Post by Dan @ 11:43am 09/06/10 | 46 Comments
A new live-action short found it's way online today and given the timing, many blogs assumed it was a teaser promo for an upcoming game. It has since been all but officially confirmed however, that the clip is actually a test-short intended to sell the idea of a "Hard-R" rated Mortal Kombat flick to Warner Bros.
According to movie-blog Latino Review:
The short is cheesy as ever, but if there's one thing that could have instantly improved the original MK movies, it's more gore and a proper adult rating.
- 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.
Check out the short below or hit up our files library for the HD 720p or 1080p downloads.
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Posted 11:49am 09/6/10
It just makes it a bit awkward to reply to people on the topic once its locked.
No metal arms is a bit weird but looks awesome :)
Posted 11:47am 09/6/10
Posted 11:56am 09/6/10
dan will ban us for a week I bet
Posted 12:03pm 09/6/10
Posted 12:18pm 09/6/10
Posted 12:18pm 09/6/10
Looks pretty awesome though. It's still a bit cheesy, but in a good way. Sif show Johnny Cage being killed in the teaser though. Johnny Cage is awesome. :(
Posted 12:23pm 09/6/10
don't worry, he'll be back for the tournament.
i srsly came buckets. this could be as awesome as the expendables.
Posted 12:40pm 09/6/10
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Posted 02:43pm 09/6/10
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Posted 02:54pm 09/6/10
Posted 02:55pm 09/6/10
you guys with facebook should make a group called bring back MK! with that short movie and heaps of ppl would join. then wb would have to remake it
Posted 03:06pm 09/6/10
Jax didn't get metal arms until MKIII so it makes sense that he doesn't have metal arms in the new movie.
Posted 03:04pm 09/6/10
last edited by ravn0s at 15:04:32 09/Jun/10
Posted 03:52pm 09/6/10
Posted 04:24pm 09/6/10
I reckon this was the best fight in the movie:
Posted 04:55pm 09/6/10
I like the reimaginings that was used in this.
Posted 05:09pm 09/6/10
The general reaction to this has been "holy f*** that is awesome" so I don't see why WB wouldn't. Unless they have come down with a sudden crippling fear of money and success
Posted 05:11pm 09/6/10
Posted 05:24pm 09/6/10
Posted 05:55pm 09/6/10
The first one was ok, the second was retarded, and is at the bottom of the barrel of video game movies, along with uwe boll crap.
Posted 06:26pm 09/6/10
That trailer thingy looked f*****g bad-ass. Michael Jai White is perfect as Jax and iit would be awesome to see Matt Mullens on the same side as him. Even though the story is nothing like the game it still looks like it would be f*****g cool if they go down this path.
Posted 07:36pm 09/6/10
Posted 07:49pm 09/6/10
they definitely need more special moves in this next one, i know that isn't easy to do to be real but lui kang needs to be doing fire balls and s***
probably the biggest let down with the first original movie was the lack of real special moves from lui kang/sonya/johnny cage
also is that all we're going to see of johnny cage in that movie? so he's just dead from the get go?
also f*** me raiden better do something in this movie. probably the most annoying bit of the first movie that raiden did f*** all as some guide bulls***
Posted 07:55pm 09/6/10
Posted 08:28pm 09/6/10
Like someone else said, this is just a test that the director made to get Warner Brothers interested in the concept, when/if it gets made into a full thing, none of that footage would probably even be used. At least I hope thats the case, because sif kill Johnny Cage like that.
I hope theres still a bit of a mystical angle to it, even if its grounded and gritty and gory and all the other g-words that are popular in movies these days, I hope they still have a bit of the mystical stuff, cos that kinda was a big part of MK.
Posted 08:29pm 09/6/10
Or do a new mix for the old theme song. :)
Posted 08:40pm 09/6/10
Posted 08:45pm 09/6/10
Posted 08:58pm 09/6/10
Didn't bother me too much though.
Posted 09:05pm 09/6/10
Posted 09:15pm 09/6/10
As mentioned, the way Jax introduced each of the characters was pretty cheesy. I imagine in the actual film (provided it actually gets made), they won't just be like "this guys codename is such-and-such." They need proper introductions.
Posted 09:16pm 09/6/10
that dude in rev's vid with the massive beard is kimbo slice!
Posted 09:48pm 09/6/10
He gets his ass kicked, just like in real life MMA.
Posted 09:54pm 09/6/10
Posted 09:59pm 09/6/10
I specifically skipped to 4:07 and low and behold the BVVVVVVVTTTT ahaha
Posted 10:01pm 09/6/10
chill out, sweetheart. was just pointing it out for the people who didn't know.
also 4-2 ain't so bad for someone who started without much serious mma training but he isn't exactly ufc material as history has shown. there are definitely better heavyweights around, can't wait until brock comes back!
Posted 10:35pm 09/6/10
Posted 10:45pm 09/6/10
Posted 10:47pm 09/6/10
over the top is my guess.
Posted 07:26am 10/6/10
That trailer was awesome. As people have the darker grittier looks suits it so well.
I didn't think the trailer was cheesey at all, intro couldn't have been different for each character rather just say code names. Makeup looks mad as did fight scenes.
I was thinking Johnny cage was gonna do his super kick when he took a puff of that pipe..
Posted 07:29am 10/6/10
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