When Lt. Sonya Blade calls in a report that she has tracked down Kano, "Jax" Briggs convinces his superior, Kurtis Stryker, to take in a squad of men, only to discover that it's a trap.

While Jax and Kano fight to the death, Sonya manages to escape her bonds. However, Jax is forced to protect her from an explosion, injuring both of them.

Johnny Cage, former Power Ranger, tries to restart his career as an action star only to find that no one wants a washed-up teenage actor. But when TV executives push him too far, Johnny goes berserk... and gets an offer he can't refuse.

Beautiful, athletic, and trained as highly skilled assassins, Kitana and Mileena have grown up thinking that they are sisters. Shao Kahn, Emperor of the Outworld, has tricked Shang Tsung into becoming his servant for Mortal Kombat by making him clone Mileena as a Tarkatan clone of Kitana, out of Shao Kahn's fear that Kitana wouldn't love him enough if she ever found out the truth about her Mother and Father.

The rivalry between Kitana and Mileena grows, while Kitana attempts to learn the truth behind her childhood and the real identity of her parents.