Mortal Kombat: Conquest

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Mortal Kombat: Conquest
Format Martial arts
Starring Paolo Montalbán
Daniel Bernhardt
Kristanna Loken
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of episodes 22
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Lawrence Kasanoff
Running time 45 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel first-run syndication/TNT
Original run October 3, 1998 – 1 June 1999
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Mortal Kombat: Conquest was a TV series that aired for one season from 1998 to 1999, and was based on the popular Mortal Kombat fighting game series. The program was filmed at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, and acted as a prequel to the first MK movie.

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[edit] Storyline

"In each of us there burns a soul of a warrior. In every generation a few are chosen to prove it. Centuries ago, in a time of darkness and fury, that fate befell three strangers. A monk, Kung Lao; an exiled guard, Siro; and a thief, Taja, who have to defend our realm from the forces of Outworld. By fighting for their lives, by fighting for their honor and by fighting for their realm...in a tournament called Mortal Kombat."

Many millennia ago, the Earth was a young and desirable planet. Powerful and rich with natural resources, the vicious megalomaniac Shao Kahn wanted Earth as part of his growing collection of conquered realms known as Outworld. To protect the Earth, Mortal Kombat, a tournament in which the fate of the planet is decided in battles between competitors from Earthrealm and Outworld, was created. Five hundred years in the past, the monk warrior Kung Lao defeated Shao Kahn's sorcerer, Shang Tsung. When Kung Lao spared his life, Kahn imprisoned Tsung in the cobalt mines.

Kung Lao now had to train the next generation of warriors, who would give their lives to save the Earth. Kung Lao creates a partnership and friendship with two warriors: Siro, a former bodyguard, and Taja, an ex-thief. In the mysterious city of Zhuzin, Kung Lao and his new friends are guided and watched over by the thunder god Raiden. The three now battle various evils of both Outworld and Earthrealm, including an imprisoned Tsung, who swore eternal revenge on Kung Lao for his humiliating defeat, and the sultry and seductive Vorpax, who is also imprisoned in the mines and has an agenda of her own.

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Mortal Kombat Conquest episodes

[edit] Cast

[edit] Main characters

[edit] Recurring characters

[edit] Game characters

[edit] Notable guest appearances

Former QVC model Dorian played the barmaid Magda in the episodes Twisted Truth and Quan Chi, while former WCW wrestlers Meng and Wrath also filmed separate appearances.

Actress Eva Mendes appeared in one episode as Siro's ex-girlfriend.

[edit] Game connections

  • The Black Dragon organization is featured In the episode Debt of the Dragon.
  • The Serpent and the Ice featured a cameo by Smoke in the very last scene before the credits. It was spoken by the Lin Kuei Grandmaster that he would hunt down the now-rogue Sub-Zero. This storyline never came into play, possibly because the show was cancelled prematurely.
  • Unholy Alliance featured an alliance between Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, which was the premise for Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance.

[edit] Production and Distribution

Mortal Kombat: Conquest was produced by Threshold Entertainment (who produced the Mortal Kombat film series) in association with New Line Television (television arm of the films' distributor). Warner Bros. Television Distribution (New Line's corporate sibling) syndicated the series until it was later picked up by TNT, who aired the remaining new episodes in addition to broadcasting repeats in syndication. The show was very popular, but according to the show's developer, Joshua Wexler, this resulted in higher budget costs for the show than anticipated. The cancellation was not announced at first, and rumors of a second season circulated. However, TNT pulled the plug on the show, leaving it with a cliffhanger ending. The ending was planned to have been resolved in the second season, which would have summed up the series and corresponded with the MK timeline.

[edit] DVD Availability

MK:C has yet to be released on DVD in North America, but is currently available in the United Kingdom and Australia, where it enjoyed a more successful run on television. The complete and fully-licensed DVD collection is currently available only in Australia. Unofficial collections produced in the UK consist of unrelated and edited episodes merged together so that each disc contains a theme, and some of the DVDs contain spelling errors on the covers. Several episodes of the series, consisting of one show per disc, were released in Germany; two of the discs feature episodes centered around Kreeya and Sub-Zero.

[edit] Trivia

  • Guest stars Angelica Bridges, Sung Hi Lee, Dana Hee, Jamie Pressly, Renee Tenison, Kathleen Kinmont, Candace Miller, and Suzanne Stokes all posed nude for Playboy. Other stars, such as Kristanna Loken, Tracy Douglas, Tahitia Hicks, Dara Tomanovich, Audie England, and Megan Brown, did likewise for other publications.

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