Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge

In Japan, Shirai Ryu grandmaster Hanzo Hasashi and his young son Satoshi are ambushed on their way home by several ninjas from the rival Lin Kuei clan. Hasashi kills them all after discovering that the Lin Kuei have slaughtered the rest of the Shirai Ryu, including his wife Harumi. The Lin Kuei's Grandmaster Sub-Zero appears, uses his freezing abilities to restrain Hanzo in ice and then murders Satoshi. He then impales Hanzo through the neck with an icicle, killing him. Deep below in the depths of the Netherrealm, Hasashi is mysteriously resurrected and meets with the sorcerer Quan Chi, who persuades Hanzo to fight for him in the Mortal Kombat tournament so that he can exact his revenge on Sub-Zero. Hanzo agrees, dubbing himself Scorpion.

Meanwhile, the thunder god Raiden and the Shaolin monk Liu Kang make preparations to defend Earthrealm by participating in the Mortal Kombat tournament, hosted by the aging warlock Shang Tsung. The tournament's victor will battle Tsung to decide the fate of Earthrealm. The pair are accompanied by out-of-work Hollywood actor Johnny Cage and Special Forces agent Sonya Blade, with both having their own reasons for participating: Sonya is in pursuit of Black Dragon crime syndicate leader Kano, and Johnny believes that he is participating in a film project.

Upon arrival on Shang Tsung's island, Scorpion attempts to steal Shinnok's amulet on Quan Chi's orders, but Raiden persuades him not to follow through on the deal. Meanwhile, Cage, Liu, and Sonya witness Sonya's partner Jackson "Jax" Briggs being grievously injured by the tournament's champion Goro until Raiden intervenes. During the course of the tournament, Johnny barely claims victory over Baraka, Sonya successfully kills Reptile, and Liu fights Kitana, emerging as the winner when she yields. In an attempt to stop the Earthrealm heroes, Kano has his assassins infiltrate the island to kill them, but they are all killed by Scorpion. While attempting to fight Kano, Sub-Zero appears and helps deal with the assassins, but a vengeful Scorpion tackles him off a bridge into a spike pit, impaling them both and killing Sub-Zero. Johnny and Sonya pursue Kano in order to rescue Jax while Liu rushes to Shang Tsung's throne room.

Quan Chi appears before Scorpion and reveals that he was directly responsible for the slaughter of the Shirai Ryu, having disguised himself as Sub-Zero and manipulated the Lin Kuei into doing his bidding, and that the real Sub-Zero had no part in the massacre. Enraged, Scorpion removes himself from the spike to exact revenge. At the climax of the tournament, Liu almost suffers the same fate as Jax during his match with Goro, but is saved when Scorpion kills Goro with his kunai, while Johnny, Sonya and Jax successfully kill Kano. Shang Tsung attempts to have Scorpion fight Liu, but Scorpion takes Tsung hostage and willingly forfeits his status as a fighter, securing Liu's position as the victor of the tournament. After Shang Tsung retreats to Outworld, the island begins to collapse, with the Earthrealm heroes evacuating to a nearby boat, while Scorpion succeeds in killing Quan Chi in combat before joining his family and clan in the afterlife.

In the aftermath, Shang Tsung is tortured by Shao Kahn for his failure before being ordered to make preparations for the invasion of Earthrealm.

• Patrick Seitz as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
• Steve Blum as Bi-Han / Sub-Zero
• Jordan Rodrigues as Liu Kang
• Darin De Paul as Quan Chi
• Joel McHale as Johnny Cage
• Jennifer Carpenter as Sonya Blade
• Artt Butler as Shang Tsung
• Robin Atkin Downes as Kano, Shinnok
• Dave B. Mitchell as Raiden
• Ike Amadi as Jackson "Jax" Briggs
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Goro
• Grey Griffin as Kitana, Satoshi Hasashi
• Fred Tatasciore as Demon Torturer, Shao Kahn

Reports of a new animated Mortal Kombat film was hinted at in January 2019 as a tie in to the upcoming live action reboot film.[3] A year later, the animated film was announced officially as Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge. The film sees Patrick Seitz returning to voice Scorpion from previous installments after not returning to the role in Mortal Kombat 11 (where he was replaced by Ron Yuan), along with Steve Blum as Sub-Zero from previous installments, Grey Griffin voicing Kitana properly after previously turning down the role in Mortal Kombat X due to her pregnancy at the time[4] and Kevin Michael Richardson reprising his role as Goro for the first time in twenty-five years since the 1995 film. Ed Boon confirmed on his Twitter account that the film will receive an "R" rating, marking the first time a Mortal Kombat film has been rated R.[5]

The first trailer was released online on January 28, 2020.[6] A red-band trailer for the film was released on March 8, 2020 during the "Final Kombat" tournament following the trailer debut of Mortal Kombat 11 guest fighter, Spawn.[7]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 16 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10.[8]

• Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge on IMDb