‘Mortal Kombat 2’ Tears Apart Critic And Audience Review Scores Again
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- Gaming‘Mortal Kombat 2’ Tears Apart Critic And Audience Review Scores Again By Paul Tassi,
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- This time around, Mortal Kombat 2 has avoided a “rotten” Rotten Tomatoes score from critics, a 65%, but that’s far below the “verified hot” 89% from audiences.
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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow Author May 09, 2026, 10:48am EDTMay 09, 2026, 11:06am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Mortal Kombat 2WBIt’s often said as an excuse for less-than-great initial reviews that something isn’t made for critics, it’s made “for the fans.” But there is one franchise where that has been proven true twice now: Mortal Kombat, where Mortal Kombat 2 arrives this weekend and is looking to do pretty well at the box office.
This time around, Mortal Kombat 2 has avoided a “rotten” Rotten Tomatoes score from critics, a 65%, but that’s far below the “verified hot” 89% from audiences. It’s almost identical to the split for the original Mortal Kombat, 55% to 85%. The 1995 version…had both fans and critics agreeing it wasn’t great (44% and 58%).