The film follows Deacon City Police Captain Jax (Mortal Kombat) as he informs assassin Scorpion (Mortal Kombat) about the criminals Reptile (Mortal Kombat) and Baraka (Mortal Kombat); the latter has recently killed actor-turned-undercover-officer Johnny Cage in a fight. Briggs believes they were both working for a man named Shang Tsung. He asks Hasashi to kill them in a mysterious tournament hosted by Tsung. When offered his freedom in exchange for accomplishing such tasks, Hasashi reveals that he willingly had himself incarcerated—and could free himself at any time. Then Sonya Blade arrives with a folder and informs Hasashi that his enemy Sub-Zero is alive and the one he killed was his brother. It becomes clear to Hasashi that the terms of his participation in the tournament involve killing Reptile, Baraka and Shang Tsung in return for access to Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat). Since the real Sub-Zero will be at the tournament, Hasashi, now calling himself Scorpion (Mortal Kombat), agrees to participate.