The very best way to start a media blitz for a new movie is by promoting an entirely different, fake movie.
This is exactly what is happening with the very first teaser trailer for Mortal Kombat II, which is actually promoting a fake movie titled Uncaged Fury, starring the entirely real martial arts actor Johnny Cage.
Go on, give it a look:
It is a spectacular in-universe gimmick trailer for the upcoming Mortal Kombat II sequel, with a blink-and-you-will-miss-it appearance of the tell-tale dragon logo. If I showed this to my dad, he’d likely ask if I wanted to see it with him.
Karl Urban is playing a pretty spot-on Johnny Cage (take a look at his incredible, totally real IMDb) and seems to delivering a hearty dose of action-star buffoonery for the sequel. Johnny Cage has a very specific set of skills, and they mostly revolve around ‘doing all his own stunts’ for this highbrow cinematic art.
It’s a great tone to set for the upcoming sequel, which is slated to hit cinemas this October.
The only real bummer here is that I actually kind of what to see Uncaged Fury.
What do you think of the return of Johnny F. Cage? Did you know the F stands for… Fantastically handsome? Let us know in the comments or on our social media.
Known throughout the interwebs simply as M0D3Rn, Ash is bad at video games. An old guard gamer who suffers from being generally opinionated, it comes as no surprise that he is both brutally loyal and yet, fiercely whimsical about all things electronic. On occasion will make a youtube video that actually gets views. Follow him on YouTube @Bad at Video Games
