All language subtitles for Mortal Kombat - The Journey Begins

NARRATOR:
For a thousand years�

�a great war
has been fought once a generation�

�between the warriors
of the realm of Earth�

�and the realm of Outworld.

Each battle takes place on an island
between the two realms.

There are no armies�

�only single warriors fighting
face-to-face in a secret tournament.

But though the number of warriors
is very small�

�the stakes are enormous.

The fate of the realm of the Earth
hangs In the balance.

For five centuries, Outworld
has won every tournament�

�nine in a row.

They must not win the tenth tournament.

They must not win Mortal Kombat.

Three warriors have been chosen
above all others�

�as the last best hope
for the realm of Earth.

Liu Kang, trained by village monks�

�Lieutenant Sonya Blade,
U.S. Special Forces�

�and Johnny Cage,
famous Hollywood star.

These three do not know
why they have been chosen�

�for this mystical
and mysterious tournament.

None realizes that
this boat is taking them�

�to the greatest adventure
of their lives.

None of them yet understands
the power of the magic�

�which surrounds the tournament
of Mortal Kombat.

Or why so many warriors
who came before them failed.

Able Baker to Zulu One. Able to Zulu.

Do you copy, Zulu?

[JOHNNY GROANS]

JOHNNY:
I think I'm gonna hurl.

[JOHNNY GROANING]

� Seasick, huh?
� What gave it away?

Was it my green skin tone,
or my delightful odor?

Do either of you know
where I can find the captain?

No idea, but why
are you looking for him?

Lieutenant Sonya Blade, Special Forces.

We got a tip a wanted man
was going to be on this ship.

� You know anything about it?
� Yeah.

I'm a wanted man, every one wants me.
Ugh!

[JOHNNY GROANS]

I'm Johnny Cage.

The film actor.

Oh, I'm sorry.

� I don't watch movies.
� Not even mine?

The tournament is by invitation only.

How did you get on this boat
if you're not a competitor?

I walked on.

I've gotta find the captain.
My radio is on the fritz.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

JOHNNY: There wasn't a cloud
in the sky a minute ago.

SONYA: Out of my way.
� This hold is off-limits.

No one may enter.

Look, I just need to use the ship's radio.
Now, move.

[SONYA SCREAMS]

My arm is freezing.

Can I be of assistance, Lt. Blade?

Are you the captain of this tub?

I am Shang Tsung,
the tournament master�

�and the emperor's emissary.

Yeah, well, I don't care about your emperor
and I am not interested in your tournament.

I've got a job to do.

You think you're pursuing
a dangerous criminal�

�but in fact, you have been chosen
to participate in our great tournament.

Mortal Kombat.

Just like these, uh, gentlemen.

[BOTH YELLING]

JOHNNY:
This is a disaster! Unh!

Chosen? By who?

You'll know that soon enough.

Oh, and your radio won't work
where we're going, Sonya.

JOHNNY: Guess he gave you
the cold shoulder. Ha, ha.

This is no time for jokes, guys.

Oh, tell that to Mr. Wizard
and the popsicle.

Oh! Why doesn't my radio work?

I should be able to pull in something.

Anything. A lot of weird stuff
going on here.

In my village, there is an ancient temple.

All my life, the old monks told me
stories about the great tournament.

I thought they were just fairy tales.

SHANG: These three
are most dangerous adversaries.

If they fail to reach the island
because of some, uh, tragic accident�

�Outworld will win
the 10th tournament.

Scorpion, to secure a place in
the hallowed victory hall of your clan�

�you must kill Sub-Zero yourself.

If the three warriors from Earth
kill Sub-Zero�

�you'll never have your chance.

Help Sub-Zero now�

�then you can personally kill him later.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

JOHNNY: Listen, we were thinking
maybe we should hear more of those�

�fairy tales you were talking about.

Fairy Tales?

There's one right behind you.

Hey, you should have
your thermostat adjusted, you know.

[YELLING]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

[GASPS]

[GRUNTS]

[ALL GRUNTING]

[ALL GASP]

[ALL GRUNTING]

SCORPION:
Get over here!

[SONYA GRUNTING]

Ah! Lord Rayden.

Another real-life fairy tale?

No, he is the god of thunder,
the protector of the realm of Earth.

� Oh, like that makes any sense.
� Hey, who cares if it makes any sense?

RAYDEN:
You should care, Johnny Cage.

Silence.

Shang Tsung.

My Lord Rayden,
what an unexpected surprise.

To what do we owe
the honor of your visit?

� You've sent your warriors against mine.
� I sent no one.

Perhaps they were engaging
in a little warm-up exercise.

Warm-up exercise?
Tell that to the ice cube.

It was an ambush. Strictly forbidden
by the rules of Mortal Kombat.

See that it does not happen again.

Of course.

My sincerest apologies.

� That should not have happened.
� Tell me about it. Who is that guy?

Shang Tsung is a great sorcerer.

His power is second only
to the emperor of Outworld.

In the legends, Outworld is a realm
that exists on another plane.

It is separated from Earth
by a mystical doorway.

Only the tournament, Mortal Kombat,
can unlock it.

Wait a minute,
I got invited to this secret tournament�

�to prove that I'm the best.

But now you're telling me�

�we're on our way to fight people
from a parallel universe. Ha!

I don't think that's in my contract,
all right?

RAYDEN:
You have no choice.

A thousand years ago, Shang Tsung
became the tournament master�

�by challenging
the Earth's finest fighters�

�from the temple
of the Order of Light.

Shang easily defeated
the students of the temple master.

In the final bout,
he met the temple master himself.

A man of great skill and wisdom.

But Shang had perfected
his own dark skills over many centuries.

He easily overcame
the temple master's attacks.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

RAYDEN: It was as if he could look
into the man's thoughts�

�and read what he would do next.

It soon became apparent that
Shang possessed just such a dark magic.

The ability to probe a human soul
and know its secret desires and fears.

When the temple master realized
what was happening to him�

�he cleared his mind.

[GRUNTING]

RAYDEN: Shang's dark gifts overcame
the temple master's courage and skill.

The monk could not understand�

�that the great tournament
of Mortal Kombat had changed forever.

From that day forth�

�Mortal Kombat
would be a ruthless contest�

�for the domination
of the realm of Earth.

A battle where cunning and magic
would overcome honor and experience�

�and change it to treacherous,
desperate and deadly.

And that sad day also revealed
the secret of Shang's terrible power.

His ability to steal the soul
of his vanquished enemy.

Whether you like it or not,
Johnny Cage�

�and you, Sonya Blade�

�and you, Liu Kang�

�have each been chosen
to participate in this great tournament.

If you lose,
it will be the last Mortal Kombat.

All my teachings, all the stories�

�they were all true.

If you lose,
the portals of the realm of Earth�

�will be thrown open
to the armies of Outworld.

The Earth will be destroyed.

The fate of the Earth is in your hands.

Only you mortals, the best fighters
of your generation�

�can stop this from happening.

You must be better
than all who have fought before you.

You must succeed
where they have failed.

You must win this final tournament.

You must win Mortal Kombat.

RAYDEN:
This is Shang Tsung's island.

Never forget that he is a sorcerer
capable of formidable magic.

Nothing that you see here
is what it seems.

The island's peace and beauty
are only an illusion.

Shang Tsung will have you watched.

You will never be truly alone.

Beware.

RAYDEN:
Be wary of all that surrounds you.

Danger lurks behind every corner.

You must be prepared.

Yeah, once again,
I'm the best-looking guy here.

Stop gloating.

LIU:
Hey, check it out.

Welcome to the great tournament
of Mortal Kombat.

I am Shang Tsung, tournament master.

And your humble host.

Do you think Prince Charming wants us
to bow down and grovel just a little?

Look who's talking,
Mr. Modesty himself.

Whoa. Did you see that?

� See what?
JOHNNY: That guy.

He had four-

You have all been carefully chosen�

�to compete in the greatest
of all tournaments.

In a few hours,
the tournament will begin.

Until that time, make yourselves at home
on our little island.

Enjoy an evening
of peace and tranquility.

It may be your last.

Ha-ha-ha! What a joke.

[IMITATING SHANG]
�It may be your last.�

Who's he kidding?
I was born to win this tournament.

� You were born to annoy people.
� Hey, tell that to my fans.

You know, I'm gonna prove�

�that what I do up on the big
silver screen isn't fake.

� This stuff will work against anybody.
SONYA: Stop babbling and check this out.

He's being shadowed
by the other one who fought us.

JOHNNY:
Well, maybe he wants an autograph.

Sub-Zero is from the clan
of the Lin Kuei.

There are very few of them left
in Outworld.

Well, at last, some good news.

But the other one,
there was something strange about him.

Yeah, so, what else is new?

I felt something else, an aura.

Very good, Liu Kang.

He is Scorpion,
from another ninja clan of Outworld.

But he is also a specter.

That's, like, a ghost?

You said this fight was among mortals.
How can we fight a ghost?

Specters return to the living
in their mortal form.

Why?

They come back
to avenge something in a former life.

In the past, Scorpion and Sub-Zero
were bitter enemies from rival clans.

Their clans had often fought
on the planes of Outworld�

�to decide
who trained the best warriors.

Thus, one day Scorpion met Sub-Zero
in a battle to the death.

They were evenly matched.

And for a long time,
neither had the advantage.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

RAYDEN: For a brief moment, it seemed
as if Scorpion's great speed�

�would overcome Sub-Zero.

But his opponent's cunning was more
than a match for the ninja master.

[GRUNTS]

RAYDEN: Each fighter possessed
a special weapon�

� closely guarded secrets of their clan.

Each warrior was forced to use
these most special and deadly weapons.

SCORPION:
Come here!

RAYDEN:
Watch out for Sub-Zero.

RAYDEN:
As a result of Scorpion's defeat�

�he could not enter
the sacred victory hall of the dead�

�until he had once more redeemed
the honor of his clan.

He returned as a specter with all
of his old skills and some new ones.

But if he again loses,
his soul will be hurled into oblivion.

Then why did he help Sub-Zero
just now?

He must vanquish Sub-Zero himself
or his soul will be lost forever.

All of Shang Tsung's emissaries
fear him and do his bidding.

Even now, they are watching
and plotting against you.

If they fail him, Shang Tsung
will steal their souls and enslave them.

Even Goro, the mightiest of them ail�

�lives in dread
ofShang Tsung's dark magic.

Hold it, you keep saying
Shang Tsung is a demon sorcerer?

RAYDEN:
A very powerful one.

In my temple,
I was taught that only mortals�

�could compete in the tournament.

Shang is mortal, in spite of his great age
and enormous powers.

He can be destroyed.

Long ago, before Shang first entered
the tournament�

�it was a competition of honor.

It was hosted by the temple
of the Order of Light.

LIU: That's my temple in my village
back home.

RAYDEN: Yes, they were an enlightened
order of men�

�who believed that a tournament
was preferable to total warfare�

�as a means of solving differences.

Each monk was trained to be
not only a philosopher and holy man�

�but a skilled fighter.

They still are. They trained me.

I thought they were just a bunch
of silly old men telling crazy stories.

That's understandable.

I'd think the same thing. Anyone would.

Hey, I'm standing here
and I still don't believe it.

So how did this Shang Tsung
get control of the tournament?

For many, many generations�

�warriors from the two realms
were evenly matched�

�and no one dreamed that one realm
could win 10 Mortal Kombats in a row.

But Shang was sent
by the emperor of Outworld.

He brought his formidable dark magic
to Mortal Kombat�

�and now, the tournament has become
a desperate struggle�

�for the survival of the realm of Earth.

You're saying this sorcerer
can help Outworld win Mortal Kombat.

Does that mean you're going to help us?

Since I am not mortal, I cannot
participate in the tournament directly.

I can only help you
to realize your true potential.

So you're going to teach me
how to shoot�

�a frozen ice stream from my hands?

Or suck somebody's soul
from his body?

I don't think so.

No, Johnny Cage.
That is not the answer.

Then how can we possibly win?

And why have we been chosen at all?

RAYDEN: You have been chosen
because you're the best.

You will win by facing your fears
and believing in yourselves.

Oh, sure. Thunder gods,
demon sorcerers, specters�

� �what's to be afraid of?
� Look.

That's the guy I saw. Goro.

Yes, Goro, prince of Shokan.

SONYA:
He has four arms.

JOHNNY:
That's what I was trying to tell you.

RAYDEN:
Goro commands the legions of nomads.

Fierce subterranean creatures
who obey his every command.

Like Sub-Zero and Scorpion�

�they will try to stop you
from winning the tournament.

But you can defeat them.

Five hundred years ago�

�Shang Tsung had won nine victories
in a row.

The realm of Earth
faced the unimaginable horror�

�of the emperor's cruelty.

Only one champion could stop it.

A humble monk
from the temple of the Order of Light.

� Kung Lao.
� My ancestor.

RAYDEN:
Yes, you are his direct descendant.

Shang used all of his tricks,
all of his dark powers against him.

But in the end,
goodness and strength prevailed.

� Kung Lao won.
� So we can win.

How? Why?

The emperor of Outworld
was very unhappy.

He banished Shang Tsung to slave
in the cobalt mines of Shokan.

There, many years later,
he met Prince Goro.

� That's a prince?
� Where he comes from, yes.

His father was ruler of
the subterranean kingdom of Shokan�

�in the realm of Outworld.

In Shokan, there is only one law�

�survival of the fittest
and the most ruthless.

On one particular day each year�

�it was customary
to pay tribute to the king.

Durak, Goro's older brother�

�decided to offer his father
the rarest, most precious object�

�in the underground kingdom
of Shokan.

A jeweled Nika egg
from the deepest cavern in all of Shokan.

When he returned
to offer the gift to his father�

�Goro decided he wanted to pay tribute
with the egg as well.

It was decided
that they should fight for it.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

RAYDEN: Durak easily obtained
the upper hand in the battle.

[RUMBLING]

RAYDEN: Goro pleaded for Durak
to save him, to not let him fall.

Durak took the jeweled Nika egg
from his younger brother�

�and helped him up from the cliff.

The battle was over.
Durak was the victor.

He could now pay tribute to his father.

But Goro was not finished.

It was now Durak's turn
to plead for help.

But Goro told Durak to grab the egg
and hand it to him�

�or it would be lost forever.

And neither one of them would be able
to pay tribute to their father.

Young Goro looked down
at his brother�

�dangling above
the bottomless well of darkness.

Goro presented his father
with the magnificent gift�

�and the king
was very pleased and proud�

�because his son
had become ruthless and deceiving.

And that was the Shokan way.

From that day forth,
he was successor to the throne.

Goro, Prince of the Shokan.

Shang Tsung promised to share power
with the young Shokan prince.

Divide up the spoils of war�

�after the realm of Earth
had been captured and won.

He brought Goro to the next tournament.

Our four-armed champion
has won each Mortal Kombat�

�since that time.

Nine in a row.

But first,
he had to beat my ancestor Kung Lao.

He was the champion of Mortal Kombat.
He defeated Shang Tsung.

How could he lose?

Goro was simply too great an adversary
for the human Kung Lao.

Shang Tsung's promise
of unlimited power�

�made the four-armed prince
even more ruthless than ever.

[GRUNTING]

RAYDEN: To every champion of Mortal
Kombat, a very special gift is given�

�the gift of youth and vigor
as long as they are victorious.

So it was that Kung Lao did not age
in the many years�

�since he had defeated
Shang Tsung the sorcerer.

While his friends grew older
and weaker�

�he retained all of his strength and skill.

No one in the realm of Earth
could defeat your ancestor.

And it cannot be denied
that Kung Lao was a magnificent fighter.

Perhaps the best the realm of Earth
had ever seen.

But no one from the realm of Earth
had ever seen a creature like Goro.

Punishment that would have killed
a mere man�

�simply angered the Shokan warrior.

But Kung Lao
didn't give up on his attack.

He was relentless.

Still, Goro was an engine of destruction.

Nothing was going to get in his way.

Once the Shokan
had Kung Lao firmly in his grasp�

�there was little Kung Lao could do.

There a limits to the strength
of even the greatest champion.

[GORO GROWLING]

RAYDEN:
It was soon over.

Earth had tost to the realm of Outworld.

SHANG:
Excellent. Flawless victory.

I will take his warrior soul.

Finish him.

[GORO GRUNTS]

Goro killed him?

If a champion like Kung Lao
couldn't win, how can we?

First, you must understand
the most important thing.

Mortal Kombat doesn't mean death,
but life.

Mortal men and women
competing for what they believe in.

Every one of you has the potential
to change the world�

�and the outcome of this tournament.

You three can do this.

But you must not be afraid.

And you must be ready for new,
unexpected challenges.

Everything I've seen today
is unexpected.

You're giving us much to think about,
Lord Rayden�

�but not enough time
to learn the lessons well.

Even less time than you think, I'm afraid.

[GROWLING]

GORO:
Attack.

Once the tournament begins,
I can no longer help you.

[NOMADS SHOUTING]

LIU:
Watch out.

Watch your backs.

[JOHNNY GRUNTING]

[ALL GRUNTING]

[GROWLING]

GORO:
Don't let them escape.

[NOMADS GROWLING]

All my movies,
the bad guys sneak up behind me.

You think these guys
would try something new, huh?

Maybe if we ignore them,
they'll go away.

BOTH:
Then again, maybe not.

[ALL GRUNTING]

[GROWLING]

[ALL GRUNTING]

[SCREAMS]

[ALL GRUNTING]

You know, he's got a great sense
of timing for a thunder god.

Shang Tsung.

[RUMBLING]

Ah. Lord Rayden, such a lovely night.

I was out enjoying the garden.

What's this? You seem upset.

Once again, you defy the sacred rules
of the tournament�

�for your own power and glory.

Rules, especially sacred rules,
were made to be broken.

The only thing that's gonna be broken
around here is you.

But it doesn't really matter now.
No more fun and games.

The real contest will force you
to face skills and powers�

�beyond your wildest imagination.

You have no hope of winning�

�so I can only implore you to lose
with grace and dignity.

I only see one loser here, pal.

Yeah, and she's not talking about us.
Did it just get colder, or is it just me?

SUB-ZERO:
Destroy them. All of them.

SHANG:
Prepare yourselves.

Let Mortal Kombat begin.

[ALL GROWLING]

It has begun.

RAYDEN: From now on,
you will face formidable adversaries.

Each opponent will have strange powers,
incredible strength.

Each has the experience
from a hundred battles.

Some, like Shang Tsung,
use power for magic.

But each of these opponents
can be defeated.

Look into your souls
and you will find hidden powers.

The knowledge and the skill
to win Mortal Kombat is within you.

Now you must find the will.

Prepare yourselves
for Mortal Kombat The Movie.

NARRATOR:
Sonya Blade.

[NARRATOR READING
ON-SCREEN TEXT]

NARRATOR: Her beauty, strength
and power are a deadly combination.

NARRATOR:
Scorpion.

[NARRATOR READING
ON-SCREEN TEXT]

NARRATOR:
Liu Kang.

[NARRATOR READING
ON-SCREEN TEXT]

NARRATOR:
Sub-Zero.

[NARRATOR READING
ON-SCREEN TEXT]

NARRATOR: His deep freeze
leaves opponents helplessly frozen.

NARRATOR:
Johnny Cage.

[NARRATOR READING
ON-SCREEN TEXT]

NARRATOR:
Goro.

[NARRATOR READING
ON-SCREEN TEXT]

NARRATOR:
Rayden.

[NARRATOR READING
ON-SCREEN TEXT]

NARRATOR:
Shang Tsung.

[NARRATOR READING
ON-SCREEN TEXT]