If you’re on the fence about going to see
Mortal Kombat in theaters this weekend — or signing up for an HBO Max account to watch it at home — Warner Bros. wants to seal the deal right now. They’ve posted the first seven minutes of the movie to YouTube, free for anyone to watch right now.
These scenes show the origin of Scorpion, played in the film by Hiroyuki Sanada. Rival ninja Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim) shows up at Sanada’s village to threaten his wife and family. The sequence off some of the film’s impressive ice effects for Sub-Zero and a fair amount of its bloody violence. (This is an R-rated