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  "path": "/2026/film/reviews/mortal-kombat-ii-review-karl-urban-1236738114/",
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  "textContent": "For a while, we’re cheered at the prospect that Karl Urban might lighten the film’s load with his meta ironic balsa-wood Don Johnson presence. And he does — a bit. But \"Mortal Kombat II,\" a sequel to the 2021 \"Mortal Kombat\" reboot, is still an old-school video-game trash extravaganza: all sound and fury and flying bodies and jargony world-building, propped up by a sludgy excuse for a story.",
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