Mortal Kombat

No, please.

Your brother's soul is mine.

Liu!

You will be next.

Chan.

Let's go. Sixty seconds to target.

-Jaxx, is the perimeter secured? -Locked tight.

-It better be. I want Kano. -Trust me, Sonya.

I trust one person on this planet, Jaxx. You're talking to her.

Good boy.

She's here.

Right on time.

I love punctuality in a woman.

Don't you, Mr. Shang Tsung?

Now, you're sure she's gonna follow me?

You killed her partner, didn't you?

She'll follow you into hell.

Just make sure she's on that boat.

Sonya Blade must be at the tournament.

Maybe me and Sonya should share a cabin...

...have our own little honeymoon cruise.

If you so much as touch her, Kano...

...you're going to need a Seeing Eye dog.

Where's Kano?

Where is he?

Let's dance.

This is where you fall down.

Where do you get these guys?

And the press says I don't know how to do this stuff?

Cut.

-All right, reset. We're back in 15. -I'm not doing it again.

-What do you mean? -I'm not.

Johnny, it's the last shot. Where are you going?

To my trailer. I'm gonna get a gun and I'm gonna shoot myself...

...for being in your movie.

It'll kill me. I'll be back directing traffic.

Don't leave me hanging up here. You're killing me, Johnny.

-I love you, I need you. Johnny.

Excuse me, Johnny, there's, uh, someone over there who wants to speak to you.

-Who is it? -I don't really know.

You let somebody on the set you don't know?

No, of course not, I--

-It had better not be a reporter. -Oh, God, no, I--

You want me to find out?

Oh, great.

Hey, mister, you're in my chair.

Hi, Johnny.

Master Boyd, I--

I see the,uh, press is still giving you a hard time.

Yeah, they think I'm a fake.

Johnny, you're one of the best martial artists in the world.

And I can help you prove it.

Prove it? How?

A tournament.

The tournament.

It's held once a generation.

The best fighters in the world are invited.

You win the tournament, you win their respect.

They'll tell the entire world that you're the real goods.

-So how do I, uh...? -There's a boat.

It leaves Pier 40, Hong Kong, tomorrow.

Be on it.

Liu.

Is this the place? -Yes.

-This is where we found his body. -What happened?

After you left for America, he followed in your footsteps...

...preparing for the tournament.

Grandfather, it wasn't enough that you filled my head with that nonsense?

To save the world is not nonsense.

Men fighting in a simple contest don't decide these things, Grandfather.

-How can you, a wise man, believe this? -We all believe in it.

Including your brother.

Liu Kang has been given the dream. He is the chosen one.

No. He left our temple, turned his back on us.

Why have you come back?

I want to represent the Order of Light at the tournament.

For what reason?

The man who killed my brother will be there.

That cannot be your only reason for going.

-Or you will fail. -Oh, yes, I forgot.

We're fighting for the fate of the world.

That's why you left the temple and ran away, isn't it?

The great tournament was too much responsibility.

But vengeance...

...that's so much simpler.

Lord Rayden.

You're still running away from your destiny.

Rayden?

Grandfather, get up.

This isn't your god of thunder and lightning. He's just a beggar.

Spare him, my Lord Rayden.

American life has enfeebled his mind. Too much television.

So you're going to win the tournament?

-Yes, I am. -Show me how.

Oh, don't tell me you're afraid of a simple beggar?

If you are Rayden...

...why did you let Chan die?

-Why didn't you protect him? -Why didn't you?

I've had enough of this.

I'm going to find my brother's killer at the tournament.

With or without your consent.

He isn't ready, my lord.

-And we've lost so much time. -I know.

But there is no one else.

[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER LOU LOUDSPEAKER]

-Oh, give me a break. -Hey.

-Look, don't let them get to you. Yeah, sure.

Hey, you're Art Lean, aren't you?

Man, I saw you fight in London, you were great.

Thanks. I saw a couple of your films.

-Listen, you can't fake those moves. -Yeah, well, tell that to the press.

Hey, pal, when the ship comes in, could you put these on board?

You want me to carry your luggage?

Yeah. I pay money, you carry the bags.

-Or is that too complicated? -No.

-I got it. -Good.

Huh. Thank God I didn't ask him to park the car.

Nothing says that creep at the club wasn't lying his ass off.

Kano could be a thousand miles from here by now.

What is that?

You gotta be kidding me.

-That's him. -Hold on.

That's it, baby.

Come to papa.

Sonya, don't get on that thing. Hey, Sonya.

Hey, you.

All right, tough guy, you wanna get...rough?

No, do you?

Hi. I'm Johnny Cage, and you are?

Where's Kano?

I don't know who you're talking about.

-But I'm sure I can help you find him. -Out of my way.

Just another starstruck fan, huh?

It's an honor to finally meet you, Sonya.

Shang Tsung, at your service.

I'm looking for a murderer. He boarded this ship.

I'm impressed.

But it is my boat, and if you'd like a tour, I'd love to give it to you myself.

Hey, be nice to the lady. She's just doing her job.

When I want backup, I'll radio for it.

Got that radio handy?

Scorpion and Sub-Zero, deadliest of enemies.

But slaves under my power.

Move aside.

-Enough. Lord Rayden.

How good of you to grace us with your presence.

Your sideshow freaks attacked my fighters.

That is expressly forbidden before the tournament.

-As your emperor well knows. -My sincere apologies.

It won't happen again, I promise you.

-Hmm. I shall see to that. Of course.

Until we reach the island, Where you have no dominion.

My dominions are well known to me, sorcerer.

-Thank you. -What tournament?

You've been chosen, Sonya.

Much to my delight.

You really are Rayden.

Come with me.

We got a guy with things coming out of his hand...

...another guy who freezes stuff.

And then a man who, as far as I can tell, is made out of electricity.

I mean, how did he disappear like that? What is going on? Who is this guy?

Let's just think this through. There is a rational explanation for this.

He's Rayden.

God of lightning and protector of the realm of Earth.

-Oh, great. -There's your rational explanation.

Listen.

What you're about to face is vastly more important than...

...your ego...

...your enemy...

...or your quest for revenge.

You have embarked on a sacred mission.

You have been chosen to defend the realm of Earth...

...in a tournament called Mortal Kombat.

Defend it from who?

Your world is but one of many realms.

One of them is a forsaken land called Outworld...

...ruled by an immortal who has crowned himself emperor.

Now he seeks a new world to conquer and enslave.

Now, wait a second.

If this guy is so powerful, then why doesn't he just invade us?

To enter the realm of Earth...

...the emperor's demon sorcerer, Shang Tsung, and his warriors...

...have to win 10 straight victories in Mortal Kombat.

Heh.

They have won nine.

This will be the 10th tournament.

A handful of people on a leaky boat are gonna save the world?

Exactly.

The essence of Mortal Kombat...

...is not about death, but life.

Mortal men and women defending your own world.

Why are you telling us all this?

-What about the others? -They are all great fighters.

But I have looked into their souls.