New Promo for ‘The Strain’ Pays Awesome and Loving Homage to Mortal Kombat

FX’s The Strain is headed back to the small screen for a third season on August 28^th. The series, which has thus far been an up-and-down affair has managed to do one thing consistently well, and that one thing is introduce characters we care about. Chief among them is the bad ass, exterminator extraordinaire, Vasiliy Fet.

FX, knowing the winner they’ve got on their hands have utilized this specific character for their latest promotional video for The Strain. To the credit of the folks at FX, this is an awesome video that pays prefect homage to the original Mortal Kombat.

Check it out below.

Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Richard Sammel, Jack Kesy, Miguel Gomez and Ruta Gedmintas all return alongside Kevin Durand for season three.

Synopsis: The strigoi are evolving, becoming faster. Smarter. Eph (Corey Stoll) struggles to improve his failing bioweapon while trying to work through the emotional fallout of the abduction of his son, Zack (Max Charles). As Setrakian (David Bradley) and Quinlan (Rupert Penry-Jones) attempt to crack the Lumen’s deepest-held secrets, Fet (Kevin Durand) helps a Navy SEAL team in a deadly mission: search for the Master through the underground tunnels of New York.