Mortal Kombat: Rebirth (2010)

When I first saw the thumbnail for this on youtube, I was intrigued. Being a fan of this game series since the original, I was very interested in seeing a new live action take on the characters. Not one second of this video disappointed me. I still watch it today. I was already a fan of Michael Jai White and this short only further cemented that, as well as made me a fan of Ian Anthony Dale, though his character's portrayal is so much better in the web series that followed this. Most of the negative reviews for this will be die-hard zealots no doubt, claiming sacrilege for the handling of the source material. I, however, applaud this short film for what it is: a short MK film for fans made by a fan. If you haven't yet, see it.

Being that this a short film and normally I don't always go for short films but this one I'll be glad to make an exception.Mortal Kombat: Rebirth is mostly a short film that Director Kevin Tancharoen made to get funding for a reboot Mortal Kombat film but in a different style.Now many fans will be interest to see how they change the stories of these characters that they played as.The film started with Jackson Briggs (Played by Michael Jai White) going into a interview room with a man in the shadows, an assassin named Hanzo Hasashi aka Scorpion (Played by Ian Anthony Dale) as Briggs explain why Hanzo is in custody of the police.Sonya Blade (Played by Jeri Ryan) appears to help Hanzo with a offer he couldn't refuse. Now what makes this film special is the way it is filmed. The film does a great job with using the lighting and settings. It feels like it was inspired by Batman.The story of the film is interesting as if this would be a good interesting reboot of the films like a origin story.There is a tense fight scene between Baraka and Johnny Cage, the timing of the fight is very good.Acting level in this film is very good as well each actor they cast with Jeri Ryan, Ian Anthony Dale and Michael Jai White doing a very well done job as their characters Sonya Blade, Scorpion and Briggs.Overall if you are curious about this film check it out even Mortal Kombat fans will say it is good enough to make a film a full one.I give Mortal Kombat: Rebirth an 8 out of 10GET OVER HERE!

Yes there are realistic elements here, but most negative comments mentioned are purely assumption. There wasn't anything said about no super natural elements being added at all, nor is Shang Tsung said to be some Mob Boss. Ever considered that an Earth Realm cover? Of course you haven't. The additions of realistic elements makes the concept so much more intense, more relatable, and likely the fantasy elements is what contributing to making the former movies so lame.This is an amazing concept (and considering it's less than 10 minutes, there isn't much too assume here), that makes Mortal Kombat in any film form return to it's gory, intense roots. Whatever they need to do to actually make a crazy, violent MK, is fine by me. I cannot wait for the Web Series to come out, then when that hits it off, somebody get's the balls to actually make a kick ass movie from this (or maybe a Starz or HBO series similar to Sparticus, minus the lame Roman stuff).OH and by the way for you slow people, I guess you didn't notice that "Scorpion" had no eyes in this? Most likely not.

Like i said ignore the MK gamer fans. They probably hated the original two MK movies too. Hate to be an ass but all games that turn into movies suck (e.g. street fighter also lol) I mean has any fighting game ever had much of a story line. Yes you gamers out there scorpion and the other characters are "human" if they weren't then then MK would be a horror movie. Besides it would be a boring movie if you knew what was happening. Enough said. The trailer looks appealing in a more darker scenes than the original. I do like the little changes I was like the gamer(wtf). But I think it would be interesting to see how this movie turns out.