‘Mortal Kombat 2’ Cast Guide: Who Lives, Who Dies and How They Compare to the Video Game Fighters

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SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “Mortal Kombat II,” now playing in theaters.

After five years, “Mortal Kombat” is back on the big screen with a sequel to the 2021 video game adaptation. And the roster of characters is even bigger than last time.

The sequel, now playing in theaters, introduces fan-favorite fighters like Johnny Cage (Karl Urban), Kitana (Adeline Rudolph), Jade (Tati Gabrielle), Baraka (CJ Bloomfield) and the evil Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford) as the Mortal Kombat tournament, a universe-crossing battle to the death, officially kicks off.

The first movie introduced several of the video game characters, like Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada), Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim), Liu Kang (Ludi Lin), Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee) and Jax Briggs (Mehcad Brooks), but it centered around a new protagonist named Cole Young (Lewis Tan).…