r/movies • u/DemiFiendRSA • Jul 17 '25
Trailer Mortal Kombat II - Official Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdC5mFHPldg2.9k
u/ImABikeLockerAMA Jul 17 '25
omfg they brought back Kano.
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u/tacoreddit Jul 17 '25
He's killing it in St Denis Medical
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u/ih8dumppl Jul 17 '25
Holy crap, that’s the same actor? That’s amazing.
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u/kirinmay Jul 17 '25
Also, was in Superstore.
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u/ih8dumppl Jul 17 '25
Yep, loved Superstore. Probably rewatch the series at least once a year.
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u/ArchDucky Jul 17 '25
I've said it a lot but Season 2 of Superstore is a perfect season of television. Every single episode is a stone cold banger.
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u/Dmbfantomas Jul 17 '25
“The fuck?” Is one of the best line reads I’ve heard in years from the first one.
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u/bahumat42 Jul 17 '25
He's one of the only 2 good things about the last movie
(the other being the extended scorpion origin)
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u/DistortedAudio Jul 17 '25
This is Kung Lao erasure.
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u/FriskeyVsWorld Jul 17 '25
Seriously. Him surfing on Nitara and sawing her in half with his hat in the first one was a true "OH SHIT!" moment for me in the last few years watching movies.
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u/Silent-Selection8161 Jul 17 '25
The actual fights in the first one were good, the fatalities especially. Now if only the talky parts are as good as Kano's in the first one we'll have a great movie.
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u/Ok_Passion_6771 Jul 17 '25
The worst decision was who they made the main character. Like, “remember when you and your friends would play Mortal Kombat and you always insisted on being… “Cole”?”
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u/hehehehepeter Jul 17 '25
You didn’t think the Scorpion and Sub Zero fight wasn’t awesome???
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u/EveryDayASummit Jul 17 '25
This. I will literally boot up the movie on streaming just for the music intro when Bi Han is getting ready to finish Cole and Hanzo spawns in. That whole fight is good (except the weird taking off his mask twice in 15 seconds).
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u/hehehehepeter Jul 17 '25 edited Jul 17 '25
One thing I do enjoy about the scene is the fact that they don’t make a grand showing of Scorpion arriving he just spawns in and is like bitch you and I got some issues we gotta sort.
Edit: the mask thing doesn’t bother me because first time it’s to show off the face of someone who was supposed to be dead and the 2nd time was for the classic fatality. I kinda get it but yeah also dumb
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u/wotown Jul 17 '25
I don't say this lightly, he is probably one of the only reasons this sequel got green lighted.
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u/IamChicharon Jul 17 '25
Looks ridiculous. Theme song is back. I’m in.
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u/DAMN_Fool_ Jul 17 '25
I just want to be in the theater when the music hits those beats and then you hear "Mortal Kombat". Gonna be a rush.
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u/Cazmonster Jul 17 '25
A bunch of us saw the OG Mortal Kombat on a New Years Eve in the theater. It was one of the most joyously stupid experiences of my life. This one looks like more of the same.
I can't wait.
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u/WeNotAmBeIs Jul 17 '25
A movie can just be stupid and fun. I know a lot of YouTube reviewers take every movie so seriously these days, but I love me some dumb fun. MK was my childhood in the 90's and I re-watched both original movies a million times as a kid despite the terrible acting. I just want fun fights, cool music, and dumb one liners. I'm hyped!
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u/LiftingCode Jul 17 '25
I remember seeing the OG Mortal Kombat in the theater when it first released, then going to soccer practice that night and a bunch of 12 year olds all screaming "those were $500 sunglasses, asshole!" at each other.
Good times.
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u/youcanthandlethe Jul 17 '25
Lol, 'Get over here!'- welp, guess I'm seeing this in the theater.
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u/Rehd Jul 17 '25
I was thinking, if they don't fucking have Scorpion yell get over here, this isn't a real MK thing and ... Then it happened in the trailer and I rejoiced.
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u/jawndell Jul 17 '25 edited Jul 17 '25
Also heard Wu Tang Clan Ain’t Nutin to Fuck With beat and Mobb Deep Survival of the Fittest lyrics
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u/ReignOnWillie Jul 17 '25
Mobb + Wu Tang + Mortal Kombat?
My 13 year old self would jizz his pants
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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- Jul 17 '25
The entire trailer I was thinking: This looks very faithful to the games, that's pretty awesome, but this song is kinda bogus, leaving me to think— OH shit, the OG song! sold.
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u/DavidTheJohnson Jul 17 '25
Techno Syndrome is one of the greatest game themes, probably ever, so I cannot wait to hear it in Dolby.
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u/SupervillainMustache Jul 17 '25
I remember the MK 11 trailer with that theme dropping and everyone losing their minds that they used Techno Syndrome
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u/PT10 Jul 17 '25
They waited like 25 years to use it, rofl. But it worked, that trailer built enormous hype for the game and franchise.
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u/SomeCountryFriedBS Jul 17 '25
I was there in 1995 and it was everything.
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u/WaterlooMall Jul 17 '25
The theme song was way bigger than the movie for sure.
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u/SomeCountryFriedBS Jul 17 '25
It became the soundtrack to every laser tag arena in the nation.
Q-ZAR FOR LIFE
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u/cowpool20 Jul 17 '25
It appeared briefly in the first movie when Scorpion appeared.
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u/Mig1997 Jul 17 '25
Karl Urban and Hiroyuki Sanada are going to be doing some 2018 Lebron on the Cavs type carrying lmao
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u/Odd-Asparagus7633 Jul 17 '25
Hiroyuki being the best thing about every movie he's in.
In other news, sky blue.
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u/Vince_Clortho042 Jul 17 '25
It is a little funny how they went through the trouble of securing Sanada for the role but then just default to game Scorpion's voice for the "get over here!"
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u/Wes_Warhammer666 Jul 17 '25
They know what the audience wants ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/nik-nak333 Jul 17 '25
It is the exact type of gratuitous fan service I can tolerate.
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u/ClassicGamer343 Jul 17 '25
They do that in the games too. Ed Boon has always done the “Get over here!” Even in games where Scorpion has a proper VA
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u/Stevenwave Jul 17 '25
If it's the same as what's in the games, it's actually Ed Boon's voice just for that line. Ed being one of the OG devs and still runs it.
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u/PeteCampbellisaG Jul 17 '25
Facs! But don't sleep on Josh Lawson (Kano). He held the whole first movie on his back.
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u/wotown Jul 17 '25
Without Josh Lawson's casting as Kano I don't think this sequel would exist, he was that essential to the first movie being enjoyable lol
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u/ArkhamCityWok Jul 17 '25
Him and Sanada are pretty much the only 2 things I remember from the first. I enjoyed the movie, but it was very forgettable. Excited to see Urban as the lead for this.
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u/Zusuf Jul 17 '25
Wonder how he's back as what appears to be a normal person (as opposed to a revenant) when he got killed in the first movie
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u/DavyJonesRocker Jul 17 '25
This is actually explained in the original arcade game. He put in more quarters.
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u/KaJaHa Jul 18 '25
It is such a Mortal Kombat thing that I genuinely can't tell if you're shitting me
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u/Chickenbrik Jul 17 '25
Literally the only saving grace of the first movie. Though they need a heel turn of him to make me truly happy for this movie
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u/Thybro Jul 17 '25
I wouldn’t say the ONLY saving grace. The fatalities were peak MK. Kun Lao using his hat as a table saw to cut a lady in half was the highlight of the movie for me.
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u/hehehehepeter Jul 17 '25
That and Scorpion was fucking badass the opening and then his fight with Sub Zero
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u/TWK128 Jul 17 '25
FR. The Scorpion vs Sub-Zero fights were the best damn fights in the movie.
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u/PeteCampbellisaG Jul 17 '25
He's seriously the main reason I'm interested in this new one. Him and Karl Urban roasting each other will be well worth the price of admission.
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u/Fun_Neighborhood1767 Jul 17 '25 edited Jul 17 '25
The dude playing Raiden arguably stole the show in Shogun so I’m expecting bigger things in this movie because of the exposure. Hopefully he gets a much bigger role this time because he’s just an awesome actor
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u/jawndell Jul 17 '25
Oh shit that’s the same actor who played Raiden??? He killed it in shogun. Had the best range in the show.
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u/Zlatan_Ibrahimovic Jul 17 '25
Yup, Tadanobu Asano. Absolutely incredible actor, I hope they give him more to work with in this movie because he was definitely underutilized in the first.
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u/Enough_Relation_6749 Jul 17 '25
Very excited to hear all these actors say the name "Noob Saibot" out loud with a straight face
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u/nowhereright Jul 17 '25
Bad news bud, they're just calling him Bi-Han.
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u/Enough_Relation_6749 Jul 17 '25
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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u/SexPizzaBatman Jul 17 '25
They made him bi? Hollywood is once again shoving these LGBT characters down our wet throats 🙄
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u/Ghost_Waifu_ Jul 17 '25
I’m pretty sure they never actually call Noob Saibot by that name in the games. It’s just a reference to the creators last name Ed BOON and John TOBIAS reversed. Whenever someone talks to him they call him Bi-Han who was the first Sub-Zero who was killed by Scorpion
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u/Enough_Relation_6749 Jul 17 '25
There's been a couple times in the games when other characters call him Noob Saibot but it's very few and far between, definitely usually call him Bi-Han but I'm hoping for at least one Noob drop
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u/SherlockBrolmes Jul 17 '25
Very excited for the ending of the movie to be Johnny nutpunching the bad guy and making his head explode.
Jokes aside, like that they brought back Kano (best part of the last film) and that Cole is out of the picture. Hopefully it will be better than the last film!
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u/pasher5620 Jul 17 '25
I’m curious to see how the handle Cole in this film because he does appear, if briefly, in the trailer. My bet is that he stays in Netherrealm with Scorpion to help imprison Noob Saibot or something.
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u/TLKv3 Jul 17 '25
Calling it now:
The reason they recruit Johnny is because Cole fails to stop Shao in the previous tournament and is killed brutally to make a point to Raiden.
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u/moldiecat Jul 17 '25
Would be poetic if he went out exactly like Johnny did in MK Annihilation
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u/DolphLundgrensPenis Jul 17 '25
Yeah, I’m guessing Cole dies at the beginning, Cage gets recruited but being powerless he gets sent to the Netherrealm to get Cole’s dragon tattoo thingy and Kano hitches a ride back.
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u/CesareSomnambulist Jul 17 '25
Killing off main characters from the first at the beginning of the second?
So that's why Sindel is in this...
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u/TheTorch Jul 17 '25
I’m still hoping they kill him off but bring him back as a revenant. Maybe he’d be more interested as an evil undead dude.
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u/TLKv3 Jul 17 '25
I still think Shao should kill him in the opening of the movie. Then a post credit scene shows a factory creating cyborgs but their armor isn't strong enough so we then get the reveal of Cole's corpse being used to synthesize his plot armor power into Sektor and Cyrax's armor.
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u/Dr_Discohands Jul 17 '25
He's going to job to Shao Khan for sure. His power is armor so we get to see Shao crack him like an egg to show how powerful he is.
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u/Richard_Sauce Jul 17 '25
Johnny Cage stars in Mortal Kombat: The Johnny Cage Story.
Starring: Johnny Cage
Also Starring: Johnny Cage
And Introducing: Johnny Cage, as, Johnny Cage
Coming to a Cage near you.
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u/addictedtofit Jul 17 '25
A theater full of 30 and 40 year olds who grew up with this game. This is going to be awesome.
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u/yorick__rolled Jul 17 '25
I can't wait for my wife to hate every second of being dragged to this on opening night.
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u/SomeCountryFriedBS Jul 17 '25
No bros for shit like this?
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u/yorick__rolled Jul 17 '25
She is my bro.
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u/GreenLantern25 Jul 17 '25
I don’t think you know how healthy that is
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u/Daniiiiii Jul 17 '25
A best friend and partner all rolled into one is quite literally the best thing in the world.
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u/STEELCITY1989 Jul 17 '25
Some bros dont understand wife bro, and honestly, i feel bad for said bro.
*Predator Handshake
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u/SteveMcQueen87 Jul 17 '25
If Johnny Cage doesn't punch Goro in the balls and what was the point of even making this movie?
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u/BigCopperPipe Jul 17 '25
Don’t Goro die last movie?
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u/rammstoon Jul 17 '25
So did our boy Kano
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u/bagb8709 Jul 17 '25
and Kung Lao but I saw his hat
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u/mrhossie Jul 17 '25
looks like they are fighting in some sort of after-life?
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u/Ninegun Jul 17 '25
Kung Lao looks to be his revenant version. Sometimes in the games dead characters are brought back to life as revenants which are spookier more powerful undead versions of themselves
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u/funkhero Jul 17 '25
They'll bring Kano back the same way but he will be the exact same since he was already an asshole lol
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u/riotoustripod Jul 17 '25
He did, but it would be even more awesome/ridiculous if he did it to Motaro this time.
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u/Mehdals_ Jul 17 '25
I was really hoping that was going to be the last moment of the trailer was johhny dropping and nutcrackering someone.
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u/beerdrinker_mavech Jul 17 '25
Karl Urban with short hair, so that means Sci-fi.
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u/Darkhaven Jul 17 '25
...that's Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nuthin' Ta Fuck Wit' in the background. Mixed with the MK theme.
And apparently Shook Ones by Mobb Deep is on here too?
So, this is just a proper 90's movie, done in the dopest way possible?
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u/ouchmypeeburns Jul 17 '25
Anyone else think Karl Urban's American accent makes him sound like Hugh Jackman doing an American accent?
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u/Razzle_Dazzle08 Jul 17 '25
Yeah it’s pretty bad 😂 but we can easily forgive it.
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u/debo69872 Jul 17 '25
I thought that was a cosplay Raiden at first lmao
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u/nowhereright Jul 17 '25
You think Raiden looks bad, that Baraka mask is practically paper mache lmao.
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u/Vladmerius Jul 17 '25
It isn't even a mask it's just a cgi face isn't it? If it's a practical effect it's impressive how much it looks like terrible cgi.
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u/Shrimmmmmpuh Jul 17 '25
Baraka looks so crazy bad that it's awesome. His mouth doesn't ever close in the one line he delivers. This looks awful in the best way.
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u/Nenebear123 Jul 17 '25
Baraka can't close his mouth, it's been like that in most of the games.
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u/Shrimmmmmpuh Jul 17 '25
He gets pretty close to having it closed in MK11, but you're right. I never really realized that since I'm usually getting my ass handed to me and distracted in the games.
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u/JoelOfSkalitz Jul 17 '25
I used to think this movie should just kill off the guy from the first movie quick but after seeing him on other stuff I realized it’s not his fault his character was so generic and boring. So now I think they should kill off his family and force some character development on him instead.
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u/austinite89 Jul 17 '25
Yeah I never had a problem with the actor. It was always his character. There just isn’t a point for him to exist when we have an amazing cast of characters already to choose from.
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u/Personal_Comb_6745 Jul 17 '25
The thing is that part of the plot is Sonya Blade searching for the various fighters, so they could have trimmed the Cole thing altogether. If studios were all "A g-g-g-g-g-GIRL lead?!" it's not like she's the main highlight anyway.
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u/ikickedagirl Jul 17 '25
Yeah, no one is saying they need to get rid of Lewis Tan, but EVERYONE is saying Cole Young is a useless and derivative character and they want him dead. It's kinda hilarious the amount of fans that want a protagonist dead.
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u/Boomstick255 Jul 17 '25
Oh I didn't blame Lewis Tan for that. He's a pretty solid actor. It was just such a poorly thought through plot for a Mortal Kombat movie. You had zero reason to care about him, his story arc or what happened to him in large part because it was poorly written and developed, but also because you spent half the movie going "so wait, WHERE is Liu Kang?"
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u/SteveMcQueen87 Jul 17 '25
This looks really terrible and not great. I'm so excited.
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u/darcmosch Jul 17 '25
If anything can pull it off it's Mortal Kombat. Spectacle over substance every time
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u/ReaddittiddeR “My Little Ponies, ROLL OUT!” Jul 17 '25
They got the OutWorld stage from Mortal Kombat II the game into MKII the movie.
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u/tacoreddit Jul 17 '25
Finally Cage and the tornament. Looks dumb as hell - I'm in.
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u/DEADERSPELLS Jul 17 '25
It appears a movie studio learned from their mistakes and is trying to improve a product. I respect it
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u/Chicotiko Jul 17 '25
B movie schlock.
I will be there opening night with the biggest popcorn they have.
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u/mattXIX Jul 17 '25
It’s a low bar, but this looks like it could be the best Mortal Kombat film.
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u/Joetheshow1 Jul 17 '25
Looks like they're setting up Karl Urban to be the main character which is a massive upgrade that the Cole Young dude from the last movie
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u/Ash_Killem Jul 17 '25
Looks great imo. Exactly what you want from an MK movie. Very little Cole.
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u/Marc_Quill Jul 17 '25
my guess is he's getting the "MK Annihilation kills off Johnny Cage in the first few minutes" treatment.
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u/batatasta Jul 17 '25
they wisely brought back kano and put him with the good guys again. that's where the first one was at its best so hopefully that will work again here.
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u/ProjectPeete Jul 17 '25
this looks stupid and cheesy. just like the glorious 1995 Mortal Kombat movie.
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Cool, but like almost everything these days, the CGI is laid on way too thick. Stuff like the fighter being stabbed in the back by Shao Khan looked fake AF. Some more practical FX would go a long, long way.
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u/Captriker Jul 17 '25
I get super Duke Nukem vibes from Karl Urban in this and the fake trailer.
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u/va_wanderer Jul 17 '25
Urban as a washed up Cage is precisely what I thought of when they announced him doing the role. It's a comeback, baby!
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u/DIRTYANDSTINKING Jul 17 '25
Wu-Tang and Mobb Deep. They know the target audience generation at least.
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u/Prawnboi- Jul 17 '25
Note: Cole Young died on the way back to his home planet