Mortal Kombat (1995)Movies

movie review mortal kombat Running time: 110 minutes. Rated R (strong bloody violence and language throughout, and some crude references.) In theaters and on HBO Max.

You’ve gotta hand it to Warner Bros. With their new reboot of “Mortal Kombat,” the studio has given audiences the anti-Oscars.  

In Best Picture-nominated “Nomadland,” Frances McDormand never once slices open a four-armed Hulk so his innards spill out onto the pavement. In “Mortal Kombat,” that’s one of the less gratuitous scenes. The action film is as unpretentious as Charlie Sheen eating a Krispy Kreme doughnut at Six Flags.

In short: blissfully dumb entertainment. 

But the movie doesn’t assault your taste in the...