As such, it's all the more interesting to note that the newest movie series to follow in The Fast & The Furious' footsteps appears to have done so somewhat accidentally, given its ability to do so comes from the way it adapts its source material. However, this doesn't stop the series from mirroring much of what made The Fast & The Furious a hit - which bodes well for the new series' future.
Mortal Kombat 2 Cements That The Series Works In The Same Way The Fast & The Furious Does
While 2021's Mortal Kombat brought the new series of film adaptations to life, it's the movie's sequel that has locked the franchise into a longer-term setup, with Mortal Kombat 2's ending clearly teasing at least a third follow-up film, if not prospectively more should these installments all prove to be reasonably financially successful - which they stand a good chance of being, since audiences are inherently drawn to the action and spectacle found within.
In this sense, the Mortal Kombat movies effectively have the same appeal as The Fast & The Furious series on a core level, since even those not invested in the Mortal Kombat games or the story of the universe are often drawn in by the allure of seeing larger-than-life action sequences and fights each release promises.
Much in the same way viewers are inherently drawn to The Fast & The Furious movies for scenes of impossible spectacle, like characters using a car to jump through a range of skyscrapers in Fast & The Furious 7, or connecting a truck's chain to a helicopter in order to use a linked line of cars' shared weight to bring the aircraft down in The Fast & The Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw, the fatalities and intensive action sequences of Mortal Kombat share a similar appeal, particularly given both require a certain level of suspended disbelief from the viewer.
Mortal Kombat's R-Rating Means It Can Go Even Further With Its Stunts & Action Scenes
In some ways, the Mortal Kombat series is able to provide even more of the mindboggling feats that are a primary draw for both it and The Fast & The Furious series compared to its more family-friendly brethren, since it's able to push the boundaries of what's possible on-screen more without having to worry about reigning things back in to make sure things aren't too intense violence wise.
This was on prime display in Mortal Kombat 2, as moments like heads being chopped into several distinct pieces or smashed into oblivion are not exactly the kind of fare that The Fast & The Furious could conventionally get away with. That said, they do still work in the same kind of overall vein as the other action series, since the visual spectacle provided is impossible to look away from in both franchises.
As such, there's plenty of reason to be excited for the prospect of future Mortal Kombat installments, and plenty of reason to believe this iteration of the franchise's movie world could live on for a considerable amount of time depending on how things unfold, given the success of The Fast & The Furious and its own extensive history, and the parallels between what makes these two different movie universes work for audiences.
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