Posts Tagged ‘Mortal Kombat’

I’m Already Over There!

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Let me get the back-story for this out of the way. According to the lady in the following trailer, Jeri Ryan, this is a test trailer that a director put together for a (potential) new movie based on the video game MORTAL KOMBAT. We don’t know if the studio took kindly to it or not, but if they didn’t someone should give them one of these:

Spider!

Spider!

Enjoy the trailer with your eyes!

HOLY CRAP…that was awesome! It’s like they took MORTAL KOMBAT and mixed it with ENTER THE DRAGON, which is such an obviously kick-ass idea that I’m shocked I didn’t come up with it myself. Also, Michael Jai White as Jax is friggin’ awesome, but I would hope they wouldn’t waste him by not putting him in the tournament to break some heads/dreams.

It’s also fantastic to be able to follow a fight scene. Knowing where the people fighting are in relationship to each other and the objects around them…it’s a radical concept in today’s action cinema. Let’s hope the director doesn’t go all spazzy on us.

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Finish Him…Not In The Sexy Way.

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

For what feels like a million years, there has been talk of rebooting the video-game turned movie MORTAL KOMBAT. Well, the talks continue, at least that’s what Bloody Disgusting is saying. Someone named Oren Uziel is being asked to write it. You’re probably having the same reaction to this news that I did, that being “they’re actually going to have a script this time?” Comedy is something you either have or you don’t; no need to be jealous.

Being serious for a second, I actually have fond memories of the 1995 movie starring…umm; I guess you could say it starred Christopher Lambert? I was right at that time in my youth where anything involving over-the-top fighting caught my attention. Though Sub-Zero had one of the lamest deaths in movie history, especially considering he’s probably the most popular character in the franchise and I’m not talking about the Sub-Zero in the clip below (who had an awesome death and a great final insult placed upon him).

I always thought that there was a great movie to be made with MORTAL KOMBAT, but they should really aim for more of an ENTER THE DRAGON than a STREET FIGHTER. By that I mean, it all has to start with the creators taking the subject seriously and making a conscious effort to not make crap. It would also help if they knew how to properly choreograph and film a fight.

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