Download Trailer 1 for Mortal Kombat II (2026)

* This post has been updated to reflect the change in release date. It has moved from October 24, 2025 to May 15, 2026.

For this week’s update I have the RED BAND and regular versions of Trailer 1 for Mortal Kombat II (2026). Yes, both are 4K UHD 3840×1608 and available with an HEVC 10 bit encode. Yes, both have the official 5.1 audio track. No, the regular version does not contain the blood and gore that you will find in the RED BAND version, or the F word either.

Mortal Kombat II (2026) is directed by Simon McQuoid, who returns after directing the franchise reboot in 2021. Karl Urban appears as the iconic fighter Johnny Cage. The plot centers on the Mortal Kombat tournament, which as its name suggests is a battle to the death. And the RED BAND has some intense gore-filled battle shots.

Although the RED BAND has the ‘Filmed For IMAX’ tag at the end, the filming did not use IMAX cameras. From what I have found, Simon McQuoid has indicated that the film will have some expanded ratio scenes in IMAX theaters. These were likely created in post production using digital special effects. IMAX enhanced may be a better term to use. You can get these trailers at the Mortal Kombat II (2026) page.

Mortal Kombat II (2026) is set to hit theaters and IMAX on May 15, 2026.

In other news I am performing some encoding experiments to improve the quality of my HEVC encodes. I will have more to share on this in the near future.