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WATCH: First seven minutes of Mortal Kombat released for your viewing pleasure

April 20th, 2021 by Marc Comments

In case you didn’t know, the Mortal Kombat movie hits theatres and HBO Max this Friday and to mark the occasion, the opening seven minutes of the movie have just been released.

The clip stars Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi and The Raid’s Joe Taslim as Bi-Han and I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say this sets up the biggest conflict in the Mortal Kombat mythology.

I have to say, while I’m not a fan of gore (and this movie looks like it’ll have a lot from what we’ve seen), I love the serious tone of this and what I’ve seen absolutely has my attention… so, I guess I’ll see you all in the front row on Friday.

The Mortal Kombat movie stars Lewis Tan (“Deadpool 2,” Netflix’s “Wu Assassins”) as Cole Young; Jessica McNamee (“The Meg”) as Sonya Blade; Josh Lawson (“Bombshell”) as Kano; Tadanobu Asano (“Midway”) as Lord Raiden; Mehcad Brooks (TV’s “Supergirl”) as Jackson “Jax” Bridges; Ludi Lin (“Aquaman”) as Liu Kang; with Chin Han (“Skyscraper”) as Shang Tsung; Joe Taslim (“Star Trek Beyond”) as Bi-Han and Sub-Zero; and Hiroyuki Sanada (“Skyscraper”) as Hanzo Hasashi and Scorpion. Also featured are Max Huang as Kung Lao; Sisi Stringer as Mileena; Matilda Kimber as Emily Young; and Laura Brent as Allison Young. Directed by Simon McQuoid.

Mortal Kombat arrives in theaters and HBO Max on April 23, 2021.

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….