Karl Urban is Johnny Cage in the second trailer for Mortal Kombat II.

Mortal Kombat director Simon McQuoid returns to the helm from a script by Jeremy Slater(“Moon Knight,” Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire), based on the popular video game franchise.

This time, the fan favorite champions — now joined by Johnny Cage himself — are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Tati Gabrielle, Lewis Tan, Damon Herriman, Chin Han, Tadanobu Asano, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada also star.

From New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster, Broken Road Productions, and Fireside Films, the movie is produced by McQuoid, James Wan, Todd Garner, Toby Emmerich, and E. Bennett Walsh. Executive producers include Slater, Michael Clear, Judson Scott, and Lawrence Kasanoff.

The sequel opens in theaters and IMAX on May 8 via Warner Bros.