Mortal Kombat II is Hollywood’s second sequel to a Mortal Kombat movie. It is, however, the first of its name, as the sequel to the 1995 Paul W.S. Anderson movie was entitled Mortal Kombat Annihilation . In terms of quality, Annihilation stands as arguably the worst video game adaptation of all time , so it would have been quite a feat for this movie to be even worse. Fortunately for everyone involved, it surpasses that very low bar, blending its fantasy martial arts nonsense with a few fun characters and plenty of bloody fatalities.

It also, shockingly , actually features its characters fighting in a martial arts tournament to the death .…