The
first
trailer
for
Mortal
Kombat
2
has
dropped,
giving
us
a
proper
look
at
Karl
Urban
in
the
starring
role
as
everyone’s
favourite
idiot
actor,
Johnny
Cage.
And
to
my
surprise,
it
actually
looks
rather
good.
Certainly
better
than
Mortal
Kombat
2021
which
was
enjoyable
but
completely
forgettable.

This
version
of
Cage
appears
to
be
washed
up,
his
glory
days
as
an
action-movie
icon
far
behind
him.
And
yet
somehow
he
winds
up
dragged
into
the
Mortal
Kombat
tournament,
despite
the
fact
that
he’s
underpowered
compared
to
everyone
else
and
hasn’t
really
been
keeping
himself
fighting
fit.
That
ain’t
gonna
stop
Karl
Urban
kicking
some
ass,
though.
Well,
Urban’s
stunt
double,
at
any
rate.

“Are
you
shitting
me?
You
don’t
have
any
powers!?”
demands
the
returning
Kano
in
the
trailer

“Nope.
Just
incredibly
handsome,”
says
Cage.
I
can
already
tell
I’m
going
to
have
fun
with
this
movie.
And
it
should
be
a
pretty
badass
moment
when
Cage
does,
presumably,
get
his
abilities.

“We
start
him
at
a
very
low
point.
His
career
is
completely
in
the
dumps.
He
has
no
self-confidence.
He
has
neglected
his
martial
arts
training.
And
at
his
lowest
point,
he
gets
called
up
to,
essentially,
be
a
warrior
that
represents
the
Earthrealm
and
fight
for
the
very
future
of
humanity.”

Urban
told
IGN.

And
yes,
that
means
we
have
the
tournament
proper
this
time,
which
was
noticeably
absent
in
the
first
movie.
By
having
Cage
being
completely
unaware
of
the
tournament
and
its
rules,
the
movie
has
a
good
excuse
for
explaining
everything
to
the
audience.
Honestly,
this
looks
like
it
should
have
been
the
first
movie.

We
also
get
a
glimpse
at
Mortal
Kombat’s
big
boss,
Shao
Kahn.
He
looks
pretty
intimidating.
Noob
Saibot
is
in
there
too,
which
should
be
fun.

And
probably
best
of
all,
Scorpion’s
iconic
“GET
OVER
HERE!”
now
sounds
like
it
was
ripped
straight
out
of
the
games.

Talking
to
IGN,
producer
Todd
Garner
explains
that
they’ve
got
a
much
bigger
budget
this
time
around
thanks
to
the
first
movie
doing
so
well
on
HBO
Max.

“They
gave
us
more
scale,
more
scope
to
do
the
fights,
more
fighting,
which
is
expensive
quite
frankly.”

Mortal
Kombat
2
will
teleport
into
cinemas
on
October
24
of
this
year.
Will
it
dethrone
Mortal
Kombat
1995
as
the
best
cinematic
version
of
the
world’s
bloodiest
tournament?
Of
course
not,
because
nothing
will
ever
topic
that
fucking
soundtrack.
MOOOORTAL
KOMBAT!
Dun
dun
dun
DUN
DUN
DUN.
Still,
this
trailer
seems
to
capture
the
hokey,
cheesy
insanity
of
Mortal
Kombat
in
a
way
that
MK
2021
just
didn’t.