Mortal Kombat 2 Clip: Johnny Cage Fights Baraka

Mortal Kombat followers in attendance at New York Comedian Con bought their first take a look at one of many upcoming struggle scenes from Mortal Kombat II, that includes two characters making their first look on this iteration of the online game adaptation – Johnny Cage and Baraka.

Whereas the clip has but to make its approach onto the web, although snippets of it had been used within the Mortal Kombat II trailer, ScreenRant was in attendance on the Mortal Kombat II panel at New York Comedian Con, so we will break down what occurs within the clip for you.

The scene begins as Liu Kang (Ludi Lin) makes an attempt to recruit Baraka (CJ Bloomfield) to assist struggle for Earth. When he refuses, Johnny Cage’s (Karl City) goading results in Baraka difficult Johnny to struggle. Johnny is just not as ready for Mortal Kombat as the opposite fighters – Liu Kang, Sonya (Jessica McNamee), and Jax (Mechad Brooks) – they’re satisfied Johnny will die.

Johnny begins the struggle by working round, avoiding Baraka. He is finally knocked down, inflicting his sun shades to go flying. Sonya tells Johnny, “you are an actor, so act.” This results in Johnny placing his sun shades again on and getting severe. He does some acrobatic flips to achieve an higher hand over Baraka, earlier than pulling out his signature groin punch to win the struggle.

The gang on the NYCC panel went nuts after seeing Cage’s groin punch introduced again for Mortal Kombat II. It was considered one of many massive moments from the panel, which additionally included City discussing Cage’s arc over the course of the film, a brand new behind-the-scenes characteristic (watch beneath), and the announcement that Mortal Kombat III has already been greenlit.

Mortal Kombat II picks up after the occasions of 2021’s Mortal Kombat, as Lord Raiden and the opposite fighters of Earth proceed to organize for the epic event in opposition to Outworld. Amongst the brand new recruits are Johnny Cage and Kitana, whereas Outworld massive dangerous Shao Khan additionally arrives on the scene.

Mortal Kombat‘s Simon McQuoid returns as director, as do solid members from the primary film, Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Mechad Brooks, Tadanobu Asano, Chin Han, Ludi Lin, Max Huang, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada. City leads the group of recent stars, which additionally consists of Adeline Rudolph, Tati Garbrielle, and Marty Ford.

Mortal Kombat II is about to launch solely in film theaters on Could 15, 2026.