First teaser for Karl Urban's Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat 2 is suitably obnoxious

Jan. 16, 2024

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The first look at Karl Urban’s Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat 2 is here – and it’s suitably obnoxious.

Thanks to producer Todd Garner, we now have the first glimpse of the movie star-turned-Earthrealm protector. As you can see below, Karl Urban’s character is taking cues from his video game counterpart with a belt buckle that spells out ‘CAGE’. Subtlety? Never heard of it.

Garner has liberally sprinkled other teases in the past week as filming continues, includingKitana’s fanandShao Kahn’s skull-busting hammer.

The producerwarned, however, that the first Mortal Kombat 2 trailer won’t be coming “for months”

Alongside The Boys’ Karl Urban is Tati Gabrielle (Uncharted) as Jade, Adeline Rudolph (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Kitana, Martyn Ford (F9) as Shao Kahn, Desmond Chiam (Falcon and The Winter Soldier) as King Jerrod, Damon Herriman (Justified) as Quan Chi, C.J. Bloomfield (Furiosa) as Baraka, and Ana Thu Nguyen (One Night) as Sindel.

That collection of cast members suggests that Mortal Kombat will be heading to the realm of Edenia in the sequel, with a potential war against Outworld and the brutal Shao Kahn lingering just over the horizon.

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