Exclusive! First look at Shang Tsung in the new Mortal Kombat movie.

There are few Mortal Kombat characters as iconic as Shang Tsung.

The main villain in the very first Mortal Kombat game, the soul-stealing powerhouse was famously brought to life by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa in the 1995 movie adaptation, arguably still one of the best video game movies ever created. Tagawa's performance was so great that, in Mortal Kombat 11, the developers used the actor's likeness for their updated version of Shang Tsung.

Now, over 25 years on from that movie, Shang Tsung is coming back to the big screen in director Simon McQuoid's new adaptation of Mortal Kombat. Chin Han (Ghost in the Shell, Marco Polo, The Dark Knight) plays the character, and GamesRadar+ has an exclusive first look – plus an interview with Han – below.

This version of the character certainly looks menacing – he's slightly older than the first movie's Shang Tsung and has some incredible armor. Then there's the matter of that green spell being cast... We expected nothing less from the age-defying master.

Mortal Kombat is coming to theaters and HBO Max in the US on April 16. The movie will be available in UK cinemas later in 2021.

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