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Mortal Kombat 2 redeems itself by fixing the worst thing about the first movie

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(Image credit: Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures) Big fat spoilers for the entire Mortal Kombat 2 movie ahead. You've been warned! 2021's Mortal Kombat is not a good movie. It's a little under two hours of pure, terrible decision making. It's filled with some of the series' most boring characters—and the select few interesting ones still end up sidelined. All of its so-called comic relief is put on Kano, whose attempts at quips and witty one-liners fell incredibly flat for me. Lest we forget sloppy choreography (khoreography?), amateurish editing, and kringeworthy attempts to hamfist in an iconic "fatality" line or two. (Image credit: Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures) That's not to slight actor Lewis Tan, who does the best job he can with the material he's served. But his talents would have been significantly more appreciated as a pre-existing Mortal Kombat character.…

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