About this episode

The episode discusses the sequel to the Mortal Kombat film, analyzing its improvements over the first film and the franchise's history.

Mortal Kombat gets a second chance as the sequel to 2021's forgotten pandemic-era reboot attempts to right the wrongs of its predecessor. For one, thing, this Mortal Kombat actually has Mortal Kombat in it. We discuss the history of the franchise, the ills of the first film, and our split-down-the-middle opinion of the new sequel. Do we have another good video game adaptation in the books? Or is this one another one to chuck into the acid pits?

People in this episode

Hosts: Derek Wong, Amir Touray, Jeff Zhang

Topics covered

• video game adaptations
• film reviews
• Mortal Kombat franchise
• sequel analysis
• pandemic-era films

Keywords

• Mortal Kombat
• film review
• video game adaptation
• sequel
• franchise history

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat

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