Mortal Kombat
Directed by Simon McQuoid6.155%85%7.0
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.
- keithfrombm7d agoThis movie sucked. Its original character sucked. It's direction sucked. Its story was worse than the OG. Why try to make something so simple, so complex? It's hard to believe that it got a sequel. But I haven't seen that one yet. However, it actually looks more entertaining than this thing was.
- Hipster ZOMBIEApril 1, 2025I love the Mortal Kombat video game series and the original film hold a special place in my heart. However, this 2021 remake tries really too hard to be dark and gritty and doesn’t know how to have fun. The film also suffers from spending waaaay too much time trying establish a new character, Cole Young, who is bland and doesn’t really do much for the story. Also, where is the tournament?!? The entire film builds up to the tournament only to make us wait for it in a sequel? The fight scenes are overall decent but in a world where we have movie like “The Raid” I expect more from a live action MK film. A lot more.
- AntonioDecember 28, 2025Always expect better than what we get when it comes to MK films. This one was ok. The cast is mostly good, but better choices can be made ;) The Scorpion/Sub-Zero storyline is great. Told the story well. Action, fighting, effects and everything associated with S/SZ was great. This should've just been a Scopion/SubZero film instead. MK felt a bit fast like it was all rushed. Some stuff was done very poorly, from acting, effects and overall scenes. Just eh. I still watch it from time to time so its not the worst, just my opinion
- turbob24May 12, 2026Great movie! I was a little put off by how serious it starts and how quickly it shifts to goofyness. BUT, it works. Great fights, great effects, and a real story that pulls you to the sequel. The 90's film was great fun (the less said about annihilation the better). But this feels like a proper, made with love, start to a franchise. Bravo!
- Doc WormMay 10, 2026More like mid-ass Kombat. Script is basic and the new OC main character is so boring. Supporting cast is actually super solid. Pacing issues in the middle. Honestly doesn’t matter a ton though because the the combat is what’s important and it’s pretty entertaining with decent choreography. They do AWESOME things with Sub Zeros ice abilities.
- cultfilmlikerMay 7, 2026Hey man it (kind of) made sense and I had fun! (edit: based on all of the Letterboxd reviews from people I follow, I am wrong) Kano is a hell of an artist! Also just realized that’s the surgeon in St. Denis Medical. I recognized him from his mannerisms and speech patterns! Makes a lot of sense as the comedic relief. He’s quite funny in both! The Jax training stuff was hard to watch So wait….Sonya can just shoot huge rings of death? Talk about OP I do not remember two of the villains so I’m gonna have to go play the game lol Watched at home in 4KHDR instead of just going to the double feature in theaters tomorrow
- Ray HopkinMay 10, 2026This is a really fun time, I'm not gonna lie. It does exactly what I expect from a MK movie, except have the actual tournament, so here's hoping to that coming in the sequel. But I loved the whole setting the stage of the characters, ready for the tournament. The fights are brilliant, and the soundtrack rocks nearly as good as I remember the 1995 movie being. Now onto the sequel.
- Michael SurberNovember 8, 2025A solid "4" for me. Best MK movie so far but that's not exactly a high bar. Overall it works for me even though there's only so much liberty they can do based on a video game. I mean, Resident Evil it's not, lol. Still there's enough to warrant watching it and truth be told it is entertaining. Decent SFX and martial arts and I know I'll be watching it again.
Mortal Kombat Trivia
Mortal Kombat was released on April 7, 2021.
Mortal Kombat was directed by Simon McQuoid.
Mortal Kombat has a runtime of 1h 50m.
Mortal Kombat was produced by Todd Garner, James Wan, E. Bennett Walsh, Simon McQuoid.
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.
The key characters in Mortal Kombat are Cole Young (Lewis Tan), Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee), Jax (Mehcad Brooks).
Mortal Kombat is rated R.
Mortal Kombat is a Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller film.
Mortal Kombat has an audience rating of 8.5 out of 10.
Mortal Kombat had a budget of $20M.
Mortal Kombat has made $84.4M at the box office.