Mortal Kombat 1: Shang Tsung

IGN interviews Mortal Kombat II star Max Huang on Kung Lao's future.

It's still heralded as one of the greatest video game adaptations of all time, and now Mortal Kombat 2 looks to replicate its success

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation’s place in the annals of video game adaptation history has calcified into a cautionary tale for what not to do. But there have been a lot of video game movies since then and we’ve gotta say: What Annihilation lacks in quality, it compensates for with the right instincts… instincts which the just-released Mortal Kombat II largely share.

As a Mortal Kombat 1 hater, I was pleasantly surprised by its sequel.

The newly released Mortal Kombat 2 movie features numerous characters from the popular fighting game series--including Johnny Cage, Kitana, Sonya Blade, and Shao Kahn--and it could have had even more.Screenwriter Jeremy Slater told GamesRadar that Tremor was "almost" included in the movie, with the character meant to fight Sonya Blade and ultimately meet his end. However, Slater said Tremor "just wasn't working," so he was cut in the scripting process."I've always liked Tremor and he's got really fun, really cool powers," Slater said. Those powers include "geokinetic" abilities that allow him