Published May 8, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT The impalement-centric fatalities in Mortal Kombat 2 don't deliver a flawless victory, but enough of them get the Sicko stamp of approval. Every single Fatality in Mortal Kombat 2, ranked Image: Warner Bros. Pictures Watching a film with “Mortal Kombat” in the title, audiences expect one thing above all else: a commitment to the franchise’s signature Fatalities. For the uninitiated, Mortal Kombat is a series of fighting games in which enhanced beings compete in life-or-death tournaments for nothing less than the fates of their homeworlds. More importantly, when a player wins a fight, they can choose to eliminate their opponent in fiendishly sadistic ways, like kicking someone in the crotch so hard that their skeleton pops out of their body. (My personal favorite.) This kind of ludicrous ultraviolence isn’t for everyone — there were congressional hearings in the ’90s about the Mortal Kombat games, which helped lead to the video game ratings system still in use today.…