Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge poster

Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020)

After the vicious slaughter of his family by stone-cold mercenary Sub-Zero, Hanzo Hasashi is exiled to the torturous Netherrealm. There, in exchange for his servitude to the sinister Quan Chi, he’s given a chance to avenge his family – and is resurrected as Scorpion, a lost soul bent on revenge. Back on Earthrealm, Lord Raiden gathers a team of elite warriors – Shaolin monk Liu Kang, Special Forces officer Sonya Blade and action star Johnny Cage – an unlikely band of heroes with one chance to save humanity. To do this, they must defeat Shang Tsung’s horde of Outworld gladiators and reign over the Mortal Kombat tournament.

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Mortal Kombat: Scorpion’s Revenge Gives Fans a Gory Good Time

Ever since the mid-’90s, the Mortal Kombat game franchise has seen multiple attempts to make it on the big screen. Mortal Kombat has seen multiple films, two different television series, a miniseries, and a serial, all of which had varying degrees of success. In comes Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, the newest attempt to turn MK into a film franchise, courtesy of Warner Bros. Animation: the studio behind the modern DC animated films. Scorpion’s Revenge marks Warner Bros. Animation’s newest attempt to spawn a new animated cinematic universe based on a beloved property, and for a first attempt, it’s rather special. Fans of Mortal Kombat have been through the wringer when trying to get a faithful adaptation of the video game franchise. The key feature that has made it stand out among its fighting game contemporaries was never featured: the visceral blood and gore. It’s crazy to think that it has taken nearly thirty years to showcase a Mortal Kombat film with its

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