The gory Mortal Kombat 11 video game, with 8 million copies sold worldwide, has been banned for its over-the-top brutality in China, Japan, Indonesia and Ukraine. That hasn’t stopped Mortal Kombat (2021)—the R-rated movie—from dismembering the competition at the box office.
MK21 grossed $22.5 million domestically, earning it the top spot last weekend. Deadline reports MK21 had the biggest R-rated opening during the Covid-19 pandemic.
That ought to make you sick. What are we teaching the next generation about the value of human life when we let them consume images of wall-to-wall death? You can read the rest of this column HERE.