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Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge

By Renee Longstreet, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 16+

Animated tale based on '90s video game has blood, gore.

Movie R 2020 80 minutes
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Based on 5 parent reviews

CodyHH
CodyHH Adult
April 25, 2021
age 14+

Great watch.

This is a excellent animated action packed movie that's a drill ride from start to end.

This title has:

Great messages
Great role models
ArchCody
ArchCody Adult
April 24, 2021
age 14+

Great animated movie.

What can say if like mortal combat and action packed movies with interesting fun story thats animated then this is the movie for you.

This title has:

Great messages
Great role models
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What's the Story?

In MORTAL KOMBAT LEGENDS: SCORPION'S REVENGE the fate of the world is to be decided by a tournament. For nine years running, the evil but powerful warriors from the Other World (aka the "Netherrealm") have defeated those from Earthrealm in an annual tournament of escalating one-on-one battles to the death. If Other World is successful again, for the tenth consecutive year, Earth, as it is known, will cease to exist. Representing Earthrealm are Sonya Blade (voiced by Jennifer Carpenter), a fierce military hero who has been sent to the tournament island, along with movie hero Johnny Cage (Joel McHale), who mistakenly believes he's on his way to a movie set. Additional fighters for Earthrealm are Liu Kang (Jordan Rodrigues), a young Shaolin monk trained to lead his realm by the thunder god Raiden (Dave B. Mitchell), and a giant crusader known as "Scorpion" (Patrick Seitz), who seeks revenge for the death of his wife and son at the hands of a treacherous villain from the Netherrealm. In a series of bloody, lethal confrontations between the Other World's brutes and savages in danger-filled locations all over the island, Earthrealm's forces are overpowered and out-numbered. Still in the perennial fight between good and evil, Righteousness and Hope may ultimately be on the side of Earthrealm.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (5):
Kids say (5):

Horrific deaths and bloody mayhem are nonstop in this well-executed but hyperviolent return of a popular, decades-old video franchise now a part of the Warner Brothers Animation team. Vilified (even banned in some countries) by parent groups, educators, and politicians in the 1990s for its over-the-top focus on death and destruction, the game had no shortage of fans. Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge is back "with a vengeance." Fans of the brand will be happy. The animation is slick; the voice actors' performances are first-rate; the heroes elicit sympathy. Joel McHale as the vain, hapless actor who is in the wrong place at the wrong time adds welcome comic relief to the relentless head-bashing and slashing of the murderous villains who fill the screen with blood and gore.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the extreme violence in Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge. What emotions does all the bloodshed elicit? Is it exciting or horrifying? How much is too much? Does the fact that it's animated make it any less powerful? Why is it important to understand how the violence in the film may impact kids?

  • The movie states that someone (Scorpion, in this case) "will sacrifice more and more of his humanity to get revenge." What do you think this statement means? How does the movie show it to be true?

  • If you were already a Mortal Kombat fan, did this movie meet your expectations? Why or why not? If you were not already a fan, did this movie make you want to see more? What was it that appealed to you?

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