Get over here and check out the first brutal HBO Max ‘Mortal Kombat’ trailer

Did you know the original Mortal Kombat movie from 1995 is one of the most successful video game-to-movie adaptations of all time? It broke even in its opening weekend and had more than tripled its budget by the end of its theatrical run.

Now there’s a new attempt to bring the gory fighting game to celluloid life, complete with an R-rating and a pledge to recreate the video game’s brutal “Fatalities” for moviegoing audiences. This trailer does not keep it clean, but it does give us a first taste of the ensemble cast — including action-packed appearances from Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion and Joe Taslim as Sub-Zero — and the journey they’re about to embark upon. Read more…

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