Brian Thompson

Picking up where the previous film left off, the warriors of Earthrealm (Liu Kang, Sonya Blade, Johnny Cage, Princess Kitana, and Rayden) return to the Temple of Light following Liu Kang's victory over Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat and subsequent thwarting of the Emperor's attempt to take over Earthrealm. The celebrations are short lived, however, as a portal to Outworld appears over the temple and unleashes a hoard of warriors. This army is led by Shao Kahn and his generals (Ermac, Shiva, Motaro, and the newly resurrected Queen Sindel), who explain that in 6 days the two realms will merge and Kahn will lay claim to both. Rayden challenges Kahn to combat, however during the ensuing fight Kahn manages to subdue and murder Johnny Cage. The Earthrealm fighters retreat as the temple falls to Kahns forces, with Rayden explaining that Kahn must have found a way to invade without the Elder Gods' knowledge. The Earthrealm fighters devise a plan to bolster their numbers over the coming 6 days and wage an all out attack against Kahn and his forces before the merger is complete. Using a series of subterranean tunnels harnessing the heat from the planet's core, the teams travel to opposite ends of the globe to find their allies. Arriving at a deserted military research outpost, Sonya comes across fellow special forces agent Jackson "Jax" Briggs. Jax has undergone a procedure to have bionic muscle enhancers grafted onto his arms, greatly improving his fighting capabilities. As Sonya informs Jax about Kahn's invasion and their ticking clock, the pair are set upon by one of Kahn's extermination squads led by the Lin Kuei assassin-turned-cyborg Cyrax. As the battle rages on, the research center is set ablaze and, blowing a handful of chemical powder through the flames, Sonya manages to ignite Cyrax and burn him alive. The two agents flee as the research center erupts in flames. Meanwhile, Liu Kang and Princess Kitana head to find the shaman warrior Nightwolf. Traveling through dilapidated ruins, the two are ambushed by another Lin Kuei cyborg, the ethereal ninja Smoke. Smoke proves too much for the duo, and prepares to launch a chest-missile before being suddenly frozen and kicked into a ravine by Sub-Zero. A confused Liu Kang states he had killed Sub-Zero in the previous tournament, and it is revealed that this Sub-Zero (Kuai Liang) is the younger brother of the original (Bi Han) that was killed, and harbors no ill will as he intends to assist the Earthrealm fighters. After Sub-Zero creates an ice bridge to replace the one previously destroyed in the Smoke fight, the trio is suddenly attacked by the hell spawn Scorpion. A vicious battle ensues between Scorpion and Sub-Zero, culminating in Scorpion kidnapping Kitana and teleporting to Kahn's lair. Liu Kang, determined to find Nightwolf and rescue Kitana, sets out to continue searching for the shaman. Rayden travels to the realm of the Elder Gods to seek answers as to how Kahn is able to invade without their interference. While one of the Elder Gods explains that only by reuniting Kitana with her resurrected mother Sindel will Kahn be thwarted, another claims that the invasion can only be halted with the defeat of Kahn. Noting that as a god, Rayden is unable to assist Earthrealm in combat, the Elder Gods question his commitment to the Earthrealm heroes and what he is willing to sacrifice in order to help them defend their home. Wandering through the wilderness, Liu Kang finally comes face to face with Nightwolf, and is told that in order to defeat Shao Kahn he must master the art of Animality which will be earned through three tests. The first is a test of his own self-worth and courage. The second comes in the form of Jade, a green clad warrior who attempts to seduce Liu Kang. Her charms prove futile, and she instead offers her assistance in rescuing Kitana, and the two venture to the temple of the Elder Gods to reconvene with Rayden and the others. Following a brief skirmish between Jax, Sonya, and the mysterious assassin Mileena (who, under Kahn's orders, attempts to slay the two but is handily defeated by Sonya and eaten by a living statue), the Earthrealm heroes meet at the temple of the Elder Gods and are met by a newly mortal Rayden who gave up his godhood in order to fight alongside them. The reunion is cut short, as Kahn and his army arrive and destroy the temple. The Earthrealm fighters travel to Outworld where Liu Kang goes to save Kitana while the others attempt to find and subdue Sindel in the hopes of reuniting her with Kitana and breaking the hold Kahn has over her. Liu finds Kitana caged, and battles against a Tarkatan warrior named Baraka. Liu is able to defeat Baraka and, using the falling cage, quickly dispatches Shiva as well. The rest of the fighters do battle with Sindel but ultimately lost her as she escapes during the fight along with Jade, who is later revealed to be an agent for Kahn before being killed for failing to stop the rescue of Kitana. Rayden relents and reveals that he and Kahn are actually brothers, sons of the disgraced former Elder God Shinnok. With their plan to free Sindel's soul no longer viable, the group resolves to set out for one last stand against Kahn and his remaining generals. The two factions meet, with Shinnok demanding Rayden abandon Earthrealm and rejoin his family. When he refuses, Kahn kills him and the two groups battle with Jax, Sonya, and Kitana all emerging victorious. Liu Kang and Shao Kahn battle, with Liu finally unlocking his Animality to transform into a large dragon, only to be met by Shao Kahn's Animality (a multi-headed serpent creature). The two struggle and, upon seeing a cut left on Kahn, it is revealed that Kahn is now left mortal by the Elder Gods as a result of his actions despite the outcome of the tournament. Shinnok prepares to murder Liu Kang himself, when the Elder Gods intervene and state that the fate of Earthrealm shall be decided as it has always been: in Mortal Kombat. Liu and Kahn face off one last time, and upon Kahn's defeat the Elder Gods banish Shinnok to the Netherrealm and resurrect Rayden, granting him the title of Elder God previously held by his father. The Earthrealm is freed from the merger, and Sindel's soul is freed from Kahn's power and thus she is reunited with her daughter. With the world saved, Rayden embarks on his new role as Elder God, but not before advising the Earthrealm fighters to continue to fight for good and to look after one another.

Bowen (Dennis Quaid), a Knight of the "Old Code" of honor, valor and chivalry, tutoring his young protege, Einon (Lee Oakes) in both swordplay and the values of a knight. Einon is the king's son and heir to the throne. Brok (Brian Thompson), leader of the armies of King Freyne (Peter Hric). Brok tells Einon of a peasant rebellion, and King Freyne wants Einon to witness it being crushed. Bowen tells Einon to remember the difference between battle and butchery. (During the battle, a caption says the movie takes place in England in the year 984 A.D.) In battle Einon is separated from Bowen. King Freyen is killed & then Einon fatally wounded in a accident when a young girl (Sandra) pushes Einon into a pike, driving it into his chest. Einon's mother, Queen Aislinn (Julie Christie) orders only Bowen to be with her & Einon. As Aislinn examines her son's wound, Bowen says Einon is beyond all help. Aislinn looks at a small statue of a dragon and says, "Not all." Aislinn takes Einon & Bowen to a mountain cave where a dragon appears. He is reluctant to help, but Aislinn convinces him that Einon is not a butcher like Freyen & will grow up to be a fine leader. dragon insists that Einon swear to all this himself. Einon swears. Dragon opens a chest plate and removes half his heart, placing it in Einon's chest. As Einon wakes up, he commands the boy to do as he promised. Aislinn kneels before the dragon in gratitude, and Bowen promises to repay the favor any way he can, any time in the future when the dragon might need him. But Einon grows up to be as cruel as his father. He crushes the peasant rebellion, captures their leader Readbeard & orders his eyes to be burnt out. Bowen intervenes but is insulted by Einon. Bowen goes to the Dragon & yells that his gift has corrupted Einon & that now Bowen would spend the rest of his life in hunting the dragon & to kill him. 12 yrs later Bowen is a Dragon hunting mercenary. Brother Gilbert is a monk who finds Bowen on one of his hunting travels. Lord Felton is Einon's minion & keeps track of Bowen & provides him money for killing the dragon in service of the King. Bowen only accepts as he needs funds to keep his horse & equipment. Meanwhile Redbeard, now old, blind, and feeble, is working in a quarry, & has daughter, Kara (Dina Meyer). Einon, now a grown adult, kills Redbeard, just for fun & leaves her to grieve. Gilbert travels with Bowen to write poetry for his dragon slayer. They discover another dragon (voiced by Sean Connery). Bowen moves forward through the falls to kill the dragon, but it escapes. Soon, they come to an empty field. The dragon scoops Bowen into his mouth where Bowen stabs his sword into the dragon's palate. Both stuck, they come to an impasse and remain that way for a number of hours. The dragon has had enough; he pushes Bowen out of his mouth and traps him under his claws. Instead of killing Bowen, the dragon offers an alternative which would be beneficial for both of them. The dragon terrorizes the villages which allows Bowen to offer protection for a fee. Bowen then "kills" the dragon in mock battle. The dragon claims he is the last of his kind. Aislinn is disgusted at Einon, who just manages to evade an assassination attempt by Kara, who is imprisoned. Then Einon realizes that Kara is the girl who pushed him into the pike that led to his dragon heart. Einon is indebted to Kara for this. Einon has sex with Kara, who mockingly attacks him with a knife. As it slashes Einon, the dragon winces in pain. There is link between the dragon & Einon. Dragon doesn't tell Bowen what that link is. Bowen decides to call the Dragon Draco. Aislinn helps Kara escape from Einon's bedroom. She heads back to her village trying to entice another rebellion but is rebuffed by senior villager Hewe. Draco appears & pretends to attack & Bowen arrives to offer protection. Kara accuses him of blackmail. Bowen uses the village's hatred for her & suggest a sacrifice to the dragon. Draco finds the idea disgusting & flies off with Kara, pretending he is appeased. Kara realizes Draco & Bowen are working together. Thats when Einon arrives at the scene & challenges Bowen to battle. Einon says that he made no promises to Bowen & Bowen is disgusted that Einon is as treacherous as his father. Bowen is distracted & Einon defeats Bowen & is about to stab him when Draco intervenes & exposes his chest & reveals his half heart. Einon flees. Kara wants Bowen to lead the rebellion against Einon, but he refuses. Kara exposes Bowen & Draco in front of the villager in their next scam by proving they are working together. The villagers are about to kill them when Draco flies away with Kara, Bowen & Gilbert to Avalon (resting place of King Arthur). At Avalon Draco says that he is the dragon that gave Einon half his heart and he did so knowing that Einon would betray all the vows he made. To gain entry into the dragon heaven he needs to redeem himself. He is keen to help Bowen lead the rebellion. Despondent and having lost faith in the Old Code, Bowen refuses. Bowen then sees a vision at the statue of King Arthur who recites the creed of the Old Code. Bowen repeats the words and is filled with a new sense of purpose, reminded of all that he once swore himself to. Draco appears, smiling, and shields Bowen from the rain with one of his wings. Back at Kara's home village, he tells the people that he is starting a war against Einon, and when they see that he has the support of a dragon, they are all moved to rebellion. The men are trained by Bowen to fight and even Brother Gilbert proves to be a master archer. Brok comes across the village & sees them training with Draco & tells Einon. Aislinn comes to Einon and presents him with a gift... a team of five of the finest dragon slayers in the land. Bowen & the villagers attack Einon's castle. Draco attacks from the air & takes out the castle's defenses. Einon comes out with his army & walks into a trap laid by Bowen where Gilbert & Kara lead the villagers to ambush Einon's army. Gilbert shoots an arrow right through Einon's heart which drops Draco from the sky & is captured by the dragon slayers. Suddenly Einon spurs his horse and races to the castle, orders the dragon slayers not to kill Draco... he wants him alive, and safe..."for all eternity". Draco moans, "Oh... no." Kara leads Bowen & Gilbert into the castle through the secret passage that Aislinn made her escape from. Bowen & Einon battle. Gilbert battles Felton & defeats him while Kara kills the overconfident Brok. Aislinn visits Draco, who knows that she is there to kill him. The hit he took from the arrow helped Einon figure out that his life is tied to Draco's and that as long as Draco lives, Einon is virtually immortal, but if Draco was killed, Einon would die as well. Aislinn explains that she made a mistake years ago when she "saved a creature not worth saving". Einon, kills Aislinn. Einon comes across Bowen, and they battle their way up onto the parapets as Kara watches. Einon breaks Bowen's sword. As Bowen swings away from Einon on a pulley, Einon loses his balance and plunges off the parapet, breaking through a wooden walkway into the bottom of the castle. Bowen reaches Draco and starts to unchain him, and Draco reveals the final piece of the puzzle...through the shared heart, he and Einon share each other's physical pain, but Draco's half holds the life force, and he must die in order to vanquish Einon. Bowen has come to respect and admire Draco too much and cannot bring himself to kill his friend. But Einon appears, bloody but alive, grabbing Kara from behind and putting his sword to her neck. Draco bites hard on his own hand and Einon feels the pain and is forced to drop his sword. Kara pulls away from him, and Einon draws a dagger and rushes at Bowen. In a tense moment, Bown seems unsure until Draco gives him a reassuring smile, pulling back his chest plate. Bowen hurls Kara's ax into Draco's heart. Einon gasps and collapses in shock as Draco smiles at Bowen one last time before peacefully dying. Kara, Brother Gilbert, and the victorious villagers gather around the body of Draco where Bowen is mourning his passing, not knowing who or where to turn to for inspiration. Then he hears Draco's voice telling him to look to the stars. Draco's body dissipates into a rolling ball of reddish light that slowly ascends into the skies, heading toward the constellation that Bowen named him after. The other stars gather around Draco's soul-- the collective of dragons welcoming the last of their kind home. Bowen smiles as he sees that Draco has redeemed himself and gained entry into his heaven.

"Crime is a disease. Meet the cure." Lt. Marion Cobretti, nicknamed Cobra (Sylvester Stallone), is a sun-glass wearing, toothpick chewing cop who is all about getting the criminals and breaking the rules. He has the entire department on his back all the time about his very violent and forceful way of getting the bad guys, normally making the punks end up in a body bag, loaded with lead issued from his trusty pearl handled Colt .45. LA, like most cities, is witnessing a crime wave with a violent crime every 25 seconds, a murder every 24 minutes and 250 sexual assaults on women every day. When a mass shooting at a Los Angeles supermarket evolves into a hostage crisis, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) summons Lieutenant Marion Cobretti of their elite Zombie Squad, to resolve the incident. Cobretti, nicknamed Cobra, confronts the shooter, who espouses social Darwinist ideals and mentions a New World. Cobretti kills him before he can execute a group of hostages. Detective Monte reprimands Cobretti for disregarding police procedure and Cobretti admonishes a group of reporters for not prioritizing the safety of potential victims. Unknown to the authorities, the supermarket incident is part of a string of violent crimes committed by The New World, a social Darwinist cult that despises modern society and believes in killing the weak, leaving only the strongest and smartest to rule. But Cobra is set a real challenge when a killer cult is spreading rapidly in the city. The cult kills innocent people, seeming picking random victims and slaying them with jagged knifes and getting off on the hunted's fear. But they make a huge mistake when they kill a woman at a bus stop and a young model sees them. She doesn't exactly know that they've killed someone, but is extremely scared when one of the killers, a muscle bound and rather deformed looking man, gives her a spine-chilling look. Soon the killers are after her! And they kill her photographer, a security guard and very nearly make her meet their sadistic style of murder. Cobra is soon on the scene, with his partner the junk food loving, Sergeant Gonzales (Reni Santoni). They ask the young model, whose name turns out to be Ingrid (Brigitte Nielsen), if she saw the killers. She says she only saw some people at the bus stop acting very odd and a man who scared her badly. But Cobra's progress into solving the case is halted by the pencil pushing, fat headed Detective Monte (Andrew Robinson), who is always on his case about too much force. He tells Cobra that he's on the Zombie squad for a reason, he's too violent and doesn't please the press. Much to Monte's disgust, the Chief Halliwell (Val Avery) and Captain Sears (Art LaFleur) decided to let Cobra use his street wise talk to fight the killer. Cobra goes through the entire population of the nocturnal seediness of downtown, where all the prostitutes, pimps, bar flies and cons of the city hang out. But he doesn't find any kind of help from these people, and they have no idea who the killers are. Cobra soon connects a supermarket killing, that involved a psycho who claimed that he was part of "the new order" who would wipe out the weak and make the strong survive, to the mass murders ripping at the soft under belly of the capital. But Detective Monte's smart mouth antics and somewhat spineless Captain Sears try to stop him from using aggressive force, not caring that Ingrid almost got killed by one of the cult followers, Night Slasher (Brian Thompson) and that numerous other people were slayed in the hospital at night. Knudsen is placed under the protective custody of Cobretti and his partner Sergeant Tony Gonzales following an attempt on her life. The Captain agrees to let Cobra take Ingrid to the countryside with Gonzales and a female cop named Nancy Stalk (Lee Garlington). Cobretti and Gonzales leave with Knudsen to the small town of San Remos. Little does Cobra know that the heat is going to be turned up instead of cooled off when they leave the city. Nancy is in fact a cult member and leading the Night Slasher and his cronies right to where Cobra is taking Ingrid. Despite not trusting Stalk, Cobretti does nothing and the group spends the night in a motel. While in a motel that's off the beaten track, Ingrid and Cobra realize their attraction to one another. The romantic mood is short lived however, and the cult is back on Cobra's trail. At dawn, the New World arrives in San Remos on motorcycles and besieges the town on Stalk's instructions. In a shootout, Cobretti kills many cultists, but Gonzales is wounded. The cult burn down the motel and almost kill Gonzales. Cobra and Ingrid ride off in a pick-up truck and almost meet their end by crashing into a burning car that's blocking the road. Cobra still manages to take some punks down though, with a very nice piece of weaponry called the laser mount sub-machine gun. They end up in a chemical factory and finally Night Slasher and Cobra come face to face. In a very psychotic speech Night Slasher says that Cobra's law is weak and that their cult will always survive. This sends Cobra off the deep end and Slasher onto a huge metal hook, that rips through his back and sends him off into a molten vat of metal. Nancy however is still alive and tries to kill Cobra, but she is also killed. After all the bloodshed, Cobra and Ingrid emerged slightly bruised and dirty, from the factory. The Captain congratulates Cobra, but Monte is too proud to actually admit that Cobra won the fight. He picks up his bit about too much excessive force, but earns himself a good punch from Cobra, sending him to the ground stone cold. Ingrid and Cobra ride off on a motorbike into the sunset to Kiss singing "Can you get enough me baby I can't get enough of you."