If you remember my previous posts here, you would know that I love the beat-em up games of my childhood. And if you were too, you probably could not wait for the eventual crossover to the big screen.
Mortal Kombat was the only one I feel, that crossed over and was relatively faithful to the characters. Yes it was a bit campy and Goro looked awful, but it made me shout “MORTAL KOMBAT!!!” when I left the theatre and tried to dance to the rocking theme track. Then they made that awful sequel and it all went pear-shaped.
A reboot or proper sequel has always been on the cards and has been stuck in developmental hell for some time. And recently test footage of a “reboot” has cropped up on Youtube. It looks like they have taken a completely different approach and its definitely not a sequel, a re-imagining if you will. I don’t know if I like that but, its definitely going in the R-rated direction that it always needed it to be.
Watch it and let us know what you think.
Here are some facts on the clip:
- The short was directed by Kevin Tancharoen, who did the remake of Fame last year. Judging from this short, Kevin is the perfect director for this movie.
- Jacks is played by Michael Jai White. Michael played Spawn and was in Undisputed II. Michael makes a great Jacks (Jax).
- Sonya Blade is played by Jeri Ryan, who played Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager.
- Baraka was played by the very talented Lateef Crowder, who plays the Brazilian fighter in Undisputed III.
- Scorpion is played by Ian Anthony Dale. Ian plays Kazuya in the upcoming big screen version of Tekken.
- Johnny Cage was played by up and coming martial arts sensation Matt Mullins.
- Still working on who played Reptile. Will update when I find out.
- The fight choreography was done by Larnell Stovall. Larnell did the fight choreography for Undisputed III and is one of the best fight choreographers in the business. You want to see the fights you deserve? Then you fans should DEMAND he be the guy in one charge for this reboot. Click HERE to read the exclusive interview I did with Larnell.
- I know who might be playing Sub-Zero, but don’t want to mention it in case it screws something up. He’d be perfect for the part.
(courtesy of Latinoreview.com)
5 replies on “Mortal Kombat: Rebirth?”
OOOH!!!! That is a must see!
I remember play MC on my old 8bit tv games!
any idea on expected release date?
Last time I checked MK was on 16-bit.
But this looks pretty cool. Are they ignoring Outworld all together or will it possibly be revealed at some point in the movie? Wondering what they’re going to do with Liu Kang, Kano, Goro, and Raiden. I like the darker theme of the short (compared to the original MK movies). The fight between Baraka and Johnny Cage was pretty good.
@Azraelz I dont know about release date, as this still isn’t confirmation of a feature film or a game tie-in. There is a new MK game on the way, and this could easily be a viral video for it.
@Baba-Booey It looks like they’re leaving the Outworld realm out of this. Baraka is definitely an Outworlder and now he’s a doctor gone nuts from earth. With this said, this has to be a future movie as the games always stay with the original plot, outworld vs Earth realm.
Word from Jeri Ryan’s Twitter account:
Well lets hope the re-imagining will not be a real world MK and stay with the outworld opponents. The sorcery and magical powers always worked. I dont want to see Shang Tsung as a Yakuza boss