Warner Bros. Releases Mortal Kombat Movie Photos, This Is Joe Taslim's Appearance As Sub-Zero

GAMEFINITY.ID, Jakarta – Warner Bros. has released the first images of the upcoming Mortal Kombat film, along with details of the film’s cast, crew, and plot. Scheduled for a concurrent release in theaters and streaming service HBO Max on April 16, the film is directed by Simon McQuoid, as well as his directorial debut.

Besides McQouid, Mortal Kombat is also produced by James Wan (Aquaman), Todd Garner (Into the Storm), E. Bennett Walsh (The Amazing Spider-Man 2). This film is certainly highly anticipated by fans of the Mortal Kombat game series, as well as lovers of Indonesian films. The reason is, this film also stars Indonesian actor, Joe Taslim.

The actor who was born in Palembang, June 23, 1981, will appear as the iconic character of Mortal Kombat, Bi-Han aka Sub-Zero. In the photos released by Warner, there are several pictures of the scene where Joe Taslim is in action. In the first photo, Joe Taslim as Sub-Zero is stabbing his opponent with a kunai. Another photo takes a close look at Sub-Zero’s head and eyes.

In addition to Joe Taslim, the film will also star Lewis Tan (Deadpool 2) as Cole Young, Jessica McNamee (The Meg) as Sonya Blade, Josh Lawson (Bombshell) as Kano, Tadanobu Asano (Midway) as Lord Raiden, Mehcad Brooks (Supergirl). ) as Jackson Briggs, Ludi Lin (Aquaman) as Liu Kang, Chin Han (Skyscraper) as Shang Tsung, and Hiroyuki Sanada (Skyscraper) as Hanzo Hasashi aka Scorpion.

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Sub-Zero, Mortal Kombat (2021).

Warner has also released the following plot details. Later, Joe Taslim as Sub-Zero will get the task of Emperor Outworld’ Shang Tsung to hunt down the main hero, Cole Young. Worried for the safety of his family, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade and meets Jax, a Special Forces Major who has the same strange dragon mark as Cole at birth.

Cole trains at the temple of Lord Raiden, the guardian of the Earthrealm who protects those who bear the mark. There Cole trains with other warriors Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and mercenary Kano, to prepare to protect the universe from the threat of Outworld.

For your information, the first Mortal Kombat film released in 1995 managed to gross more than 120 million USD globally, although this received a negative response from critics. The sequel, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (2007) grossed 50 million USD.

The Mortal Kombat video game franchise was launched in 1992. Warner Bros. Games released Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, the “definitive” version of the fighting game, for console, PC, and Stadia in November 2021. The bundle includes the game, Kombat Pack 1 featuring six playable characters (Shang Tsung, Nightwolf, Sindel, The Joker, Terminator T-800, Spawn), an Aftermath story expansion featuring three playable characters (Fujin, Sheeva, RoboCop), and Kombat Pack 2 featuring three other fighters (Mileena, Rain, Rambo).