Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins

Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins is an animated film that released by Threshold Entertainment in 1995 as an unofficial prequel to the feature film that debuted the same year, and featured not only traditional 2D cell animation, but also motion capture and CGI to tell the origins behind several of the major characters. Released straight to home video with a running time of fifty-four minutes, it is a relatively forgotten inclusion in the MK franchise. In addition, it was never released on DVD.

The film featured Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, and Sonya Blade - also the three main characters in the film - traveling on a mysterious boat to battle in the Mortal Kombat tournament. On the way they meet Raiden who provides them with some hints about how to survive the tournament and defeat Shang Tsung and his army of minions. Upon arriving at the island where the battle takes places, Raiden retells the origins of both Shang Tsung and Goro, in between fight scenes.