Look, video game movies get a bad rap, and in most cases, rightly so. But Mortal Kombat deserves none of that. The 1995 adaptation of the fighting series by then-newcomer Paul W.S. Anderson was cheesy, fun, over-the-top and surprisingly faithful to the series it was based on.
There have been various attempts to get a third Mortal Kombat movie off the ground, but it's never happened. When I met up with Anderson at the 3D Gaming Summit in Los Angeles, we mostly talked about 3D, but I had to ask him if there was a chance he'd return to Mortal Kombat.
"I love Mortal Kombat," he said. "I loved making the movie."
"I loved the video game before I made the movie," continued Anderson. "I used to play it in England all the time. That's a property that I have a huge amount of affection for and I think it's a property that could again be relaunched and make an amazing movie."
Unfortunately, Anderson didn't make it sound like there would be a new movie anytime soon.
"No one's talked to me about it," he confessed, before laying out some hope for fans if that ever changed. "But if they did, it would be something I would definitely be interested in. It was the movie that launched me in Hollywood, so obviously I have a huge affection for it."
Who wouldn't want a non-crappy sequel to Mortal Kombat? That movie ended on an epic note.
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kain307
i thought the first one was great and from what ive been reading online the 3rd mortal kombat has been a green light since 2009 and will be due for a 2013 release
Hell-Scorpion
NO!!!!! He screwed up the first two films (well the first one and the second one was doomed). He also screwed Resident Evil and AVP! NO PG-13 MK! Please WB don't make the same mistake New Line did, choose someone like the Chris Nolan, Michael Bay, hell, the Wachowski Bros. or Ang Lee, but not Paul W.S. Anderson (or Uwe Boll. Or anyone who has already directed a videogame movie).
titan666
Why he did NOT directed MK-Annihilation?
titan666
So, why he did NOT directed the second movie!?!?!?!?!?!
MrAnt117
FINISH HIM!!!
typhoon_2099
Mortal Kombat!!!!
ProjektX13
I actually liked both MK films.
krypto74
Oh god. I read that as saying he was ARRESTED while shooting another Mortal Kombat movie and thought, Yep. Nip that in the bud right there.
BTW< I heard a rumor that it'll be filmed in Arizona.
sirvagus
First off - they screwed the franchise by bringing the best mature rated game to a teen rating .
Second - how the rights with all the different companies are going there will be a collaberation movie.
Lets see - there was DC and now lets bring in all the nintendo characters and knock it down to a everyone rating.
Does everyone see where im going - its NOT ABOUT THE FANS anymore its about MONEY
SirBlizzTheXIV
Correction: Smoke fought Liu Kang but then was frozen by Sub-Zero before Smoke launched his missile as Liu. He then exploded.
SirBlizzTheXIV
@Dynamo903: Both Smoke and Cyrax appeared in the movie. Cyrax fought Jax and Sonya, Smoke fought Sub-Zero (the younger brother of the one killed by Liu Kang)
TomHoang: Yes, but it has been in so much crap that it probably is in indefinite delay or the project was just scrapped.
BONERJAM
This guy shouldn't even be allowed to make movies.
TomHoang
Isn't there already a reboot in the works called Devastation?
nightsnipe
Man I loved the MK movie I was probaly like 7 around the time but still. and That moviie had a sequal it just sucked. but the girl that played Sonya was amazingly hot.
mittens1231
thqat eding makes me think to myself with a smile. "jesus why did i like this?"
mittens1231
*thunder in my eyes* I DONT THINK SO!
ABXPuPpeT
it would be even funnier if they started to dance xD
InHumanMarine
The second MK movie could've been just as great as the first, but the story seemed rushed just to show the numerous characters. Follow the formula for the first movie and you're golden.
Dynamo903
Ahahah, Shao Kahn. XD
Second mortal kombat movie had jax, and cyrax (or was it smoke?) in it.
blueboykc
i dont remember a lot about the second mortal kombat movie but i dont think it was half as good as the first..
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