- Lord Rayden: I have looked into their souls... and yours. One of you three with determine the outcome of the tournament. The fate of billions depends upon you. Heh, heh, heh!
- [resigned]
- Lord Rayden: Sorry.
- Johnny Cage: We got a guy with things comin' out of his hands, we got another guy who freezes stuff, and then there's a man, who as far as I can tell, is made out of electricity. I mean, how did he disappear like that? What is goin' on here? WHO IS THIS GUY?
- Sonya Blade: Let's just think this through. There IS a rational explanation for all this.
- Liu Kang: He's Rayden, God of Lightning and Protector of The Realm of Earth.
- Sonya Blade: Oh, great.
- Johnny Cage: Well, THERE'S your rational explanation.
- Johnny Cage: Liu, I don't like this. I'm in a hostile environment, I'm totally unprepared, and I'm surrounded by a bunch of guys who probably want to kick my ass. It's like being back in high school!
- [Johnny has challenged Goro]
- Lord Rayden: What have you done?
- Johnny Cage: I made a choice. This is OUR tournament, remember? Mortal Kombat. WE fight it!
- [Johnny leaves, Rayden smiles]
- Lord Rayden: Good. At last one of them has understood.
- Johnny Cage: Hey, pal! When the ship comes in, could you put these on board?
- Liu Kang: You want me to carry your luggage?
- Johnny Cage: Yeah. I pay money, you carry the bags, or is that too complicated?
- Liu Kang: No...
- [takes money out of Cage's hand]
- Liu Kang: ...I got it.
- Johnny Cage: Good.
- [Liu Kang picks up a suitcase and throws it in the water, then smiles at Cage while walking away. Cage watches his suitcase sink]
- Johnny Cage: Well, thank God I didn't ask him to park the car...
- Johnny Cage: You know, you gotta admire her. When she sets her mind on something...
- Liu Kang: It's not her mind you're admiring.
- Johnny Cage: It's true.
- Johnny Cage: Kitana went this way... I can smell her purfume.
- Lui Kang: I don't smell anything.
- Sonya Blade: I smell something
- [Looks at Johnny Cage]
- Sonya Blade: Bullshit!
- Lord Rayden: [appears before Cage, Sonya and Liu Kang] Listen, what you are about to face is for more important than...
- [to Cage]
- Lord Rayden: your ego
- [to Sonya]
- Lord Rayden: your enemy
- [to Liu Kang]
- Lord Rayden: or your quest for revenge. You're about to embark on a secret mission. You have been chosen to defend the realm of Earth. In a tournament called Mortal Kombat.
- Sonya Blade: Defend it from who?
- Lord Rayden: Your world is but one of many realms. One of them is a forsaken land called Outworld, ruled by an immortal who has crowned himself Emperor. Now he seeks a new world to conquer and enslave.
- Johnny Cage: Now, wait a second. If this guy is so powerful, then why doesn't he just invade us?
- Lord Rayden: To enter the realm of Earth, The Emperor's demon sorcerer Shang Tsung and his warriors have to win ten straight victories in Mortal Kombat.
- [chuckles]
- Lord Rayden: They have won nine. This will be the tenth tournament.
- Sonya Blade: A handful of people on a leaky boat are gonna save the world?
- Lord Raiden: Exactly! The essence of Mortal Kombat is not about death, but life. Mortal men and women defending your own world.
- Lord Rayden: [approaching Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, Sonya, and Kitana] I've been waiting for you! What took you so long?
- Liu Kang: I guess you knew it would end this way.
- Lord Rayden: Didn't have a clue. You humans are so unpredictable.
- Shang Tsung: Johnny Cage! I challenge you.
- Liu Kang: No! You'll fight me. I am Liu Kang, descendent of Kung Lao. I challenge you to Mortal Kombat. Do you accept or yield?
- Shang Tsung: [bitter] I accept.
- Johnny Cage: [Johnny Cage, Liu Kang, and Sonya see a shadow of Goro loom upon a stone wall as he roars]
- [whispering]
- Johnny Cage: Sonya, you go on ahead... find out WHAT that was. Liu and I will stay here.
- Sonya Blade: [whispering] WHAT?
- [Kano is on the ground turning purple, because Sonya's knees are clamped tight around his neck]
- Kano: No, Sonya, don't! Please! Come on, give me a break!
- Sonya Blade: Okay.
- [twists her legs, breaking Kano's neck]
- Johnny Cage: [Seeing someone sitting in his chair] Hey, mister. You're in my chair.
- Master Boyd: [Reading a Tabloid, and lowering it to reveal himself] Hi, Johnny.
- Johnny Cage: Oh, Master Boyd.
- Master Boyd: I can see that the press is still giving you a hard time.
- Johnny Cage: Yeah, they think I'm a fake.
- Master Boyd: Johnny, you are one of the best martial artists in the world, and I can help you prove it.
- Johnny Cage: Prove it? How?
- Master Boyd: A tournament, "THE" tournament.
- [Hands him an invitation]
- Master Boyd: It's held once a generation. The best fighters in the world are invited. You win the tournament, you win their respect. They'll tell the whole world, that you're the real goods.
- Johnny Cage: So, how do I...
- Master Boyd: There's a boat, it leaves Hong Kong tomorrow, be on it.
- Liu Kang: [At Grandfather] I had enough of this. I'm going to find my brother's killer at the tournament, with or without your consent.
- Grandfather: [At Lord Rayden] He isn't ready, my lord, and we lost so much time.
- Lord Rayden: I know, but there's no one else.
- Shang Tsung: [Johnny Cage is about to fight Goro] Finish him quickly. Pay me my tribute.
- Goro: This puny mortal will be no problem. I'll crush him with one blow.
- Johnny Cage: All right? Let's dance.
- [last lines]
- Shao Kahn: You weak, pathetic fools, I've come for your souls!
- Lord Rayden: I don't think so.
- [about Kano]
- Shang Tsung: Why else would I have chosen such a disreputable-looking cretin? Look at him! No dignity, no manners... Yet in the realm of Earth, men like him can amass great wealth, and almost god-like power.
- Kano: Yeah, and I'd like to get back to my amassing as soon as possible, if you don't mind! Now when do I get paid?
- Johnny Cage: This is not good... but I'm fine... I can handle this... So this is Outworld, huh? Well, I can see why they want a change of scenery!
- Liu Kang: All those souls and you still don't have one of your own. I pity you sorcerer.
- Shang Tsung: [Enraged] Save your pity for THE WEAK!
- Princess Kitana: If I did not believe in you Liu Kang, I would not have helped you. In the Black Tower, you will face three challenges. You must face your enemy. You must face yourself. And you must face your worst fear.
- Shang Tsung: From this moment on, my island will be your battle ground.
- [points to Liu Kang]
- Shang Tsung: Liu Kang, you will be first. Let Mortal Kombat begin.
- Sonya Blade: I will not fight you, Shang Tsung. I'm not playing your game.
- Shang Tsung: Sonya. My sweet Sonya... there's no one else. If you don't fight, the Realm of Earth will forfeit the tournament. And its portals will open to our great Emperor.
- Sonya Blade: You're lying. My friends will come for me.
- Shang Tsung: Hoping against hope. Such an endearing human trait. I'm touched... really. One last chance, Sonya. Fight me in Mortal Kombat.
- Sonya Blade: Go to Hell.
- Shang Tsung: [to his priests] Take her away. The Emperor will be overjoyed.
- Sonya Blade: My friends will come!
- Johnny Cage: [revealing himself] They're already here.
- Shang Tsung: [His speech to the tournament kombatants] Welcome. You're here to compete in Mortal Kombat. Tomorrow morning, The Great Kombat begins. Some of you will even have the distinct honor and pleasure to face Prince Goro, our reigning champion. You are all witnesses to one of the greatest turning points in the history of your planet. Treasure these moments... as if they were your last. And now for a taste of things to come.
- Sonya Blade: Goro's never been beaten. You go up against him, he'll kill you.
- Johnny Cage: Well, if I don't, then he'll finish us off one at a time. If I challenge him now, I can finish this.
- Sonya Blade: You're making this all sound really simple, and it isn't.
- Johnny Cage: Yeah, it is. 'Cause I can't let what happened to Art happen to you. Not to you.
- Sonya Blade: Oh, don't you dare do this to protect me, Johnny Cage.
- Johnny Cage: Trust me, I've got a plan.
- Sonya Blade: Oh, I don't believe this! You are the most egotistical, self-deluded person I have ever met!
- Johnny Cage: Yeah? Well, you forgot 'good looking.'
- Liu Kang: Grandfather, get up! This isn't your god of thunder and lightning! He's just a beggar!
- Grandfather: Spare him, my lord Rayden. American life has enfeebled his mind. Too much television.
- Grandfather: Liu Kang has been given the dream! He is The Chosen One!
- Chief Priest: No! He left our temple, turned his back on us!
- [to Liu Kang]
- Chief Priest: Why have you come back?
- Liu Kang: I want to represent The Order of Light at the tournament.
- Chief Priest: For what reason?
- Liu Kang: The man who killed my brother will be there.
- Chief Priest: That cannot be your only reason for going, or you will fail!
- Liu Kang: [sarcastically] Oh yes, I forgot. We're fighting for the fate of the world!
- Lord Rayden: That's why you left the temple and ran away, isn't it? The great tournament was too much responsibility. But vengeance... that's so much simpler.
- Grandfather: Lord Rayden!
- [suddenly bows]
- Lord Rayden: You're still running away from your destiny.
- Lord Rayden: You must first face your fears if you are to conquer them. You, Johnny, are afraid you're a fake, so you'll rush into any fight just to prove you're not. You'll fight bravely enough, but foolishly... carelessly... and you'll be beaten. You, Sonya, are afraid to admit that even you sometimes need help. If you are afraid to trust, you will lose.
- [goes to leave; Liu Kang follows]
- Liu Kang: Wait. Wait! What about me?
- Lord Rayden: Oh, you. You fear your own destiny. You already fled it once when you went to America. It has brought you guilt for the death of your brother.
- Liu Kang: I AM responsible for Chan's death.
- Lord Rayden: No. Every mortal is responsible for his own destiny. Chan believed this. Why can't you?
- Liu Kang: I tried.
- Lord Rayden: Despair's the most dangerous fear of all. I know this, and so does Shang Tsung. He can peer into your soul and use the fear he sees there against you. You must be prepared.
- Kano: What I wanna know... if this Shang Tsung guy's so great, how come he's got such a crummy-looking boat? Ah, anyway, guy gives me the creeps.
- [mimicking Shang Tsung]
- Kano: "Treasure... these... moments!"
- Goro: That was his intention. Shang Tsung is a great sorcerer. The wise cultivate his favor. Those who challenge his power become his slaves.
- Kano: Yeah? Well, I haven't seen any of them around.
- Goro: You fool. You know nothing. He enslaves souls. He learned the black arts from The Emperor himself.
- Kano: You're some kind of royalty, too, right?
- Goro: I am Goro! General of the armies of Outworld and Prince of the subterranean realm of Shokan.
- Kano: Subterranean? What's that, something like underground?
- Goro: Yes... something like that.
- Kano: [trying not to appear intimidated by Goro] Yeah? Well, I'm kind of an underworld boss! Well, I mean, back home.
- Goro: How lucky for them... back home!
- Shang Tsung: [holding Sonya captive after Goro's defeat] I hereby exercise my right to challenge! I challenge... HER!
- Lord Rayden: You're a coward, sorcerer! Stand and fight!
- Shang Tsung: We had a deal, remember? Mortal Kombat continues! I am simply changing the place! As we agreed!
- [a portal to Outworld opens behind Shang Tsung and Sonya]