The director pushes for a "darker and grittier" take.
September 30, 2011
So we already got the official announcement for a Mortal Kombat reboot yesterday, but now director Kevin Tancharoen is sharing his thoughts on what we should expect from New Line's game-to-film adaptation.
According to an interview with EW, the helmer seems to think that one of the big problems with the original films was that they were PG-13. For the reboot, Tancharoen claims he'll be keeping the grounded, unstinted feel of the video games intact. In other words, a little less grey sweat and a little more blood splatter.
"Up to this point, we've only been talking 'rated R,'" says Tancharoen. "I like realistic takes on things, I like it when it's a little darker and grittier. And I want the martial arts to feel real as opposed to balletic and super-choreographed. It needs to feel brutal, because that's the nature of the video game itself."
Likewise, New Line president Toby Emmerich had a similar sentiment: "I remembered the old films, which I don't think left people hungry for more... But when you look at how well the game was doing and you look at what Kevin did with it just on his own, you don't have to squint too hard to see how it might make a good movie."
