Looking forward to it, and especially Karl Urban.
I honestly don't understand why everyone's moaning about him being too old, when Cage was portrayed in his 50s in both MKX and MK11 (with MK1 then retaining the same voice actor, which effectively carried over that same representation of him into the current game, especially vocally, even if he was meant to be younger); and the filmmakers have simply chosen to use a version of Cage from the later games rather than the earlier ones. Urban's a great likeable actor and I have the utmost faith he'll bring a lot of fun and charisma to the role.
At the end of the day, this does not have to match up to the original games biographies or Mortal Kombat: The Album ("He's 29, he's mean, he's in great shape; the one and only, Johnny Cage!"). It's not set in 1992 and doesn't have to be beholden to specific details.
A key thing to remember is, both MK95 and MK21 already changed Shang Tsung to being middle aged instead of elderly, taking their influence from MK2 instead of MK92 (hate how I can't call it MK1 anymore!). I remember as a teenager thinking "Why wasn't Shang Tsung elderly?" in the 1995 movie, but ultimately it didn't matter.
The animated MK Legends films have already gone completely off the established lore path, changing plenty of events from how the games originally depicted them to have occurred, so I don't see what's wrong with a live action film simply doing the same, taking elements here and there from various games.
If it's good, it's good, if it's bad, it's bad, and I'll wait until it's released to make my mind up on the matter. Karl Urban playing an MKX/MK11 inspired version of Cage doesn't make a difference to me on that matter and I'm not fussed in the slightest if he's not going to be the same age as Sonya.
In respect of the movies, I still prefer MK95 to MK21; it was a far more simplistically faithful version of Mortal Kombat and loved the location shooting in Thailand, whilst there were some very strange narrative choices in MK21 that didn't make much logistical sense to me, BUT, there was a lot I did like in MK21, especially the casting. I have optimistic faith they've taken a lot of the feedback onboard for MK2 about what didn't work in MK21 and we will get a much stronger sequel because of it. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, but Karl Urban is certainly one of the many positive reasons I'm looking forward to it and I am massively grateful that we are even getting a sequel.
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