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Johnny Cage has a pair of sunglasses and knows how to use them in the first trailer for Mortal Kombat II.

Warner Bros. releases director Simon McQuoid’s sequel movie in theaters Oct. 24. Hailing from New Line and based on the popular video game franchise that dates back to the 1990s, the film stars Karl Urban as Johnny Cage, alongside Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Tati Gabrielle, Lewis Tan, Damon Herriman, Chin Han, Tadanobu Asano, Joe Taslim and Hiroyuki Sanada.

Mortal Kombat II centers on the group of ragtag fighters who must defend Earth from the evil forces of Outworld. It follows 2021’s Mortal Kombat, which rebooted the film franchise that kicked off with the original 1995 movie.

In the trailer, Urban is approached at a bar by a fan of the show that Johnny Cage had starred in as an actor, with the fan asking for a reboot. “Nobody wants that,” Urban replies. “Shit went out in the ’90s.”

Later, after Johnny Cage starts to compete against the other fighters, he explains why he doesn’t need special powers: “I’m just incredibly handsome.”

McQuoid helmed the film from a script by Jeremy Slater that is based on the video game created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. Producers include McQuoid, Todd Garner, James Wan, Toby Emmerich and E. Bennett Walsh.

New Line chief Richard Brenner introduced the first footage from the film at CinemaCon in April. “Expect amazing fights, epic battles and a few fatalities,” the exec teased at the time.

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