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Name: Mortal Kombat
Director: Simon McQuoid
Genre: action, adventure, fantasy
Released: 2021
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 6.1

Mortal Kombat has an iRankMovies score of 57.2/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Mortal Kombat (2021)

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Release:2021

Runtime:1h 50m

Country:United States

Director:Simon McQuoid

Language:English

Genre

ActionAdventureFantasy

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Keywords

Saving The World magicNinja FighterGoreGodAlternate DimensionShaolin MonkFighting

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Mortal Kombat rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.1/10· 205K votes

Rotten Tomatoes55%

Metacritic44%

TMDb7.032/10· 7K votes

With 55% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.1/10 on IMDb and 44/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Mortal Kombat

Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.

Cast of Mortal Kombat

Lewis Tan
as Cole Young
Jessica McNamee
as Sonya Blade
Mehcad Brooks
as Jax
Josh Lawson
as Kano
Ludi Lin
as Liu Kang
Max Huang
as Kung Lao
Tadanobu Asano
as Lord Raiden
Chin Han
as Shang Tsung
Hiroyuki Sanada
as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
Joe Taslim
as Bi-Han / Sub-Zero
Sisi Stringer
as Mileena
Daniel Nelson
as Kabal

Mortal Kombat facts

Budget: $20M
Box office: $84.4M
Collection: Mortal Kombat (Reboot) Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Fighting choreography delivers visceral combat spectacle and gore appeal
•Video game mythology translates with satisfying fantasy-action aesthetic
•Alternate dimension worldbuilding creates visually distinctive tournament setting