Awesome Red-Band Trailer For MORTAL KOMBAT II Brings Johnny Cage To The Tournament
Warner Bros. has dropped the first trailer for Mortal Kombat II, and this time, all eyes are on Karl Urban’s Johnny Cage. The fan-favorite movie star turned tournament fighter takes center stage, and the footage teases a sequel that’s going bigger, bloodier, and far more brutal than before. This movie looks awesome!
The 2021 adaptation introduced an original character, Cole Young, but the sequel looks ready to embrace the heart of the franchise with the tournament itself.
“They keep score throughout the movie,” said Ed Boon, co-creator of Mortal Kombat, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “There’s a visual representation of who is winning… It’s not just a tournament for the sake of a tournament. There are huge consequences, so you really are keeping score. And there are a lot of twists in it that keep you on your toes.”
Returning from the first film are Lewis Tan as Cole Young, Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion, Joe Taslim as Sub-Zero, Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Mehcad Brooks as Jax, and Tadanobu Asano as Raiden.
Surprisingly, Kano (Josh Lawson) and Kung Lao (Max Huang) are also back, despite their deaths in the previous movie. I guess they pumped more quarters into the machine to keep going. The sequel is expected to explore the concept of revenants, undead versions of fallen fighters, which should help explain these mysterious comebacks.
New characters making their debut include Adeline Rudolph as Kitana, Martyn Ford as Shao Kahn, and of course, Johnny Cage, played by Karl Urban.
Unlike the first film, which centered on Cole Young, this entry appears to lean heavily into Cage’s personality and story arc. His cocky charm and action hero swagger could bring a completely different energy to the sequel, and fans will be eager to see how it plays out.
Mortal Kombat II is set to hit theaters on October 24, promising a fun action-packed film, familiar faces, new warriors, and the bone-crushing fatalities the franchise is known for. Based on this first look, the sequel might just deliver a flawless victory, and I didn’t like the first movie at all!