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p911gt10c · **Posted:** Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:36 pm

UPDATE: What is Mortal Kombat: Rebirth?
Source: Latino Review
June 9, 2010

Speculation has run rampant today with the debut of a short "Mortal Kombat" film (subtitled "Rebirth") that made its way anonymously to YouTube. Now, Latino Review reports that the film is, as many theorized, a test for a potential R-rated film reboot of the video game franchise.

The short is directed by Kevin Tancharoen, the director of last year's Fame, and features a cast that includes name actors like Michael Jai White (Jax), Jeri Ryan (Sonya Blade), Matt Mullins (Johnny Cage), Lateef Crowder (Baraka) and Ian Anthony Dale (Scorpion) with fight choreography by Larnell Stovall.

Though there is no guarantee that these actors will play the characters in a feature film version or even that a feature film will actually happen, the short is already a huge success online, with the word "Kombat" already a trending topic on Twitter.

UPDATE: Jeri Ryan has revealed on her Twitter account what the video was made for - "Not a game trailer. Actually was made by the director to sell WB on his vision for a reimagined MK film."

Check out the entire short below:

Peeps · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 6:15 am **Posts:** 33031

bmacsmith · **Joined:** Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:52 pm **Posts:** 8288

ha that was not what i expected!

Owl_Farmer · **Posted:** Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:10 pm

i don't recognize a single one of those "name actors"

Orpheus · **Posted:** Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:39 pm

rafa_garcia18 wrote:

i don't recognize a single one of those "name actors"

Jeri Ryan was on one of the Star Trek series; Michael Jai-White is a martial artist/action star who was actually pretty good in the recent blaxploitation spoof Black Dynamite. Otherwise you shouldn't have heard of any of them.

bmacsmith · **Joined:** Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:52 pm **Posts:** 8288

Orpheus wrote:

rafa_garcia18 wrote:

i don't recognize a single one of those "name actors"

Jeri Ryan was on one of the Star Trek series; Michael Jai-White is a martial artist/action star who was actually pretty good in the recent blaxploitation spoof Black Dynamite. Otherwise you shouldn't have heard of any of them.

i just remember he was Spawn.

Soma. · **Posted:** Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:38 pm

That brief Reptile backstory was sweet.

p911gt10c · **Posted:** Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:20 pm

bmacsmith wrote:

Orpheus wrote:

rafa_garcia18 wrote:

i don't recognize a single one of those "name actors"

Jeri Ryan was on one of the Star Trek series; Michael Jai-White is a martial artist/action star who was actually pretty good in the recent blaxploitation spoof Black Dynamite. Otherwise you shouldn't have heard of any of them.

i just remember he was Spawn.

Also Gamble from The Dark Knight!

p911gt10c · **Posted:** Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:21 pm

also, if you can freeze frame SubZero's face, it's awesome.

Scrub12 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:29 pm

Scorpion was one of the Asian dudes in The Hangover I think.

i got bugs · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:01 pm **Posts:** 14261

this actually looks pretty cool

Mecca · **Posted:** Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:57 pm

Scrub12 wrote:

Scorpion was one of the Asian dudes in The Hangover I think.

diaglo · **Posted:** Thu Jun 10, 2010 12:11 am

That was like a really bad video game cut-scene. I guess it works, then.

bmacsmith · **Joined:** Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:52 pm **Posts:** 8288

its kinda like a sleazy episode of CSI.

i think ive seen that SubZero pic before. i think its a zbrush thing someone did. pretty sure it wasnt supposed to be SubZero.

theplatypus · **Posted:** Thu Jun 10, 2010 12:56 am

This is hilariously terrible

Play C3 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:29 am

theplatypus wrote:

This is hilariously terrible

but at the same time it sucked far less than i thought it would

theplatypus · **Posted:** Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:31 am

Play C3 wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

This is hilariously terrible

but at the same time it sucked far less than i thought it would

I cracked up laughing at the end. "FINISH HIM".

Mecca · **Posted:** Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:11 am

theplatypus wrote:

Play C3 wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

This is hilariously terrible

but at the same time it sucked far less than i thought it would

I cracked up laughing at the end. "FINISH HIM".

its like when they say the movie's title in the movie
"fuckin mallrat"

theplatypus · **Posted:** Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:12 am

"THIS COMBAT... IS MORTAL"

Mecca · **Posted:** Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:14 am

theplatypus wrote:

"THIS *KOMBAT... IS MORTAL"

MORTAL KOMBAT REBIRTH!!

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