Mortal Kombat 2, like its 2021 live-action predecessor, ends with plenty of open questions. The movie is chockablock with some major character deaths, because what is a Mortal Kombat tournament without spectacularly gory fatalities? But now that the actual Mortal Kombat tournament has finally happened and the heroes of Earthrealm have won the day, where does the fighting game film franchise go from here?
Mortal Kombat movie producer Todd Garner has strongly hinted that a third film is in development and that the franchise could get spinoffs as well — but that’s all dependent upon the success of Mortal Kombat 2.
So what does the ending of Mortal Kombat 2 mean for the franchise? What have the films’ creators said about a sequel? And most importantly…
Does Mortal Kombat 2 have a mid-credits sequence?
Surprisingly, no. At the end of Mortal Kombat 2, Kitana now serves as the queen of Edenia, and our surviving heroes Sonya Blade, Johnny Cage, Baraka, Kano, and Raiden, set off on a mission to bring back their fallen friends. That includes the likes of Jax, Cole Young, and Kung Lao, all of whom perished during the Mortal Kombat tournament.
Fortunately, our heroes have the necromancer Quan Chi as their prisoner — possibly even their ally? — to help bring back the dead. Meanwhile, Liu Kang, having seemingly ascended to fire god form, pledged to bring his shaolin bro Kung Lao from the Netherrealm, Mortal Kombat’s version of Hell. Scorpion may have also finally double-killed his archenemy Bi-Han/Sub-Zero/Noob Saibot, but will the dark ninja stay dead or will another Sub-Zero take up the mantle?
We don’t learn more about the heroes’ mission in a mid-credits sequence or get a tease of who might be coming to the Mortal Kombat Cinematic Universe in the future. What we do get is another rendition of the MK classic “Techno Syndrome” with a rundown of the key kombatants set to some fancy graphics.
If you’re sitting through the lengthy credits for Mortal Kombat 2, you’ll also want to know…
Does Mortal Kombat 2 have a post-credits sequence?
This is a bummer. No, there is no post-credits sequel tease at the end of Mortal Kombat 2. That’s not a big surprise; the 2021 Mortal Kombat movie didn’t have one either. But for a franchise like MK, it sure feels like the filmmakers should be teasing something, like the return of Goro or Cole Young’s headless corpse rising from the acid pools in which his body was dumped.
If Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie can tee up their next heroes, why not Mortal Kombat?
Will there be a Mortal Kombat 3?
Jeremy Slater, who wrote the screenplay for Mortal Kombat 2, announced at New York Comic Con 2025 that Warner Bros. had already hired him to write “the next installment of Mortal Kombat.”
Mortal Kombat movie producer Todd Garner has also strongly hinted at a Mortal Kombat 3, and other movies based on the franchise. He’s hinted at big changes for existing characters and the addition of new heroes and villains, including the likes of the purple ninja Rain. “We have an incredible fight sequence with Rain that we all want to do,” Garner said in an interview last year.
There’s plenty of room for the franchise to go. While big bads like Shao Kahn and Goro have been gruesomely killed off, there are plenty of major villains that can be featured in future MK movies: Shinnok, Motaro, Kintaro, Onaga, etc.
With Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat 2, director Simon McQuoid has barely scratched the surface of MK’s lore and its cast of characters. Hopefully Mortal Kombat 2’s lack of credits sequences is just the filmmakers playing it safe, not an indication that live-action Mortal Kombat movies have already met their end.
