Critics and audiences are in agreement that Mortal Kombat 2, which has just hit theatres, is a huge improvement on the first film, and that might be because the developers of the Mortal Kombat game franchise were more involved this time around.
In an interview with Forbes, writer Jeremy Slater, who was brought on board for the sequel, said, "One of the mistakes we wanted to rectify from that first movie was not having NetherRealm Studios as creatively involved as they could have been." So, for round 2, the team made sure that the creators were "involved every step of the way."
