Joseph S. Pete , 219-933-3316 GARY â Northwest Indiana residents have speared, uppercut, ripped the spines out of and performed countless fatalities in Mortal Kombat games at local arcades and home consoles for decades. Now a Northwest Indiana city is an unlikely setting in the latest big-budget Hollywood movie adaption of the hyper-violent video game franchise. Gary â aka the Steel City, GI, the City of the Century â is one of the backdrops in the flick "Mortal Kombat" about the nefarious Outworld Emperor Shao Kahn seeking to invade the Earthrealm â a film in which mystical fighters shoot lasers from their eyes, teleport, breathe hellfire, create swords out of ice and stab an opponent with a dagger forged from their own frozen blood.