Finish him! Flawless Victory! Oh…the 90’s. A while back there was a rumor/news about the movie gods trying to reboot Mortal Kombat. Yup, the famous violent video game franchise that became a 1995 movie hit. Well now, a video and it’s maker have been revealed online. This gives us a taste of what the new reboot might look like. The viral video is titled Mortal Kombat : Rebirth.
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.
I’m pretty excited about the chances of getting a new Mortal Kombat now. Why? Because I bet the reaction online will be mostly superb. Regarding the actual short: I like the lightning in the scenes. I loved the concept of taking the Mortal Kombat characters and twisting them into a R-rated The Dark Knight/Seven-ish dark mood. If this is the direction they are taking, then I love it. Bring on the blood and guts. The Johnny Cage/Baraka fight choreography was awesome. I hope Kevin (director) gets the chance to inject some new blood into this franchise. I mean, if he did this short film, he can easily surpass Mortal Kombat : Annihilation. Right? Lol.
What do you guys think? Diggin’ the short film/teaser? Would you give this director a shot at it?
