Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures The Mortal Kombat 2 movie is almost ready to fill cinemas with over-the-top fights and gallons of blood, and the good news - following its predecessor's lukewarm critical reception - is that first reactions are looking positive. Mind you, critics might still perform a fatality on it when the full review embargo lifts, but so far, those sharing their thoughts on social media after the first screenings are happy with the results that returning director Simon McQuoid and new screenwriter Jeremy Slater (Moon Knight) have delivered. Mortal Kombat 2 movie trailer. Watch on YouTube "The fights are bloody, the stakes higher, and the dynamics stronger than its predecessor. Karl Urban's Johnny Cage brings meta comedy and JCVD energy, while Adeline Rudolph's Kitana gives the carnage emotional weight," film critic Michael Lee wrote. Multiverse of Color backed those claims up.…