Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms Review

 

Mortal Kombat: Battle of the Realms is a a direct-to-video adult animated martial arts film and the sequel to Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge. The movie is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and NetherRealm Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms is written by Jeremy Adams and directed by Ethan Spaulding.

The story is another tournament has begun, only this one is the tournament to end all tournaments. It's the final Mortal Kombat, the one that will decide the fate of the realms. Now, not matter what team it is one thing is certain, it's time to go all out and fight! But Scorpion has found out someone is trying to resurrect the One Being. If the One Being is resurrected than it means destruction for the entire universe.

Initial Reaction

The sole reason I was hyped for this movie was simply because the last movie, Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge was pretty good. Action, animation, and bloody/gory fights what more could a Mortal Kombat fan want in animated MK movie?

Cons

The movie's biggest issue is, that's it's not broken up into two parts when it really should've been. Cause on one hand you got the final tournament and they in the last couple of minutes we have the One Being causing havoc. Because of that things do get rushed in some areas. But had if they did where part one is the tournament, sprinkled with the One Being story, and then cliffhanger ending, and then part two could've been about the heroes war against the One Being.

Middle Ground

Now in all honest I still feel as though the movie is still put together despite the issue with the script. Cause when I really thought about it, this movie could've been so much worse. So I do think even though it's not the two parter it should've been, the filmmakers still found a way to make a lot of this material work out to a decent degree.

Pros

Now to tell you about the more positive aspects of the movie and that's the animation. It's the same style as Scorpion's Revenge and much in that movie, I still love this still, and if they ever make a third movie or maybe an animated series (and if that happens they better not make it like Defenders of the Realm) I would love to see this style again. Another one of the more positive things about Battle of the Realms is the voice cast. Once again Joel McHale kills it as Johnny Cage, Patrick Seitz to me has become the voice for Scorpion, and I even liked Fred Tatasciore as Shao Kahn. The last thing I'll give the movie credit for is the action. Much like the previous movie and the 2021 live-action flick, the movie earned that R-rating for all of they bloody action.

Overall, Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms is okay. We get great animation, a great voice cast, and plenty of bloody action. Even though there were issues with the script, the movie is still put together nicely. The only issue I had was this was really one of those that should've been broken into two parts.

My final rating is Okay.

So that's going to do it for me. Come back on Saturday, Sept 4th for my review of the newest MCU movie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.