Mortal Kombat Remake
We have news today that a Mortal Kombat re-envisioning is in the works?! We get the skinny this afternoon from moviesonline:
Today Clint Morris from Moviehole spoke with the new director behind the “re-envisioning” of the film, mink (Yea his name is really mink). Anyway he revealed that the Producers are working everything out at this point with the studio. He went on to talk about the project a little more:
“Todays audience is a savvy involved group so the film must be A plus plus in every area in order to capture the magic of the first film. It is taking the entire concept to the next level across the board in every area visual design, story, cast, FX, photography and most importantly the fighting scenes. The original Mortal Kombat game was born a child of many visual loves by the creators at midway so this latest version borrows heavily from that pioneering spirit and must be thought out and executed at the highest level in order for it succeed in today’s market place. This is no overnight task.”
I dislike Mortal Kombat. Other than the fatalities, nothing about the game excites me. The playability is horrible, the animation is strange and I just never got into the game. The first Motal Kombat film was bad, but was enjoyable in a “this is so bad” kind of way. The soundtrack was pretty good, it included a song by Napalm Death and i will certainly give them props for that.
I don’t think Mortal Kombat is a film that needs to be remade, and I am not certain that a Mortal Kombat movie would even draw people anymore. But if they told the story as a tournament style film, that would be the best possible option, and I would certainly gain interest. The elimination fighting tournament makes for very easy, and enjoyable action plot lines. Don’t clutter up the film with side stories, just stick to the tournament and have the film end with a champion. We will keep you posted on the news as the story develops.
1. Ransom replies at 8th February 2008, 12:01 pm :
Blasphemy!
The original Mortal Kombat game for SNES and Genesis was great. Graphics and controlled fighting like that had never been seen before. Most of the games that followed in the franchise though were pretty lame.
Good call though Doug on the tournament style movie, let’s hope they do it like that (intended sarcasm).
2. rafa1215 replies at 8th February 2008, 12:03 pm :
They better have Scorpion in the game. He’s my fave character to fight with - GET OVER HERE!!
3. oldshell replies at 8th February 2008, 12:14 pm :
make bloodsport again but with mortal kombat characters… who cares… get a van-damme-a-like in the lead and we shall all be happy
4. Kryptonite replies at 8th February 2008, 12:17 pm :
Did he really say, “…capture the magic of the first film”?
Good God Almighty….
5. DJ Machismo replies at 8th February 2008, 1:05 pm :
Hahaha, still I’ll probably see this movie.
6. alfie replies at 8th February 2008, 1:14 pm :
doug i ask you again…are you going to see maiden in LA??
this tour is incredible……much better than the last tour..this is fucking classic maiden at its best
7. Slushie Man replies at 8th February 2008, 4:13 pm :
Personally I like this idea far better then the horribly-troubled Mortal Kombat 3 movie that was more like the Little Train that Just Couldn’t in terms of trying to get off the ground and made.
As much as I liked the first movie (The second doesn’t exist as far as I’m concerned), this project has my interest. Not quite sure what to make of it overall yet, but my interest is there.
8. Darren J Seeley replies at 8th February 2008, 7:24 pm :
Why? Because there’s live action Tekken movie that threaens us all? Because someone scooped up the rights to Bad Dudes or SoulCalibur?
What’s funnier is that mink is directing. For gosh sakes, can’t the person use his real name? I can understand when the dude directed <into The Sun with Steven Seagal, which wasn’t bad for a Seagal DTV film, but still, I can understand the pen name.
SHIT. Why not give Kaos a call.
BTW, for those interested, MK was realeased in 95.
BTW, for those interested, MK isn’t as big as it used to be.
BTW, nobody is interested.
9. takata replies at 8th February 2008, 10:07 pm :
GET OVERRR HEREEEEEEE!!!
10. takata replies at 8th February 2008, 10:13 pm :
Liu kangs anwers!
LULULULULULULULULULULULU!!!!!
AWWWWWWWW!!!
11. Kevy G replies at 8th February 2008, 11:44 pm :
i must say i was a huge MK fan,and i loved the first movie,although i think they messed up in the fatality department…the games are gory and bloody,the first or artoucious second movie hardly had any…i think they need to go back to the roots and realize why the game was huge in the first place…the gory fatalities!!!!…..btw, casting decision…jet li as liu kang would be fukin bad ass IMO
12. Shane replies at 10th February 2008, 3:07 am :
Agreed Kevy G, this should be a brutal and violent film, in the true spirit of the game.
I’d love to see them tell the story of MK properly, the first film tried to be just a tournament film, and it was boring because of it. That’s only one element of the story behind MK.
The first game, and all the characters have a good story, and intertwined relationships and history. The game told these stories only in the character bios and end sequences, but for a film that should only have about 8 characters to flesh out, it shouldn’t be hard to tell the interesting story of MK well.
The best story in all of MK-lore is that of Sub-Zero and Scorpion. And the biggest thing wrong with the first MK film was that these two were FRIENDS, and nothing more than henchmen. So very, very wrong.