Every time I hear Mortal Kombat, the theme music from The Immortals gets stuck in my head for a long while.
The popular Midway game is still strong with its latest release of Mortal Kombat 11 a couple of years ago. Now New Line Cinema relaunched the film brand that was popular back in the nineties with Christopher Lambert, Bridgette Wilson, and Robin Shou. Lambert’s raspier voice as Lord Rayden certainly made that character more memorable.
Here’s the description of the new Mortal Kombat story:
In Mortal Kombat, MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld’s Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down. Fearing for his family’s safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who bears the same strange dragon marking Cole was born with. Soon, he finds himself at the temple of Lord Raiden, an Elder God and the protector of Earthrealm, who grants sanctuary to those who bear the mark. Here, Cole trains with experienced warriors Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and rogue mercenary Kano, as he prepares to stand with Earth’s greatest champions against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe. But will Cole be pushed hard enough to unlock his arcana—the immense power from within his soul—in time to save not only his family but to stop Outworld once and for all?
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The ensemble cast includes Lewis Tan as Cole Young; Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade; Josh Lawson as Kano; Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden; Mehcad Brooks as Jax; Ludi Lin as Liu Kang; Chin Han as Shang Tsung; Joe Taslim as Bi-Han and Sub-Zero; and Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi.
Simon McQuoid makes his feature directorial debut from a screenplay by Greg Russo and Dave Callaham (Wonder Woman 1984), from the story by Oren Uziel (Mortal Kombat: Rebirth).
Mortal Kombat will be in theaters and streaming exclusively on HBO Max on April 16.
New Line Cinema released the first images from the film below. Let us know what you think.
Source: New Line Cinema
