Karl City takes a break from The Boys to play a washed-up Johnny Cage within the trailer for Mortal Kombat II, a sequel to 2021’s Mortal Kombat reboot and the fourth live-action movie within the franchise primarily based on the Nineties online game collection. It comes at some point after Warner Bros. launched a (very entertaining) faux trailer for a brand new in-universe, fake Nineties Johnny Cage film, Uncaged Fury. (Cage’s prior faux movie credit apparently embody Cool Hand Cage, Exhausting to Cage, and Insurgent With out a Cage.)
The primary live-action Mortal Kombat movie turns 30 this yr. It was a field workplace success however a crucial failure, though it has since advanced right into a campy cult basic—and Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa continues to be thought of by many to be the definitive portrayal of sorcerer Shang Tsung. A 1997 sequel, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, nevertheless, bombed each critically and financially. And Halfway, the sport writer, filed for chapter quickly after.
Nevertheless, Warner Bros. purchased the rights and finally tapped Simon McQuoid to direct a reboot greater than 20 years after the unique’s launch, specializing in MMA fighter Cole Younger (Lewis Tan). The 2021 movie earned blended opinions, however carried out sufficiently effectively on the field workplace for Warner Bros. to green-light a sequel, additionally directed by McQuoid. The 2021 movie ended with Cole heading to Los Angeles to search for martial arts film star Johnny Cage, who’s the primary protagonist of Mortal Kombat II.
The official synopsis presumes familiarity with its predecessor: “This time, the fan favourite champions—now joined by Cage himself—are pitted in opposition to each other within the final, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the darkish rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.”
