"Cole Young, the original character created for the first film who served as its protagonist, a former MMA fighter who finds himself dragged into all the chaos of the Mortal Kombat tournament and learns he's a descendant of Scorpion, arguably the most iconic character in the franchise. Cole was, we'll say “divisive” when the first movie came out, and as the center point around which the entire film orbited, fans hoping to just see their Mortal Kombat faves on the big screen had to accept that Cole was always going to be drawing focus."
"In Mortal Kombat II, seemingly in response to fan criticisms of the OC crashing the party, Cole isn't merely relegated to a side character, he's taken off the board early and violently. As the titular tournament begins, Cole's first (and only) fight is against villain Shao Kahn, who the movie has already gone out of its way to establish as a formidable foe with previous violent showdowns."
"Now, to really establish him as a threat, Shao Kahn defeats Cole, slamming his mighty hammer down on his head and dropping his body in acid. The fatality is fitting for a Mortal Kombat hero's death, but then Cole's kind of forgotten about for the rest of the film. When word of his loss reaches his teammates, they barely react before essentially forgetting about him for the rest of the movie."
Cole Young, a former MMA fighter and descendant of Scorpion, is a central focus in the first Mortal Kombat film. In Mortal Kombat II, Cole is taken off the board early and violently as the tournament begins. His only fight is against Shao Kahn, a foe already established as formidable through prior violent encounters. Shao Kahn defeats Cole by slamming a hammer onto his head and dropping his body into acid. After Cole’s death, his teammates react minimally and largely move on, leaving Cole absent from the rest of the story.
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