Critics believe that 'Mortal Kombat II' is the best in the saga. Its producer tries to make us believe otherwise to profit

After critics hated Super Mario Galaxy and Michael completely went against a devoted audience, it has become fashionable to look down on the craft of criticism and say a loud “What do they know?”, as if a bad review somehow reflects positively on your movie. And, of course, even works that haven’t had bad results have wanted to jump on the trend of complaining like beaten dogs, crossing their fingers and hoping that the sovereign public will go to the cinema to discover it for themselves.

Finish them!

It is the case of Mortal Kombat II, which has premiered on Rotten Tomatoes with a significantly better score than the original movie: if the original reached a 55% approval rating, this sequel stands at a decent 69%. Better than expected, in fact, especially considering that this year there is no mercy for silly blockbusters. However, its producer, Todd Garner, has decided to play the victim card.

“Some of these criticisms are making me laugh my ass off. It’s clear they haven’t played the game and have no idea what the fans want or ANY of the rules or the canon of Mortal Kombat. One critic was angry because a guy ‘had a laser eye.’ Why the hell are we allowing people who have no love for the genre to critique these movies?“, he said on X in response to the support of some fans… and just as many telling him there are more positive opinions than negative ones.

Garner was forced to respond that he was only referring to a couple of specific quotes he had read, but it was already more than enough to expand the narrative of “Us against them.” A ridiculous narrative, of course: after all, you can’t send a specific critic of each genre to watch only the movies they like. That’s what the profession is about: watching what you like and what you don’t, what you understand and what you don’t quite get, as the only way to have your own identity. Come on, there’s no need to cry just because someone doesn’t like your movie, Garner.