Mortal Kombat (2021)
Mortal Kombat is a 2021 action movie directed by Simon McQuoid, with a running time of 1h 50m. It stars Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee and Mehcad Brooks.
Cole Young fights for cash in low-rent cages and has no idea why a dragon birthmark marks him for something larger. An assassin from Outworld, the ice-wielding Sub-Zero, comes hunting, and Cole gets pulled into an ancient contest between realms. He trains alongside Earth's chosen champions, learns to unlock an inner power, and squares off against Shang Tsung's monsters ahead of the Mortal Kombat tournament. Simon McQuoid directs this video-game reboot with hard-R fatalities, familiar names like Scorpion, Liu Kang, and Raiden, and a cast led by Lewis Tan, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada.
Quick answers
What is Mortal Kombat about?
Cole Young fights for cash in low-rent cages and has no idea why a dragon birthmark marks him for something larger. An assassin from Outworld, the ice-wielding Sub-Zero, comes hunting, and Cole gets pulled into an ancient contest between realms. He trains alongside Earth's chosen champions, learns to unlock an inner power, and squares off against Shang Tsung's monsters ahead of the Mortal Kombat tournament. Simon McQuoid directs this video-game reboot with hard-R fatalities, familiar names like Scorpion, Liu Kang, and Raiden, and a cast led by Lewis Tan, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada.
When was Mortal Kombat released?
Mortal Kombat was released on 7 April 2021.
How long is Mortal Kombat?
Mortal Kombat runs 1h 50m.
Who made Mortal Kombat?
Mortal Kombat was directed by Simon McQuoid.
Where can I watch Mortal Kombat?
Mortal Kombat is available on HBO Max, MAX (Via Amazon Prime), YouTube TV, Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch Mortal Kombat
Stream: HBO Max, MAX (Via Amazon Prime), YouTube TV
Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Spectrum On Demand
Buy: Fandango at Home
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Cast
- Lewis Tan as Cole Young
- Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade
- Mehcad Brooks as Jax
- Josh Lawson as Kano
- Ludi Lin as Liu Kang
- Max Huang as Kung Lao
- Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden
- Chin Han as Shang Tsung
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
- Joe Taslim as Bi-Han / Sub-Zero
- Sisi Stringer as Mileena
- Daniel Nelson as Kabal
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A few thoughts on Mortal Kombat
The games remain the real draw: Mortal Kombat 11 delivers the fatalities and character lore the film only samples. For escalating one-on-one combat in another medium, Saint Seiya sends its bronze warriors through duel after duel with the same tournament shape and mystical-power stakes.
The Mortal Kombat tournament across its other screen incarnations
Cole Young's dragon birthmark pulls him into the same ancient contest between realms that has fueled the Mortal Kombat franchise since its arcade days. These titles cover the rest of that tournament, from the original 1995 film through the animated Legends shorts to the fighting games that started Scorpion and Sub-Zero's rivalry.
Video-game fighting tournaments reborn as live-action bloodsport
Mortal Kombat's hard-R fatalities and tournament structure came straight from an arcade cabinet, a lineage this film wears proudly. These titles take the same path from fighting game to screen, keeping the tournament brackets, the signature finishing moves and the over-the-top violence that made the source material famous in the first place.
Martial artists chosen to fight for the fate of their world
Cole Young trains alongside Earth's chosen champions to unlock a power he didn't know he had, preparing for a tournament that decides more than his own life. These stories follow warriors handed that same weight, chosen or reluctant fighters whose next match carries the stakes of an entire realm.
Stylized fight choreography that turns action into spectacle
Simon McQuoid stages Mortal Kombat's fatalities and realm-hopping combat as pure spectacle, letting the fighting itself carry the film. These titles share that same commitment to style over restraint, building entire sequences around how a punch, a bullet or a superpowered blow actually looks on screen.