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Hiroyuki Sanada, a cast member in Mortal Kombat (2021), at the 2013 Syfy Press Day. Photographed on 7 October 2013. Portrait crop by Stemoc, with colour/level adjustments and sharpening by WikiPedant; not a production still. Photo: Keith McDuffee , CC BY 2.0 . Display size adjusted; no further crop. Mortal Kombat faces a particular adaptation problem. A fighting game can let a player learn about a character through repeated choices and encounters. A film has to supply its own reason for moving from one opponent to another. The 2021 release uses Cole Young’s introduction to an unfamiliar world as a route into its fighters, rivalries and supernatural abilities. Simon McQuoid directs the film, with Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee and Josh Lawson among the principal cast identified by the BBFC . Warner Bros.’ film page lists the US theatrical release as 23 April 2021. This is the released film, rather than the pre-release project described in the old article. Cole’s immediate problem is per...