Mortal Kombat (2021)

"An entertaining load of violent nonsense."

"Succeeds in soaring spectacle and gory fun that fully whets your appetite for more."

"Helps push videogame movies in the right direction."

"The characters go out of their way to reach a suitably scenic backdrop for a brawl, before ripping the place apart."

"A lot of the time, the viewer will just find themselves staring at a screen that's mostly rocks."

"Kombat looks pretty rinky-dink when compared to the thrill rides Marvel cranks out on a regular basis."

"Why so much screen time was wasted talking about a tournament at all is left unclear."

"Fights are imaginatively conceived and presented with gratifying punch, framed and edited in ways that showcase the athletic choreography."

"The wooden dialogue and indifferent performances aren't bugs so much as features of a corporate mindset that sees IP fidelity and imaginative storytelling as mutually exclusive aims."

"Its sheer manic energy might just about be enough for some."

"It's just plain, unrepentant fun."

"A successful movie if you measure success by how many gruesome ways one person can murder another in battle."

"More broadly watchable than the 1995 version ever was..."

"If you’ve come to see imaginative, well-realised fight scenes that culminate in spectacular moments of splattery gore, and about a million cheeky nods to the video game... then you’ve come to the right place."