Sequels are a chance to iterate, improve, and – in the case of Mortal Kombat – take advice from a passionate fanbase about ditching some of the less well-received aspects in favor of something that is truer to the franchise it's adapting.
"What was great about Mortal Kombat fans is they're incredibly vocal," producer Todd Garner said at a virtual press conference attended by GamesRadar+ and other press. "They play the games religiously. They know all the canon. So, they were very vocal about, 'Hey, this is stuff we didn't love about the first movie. You have two decisions you can make: You can either ignore it, or you can take it in and learn from it [then] apply different rules and different logic to the second one, which we did."
