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Unless you’ve been banished to the Netherrealm, you’re probably aware that the highly anticipated
Mortal Kombat movie dropped this weekend. Fans have been waiting over 25 years for this live-action adaptation and the numbers speak for themselves. The trailer broke YouTube viewership records when it dropped in February, clocking over 116 millions views in its first week, and despite the pandemic,
Mortal Kombat also led this opening weekend s box office, as well as set HBOMax records. The question remains, though: Was it enough to break the curse of bad video game adaptations? Director Simon McQuoid’s first feature is light on a cohesive script but heavy on action, and at times is a goofball gorefest with more deep cuts than Mileena has teeth.
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With the film chalking up a sumly at the box-office over the weekend, expect Warner Bros to greenlight a sequel to “Mortal Kombat” as early as this week.
Speaking to Variety, Director Simon McQuoid said that while a sequel was never brought up once during production on “Mortal Kombat”, he’s not opposed to going there if the fans demand it.
”Sequels are a bit tricky because you can’t totally ignore them, because that wouldn’t be a smart move, but none of us used the “s-word.” We’d never talk about it in any depth whatsoever because we feel like we have to put all our energy into this film. That being said, if the fans want another one, that’s not for us to decide; that’s for the fans to decide. Then, we need a couple of joiner pieces that we know can lead us somewhere because there’s a treasure trove of stuff that’s just sitting there.”