, and there are some locations from the first two games that make surprise appearances. My only real complaints have to do with dialog and pacing issues, but even those are very few and far between. There is so…
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