Mortal Kombat: Battle of the Realms ‘red band’ trailer features gore galore

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Warner Bros. has released a new “” trailer for its upcoming animated sequel Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, which launches on digital and🍷 Blu-Ray formats August 31.

From the (NSFW) red band trailer, we can ascertain that the follow-up to 2020’s Scorpion’s Revenge will loosely follow the events of Mortal Kombat II, as Outworld emperor Shao Kahn challenges Earthrealm to a “winner takes all” Mortal Kombat tournament — with an eye to conquering not just Earthrealm, but all of the known realms. In a dual-storyline, Hanzo Hasashi, now adopting the form of colossal bore Scorpion, will embark upon his own quest to search for t🦂he legendary Kamidogu.

MK II veterans Kitana,Mileena, Jade, Kintaro, and Kung Lao are among those joining the cast, as are MK 3‘s Kurtis Stryker, and robo-assassins Sektor and Cyrax. Flying for the flag for later MK entries are Deadly Alliance‘s Li Mei, and Mortal Kombat X‘s D’Vorah. What an all-star kast! (In before Sindel is revealed as a post-kredits stinger.) Oh, we also see what appears to be the second Sub-Zero, Kuai Liang. Battle of the Realms looks set to treat the source material with respect, with more than a touch of Masters of the Universe about it. What with the recent live-action movie, it’s been a pretty solid year for Mortal Kombat media fans… now if only we can get a fresh update for the game. (Edit: .)