Karl Urban’s Johnny Cage Acts His Way into Battle in New ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Footage

Karl Urban’s Johnny Cage Acts His Way into Battle in New ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Footage

Mortal Kombat II stars Karl Urban as Johnny Cage, the fan favorite character who is called upon to defend Earth.

Johnny Cage IS the Special Effects in the New Look at Mortal Kombat II

Warner Bros. brought Mortal Kombat II to CinemaCon 2026 with a crowd-pleasing footage reveal that leans heavily on the man that is Johnny Cage. Thankfully, it looks like the sequel understands exactly why fans love him so, so much. The scene begins with Liu Kang asking Baraka for help, but Baraka shuts him down. Kang tries to challenge him, but that goes nowhere, too. It is Johnny Cage who finally gets a reaction, though not in the smartest way …

MORTAL KOMBAT II CinemaCon Footage Shows Johnny Cage Vs. Baraka

Mortal Kombat II is coming to theaters pretty soon on May 15. We’ve gotten quite a few teasers and trailers showing us Karl Urban taking on the role as the iconic Johnny Cage. There will be a no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn. And that’s for good reason. There’s a threat to the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders. Warner Bros. brought the battle straight to CinemaCon 2026 with footage of Johnny Cage…

It's Johnny Cage vs Baraka In Thrilling Mortal Kombat II CinemaCon Footage

It's Johnny Cage vs Baraka In Thrilling Mortal Kombat II CinemaCon Footage

New 'Mortal Kombat II' Footage Teases Brutal Fight Between Johnny Cage and Baraka

New footage for Mortal Kombat II just played at CinemaCon in Vegas, and it sounds like further proof that the filmmakers nailed the tone of the franchise. Via THR, the new footage shows “Johnny Cage [Karl Urban] talking a big game against mutant Baraka and trying to get him to fight Ludi Lin’s Liu Kang. However, his fast talking backfires when he’s called to take part in the fight instead because of the annoyance he’s caused. Continued the outle…

Mortal Kombat II showed off an awesome fight sequence at CinemaCon

Mortal Kombat director Simon McQuoid is back at the helm for the sequel Mortal Kombat 2, and while the video game adaptation wrapped production back in January of 2024 after a bumpy ride through the year of the strikes, they had to go back for some reshoots that summer. Since then, we’ve been patiently waiting for this sequel to come along. It was supposed to reach theatres back in October, but got bumped to May 15, 2026 – and now that we’re jus…