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In 1617 Japan, Hanzo Hasashi finds his wife and son frozen and his Shirai Ryu clan slain by the Lin Kuei assassin Bi-Han. Outworld has won nine Mortal Kombat tournaments, and a tenth loss would cost Earthrealm its freedom. An old prophecy says a descendant of Hanzo will bring Earthrealm's new champions together, so the sorcerer Shang Tsung sends his fighters to kill the marked ones before the tournament can start. Cole Young, an MMA fighter, carries that mark. Sub-Zero attacks Cole and his family; Major Jax Briggs of Special Forces saves them and points Cole toward his partner, Sonya Blade. At Sonya's hideout Cole finds the mercenary Kano held captive, and when the reptilian Syzoth attacks, the three set out for Lord Raiden's temple, where Liu Kang and Kung Lao are.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mortal Kombat (2021)
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- Director Simon McQuoid said the film came "quite close to the line" of an NC-17 rating because of game elements that would have made it unreleasable, and after some edits it received its intended R rating.
- After Mortal Kombat Annihilation flopped in 1997, a third Mortal Kombat film languished in development hell for nearly two decades.
- Director Simon McQuoid left Johnny Cage out of the first film, calling him a "giant personality" that would throw it out of balance; for the sequel, wrestler Mike "The Miz" Mizanin wanted the part with Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon's support, but according to Garner, Karl Urban was in final talks.
- Kevin Tancharoen made an eight-minute short film, Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, as a pitch to Warner Bros.; he was hired to direct the reboot but quit in October 2013 after the project was delayed over budget constraints.
- Composer Benjamin Wallfisch began writing the score before he was officially hired, and the film includes a new version of The Immortals' "Techno Syndrome" produced by Wallfisch.
