Warner Bros. Releases First Official Trailer for Mortal Kombat

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Warner Bros. has released the first official trailer for Simon McQuoid’s modern, live-action adaptation of NetherRealm Studios’ hit fighting game series, Mortal Kombat. The trailer gives us an excellent look at some of the franchise’s most popular characters (e.g., Scorpion and Sub-Zero) and confirms that the movie should be just as violent and bloody as the games it was inspired by. We also get to hear a subdued version of the theme from the original 1995 film, The Immortals’ “Techno Syndrome.”



“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,” a synopsis reads. “Fearing for his family’s safety, Cole...

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[Stoly]

Me likey.

 

[Space_Ranger]

Ok... I loved the first one, and this remake, I'd be down for too..

 

[Burticus]

I guess. I expected worse. I loved the first one but I was much younger and stupider then. Good soundtrack though, I still have it in my car

 

[ThreeDee]

I just hope this is better than the 2nd one .. that .. that is all I ask .. that's it ..

 

[Nanobot]

I just hope this is better than the 2nd one .. that .. that is all I ask .. that's it ..

I had happily forgotten about that one until you brought it up.

 

[Armenius]

I guess. I expected worse. I loved the first one but I was much younger and stupider then. Good soundtrack though, I still have it in my car

I rewatched the original last month and I still love it.

I just hope this is better than the 2nd one .. that .. that is all I ask .. that's it ..

Rated R with Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion. That automatically makes it better than the second one .