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Bob Strauss April 22, 2021Updated: April 22, 2021, 5:00 pm
Ludi Lin (left) plays Liu Kang and Max Huang is Kung Lao in “Mortal Kombat.” Photo: Warner Bros.
Comparisons can be odious. But thank the thunder gods for comparisons especially if you had anything to do with the reboot of “Mortal Kombat.”
Directed by Simon McQuoid, best known for his work on commercials for the likes of PlayStation and “Halo,” and produced by James Wan (director of “Aquaman” and “The Conjuring”), the new video game movie adaptation isn’t particularly great. But it’s obviously made well, by people who’ve seen more than one Hong Kong kung fu film and know their samurai cinema pretty well, too, which instantly places this “Mortal Kombat” film miles above that 1995 theatrical attempt with the same title.