Mortal Kombat 2 Movie Producer Reacts To Divisive Review Scores
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Mortal Kombat 2 comes to theaters on May 8, and the reviews for the movie are split down the middle. One of the movie's producers, Todd Garner, has now reacted to the divisive review scores and said he is baffled that people who don't appreciate a given genre are allowed to review a film in that genre.
"Some of these reviews are cracking me up," he wrote on social media. "It's clear they have never played the game and have no idea what the fans want or ANY of the rules/ canon of Mortal Kombat."
Garner also pointed out one specific review that mentioned Kano and his bionic eye. "Why the fu** do we still allow people that don't have any love for the genre review these movies! Baffling," he said.
Mortal Kombat 2 comes to theaters on May 8, and the reviews for the movie are split down the middle. One of the movie's producers, Todd Garner, has now reacted to the divisive review scores and said he is baffled that people who don't appreciate a given genre are allowed to review a film in that genre.
"Some of these reviews are cracking me up," he wrote on social media. "It's clear they have never played the game and have no idea what the fans want or ANY of the rules/ canon of Mortal Kombat."
Garner also pointed out one specific review that mentioned Kano and his bionic eye. "Why the fu** do we still allow people that don't have any love for the genre review these movies! Baffling," he said.
Garner is just the latest movie producer to react to movie reviewers recently, as Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto used the same word, baffling, in his response to reviews for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. He said it is "truly baffling" that movie reviewers--people he said he thought should "champion" the film business--were so negative on the film.
Miyamoto, and now Garner, were criticized for their criticisms, with many pointing out, in Miyamoto's case, that it is not the job of movie reviewers to "champion" the industry. Regarding Garner's comments, many said people should not have to know the lore or play the games to enjoy a movie adaptation or review it. Others are telling Garner he should be happy with Mortal Kombat 2's impressive 73% score on Rotten Tomatoes, which is a significantly higher critic score than what the 2021 movie recieved.
One of the next big video game movies is Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie, which does not adapt any storylines from the games or feature characters from the series. Cregger said he expects fans of the game series to be upset with his take, but he views the games and the film as separate things.
Garner is a veteran Hollywood producer. In addition to producing the 2021 Mortal Kombat and its sequel, Garner produced the Paul Blart: Mall Cop movies, the Nicolas Cage film Next, the Jennifer Garner (no relation) movie 13 Going on 30, and the Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler comedy Anger Management.
Mortal Kombat 2 is expected to perform significantly better at the box office than the 2021 movie, but any comparison between the two films will be unfair given the earlier movie was released during the pandemic.
As for the Mortal Kombat game series, NetherRealm boss Ed Boon has teased that a new game is coming.
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