Nicholas Dye (Staff Writer/Podcaster)

Holy shit it’s MORTAAAAL KOOOOOOMBAT!!! The first trailer for the long awaited relaunch of the wildly famous, gore filled video game based film has hit harder than Kano with an uppercut!! After FINISHING IT!! several times, I can confidently say it’s a FLAWLESS VICTORY!! Okay I’ll shut the fuck up with the cliches and just give you the official Warner Bros. synopsis and the trailer below. Mortal Kombat hits theaters and HBOMax on April 16th, 2021.

MMA fighter Cole Young (Lewis Tan), accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage-or why Outworld’s Emperor Shang Tsung (Chin Han) has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim), an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down. Fearing for his family’s safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee) at the direction of Jax (Mehcad Brooks), 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 (Tadanobu Asano), 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 (Ludi Lin), Kung Lao (Max Huang) and rogue mercenary Kano (Josh Lawson), 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?