Mortal Kombat 2 Drops First Look At Karl Urban As Johnny Cage, And I'm Loving The Puns That Came With It

April will mark the four-year anniversary of when the Mortal Kombat reboot was released simultaneously in theaters and to those who have a Max subscription. Six months after that, the long-awaited Mortal Kombat 2 will arrive on the 2025 movies schedule, and among the many new faces who’ll be taking part in the sequel is Karl Urban as Johnny Cage, who was teased at the end of the first movie. We finally have our first look at Urban as this popular Mortal Kombat poster, and I’m loving that this was accompanied by a couple of A+ puns.

Just like his video game counterpart, Urban’s Johnny Cage will be a Hollywood star, so it’s only fitting that our first look at this incarnation of the character comes in the form of a movie poster officially released by Warner Bros. Pictures. Check out how Urban looks all Cage-d up, and take note of the movies listed on the advertisement.

In addition to being one of Tinsel Town’s most sought-after performers in the Mortal Kombat universe, Johnny Cage is also a full-blown narcissist… which can be said about a lot of Hollywood actors, but that’s a separate conversation. The point being, I’m getting a kick out of Johnny starting in movies called Rebel Without A Cage and Uncaged Fury. I can almost picture him demanding that the titles be changed to be plays on his last name.

I’m also amused at the thought of someone who doesn’t know anything about Mortal Kombat seeing this poster at their theater and thinking it’s a real movie, only to later learn it was just some clever marketing for Mortal Kombat 2. As for Karl Urban’s Johnny Cage look, it’s basically what I expected. The slicked-back hair, the sunglasses, the leather jacket, it’s all nicely in keeping with how the character is usually depicted in the video games. Now I just need to hear how Urban will sound as Cage.

Ideally that will come in the first Mortal Kombat 2 trailer, which ideally will be released in the next few months. The sequel wrapped filming in January 2024, so there should be more than enough footage that’s been polished during postproduction that can be stitched together into an enticing teaser. Other newcomers joining Karl Urban in Mortal Kombat 2 include Tati Gabrielle as Jade, Adeine Rudolph as Kitana and Martyn Ford as Shao Kahn, among others. Some of the returning faces include Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Josh Lawson as Kano, Lewis Tan as Cole Young, Ludi Lin as Liu Kong, Mehcad Brooks as Jax Briggs and Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion.

More to come…