It's a good time for gamers who are also cinephiles, because the best video game movies have arrived over the past few years. Case in point: Simon McQuoid's pair of Mortal Kombat movies (which are streaming with a HBO Max subscription). Fans were shook when Lewis Tan's Cole Young was killed off early despite being the protagonist of the first movie, and the actor has spoken about his possible future in the R-rated franchise.
Mortal Kombat II's trailer had some fans nervous about Cole, given how limited his screen time was. And indeed, he was the first hero to be the victim of a fatality during his battle with Martyn Ford's Shao Khan. During an interview with Vulture, Tan was asked if he thinks he'll play the original MK character again in the future, responding with:
