The live-action Mortal Kombat films are the franchise's long, uneven attempt to bring its fighting-game carnage to the screen. The 1995 original is a guilty-pleasure classic, a goofy, energetic martial-arts tournament movie that, by the low bar of game adaptations, basically worked. Its 1997 sequel Annihilation is remembered far less fondly, an effects-heavy misfire that buried its cast under rubber monsters.
The brand returned in 2021 with a bloodier, R-rated reboot that finally delivered the fatalities the games are known for, with a 2026 sequel bringing the fan-favorite Johnny Cage into the mix. This grouping is films only, separate from the games, and its arc tracks the whole bumpy history of video game movies: from cheerful nineties cheese to the modern, gore-forward reboot.
The Live-action films franchise spans 4 movies in the CrossBinge catalog.
Part of Mortal Kombat.
Movies
Key people
- Ed Boon (Actor)
- Simon McQuoid (Director)
- Josh Lawson (Actor)
- Tadanobu Asano (Actor)
- Damon Herriman (Actor)
- Max Huang (Actor)
- Keith Cooke (Actor)
- Jessica McNamee (Actor)
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Actor)
- Ludi Lin (Actor)
- Mehcad Brooks (Actor)
- Robin Shou (Actor)