Simon McQuoid's 2021 adaptation pulls the long-running fighting game series into live action, opening with a brutal detour through feudal Japan before landing squarely on Earthrealm's chosen fighters.
What is Mortal Kombat about?
Cole Young, a journeyman mixed martial artist with no idea why an assassin has been sent after him, discovers a mark on his skin tying him to an ancient tournament. Hunted by the ice-wielding Sub-Zero, one of Shang Tsung's most feared enforcers, Cole tracks down a scattered group of champions who carry the same mark and understand what it means. Training under Lord Raiden's guidance, the group has to master abilities they barely believe in before Outworld's warriors force a confrontation that will decide which realm survives.
About the cast
Lewis Tan leads as Cole, working alongside Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Mehcad Brooks and Ludi Lin as the assembled fighters, while Tadanobu Asano and Joe Taslim bring Shang Tsung's side its menace, with Ng Chin Han rounding out the ensemble.
Context & significance
The film arrives as the first major live-action outing for the franchise in over two decades, built around practical fight choreography rather than pure spectacle, and it leans into the games' signature finishing moves for fans who grew up with the arcade cabinets and the home consoles that followed them. Rather than retelling a single tournament from the games beat for beat, the script assembles its own roster of familiar names and lets their rivalries carry the momentum, treating the mythology as a starting point rather than a script to copy exactly.
Watching Mortal Kombat on Ktime
K-Time carries Mortal Kombat with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so it plays comfortably for viewers who want the fights narrated in Farsi or simply prefer reading along. Streaming through K-Time needs only a free account login, and the fully Farsi interface makes it easy to queue up alongside the rest of the catalogue.