Justice League Dark: Mortal Kombat

Justice League Dark: Mortal Kombat is an American adult animated dark fantasy superhero crossover film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Home Video. The film serves as an alternate sequel for the 2017 Justice League Dark film, a follow-up sequel to Justice League: Battle for the Multiverse, and an alternate installment for the DC Animated Movie Universe. It is also a crossover with the Mortal Kombat video game franchise, and an follow-up sequel to Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge. In the film, John Constantine and his faction of the Justice League work alongside Raiden and the Defenders of Earthrealm as well as Lobo and Scorpion to defeat Gideon the Black Knight, who has taken control of the remnants of Darkseid's armies and a faction of Outworld with the goal to bring darkness and death to both universes. Their quest leads them to participate on a new tournament for the fate of their dimensions.
== Plot ==
In the era of King Arthur, Gideon, one of the Knights of the Round Table, was corrupted by a piece of the Dreamstone after Destiny's imprisonmentin the prologue flashbacks of Justice League Dark and transformed into the Black Knight, a lord of death and chaos, before he was imprisoned for eternity by Etrigan the Demon and the Elder Gods. In Present Day, mercenaries of the Black Dragon crime syndicate are searching for an unknown treasure in the Black Knight's tomb before they clash with Scandal Savage and Knockout. The fight suddenly causes the Black Knight to be released from his prison after centuries as he kills Scandal, Knockout and the Black Dragon assassins, and reanimates them as his revenants, putting a start on his goal to bring darkness and death on both the Justice League's universe and Earthrealm, and earn revenge on those who imprisoned him.
Following the destruction of Apokolips and Darkseid's demiseas depicted in Justice League: Battle for the Multiverse, superheroes begun a campaign to eliminate the remnants of Darkseid's forces, including the surviving Parademons and Paradooms. One of the Paradooms attempts to devour a group of teenagers in Gotham City until it is decimated by Scorpion, who had been transported into the League's dimension by Shinnok's amulet following the collapse of Shang Tsung's islandevents of Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge. Scorpion's actions draw the attention of John Constantine and Zatanna, who soon encounter him having slayed the Joker. The two soon take him in to thecHouse of Mysteries, where they meet their faction of the Justice League (consisting of Boston Brand / Deadman, Kate Kane / Batwoman, Black Orchid, Etrigan the Demon, and Dr. Alec Holland / Swamp Thing), and discover he came from another dimension. Meanwhile, Raiden and his warriors of Earthrealm (consisting of Liu Kang, Kitana, Sonya Blade, Johnny Cage, and Jax Briggs) are battling against Outworld spawns summoned by Shao Khan for a direct assault on Earthrealm before they are joined by female samurai Katana, who was transported to their dimension during her investigation of a mystical threat unleashed by Scandal, Knockout and the Black Dragon assassins. Etrigan and Raiden eventually learn of the Black Knight's return from his imprisonment, and they gather with their groups in a ship setting course to the Black Knight's island, where the dark lord is hosting a tournament just like Mortal Kombat for the fate of both dimensions.
They also encounter renegade Lin Kuei warrior Kuai Liang / Sub-Zero, expert assassin Floyd Lawton / Deadshot, and Czarnian bounty hunter Lobo, with the three having their own reasons for participating: Sub-Zero is seeking redemption from the crimes of his older brother Bi-Han, the original Sub-Zero, and the Lin Kuei, including the slaughter of the Shirai Ryu village orchestrated by Quan-Chi. Deadshot is seeking further redemption for his past crimes by taking part of the superheroes' campaign to exterminate the remaining Apokoliptian monsters, including some Paradooms taking shelter in the Black Knight's island. And Lobo is seeking to collect a bounty placed on the head of Virman Vundabar, one of Darkseid's former lieutenants in Apokolips who is now allied with the Black Knight. Also entering the island are the Outworld generals (Mileena, Skarlet, Kabal, Kintaro and led by Shang Tsung), who were sent to eliminate the Black Knight's threat to Shao Khan's power, and the Task Force X Squad (consisting of Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn, George "Digger" Harkness / Captain Boomerang, Dr. Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy, David Kane / Black Manta, Nanaue / King Shark, Barbara Ann Minerva / Cheetah, and led by Bane), who were sent by their new, mysterious client to collect the source of the Black Knight's power. Upon arrival in the island, Scorpion agrees to cooperate with Deadshot in hunting down the remaining Paradooms, which have become part of the Black Knight's guard, while Lobo and Sub-Zero cooperate in ambushing Vundabar and D'Vorah, who seeks to side with the Black Knight so that she can take Outworld for herself.
Following his announcement of the tournament, the Black Knight also presents the revenants (which include deceased members of the Suicide Squadas depicted in Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay and the previous participants from Mortal Kombat in Shang Tsung's island) as his personal champions. Katana and Jax are the first to participate, on which they defeat and destroy revenant versions of Knockout and Goro. Over the course, the contestants continue on the tournament, defeating and destroying the Black Knight's revenants and clashing with the Suicide Squad and Outworld Elite. To increase her advantage in the battles, Zatanna accepts Shang Tsung's challenge, eventually averting his trickery by casting a spell which reverts Shang Tsung's soul-eating sorcery on her, on which she becomes an amazonian witch (dubbed by Raiden as the "Dragon Witch") and kills him in combat. Swamp Thing emerges victorious in the tournament after eliminating Kintaro. Liu Kang and Kitana also claim victory after defeating and killing revenant versions of Copperhead and Killer Frost. Batwoman and Sonya are successful after battling and outmatching Poison Ivy and Skarlet respectively. Against the Black Knight's approval, Vundabar sends the Paradooms to kill the heroes, only for the monsters to be killed by Constantine and Raiden with help from Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Deadshot and Lobo. While toying with a few statues at the island, Harley ends up given by one resembling Quan Chi a vision of Scorpion killing the Joker and the statue (with the voice of the dead sorcerer) demanding her to find and obtain Shinnok's amulet in exchange of her personally avenging the Joker.
After most of his revenants are destroyed and half of the Outworld Elite and Suicide Squad members are eliminated from the tournament, the Black Knight announces that he will be waiting for the finalists to come challenge him for the final showdown. Against Bane's orders, Harley challenges Scorpion, who defeats her and (aware of the deal she made with Quan Chi) breaks Shinnok's amulet into pieces, purging Quan Chi's essence and keeping Shinnok sealed away for eternity. As Harley is removed from the island and taken back to Gotham, Constantine and Raiden discover and show Lobo evidences that Vundabar was the Squad's secret client, who sent them to collect the Dreamstone shard which the Black Knight owns. The heroes soon devise a plan to retrieve and destroy the shard and send the Black Knight back to the underworld along with his minions. As a means of distraction, Etrigan offers to challenge the Black Knight himself in combat. Deadman and Black Orchid enter the island's underworld and discover the Black Knight's plan to combine the Dreamstone shard with the Portal Stones to merge Outworld and the remnants of Apokolips with both the League's Earth and Earthrealm to bring a new apocalyptic era. Constantine and Kitana make it there to try to destroy the stones, despite ambushed by Vundabar, D'Vorah, and some spawns with them.
Constantine overcomes Vundabar and teleports him to Lobo, who leaves taking him in his custody to claim the bounty. Kitana defeats D'Vorah and imprisons her in Neitherrealm, where she is tortured by the residing demons. The Black Knight soon learns of what the heroes are doing and renounces his fight with Etrigan to confront the League and the Earthrealmers in the underworld, summoning all his lieutenants and spawns. Having been advised that a soul must be sacrificed to destroy the Dreamstone shard and the Portal Stones, Deadshot volunteers himself while using a Portal Stone to teleport himself and the other stones "to a place as close to death as possible". Etrigan and Jax defeat the Black Knight while Constantine and Raiden perform a combined spell which turns the revenants, and other monsters against the Black Knight. The Portal Stones activate a portal to the Sun, which engulfs and incinerates the Black Knight's army while the Black Knight holds tight to avoid being taken. While asking Zatanna to say his goodbye to his daughter Zoe for him, Deadshot throws himself with the Black Knight, the Dreamstone and the Portal Stones into the portal, sacrificing himself as the portal also obliterates the island after the heroes escape.
While they rejoice over their victory, the League and the Earthrealmers hold a funeral for Deadshot in Gotham before they part ways. The surviving members of Shao Khan's Elite retreat to Outworld, where Shao Khan tortures them for their failure. And the remaining Squad members are returned to prison in Belle Reve by Batwoman and Sonya. Constantine and Zatanna voice their good compliments with Raiden and Kitana as they vow to keep in touch and remain vigilante of more mystical threats which come by.
* In a Mid-Credit scene, Zoe overhears news of Harley escaping from Arkham Asylum, and dons her new gadgets and vigilante costumemarking continuity to Wonder Woman: Tales of Sisterhood, where she is named the Black Owl, setting out for pursuit.
* In a Post-Credit scene, the revenant of Kano resurfaces from the debris of the Black Knight's destroyed island, and begins laughing maniacally while claiming to be coming back until Scorpion mutilates him, saying: "Not in this life, Black Dragon scum.".
== Characters and Voice Actors ==
=== Main ===
* Justice League Dark - A group of occult superheroes who battle dark, mystical threats beyond the original Justice League's eyes.
** John Constantine (voiced by ) - A working class warlock, occult detective and purveyor of the dark arts and lifeline of last resort.
** Zatanna Zatara (voiced by Camilla Luddington) - The Mistress of Magic and Constantine's lover. At one point of the film, after casting a spell which reverts the effects of Shang Tsung's soul-draining powers, Zatanna ends up transformed into a samurai sorceress (addressed to by Raiden as the "Dragon Witch") with the "Light Side of Shang Tsung's powers".
** Boston Brand / Deadman (voiced by ) - A former circus acrobat who was murdered during a trapeze performance by a mysterious assailant, and whose spirit was given by the Hindu goddess, Rama Kushna, the power to possess any living being bringing justice to those who deserve it.
** Kate Kane / Batwoman (voiced by ) - A superheroine in Gotham City, and a new member of the League.
** Black Orchid (voiced by Colleen Villard) - Deadman's soulmate and a manifestation of the House of Mystery's magical aura with a desire to experience human nature.
** Etrigan the Demon (voiced by ) - A powerful hellish demon formerly bound to the deceased Jason Blood.
** Dr. Alec Holland / Swamp Thing (voiced by ) - A scientist who was murdered by terrorists and resurfaced as the Avatar of the Green, the sentient elemental force of Earth, and tasked with looking after the planet and its living inhabitants.
* Defenders of Earthrealm
** Liu Kang (voiced by ) - A Chinese Shaolin Kung Fu fighting monk of the White Lotus Society, and one of Raiden's chosen champions of Mortal Kombat.
** Kitana (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) - The former Princess of Edenia, currently the princess of Outworld and the adopted daughter of Shao Khan. She is also allied to the Defenders of Earthrealm.
** Sonya Blade (voiced by Jennifer Carpenter) - A high-ranking Special Forces agent and one of the Defenders of Earthrealm.
** Johnny Cage (voiced by ) - A Hollywood actor who joined the Defenders after his experience in Mortal Kombat.
** Raiden (voiced by Richard Epcar) - The God of Thunder and leader of the Defenders of Earthrealm.
** Major Jackson "Jax" Briggs (voiced by Ike Amadi) - Sonya's mentor and a leading officer in Special Forces, also allied with the Defenders. Though he lost his arms during a duel with Goro in the Mortal Kombat tournament, he was soon cybernetically enhanced and imbued with robotic arms.
=== Supporting Characters/Anti-Heroes ===
* Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion (voiced by Patrick Seitz) - Formerly the grandmaster of the Shirai Ryu ninja clan, he became a hellspawned revenant who sought revenge on those who murdered his family and clan.
* Kuai Liang / Sub-Zero (voiced by Steve Blum) - A renegade Lin Kuei and the second ninja named Sub-Zero after his older brother Bi-Han, who was killed by Scorpion during the Mortal Kombat tournament.
* Floyd Lawton / Deadshot (voiced by Christian Slater) - A seasoned mercenary and assassin and a professional sniper who regularly boasts of never missing a shot.
* Tatsu Yamashiro / Katana (voiced by Stephanie Sheh) - A female samurai warrior and wielder of Soultaker, a mystical katana sword which consumes the souls of its victims.
* Lobo (voiced by David Sobolov) - An interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter from Czarnia with a taste for violence.
=== Antagonists ===
* Gideon the Black Knight (voiced by ) - A former Knight of the Round Table who ended up corrupted by a shard of the Dreamstone which transformed him into a dark magic-infused warlord and sealed away by Etrigan and the Elder Gods for centuries. Returning from his life imprisonment, the Black Knight now seeks to bring darkness and death to the universes of the Justice League and the Earthrealmers with an army consisting of remnants of Darkseid's Apokoliptian forces and outcasts residing in Outworld.
** Virman Vundabar (voiced by Corey Burton) - A former lieutenant of Apokolips who was banished by Darkseid for having once failed on a assault on Earth before the Justice League was formed. He currently serves the Black Knight as his informant.
** D'Vorah (voiced by Kelly Hu) - A member of an insectoid race called the Kytinn, from the island realm of Arnyek, which was merged with Outworld. She currently serves the Black Knight with the purpose to overthrow Shao Khan with her own opinions of how Outworld should be ruled.
** Rogue Outworlders - A faction of Outworld spawns who rebelled against Shao Khan in protest of his rule, and are now part of the Black Knight's army.
** Paradooms - Genetic hybrids of Parademons and the monster Doomsday created by Darkseid as his ultimate soldiers. Soon after Apokolips was destroyed and Darkseid was killed, some surviving Paradooms have been on the loose. Some with most surviving Parademons on Earth, with the superheroes hunting them down. Most of them have joining the Black Knight's army to take refuge on his island.
** Revenants - A group of zombified villains and anti-heroes from both dimensions summoned by the Black Knight to be part of his army.
*** Goro (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) - Shang Tsung's former champion of Mortal Kombat until he was killed by Scorpion during a duel with Liu Kang. He is resurrected as a revenant under the Black Knight's service.
*** Leonard Snart / Captain Cold (voiced by Steve Blum) - A member of the Flash's Rogues Gallery with Ice-based weapons, he was also a former member of the Suicide Squad who was killed by Paradooms during one of the Squad's missions. He eventually resurfaces as a revenant of the Black Knight's army.
*** Crystal Frost / Killer Frost (voiced by Hynden Walch) - A former member of the Suicide Squad with ice abilities who was killed along with Copperhead by Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay. She later resurfaces as a revenant of the Black Knight's army.
*** Sameer Park / Copperhead - A deceased member of the Suicide Squad with snake-themed cybernetic enhancements. He was killed by Amanda Waller to kill Killer Frost in Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, and later resurfaces as a revenant of the Black Knight's army.
*** Scandal Savage (voiced by Cree Summer) - The daughter of immortal caveman Vandal Savage. She is killed by the Black Knight in the beginning of the film and reanimated as a revenant in his service.
*** Knockout (voiced by Cissy Jones) - Scandal Savage's lover and partner-in-crime, and a former Female Fury of Darkseid. She is killed by the Black Knight in the beginning of the film and reanimated as a revenant in his service.
*** Kano (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes) - The former leader of the Black Dragon crime syndicate until his death by Jax and Sonya Blade. He later resurfaced as a revenant of the Black Knight's army. 
*** Erron Black (voiced by Troy Baker) - A gunslinger from the American Old West.
*** Reptile - A humanoid reptilian ninja with camouflage and toxic breathing. He was killed by Sonya during the Mortal Kombat tournament, and later reanimated as a revenant of the Black Knight's army.
* Outworld Army
** Shao Khan (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) - The tyrannical emperor of Outworld.
** Mileena (voiced by Cree Summer) - Kitana's twisted clone and "twin sister", and Shao Khan's personal assassin.
** Skarlet (voiced by Julie Nathanson) - A warrior created by Shao Kahn using the blood of many warriors, and a blood-bending witch.
** Shang Tsung (voiced by Artt Butler) - Shao Khan's royal informant, and a powerful, deadly sorcerer with shape-shifting powers who needs to consume souls in order to sustain his health and life.
** Kabal (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes) - The current leader of the Black Dragon crime syndicate following Kano's death.
** Kintaro (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) - A four-armed humanoid tiger chosen by Shang-Tsung to replace Goro as his new champion.
* Suicide Squad / Task Force X - A group of supervillains and prison convicts who were organized by Amanda Waller to undertake high-risk black ops secret missions in exchange for either parole, work release, and/or reduced prison sentences.
** Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn (voiced by Hynden Walch) - The Joker's former psychiatrist who became his love-obsessed henchgirl, and a member of the Squad.
** George "Digger" Harkness / Captain Boomerang (voiced by Greg Ellis) - A member of the Flash's Rogues Gallery with trick boomerangs, and a member of the Squad.
** Dr. Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy (voiced by Tasia Valenza) - One of Batman's major adversaries with the ability to control plant-life, and a new member of the Squad. She is Harley's new lover.
** David Kane / Black Manta (voiced by Dave Fennoy) - One of Aquaman's foes and a mercenary with a submarine armor. He is a member of the Squad.
** Barbara Ann Minerva / Cheetah (voiced by Kimberly Brooks) - One of Wonder Woman's major adversaries, a feral humanoid cheetah, and a new member of the Squad.
** Bane (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) - One of Batman's major adversaries with Venom Toxins which increase his strength, and a new member of the Squad.
** Nanaue / King Shark (voiced by John DiMaggio) - A humanoid shark and member of the Squad.
* Joker (voiced by Richard Epcar (uncredited)) - Batman's arch-nemesis and a maniacal crime lord in Gotham. He appears briefly in the film watching amused as a Paradoom tries to devour a group of teenagers in Gotham until the creature is killed by Scorpion. He berates at Scorpion for "spoiling the fun", but only to be killed by the ninja as well.
* Quan Chi (voiced by Darin De Paul) - The Neitherrealm sorcerer loyal to the fallen Elder God Shinnok who was responsible for killing Hanzo Hasashi's family and clan, and transforming him into Scorpion. He was killed by Scorpion in the end of Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, and appears briefly as a spirit demanding Harley to retrieve Shinnok's amulet in exchange of her having her revenge for the Joker's death.
=== Minor/Cameos ===
* Justice League - A group composed of Earth's greatest superheroes who protect their world from random threats which none can handle alone. They are briefly mentioned and seen in News about their campaign to eliminate the remnants of Darkseid's armies following Apokolips' destruction. The group (consisting of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman, Shazam, Cyborg, Martian Manhunter and Hawkman) is shown in news hunting down and exterminating as many of the surviving Parademons and Paradooms on Earth as possible.
** John Stewart (voiced by ) - A member of the Green Lantern Corps and the Justice League. He is shown assisting the League on eliminating the remnants of Darkseid's armies.
* Koriand'r / Kory Anders / Starfire (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) - The Princess of Tamaran and the leader of the Teen Titans. She is shown among the superheroes assisting the Justice League on their campaign to eliminate the remaining Parademons and Paradooms on Earth. While disgusted with having to slice the monsters apart, she is advised by Stewart that Diana did say they should not hold back.
* Zoe Lawton (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) - Deadshot's daughter and a Daily Planet young intern under Lois Lane's tutelage. She is first shown having a phone conversation with her father while in her bed with her girlfriend Dharma and their three-year-old adopted daughterreportedly the same infant whom Batman saved from getting killed by her own mother in the opening of Justice League Dark. She is later shown in the ending being visited by Zatanna Zatara and Sonya Blade, tearfully overhearing news of Deadshot's sacrifice, and later attending to her father's funeral. Later in a mid-credit scene, she is shown putting on her mask (a show that she had considered her decision to become the superhero vigilante Black Owl), marking continuity to her appearance in Wonder Woman: Tales of Sisterhood.
* Rebecca Langstrom (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) - The daughter of scientist Kirk Langstrom, first introduced in Son of Batman. She is shown running away from a rampaging Paradoom until she is saved by Scorpion.
== X-Ray scenes ==
Similarly to Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, there are multiple times over the course of the film when the most devastating attacks and kills show the X-Ray of the damage.
* During Scorpion's fight against the Paradoom in Gotham City, X-Ray shows the Paradoom's skull getting cracked after Scorpion kicks it. Later, it shows the monster's leg bones getting broken apart by Scorpion's elbow. And later, we see the bones of the Paradoom's chest and spine breaking into pieces when Scorpion empales it with the Spear.
* At the moment she emerges to help the Earthrealmers repel Shao Khan's Outworld spawns from Earthrealm, Katana is shown impaling a cyclops' head with Soultaker. X-Ray shows the blade cracking half of the cyclops' skull upon impact.
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== Fatalities ==
As in the Mortal Kombat video games and media, characters perform several gruesome finishing moves (better known as "Fatalities") at their opponents in the end of their fights.
* During a fight against the Paradoom in Gotham, Scorpion performs one based on the "Chain Reaction" Fatality from Mortal Kombat 11.
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== Trivia ==
* During her fight against Shang Tsung, Zatanna's final blows before her Fatality on him is similar to Shang Tsung's Fatal Blow move in Mortal Kombat 11.
== See also ==
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