Mortal Kombat 2 Is Going to Be All About the Tournament

The 2021 Mortal Kombat remake was basically a prequel. It followed the evil head of the Outworld, Shang Tsung, who was trying to kill all of Earth’s fighters so they would be unable to compete in the titular tournament. He, of course, failed—and now in Mortal Kombat 2, out October 24, the tournament is on. Not only that, it’s also the driving narrative of the whole movie. “They keep score throughout the movie,” Ed Boon, co-creator of Mortal Kombat, told Entertainment Weekly. “There’s a visual representation of who is winning… It’s not just a tournament for the sake of a tournament. There are huge consequences, so you really are keeping score. And there are a lot of twists in it that keep you on your toes.” The wild character list is sure to also keep audiences on their toes. All the big characters from the first film are coming back, as well as a few who died. There’s Cole Young (Lewis Tan), Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada), Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim), Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee), Liu Kang (L ... Read full article.