The 2021 reboot of Mortal Kombat, despite multiple pandemic-related issues, is finally nearing its official release. That, in turn, means the hype train is starting up, as indicated by a host of new interviews and screenshots via Entertainment Weekly that confirm it will, in fact, have an R rating. This includes the live-action debut of MK‘s trademark Fatalities.
As per the movie’s plot summaries, some of the leaks from last year have proven to be only slightly accurate. MK, 2021 edition, is a(nother) reboot of the series continuity, beginning with the brand-new character Cole Young (Lewis Tan, Into the Badlands). Described by Tan as “kind of a washed-up MMA fighter who used to be a champion,” Cole’s only link to his ancestry comes from a strange birthmark on his chest that resembles Mortal Kombat‘s trademark dragon logo.
That birthmark ends up drawing Cole into the world of the Mortal Kombat tournament. After he survives an encounter with Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim, The Raid), Cole is brought to the temple of Raiden for sanctuary. There, he and other fighters who bear the mark are trained to defeat the coming Outworld invasion.
Last year’s plot leak, which involved Cole’s search for his missing wife, have either been disproven or written out; however, it seems MK mainstay Johnny Cage is still notably AWOL from both the plot summary and the casting list.
Interestingly, Mortal Kombat seems to treat Cole as a viewpoint character rather than a full-fledged protagonist. In keeping with recent adaptations like the 2020 direct-to-video animated film Scorpion’s Revenge, the film also deals heavily with the blood feud between Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada, who appeared briefly in Avengers: Endgame) and the original Sub-Zero. In fact, it begins with a 10-minute fight scene between the two, set before either of them had gained their supernatural powers.
Simon McQuoid told EW he was hoping to craft “the best fight sequences done in a movie ever… I wanted to make sure that everyone respected the material, the lore of Mortal Kombat, the fans and the love they have for this.” That, in turn, meant making sure the film was as bloody as the games.
“There are some crazy fatalities,” Tan told Entertainment Weekly. “There’s a lot of really cool signature moves that you’ll see, a lot of Easter eggs that we snuck into the film, but there are some really badass fatalities that I can’t wait to see on the big screen. They’re brutal, man. They don’t hold back.”
In addition to Tan as Cole, Mortal Kombat stars Ludi Lin (Aquaman) as Liu Kang, Tadanobu Asano (Hogun in all the Thor movies) as Raiden, Jessica McNamee (Sirens) as Sonya, Mehcad Brooks (Supergirl) as Jax Briggs, Josh Lawson (House of Lies) as Kano, Chin Han (Skyscraper) as Shang Tsung, Sisi Stringer (the 2020 Children of the Corn remake) as Mileena, and stuntwoman Elissa Cadwell making her acting debut as Nitara.
Mortal Kombat is scheduled for simultaneous release in theaters and on HBO Max on April 16.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
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