Mortal Kombat: Legacy
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy is #6 of 12 in release order and #6 of 12 in chronological order in the Mortal Kombat.
The story
The first season of Mortal Kombat Legacy is a prequel to the original game, explaining the background stories of several characters from the series and demonstrating their reasons for participating in the upcoming tenth Mortal Kombat tournament on which the first game was based.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy recap
In season 1, a gritty web series, each episode tells one character's origin. Special forces officers Jax and Sonya hunt the Black Dragon gangster Kano; Sonya goes undercover and is captured, Jax tears out Kano's eye in the raid that frees her, and Kano gets a cybernetic one. A mock documentary traces Johnny Cage's fall from fame until Shang Tsung offers him a way out. In animated chapters, Shao Kahn conquers Edenia and creates Mileena from Kitana's blood, and Mileena kills King Jerrod, Kitana's father. A man claiming to be Raiden is locked in an asylum. Hanzo Hasashi finds his family frozen and is killed, then revived as the spectre Scorpion by Quan Chi, who impersonated Sub-Zero. The Lin Kuei turn kidnapped recruits into the cyborgs Cyrax and Sektor. In season 2, the tournament itself, Kung Lao finds his old friend Liu Kang drunk in Macau, bitter after his fiancee's murder. The fighters gather on the island. Kenshi, blinded by Ermac in the past, defeats him. Kitana and Mileena hunt Johnny Cage, and Scorpion and Sub-Zero fight.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy ending explained
Season 1 ends with the Lin Kuei pushing ahead with turning the clan into cyborgs. Season 2 ends with Liu Kang, now a hitman, recruited by Shang Tsung to fight for Outworld; he attacks Stryker and Johnny Cage, and Kung Lao arrives to find his old friend on the other side. The series ended there.
Where to watch Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Mortal Kombat: Legacy is streaming on HBO Max in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 86%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Mortal Kombat: Conquest, before Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge.
- Chronological order: after Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, before Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge.
What to watch before Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Nothing. Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2011) doesn't continue an earlier version, so it stands on its own. Mortal Kombat: Legacy itself is optional in the Mortal Kombat order.
Cast
- Samantha Win as Kitana
- Casper Van Dien as Johnny Cage
- Ian Anthony Dale as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
- Kim Do Nguyen as Black Dragon
- Johnson Phan as Shang Tsung (archive footage)
- Dan Southworth as Kenshi
- Brian Tee as Liu Kang
- Mark Dacascos as Kung Lao
- Eric Steinberg as Bi Han / Sub Zero
- Darren Shahlavi as Kano
- Andrew Chin as Thug #1
- Maurissa Tancharoen as Kana
Created by Kevin Tancharoen, John Tobias, Oren Uziel, Ed Boon.