Overview: AMK 4: Johnny Cage Action Superstar Johnny Cage, the world’s number one action superstar is having a rotten day. After a young starlet was kidnapped from his latest blockbuster, Johnny is pulled into a mystery that will lead him through 1980’s Los Angeles, from Grauman’s to the Hollywood sign, and into the seedy underbelly, where he’ll find a dark and sinister secret that might have lasting effects on the city...and, more importantly, Johnny’s career!

Blu-ray Verdict: In my humble opinion, Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match is not quite as good as Scorpion’s Revenge, but MUCH better than Battle of the Realms, and is more of an original story like Snow Blind was. Indeed, they’re definitely straying away from the mainline Mortal Kombat story, and telling more self-contained narratives, which is just fine with me.

Johnny and his nerdy assistant Brian (Phil LaMarr, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Babylon 5: The Road Home) go over to her mansion to convince her to return to the set. As they drive, Johnny relates a Karate Kid like story of how he got into the martial arts and ended up in Hollywood. But once he gets to Jennifer’s house, he finds himself in the midst of a fight between Kia (Grey Griffin, Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!, The Loud House) and Ashrah (Kelly Hu, The Orville, Warehouse 13).

Fittingly, director Ethan Spaulding (Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, Scooby-Doo: Return to Zombie Island) and writer Jeremy Adams (Justice League: Warworld, Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind) stage Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match in the style of an 80s action film. The above-mentioned fight leads to an exploding mansion a chase between cars, a motorcycle and a tour bus with the tour bus turning someone in a big red smear. “Damn pigeons” says the driver as he turns on the wipers. Through luck as much as anything, Cage comes out of it alive and in possession of the scroll they were fighting over.

In closing, Cage Match is much more comedic than the others, as you’d expect with a Johnny Cage movie. The color scheme is gorgeous, the animation is more ’80s style than the others, and some of the character designs are great, especially Ashrah’s (I reallywant that as a skin in MK1, she looked feckin’ awesome!)

Special Features:
Audio Commentary - Features producers Rick Morales and Jim Krieg with writer Jeremy Adams
What Would Johnny Cage Do? (9:55)
Ninja Mime Trailer (1:03)

Specifications:
Video
Codec: HEVC / H.265 Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: HDR10
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audio
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 kbps)