Mortal Kombat II It caused a few deaths as new footage debuted at CinemaCon on Tuesday.
This brutal video game adaptation brings Karl Urban to the series as fan-favorite character Johnny Cage – a ’90s action star summoned to become Earth’s Champion in a deadly tournament.
That tournament was the focus of the scene shown in Las Vegas, where Johnny Cage talked about a big match against the mutant Baraka and tried to convince him to fight Liu Kang from Lodi Lane. However, his fast talking backfires when he is summoned to participate in the fight instead due to the inconvenience he has caused.
Cage then starts panicking, stuttering, saying, “I’m just a fucking actor” and “I have businessmen who do this shit for me.” He strikes out, saying, “I’m going to die,” which his opponent confirms as he asks to save his face. But encouraged by his friends, “You’re an actor, so act,” he — literally — springs into action, showing off his martial arts skills and flying some flips, followed by a kick to Baraka’s private parts.
The feature will unlock on May 8.
Simon McQuaid returns to direct from a script by Jeremy Slater after helming 2021. Mortal Kombat. That film hit theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously amid the pandemic to modest results ($81 million) but was a huge hit on the streaming platform, leading to a sequel.
The cast also includes Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Tati Gabrielle, Lewis Tan, Damon Herriman, Chin Han, Tadanobu Asano, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada.
New Line’s relationship with the series dates back to 1995, when Warners co-president Mike De Luca worked on the original. Mortal Kombat The film, which became the world’s first successful video game film, grossed $122 million worldwide ($262 million in today’s dollars).
