Though iconic Mortal Kombat characters like Raiden, Scorpion and Sub-Zero.
Since 1992 introduced the world of Mortal Kombat as well as a sequel, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, in 1997. The former movie ended up being a box office hit thanks to a $122 million worldwide box office haul while Annihilation had a far worse box office sum with just $51 million worldwide.
Annihilation's subpar box office total isn't the only aspect of these live-action Mortal Kombat movies that went awry. While the Deadpool movie in PG-13 confines — it's not possible to do justice to the most important adult-skewing parts of the source material.
To boot, both generic 1990's action film rather than the more specific visual aesthetic of the games.
But it isn't just in translating their source material to the screen that saw the Mortal Kombat movies struggling. On their own creative merits, both titles came up short. This is especially in of their screenwriting which delivered characters and dialogue that proved laughable to both long-time Mortal Kombat fans and newcomers alike. The writing for Annihilation was particularly dire as it delivered numerous lines of clumsy dialogue that have become as iconically terrible as its dated visual effects. Both in of adapting a series of famous video games and as action movies in their own right, the two Mortal Kombat movies came up immensely short.
However, there is hope for Mortal Kombat fans craving a proper live-action movie. greater fidelity to the Mortal Kombat games. Perhaps with this feature, the Mortal Kombat franchise will finally get a movie adaptation worthy of their source material.
