Mortal Kombat
Warner Bros. | Release Date: April 23, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 43 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
25
Negative:
10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Vanity FairRichard LawsonApr 23, 2021
Mortal Kombat is a disjointed, halfhearted trip to the past, where things probably should have been left finished for good. Read full review
38
ObserverOliver JonesApr 23, 2021
It will more than likely meet fans’ expectations for what they want in a Mortal Kombat movie but will fall short of exceeding them. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 23, 2021
Aside from the comic-book movie supernatural brawls — with lots more blood and profanity — there’s nothing at all to this. Read full review
30
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergApr 22, 2021
While the carnage demonstrates some imagination (can ice cauterize wounds? Did a hat just turn into a table saw?), the rules, extending even to whether death is permanent, are so arbitrary that nothing matters. Test … your patience. Read full review
27
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzApr 22, 2021
It is all very, very stupid, But first-time director Simon McQuoid regrettably refuses to embrace that stupidity. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineJake ColeApr 22, 2021
In spite of its occasionally engaging displays of gnarly brutality, the film too often feels like an adaptation of a player select screen. Read full review
25
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 22, 2021
This “Mortal Kombat” is more broadly watchable than the 1995 version ever was, but it’s hard to shake the dull sensation that video game movies are now playing us. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyApr 22, 2021
This is supposed to be a world of fighters with bizarre outfits and combat abilities, but a lot of the time, the viewer will just find themselves staring at a screen that’s mostly rocks. Read full review
20
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMay 6, 2021
To call the film “repellent” would do it too much credit. The combat itself (sorry, kombat) is so clumsily shot and edited that the fights have no discernible dramatic shape or flow, while the fatalities are rendered in bland, businesslike computer graphics that have you yearning for the honest, artisanal gloop-by-the-bucket of a Hellraiser or Nightmare on Elm Street. Read full review
20
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzApr 22, 2021
In fairness, you can say that Mortal Kombat is pretty much exactly what you expect it to be. It’s clearly meant as the first film in a renewed franchise. But for me, it’s game over. Read full review
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