Probably there is no such person who did not play or did not see the Mortal Kombat project. Many hours were spent playing a game console, and how many people saw the adaptation of the famous fighting game is difficult to calculate. Although the parents of that generation did not share the hobbies of their children, because in a duel on a distant island, there was only cruelty and death.
Start of the Mortal Kombat
The first mention of “Mortal Kombat” (in the original - Mortal Kombat) can be traced back to the late eighties, when the dawn of slot machines began, and many boys spent countless tokens on virtual fights.
Not surprisingly, such a popular franchise came into the view of director Paul Andersen and New Line Cinema. Of course, when the creators of the first game released a fighting game, they did not assume that the tenth episode of the game will be off the shelves in our time.
At that time, no one thought about the films, and the Battle itself was conceived as a PR campaign to promote one of the Hollywood actors, namely Jean-Claude.
Mortal Kombat is a successful franchise that has come a long way from slot machines to television screens. The latest “Mortal Kombat X” was released in 2015 on all kinds of platforms, even for computers.
The story of the franchise movie version
The first film was released back in 1995, when "Mortal Kombat" became a cultural phenomenon and managed to acquire an impressive fan army. Without a doubt, the project was considered the most successful and had no analogues in the world in box office.
New Line Cinima released two years later a sequel with the subtitle “Extermination”, but fans of the action movie were greeted coldly. She could not reach the box office of the first part.
Rumors of new filming continued until the tenth year, at the end of which a video hint of a trilogy appeared. However, there is no official launch of the third part to date.
The fate of the franchise
True, in 2011, the franchise received a controversial second life. The series “Mortal Kombat: Legacy” has appeared, which at the moment consists of two seasons that contain short episodes (15 minutes each).
The history of the series radically changed the plot of the first two parts. If you look at the online version of “Battle”, then “Heritage” is an advertising campaign for the release of the computer game “Mortal Kombat”, part 9.
In 2013, an official video appeared about restarting the franchise under the direction of the not-so-famous Kevin Tancharoen, who has no significant pictures.
Information about the film comes in contradictory. Although there are many trailers in Russian, you can’t see the picture itself.
But in the trailer for the movie “Mortal Kombat: Revival”, the actors are known to the Russian audience, which suggests the PR move.
Actors
It’s hard enough to find information about the movie “Mortal Kombat: Revival”. The actors deserve a separate mention. The plot of the upcoming film is not yet known, but the video clip (trailer) on the famous Russian video hosting clearly speaks of the recruitment of one of the famous heroes in order to eliminate all dangerous criminals in the tournament.
In the video “Mortal Kombat: Revival”, Michael J. White plays the role of a city policeman who interrogates a suspect in a serial murder. An interesting move in the trailer can be considered that on the door of your personal account the name of the policeman is written - Jackson Brigss. Moreover, the two letters in the name are deleted, and to be precise, because of this, the viewer will see the name of the character from the second part of the “Battle”.
It’s easy to guess that the policeman is Jax with mechanically reinforced hands. True, in a short preview of “Mortal Kombat: Rebirth,” Michael J. White without iron gloves. Naturally, doubt arises about the authenticity of the participant recreated on the screen from the deadly tournament.
In the final part of the legendary franchise called “Mortal Kombat: Revival”, the actors were recruited explicitly from famous films. Matt Mullins will appear in the role of a Hollywood star that was previously a hero of fighters under the name Johnny Cage . He is known to the Russian audience for the film "Divergent".
By the way, in flashback it becomes clear that the karateka from the "American Dream Factory" will be killed by Baraka.
Two minutes before the final of the video, police brigsse's partner appears, also well-known to franchise fans, Sonia Blade (performed by Jerry Ryan). Singer Sony herself said that she participates in the film only at the request of friends.
Scheduled restart
The movie “Mortal Kombat: Revival” may become a full-fledged restart of the series if the American film company “Warner Brothers” takes on the project. However, referring to the short video as a full-fledged movie is impossible. Eight minutes is too little for the full-fledged picture "Mortal Kombat: Revival", the actors of which, of course, are recognizable.
A lot of time has passed since the screen version of the game, which led to a little oblivion.
The recently released Mortal Kombat X project may return interest in this franchise. There is information that the “Mortal Kombat: Revival” will be revived by the phoenix in modern cinema, because the date of the new release is postponed to 2016.
As a result, it turns out that the scandal created by the forces of the main director completely confused all the fans.