I was never a huge Mortal Kombat fan and I haven’t played many video games since Tecmo Super Bowl in the 90′s, but this short film is pretty interesting. Obviously, this guy has some money and connections to get recognizable actors, but it’s a pretty ingenious way to audition to direct a movie. Why does this look better than almost every movie that’s been released this year? Here is the story on the film/trailer: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/09/mortal-kombat-rebirth-tra_n_605812.html.
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At first I was a little worried that the entire 7 minutes and 49 seconds was going to be one long slow motion processional. In any case, this was pretty cool and certainly intriguing. If they do make this movie (no doubt they will), they should definitely make it in the same dark and serious tone as this “audition”. Makes it more believable. I never saw the first Mortal Kombat debaucheries. From the trailers alone, there really was no reason to. If the writers/directors/producers aren’t going to take the project seriously then what’s the point?
But based on this clip alone, and if the this director is allowed to expand the story into a full length film, I would certainly think about it seeing it — videogame or not.