Set in Mongolia, the scene was found a mere 850km north of Adelaide. The terrain of Coober Pedy – the long views, even the colour of the sand – provided the perfect entranceway to the temple of Raiden – a thunder god and protector of Earthrealm.

“It was a drone shot, I had to walk along a mountain range … it was cold and it was windy and there was dust and wind and it was treacherous … (but) any of the physical adversity didn’t matter because I was just having the best time,” Stringer says. His junior co-star Stringer, in her first major film appearance, fought the elements to deliver one of the key environment shots already seen in the trailer. “It looks so surreal that I would love for audiences to know that that was the actual place and not a matte painting or visual effect.” It’s like prehistoric times, it’s got squashed earth and you don’t need to stir up any feelings within yourself when you have that kind of environment to shoot in. “I can’t say enough about the landscape, it’s stunning.

“Leigh Creek was such an interesting place to shoot in, its reputation preceded it,” he says from the Adelaide set. It serves as a meeting point for two key villains the sorcerer Shang Tsung (Singaporean actor Chin Han) and his assassin disciple Mileena (Brisbane-based newcomer Sisi Stringer).Ĭhin Han is effusive towards the mood generated on the remote set. The filmmakers sought somewhere that could feel otherworldly, even alien in its appearance, without the need for a full digital environment.

The “realm” suffix implies several others exist besides Earth – notably the Outworld that takes place in Leigh Creek. “Throughout history, different cultures all over the world reference a great tournament of champions,” Sonya says. The lore of this universe unfolded and evolved over the past three decades just as the gameplay did, but remained centred around a tournament that would decide the fate of Earthrealm, the game’s canon name of Earth.Īustralian actor Jessica McNamee narrates this core story point as the live-action Sonya Blade, a blonde-haired military commander who’s been a playable character in most games. The Mortal Kombat video games, over various instalments from 1992 to 2019, primarily feature two characters at a time, duelling on a linear, two-dimensional stage with dynamic backdrops. Joe Taslim as Sub-Zero with director Simon McQuoid.

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