The other day we got Mortal Kombat : Rebirth – a short film/teaser from a director trying to win the studio’s heart and support. The little movie has been an online viral force – in 24 hrs it garnered 1 million plus hits. Most of the online community reaction has … [Read More]
Finish him! Flawless Victory! Oh…the 90’s. A while back there was a rumor/news about the movie gods trying to reboot Mortal Kombat. Yup, the famous violent video game franchise that became a 1995 movie hit. Well now, a video and it’s maker have been revealed online. This gives us a … [Read More]
I am dying for the day when Video Game movies take that turn and actually earn the right to real writers, great actors and solid storylines. But so far that doesn’t really happen… or when it does, its poorly executed. That being said, console fighting franchise Mortal Kombat is aiming … [Read More]
With the WB throwing money at the already dying Midway game studio to outright buy the rights to most of their library of games, the speculation began as to which of the popular titles they would attempt to adapt to films. Mortal Kombat would have been their most popular, but … [Read More]
There are rumblings of a Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Comics video game in the works. We get wind of this project thanks to Peter over at slashfilm: I remember playing Capcom’s Street Fighter vs. Marvel Superheroes back in the ay when kids still frequented arcades. I’m more of a casual … [Read More]
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 … [Read More]
In just my last post I was bitching about Mortal Kombat and how much It sucked. (I should note however that it has one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard for an action movie.) Not only did the movie suck; but the game sucked too. Never has a … [Read More]
In the world of pure cheesy fun, it’s hard to top the first Mortal Kombat movie for me. It was like a train wreck that you just couldn’t look away from. I had fun with it. As a bit of trivia, Johnny Cage was played by Linden Ashby, who will … [Read More]
Roger Christian, back in the year of our Lord 2000 unleased unto the world a force. A force that made 20 somethings cry and also made terminal cancer seem not that bad. That force was called Battlefield Earth – a movie that people are still talking about for all the … [Read More]
“Aajao Maidaan Mein”, translated as “Come to the Arena”, is a challenging phrase used by many Indian men when they want a fight. Talking about action and thrill in Hindi cinema, who would better give you that other than the ultimate action hero of Bollywood, Vidyut Jammwal? This time Jammwal … [Read More]
Over the years, we have seen many poorly received video game translations on the big screens, and for a long time, the fans of both mediums never had any expectations for faithful, quality adaptations. Of course, even in the early-mid nineties, during the inception of this very specific genre, there … [Read More]
James Gunn is hard at work as the newly appointed Co-CEO of DC Studios. James Gunn and Peter Safran are undoubtedly working hard to round out the talent pool for the recently announced DCU Slate. Now most fans gravitate toward casting news to get an idea of who will portray … [Read More]